TYLENE LEVESQUE

Originally from Texas, Tylene received her BA in Architectural Studies and History of Art from Brown University and her MA in the History of Decorative Arts & Design from Parsons School of Design. In 2006, she relocated from New York City to Shanghai, China to establish ArtToursChina, which provides guided art tours and art consulting services to those looking for insight into an always evolving and sometimes baffling contemporary Chinese art scene. When Tylene is not out on one of her walking tours, weaving in and out of moped traffic and avoiding other occupational hazards, she spends her time learning Mandarin, documenting daily life in China’s largest city, and doing her part to make China a greener place to live, one reusable chopstick at a time.

Like the coffin says:

March 19, 2007 at 5:35 pm

Hi Tylene
Likerd the blog and glad you featured one of our ecocoffins. Strangely enough we lived in Hong Kong for 5 years in the 90′s – on Lamma. We loved our time there.

I have a question. We’re trying to find the relevant contact in Hong Kong to talk to abut more sustainable coffins. Might you be able to point us in the right direction. We’d really appreciate it.

Many thanks
Sophie Dansie
Tylene says:

March 20, 2007 at 12:18 am

Hi Sophie,

Your best bet would be to contact Hong Kong’s Health, Welfare and Food Bureau since they are responsible for the eco-coffin pamphlets that have been circulated. The permanent secretary, Carrie Yau has voiced her support for the coffins, so perhaps you could try reaching her first. Here is their link: http://www.hwfb.gov.hk/en/index.html

Good luck!
Tylene
herman says:

June 24, 2007 at 12:48 am

hi tylene, sophie,

tylene, seem to really know about the town, u live in hongkong also? i read about the eco-coffin too, however, would be very hard to change the chinese tradition but at least to get it starts!

cheers
herman
Will Teng says:

October 21, 2007 at 9:30 pm

Hi Tylene,

Hi, I recently came across your article on micro turbines. I’m a candidate for Taiwan’s National Cheng Chin Univeristy’s MBA program, and my team for a sales and marketing course would like to put together a plan for the turbines in the Taiwan market. Please let me know, who i can contact in order to collect more information on this product. Thank you.

Sincerely,
Willie Teng
Adam Boesel says:

February 16, 2008 at 12:21 am

Tylene,

Thanks for the article on my Green Microgym! It’s pretty great to see the responses from readers! I’ll keep you posted on my progress. Looks like we’ll be able to get a “net producing” gym going in Portland soon due to the great Solar and renewable incentives going on down there. The exposure from your article will help me attract and convince investors!

Adam