The Permanent Exhibition will be ongoing for three years on the 1st floor of the EAC and its co-halls. It illustrates EAC’s establishment objective and philosophy, the stories behind the EAC’s architectural design, the connection between humans and natural disasters and the different ways of co-existing with earth.
By exhibiting various works of art, we aim to promote environmental awareness and the EAC’s philosophy of “Common Understanding, Common Consensus, and Collective Actions” to the wider community. We begin the exhibition with “Today is the result of our past actions” and end the exhibition with “Today is the future’s history” (which means our future will be shaped by our actions today). In the Earth Exhibition Hall, it mentions the correlation and connection between humanities and natural disasters, and their coexistence with earth. It also demonstrates ways of recycling in a gracious and thankful manner..
The Tzu Chi Disaster Relief collection include items that highlight Tzu Chi’s commitment to environmental protection and its mission of protecting the environment by clapping hands. The collection include the eco-friendly blanket, the compact movable bed, and the black blackboard made out of fabric. Tzu Chi’s designers have devoted their time and efforts into designing these items not only to fulfill the environmental objectives, but also to deliver love and care to disaster victims and enable the children to continue with their education.
The EAC has created a place that is relaxing and refreshing for visitors to unwind and relax away from the hectic city lives. Ethical Eating Room is a place for visitors to enjoy a healthy vegetarian meal, participate in vegetarian cooking classes and activities. By participating in these events, visitors can understand more about the reasons and benefits of being a vegetarian.
Jing Si Humanistic Culture Room is an exhibition space that combines environmental protection with humanities. In addition to displaying a series of environmental protection related products, the room also provide handpicked books about environmental protection and vegetarian. Visitors can clean their minds here and enjoy.
Land, which occupies about 29% of the Earth's surface. Since ancient times, humans have cultivated different landscapes and transformed the land into various sites to meet the needs of farming, animal husbandry, settle in life, develop business, and nation establishment. Now that migration to other planets has become possible, facing the over-exploited land, do we need to find another place to live, or do we need to re-learn to co-live with the previous harmony of the rich and diverse ecosystems?
The exhibition “Solitude” focuses on Hong Kong, where the demand for land is particularly acute and scarce. Through immersive and interactive experiences in different art installations, the exhibition imagines a future where we leave our rootless home - the Earth - and remember the richness and diversity of the ecosystems we once had, as well as this familiar home. It is hoped that after “common understanding” and “common consensus”, we can make changes and “collective action” for the land with renewed hearts.