02/06/2026
A 3 Week Community Exhibition & Gathering
In collaboration with Hin Bus Depot
Leading towards Earth Fest 2026
EARTH FRIENDS is a 3-week exhibition happening NOW, created together with Hin Bus Depot as a pre-event leading towards Earth Fest.
Date : 22 May - 7 June 2026
location : Hin Bus Depot ( Penang )
More than just an exhibition, EARTH FRIENDS is about friendship, community, creativity, and the people behind the movement. Through shared spaces, stories, skills, art, seeds, music, food, and experiences, we hope to create meaningful connections between people and the Earth.
Each week carries a different theme, bringing together communities, makers, educators, artists, farmers, and storytellers who are slowly shaping a more sustainable and connected future.
WEEK 1 : Project M.A.R.S. & The Earth Fest Journey
The first week begins with the Project M.A.R.S. community, while also reflecting on the Earth Fest journey throughout the past years.
This week will feature different community members and creators including Xuxan, insect exploration, natural dye from the forest, Alan & Hui Xin’s wood craft works, we also conduct workshops related to natural dye and wood craft.
Xiao Khang will share his personal journey to China, made possible through connections built during last year’s Earth Fest — showing how meaningful communities can create unexpected opportunities and life-changing experiences.
WEEK 2 : Creative Community & Green Ecosystems
The second week focuses on the ecosystem surrounding Grow Community Market, Hin Market, Hin Bus Depot, and COEX — highlighting communities and creators moving towards greener directions, learning from nature, and creatively improving their products, practices, and ways of living.
Together with the Hin community, we will organize workshops such as lino printing, zine-making, and other creative activities.
This week’s sharing sessions will invite Tan Shih Thoe, Xuxan, Grow Community members, co-founders of Earth Fest, and Mei Chee Seong from COEX to speak about community growth, relationships, collaboration, creative ecosystems, and the importance of sustaining communities together.
There will also be sharing sessions by Hoyyeeabout the journey of Project M.A.R.S., Earth Fest, community building, and learning through nature.
WEEK 3 : Culture, Land & Everyday Living
The final week focuses on cultural and ecological sharing connected to our basic way of life.
Through the spirit of the Gawai season, this week will feature story sharing sessions, workshops, plants & Seeds exchange sessions, farmer music sessions, sustainable slow tourism conversations, and Earth Fest sharing circles.
Pop will also share his journey growing up in a paddy farming family and how he continues carrying this knowledge and connection with the land today.
Through this final week, we hope to celebrate indigenous wisdom, cultural exchange, and the deep relationship between people, land, food, seeds, and traditions.
EARTH FRIENDS is ultimately about bringing people together ~ creating a space where art, sustainability, culture, and community can meet naturally, grow slowly, and inspire one another.
