Well, the year of the Rabbit is certainly living up to its rep, off to a flying start.. !

Kindly excuse my tardy blog behaviour, I have had my head down busting my ass to help organise an incredible event with the Clean Air Network (CAN), Hk's leading clean air NGO, to educate our residents about Hk's no 1 health crisis: Air Pollution.

I have learnt some horrifying and alarming facts about the air that we have no choice to breathe in this land that is home to us all. The CAN team are incredibly motivating and enthusiastic about tackling this cause, and I think it is an inspired idea to bring awareness of this issue to the public through some of HKs leading creative minds.

We have some incredible artists from HK, China and overseas contributing and you can check out all of the details here:

Website: www.cleanairauction.com.hk
Twitter: @cleanairauction
Facebook: clean air auction


About the Auction

You CAN make a difference. Learn more about how air pollution affects the health and livelihood of our city every day.

Did you know:

* Hong Kong’s air is three times more polluted than New York’s?
* Exposure to high levels of roadside air pollution increases blood viscosity within 20 minutes and heart rate within 2 hours?
* 2010’s roadside pollution was the worst in Hong Kong’s history?
* Air pollution sends approximately 20,000 people to the doctor a day?

Visit hongkongcan.org to understand more about how air pollution is actually Hong Kong’s biggest avoidable public health crisis. Then, support clean air by bidding on a lot in the Clean Air Auction.

The Clean Air Auction is the first environmental art exhibition and auction in Asia of its kind and is a Clean Air Network (CAN) fund raising initiative conducted with the generous support of Sotheby’s and BSI Investment Advisors (Hong Kong) Ltd.

The objectives are threefold:

* To raise funds for CAN’s research and educational projects
* To educate the public, including the artistic community, about the health impacts of Hong Kong’s air pollution by engaging the imaginations of leading artists on the issue, especially artists who call Hong Kong home
* To highlight the increasing influence of the environment as a theme in art and culture

The Auction will take place on April 4th and be showcased in a dedicated section of Sotheby’s Hong Kong Contemporary Asian Art Spring Auction 2011 art auctions at Hall 5, the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. You can also bid online at sothebys.com.

On this website, you can view auction lots and see interviews and the biographies of participating artists and sponsors. Many of Hong Kong’s top artists have specially created work for the auction.

Clean Air Network is Hong Kong’s leading clean air NGO, dedicated to educating and mobilizing the public about the health impacts of air pollution. Find out more at hongkongcan.org.