Ben Underwood, who is currently running a project to turn Kunming's food waste into bus fuel, and Robin Luo, cofounder of Cultural Diving, have organized an afternoon involving lectures and a workshop revolving around sustainable urban gardening practices. They will host Ingredients for a Livable City: How to Make Life in Kunming Even Better, which involves three 20-minute talks introducing and explaining the concepts behind urban ecology and what you can do to establish a thriving rooftop garden.

• Seminar 1: Flowers, Bees and Urban Ecology by Jonathan Teichroew. Jonathan is an agricultural consultant and pollination management PhD candidate at the Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is also good source for Yunnan natural raw honey.

• Seminar 2: Urban Gardening How To by James Osborne and Jay Sturley. James grew up in a passionate gardening and beekeeping family and has an educational background of environmental studies. Jay has set up balcony and rooftop vegetable gardens wherever his travels take him, including in Seoul, Bangkok, Phnom Penh and now Kunming.

• Seminar 3: A Beginner's Guide to Urban Beekeeping by Kasey McQueen. Kasey has been raising bees and maintaining a hive in Kunming for the past three years.

• Workshop: A hands-on explanation of building a rooftop shade trellis for cheap, potting plants to put under it and how to make those plants thrive. Participants will take home their own starter plant.

Everyone is welcome to attend, but RSVPs are required. Contact Robin at hello[at]culturaldiving[dot]net.

For more details, check out the GK write-up.