Live Nature

Organisation
Sai Kung District Community Centre
Website (Official)
http://www.livenature.com.hk/
Funding Sources
  • The Enhancing Self-Reliance Through District Partnership Programme

"Live Nature" is a social enterprise operated Sai Kung District Community Centre. As early as in 2008, the Centre has been subsidized by the Sai Kung District Council to operate a "Eco-tour Guide Training Scheme" which recruited and trained a group of conservationist and nature lovers in Sai Kung for tour guide techniques. After completion of the scheme, these docent guides assisted in the setting up of "Live Nature", with the support of Sai Kung District Community Centre. By 2012, the Centre has been sponsored by a seed scheme under the "Enhancing Self-Reliance Through District Partnership Programme" by the Home Affairs Department. Under such scheme, "Live Nature" operated as a social enterprise and with a base in Sai Kung, keep on exploring the wonders of ecological and natural attractions to be brought forward by "experiential" Eco-tours and activities.

Products and Services

With Sai Kung as a starting point, to promote a series of "experiential" Eco-tours and activities for popularization of natural attractions in the area and knowledge related with nature conservation. Through the implementation of the scheme, it enables the participation of different parties including those from industries of cruise, tour, food & beverage as well transportation in the operation of "experiential" Eco-tours, besides of a continuous uplifting of service level, it can also help to support the growth of eco-tourism in the community, consolidation the various operators who shared the same ideology in the field for sharing, exploring and deploying the opportunities and resources including the accumulation of talents for the future development of "experiential" Eco-tourism. It also serves to contribute for a foundation ground for promotion of social enterprises sharing the same mission so that groups of organizations from general public can work together with various sectors including governmental, commercial and civilian under a self-sustainable principle and environment for the benefits of local communities and normal enterprises.

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