First stop
Dananpo: Return visit and aesthetic education in practice

In the summer of 2021, the disaster caused by the torrential rain in Henan Province touched everyone's heart. Xiuwu County has experienced continuous heavy rain and extreme rainstorms, and all rivers have exceeded the warning water level, all reservoirs have exceeded the flood limit water level, and there have been many dangerous situations. After learning about the disaster situation in Dananpo, MUJI, in order to help the residents resume normal life as soon as possible and enable children to continue to receive education in a safe education in a safe teaching environment, MUJI immediately joined hands with BCAF to help with the post-disaster restoration of Dananpo Village in Xiuwu County, Henan Province. MUJI and its employees made a targeted donation to Dananpo Village, and the funds were used to restore the village's water supply system, restore normal water use for residents, and repair the learning roof and build a new color steel shed.





In June 2024, MUJI's partners went to Dananpo Village, Xiuwu County, Jiaozuo City for a field visit, and brought the children of Dananpo Primary School an aesthetic education practice activity based on the concept of ‘sustainable living’. The MUJI volunteers used jute bags from stock and acrylic paints to engage in a free-themed jute bag painting activity with the children.

Second stop
Sustainable Living Summer Camp

In 2024, as the importance of sustainable lifestyles becomes increasingly prominent, we hope to lead the students of the Greater South Slope, who are about to enter the graduation season, on a humanities and art journey to Shanghai with the theme of the concept of ‘sustainable living’. With the support of MUJI, BCAF will take the children to visit sustainable farms and sustainable concept stores to learn about the necessity and importance of sustainable concepts in people's lives. At the same time, the children will also experience a variety of sustainable themed aesthetic education practices in humanistic and artistic spaces such as the Shanghai Glass Museum, the Power Station of Art (PSA), and the naze naze textile studio.












MUJI has been practising sustainability since the beginning of the brand, advocating a healthy and environmentally friendly consumption and lifestyle. In 2023, MUJI opened its first sustainable concept store in Shanghai, where the interior decoration and appliances are made with environmentally friendly materials. A series of sustainable activities such as the MUJI cycle recycling service and the recycling market have also been launched based on the store.

During this trip to Shanghai, the children will visit the sustainable office space at the MUJI headquarters, visit the MUJI sustainable concept store, and experience dining in the MUJI cafeteria. Two sustainable themed workshops will encourage the children to use sustainable materials for weaving, painting, poster making, etc., and explore environmentally sustainable artistic expression.




We will also take the children on a tour of the Jiu Shan Farm, which supplies organic vegetables to MUJI. Jiushan Farm, located in Pudong, covers an area of about 400 acres and is an organic farming farm that follows a recyclable design concept. Children will experience plant resist dyeing and pick in the vegetable garden, in the process to feel the beauty of the harmony between nature and agriculture, nature and life, and understand the important issues of modern agriculture, sustainable ecology and environmental protection. Afterwards, at the organic vegetable packaging factory, children will experience vegetable packaging by themselves, from the farm to the store, and experience the entire sustainable packaging and transportation process of MUJI Farm organic vegetables.

PSA Sustainable Design Exhibition & Workshop

The Power Station of Art (PSA) in Shanghai is presenting the exhibition ‘Impermanence: 40 Years of Design by Studio Campana’ from June to September. This is the first exhibition in Asia of the Brazilian national treasure designers, the Campana brothers, and features more than 50 works that showcase the creative journey of Studio Campana over the past 40 years. The Campana brothers, who grew up in the Brazilian countryside, are very sensitive to everyday materials. They use materials to build inspiration and ideas, drawing from the richness of the Brazilian countryside and local culture.

Children will be able to experience the two design masters' bold exploration of materials, their highly creative design solutions, and their unique reflections on the relationship between humans and nature, guided by an exhibition narrator. In addition to the exhibition, children will participate in a workshop on the theme of architecture and design, where they will experience the connection between sustainable design and daily life.





We will take the children on a tour of the Shanghai Museum of Glass to learn about glass art and the glass production process, and participate in the ‘Spanish Glass Art DIY Workshop’. Under the guidance of professional teachers, the children will use glass mosaics and clay to DIY Spanish architecture, explore the glass maze, appreciate the unique Spanish glass art, and take an artistic and cultural journey to Spain under the guidance of professional Spanish foreign teachers.



naze naze Textile Studio originated from the naze naze Dulongjiang Township Weaving Project initiated by BCAF and klee klee. It uses handmade textiles to tell the story of the weavers and enhance the connection between people. During the process of hand weaving, naze naze also faces and pays attention to the issue of recycling and reusing materials. The surplus wool from the weaving process is kept and, with the creator's clever hands and ideas, it is transformed into brand new handicrafts.

This time, we will visit the naze naze recycled wool handicraft workshop in Shangsheng Xinsuo. Under the guidance of the workshop teacher, children will use their imagination to turn waste into treasure and make small pom-pom ornaments from recycled surplus wool.





In the summer of 2024, let's explore and discover from the perspective of the children!