Radical Love: Connecting Heart, Hands and Head– A Three-day, Two-night Residential Retreat with Satish Kumar and Friends

KFBG is delighted to welcome Satish Kumar to its 70th anniversary celebrations. Satish Kumar has long been a friend of KFBG, inspiring the vision for a holistic education that connects heart, hands and heads to nurture compassion, action and wisdom in harmony.

Drawing on a lifetime as an Earth pilgrim, Satish advocates for a true education and meaningful life that comes from integrating these three dimensions. He teaches us that education and life must be rooted in radical love – an unconditional love for all living beings: people, animals, plants and the Earth itself. This love is not sentimental; it is active, courageous and transformative. It flows from the Heart as compassion, guides the Head as ethical wisdom and is expressed through the Hands as caring action. When feeling, thinking and doing are united by love, we become whole human beings who live creatively, responsibly and harmoniously with the world.

This retreat, led by Satish and in collaboration with friends, offers a unique opportunity to cultivate this love so it can be carried out into our lives. He is joined by Jhon Kwano, a tribal elder who shares indigenous wisdom and ways of living as respectful members of the wider Earth community.

Satish will share daily inspiration while a team of friends and facilitators will guide you through sharing sessions, cooking together, connecting with nature as well as nourishing the space for silence and meditation. Held within the serene surroundings of KFBG and Kadoorie Centre, this weekend offers space to connect with like-minded individuals and to deepen your relationship with yourself, with others, and with the living Earth.

KFBG 70th Anniversary – Awakening of Memory

The Radical Love Retreat with Satish Kumar and friends is part of the celebrations marking the special occasion of KFBG’s 70th anniversary. It integrates a wider series of activities curated to deepen our connection with the Earth.

Guided by the theme ‘awakening of memory’, these gatherings call us to remember our place within the greater community of beings. This anniversary is an invitation to return, to remember and to share the stories that bind us to this living landscape of KFBG’s mountain and the Earth itself. It is about how we live in the present and the future we shape together, deepening the dialogue between people and nature, and carrying this shared legacy forward in an ever-changing world.

About the Teachers

Satish Kumar

Raised as a Jain monk from the age of nine, Satish Kumar became a campaigner for land reform at 18, working to turn Gandhi's vision of a renewed India and peaceful world into reality.

In 1962, concerned about nuclear proliferation, he began, with his friend E.P. Menon, an 8,000-mile peace pilgrimage, walking from India to Moscow, Paris, London and Washington with no money, through deserts, mountains and supposedly hostile territories to deliver a message of peace to the leaders of the four nuclear powers at the time.

In 1973, he settled in England and was invited by the renowned economist E. F. Schumacher to be the editor of Resurgence magazine, now titled Resurgence and Ecologist. Under his editorship the magazine has become, according to the Guardian newspaper, ‘The spiritual and artistic flagship of the green movement’.

In 1991, Satish co-founded Schumacher College, in Totnes, Devon, UK, an international residential education centre named after E. F. Schumacher, which aims to provide transformative learning for sustainable living.

Satish writes, teaches and leads workshops internationally on holistic economics, reverential ecology, holistic education and voluntary simplicity. His books include Soil · Soul · Society: A New Trinity for Our Time, No Destination, Earth Pilgrim, You Are Therefore I Am, Elegant Simplicity and Radical Love.

Jhon Kwano

As an elder from the Lani tribe in the highlands of New Guinea, Jhon Kwano is from the last generation of his people to receive traditional initiation. He was identified from an early age for the role of Messenger, sharing the message of his tribe with outsiders and reporting back what he has seen in the outside world. He is the only one known to be playing this role outside of Melanesia. As such, he is authorised to represent not only the Lani, but also other cultures in both New Guinea and the rest of Melanesia.

New Guinea is one of the most bio-culturally diverse places on Earth and Jhon’s people still live as their ancestors have for thousands of years, in harmony with nature.

Andrew McAulay

Andrew was born in Hong Kong and educated in England. After spending some time in a meditation centre in his early 20s, he returned to Hong Kong to help transform KFBG’s mission from agricultural aid to nature conservation and holistic education. He has chaired the KFBG Board since 1999 and also chairs the Board of KFBG's sister organisation, Partnerships for Community Development (PCD). Andrew loves to spend time in nature and continues to practice and teach meditation, as well as breathwork. He has also published two books of poetry and most recently, the ‘Little Fish’ storybook.

Event Details

Date: 20 - 22 March 2026 (Friday to Sunday)

Time: starts at 09:00 on first day and ends at 16:30 on the last day

*Participants are expected to be in residence and participate in the entire programme.

Venue: Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden & Kadoorie Centre (most sessions and experiential activities)

The Hong Kong Girl Guides Association - Jockey Club Beas River Lodge (Accommodation)

•⁠ ⁠KFBG will arrange a shuttle bus to transport participants between the accommodation site and activity venues at KFBG or Kadoorie Centre during the residential retreat.

Language: English

Target Group: Aged 18 and above

Total Fee:

• Course Fee: HK$3,600

  The course fee includes: activities, vegetarian meals, logistic arrangements during the retreat.

• Accommodation (2 nights): from HK$800 (varies by room type)

  *For more information about the rooms, please click HERE

Application: CLICK HERE

• To apply for this residential retreat, please complete the enrolment form and pay the course fee as a deposit.

• The retreat team will carefully review and consider all applications to ensure a diverse and cohesive experience for all participants. We will notify you of your enrolment result within 10 days.

• The deposit fee is non-refundable unless your application is declined.

Enquiry:

Please email to Ms Jamie Ngai at jamie.ngai@kfbg.org, or Ms Natalie Ng at natalie.ng@kfbg.org 

Terms & Conditions

Upon submission of your application and payment, you are deemed to have accepted all Terms and Regulations of this retreat, and the guidelines below:

Kadoorie Centre Rules and Regulations 

KFBG Visitor Guidelines

In case of any dispute, the organiser has the right to the final decision.