Taylor's Environmental Club

Tree Planting, 27th February 2011

2011-03-05T01:07:00.004+08:00

Tree planting at Raja Musa Peat Swamp Forest in conjunction with World's Wetlands Day, first tree planting of 2011 at Raja Musa.

Mahang trees as the pioneer species to restore the entire ecosystem.

Borak-Borak Session by MyCJN

2011-01-16T13:47:00.000+08:00

Calling all the enthusiastic youth out there,
You are cordially invited to join our monthly gathering, to talk about climate change and related issues.

Date: 19th January 2011
Time : 8pm – 10pm
Venue : quikbites cafe – behind Bangsar LRT station

WHO:
Anyone with an interest in climate change issues. You might feel strongly about climate justice, you might have hundreds questions on REDD+, you might have a mega plan to solve energy crisis or you might just wanna meet some new friends that share your green passion.

HOW:
Just drop by, come to listen, or have your voices heard. Share your ideas, enthusiasm, and humour. It’s a simple and casual event, with no agenda and formality, everything goes. Don’t forget to invite someone else along.

WHY:
For ideas, information, inspiration, gossips, contacts, not forgetting fun and pleasure. Together, we refine our strategies, amplify our effort, built a bigger movement, and tear down the roof with laughter.

WHEN:
Every month.

WHERE:
quikbites cafe – behind Bangsar LRT station

COST:
No fees required

For January session
General themes:
-Sharing of Cancun experience 2010
-Future plans

Jom, Borak-borak!
RSVP here http://mycjn.org/blog/?p=208

Eco Warriors Condo Recycling Initiative

2011-01-12T13:46:00.000+08:00

After the implementation of a successful condo recycling system in 2009 in the Seri Raja Chulan System other condo’s have started to apply the same simple approach.

Check out this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_9SPx68GRs&feature=player_embedded

and find all the documented info on this site:
http://www.ien.dk/recycling/

This meeting will look at the System that was implemented in Sri Wangsaria Condo and review how Eco Warriors can support a wider role out of this in Malaysia.

Date: 15th January 2011

Time : 10am – 12pm

Venue : Sri Wangsaria Condo Bangsar Swimming Pool Area, Jalan Kapas, Bukit Bandaraya, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur

Gregers Reiman will coordinate the meeting and the local contact person at the condo is Sheau Wei.
Gregers can be reached on 012 2755630.

I cannot join you as I will be delivering a green training in Penang on the 15th.

Happy Recycling.
Matthias

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Climate Change Forum in Penang

2011-01-10T13:48:00.000+08:00

All are invited to the Climate Change Forum: From Cancun to Penang- “Global Commitments, Local Actions, Penang Leads”

What have the governments of the world done in tackling climate change issues? How is climate change going to affect Malaysians? What should penangites do to face this challenging issue?

The Penang State Government is organising a Climate Change Forum entitled : Global Commitments, Local Action, Penang Leads on the 15th of January 2011,Saturday, 7.30pm at Auditorium C, Level 5 KOMTAR.

The panel of speakers are :
(1) Phee Boon Poh: Penang EXCO for Health, Welfare, Caring Society and Environment
(2) Dr Gary William Theseira: Deputy Environmental Management and Climate Change
Division Secretary, the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry
(3) Hilary Chiew: Researcher of Third World Network
(4) Adrian Yeo: Co-founder of Malaysian Youth Climate Justice Network

The moderator of this forum is Dato’ Haji Abdul Halim bin Hussain, Speaker of Penang Legislative Assembly.

The panel of speakers have attended the United Nations Climate Change Conference Cancun – COP 16 in Mexico in 2010. They will be sharing their knowledge and insights on the climate change issues.

The forum will be held in English.

For further information, please contact 04-6505450 or 04-6505112.

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DeforestAction: Battle for Borneo

2011-01-07T13:43:00.000+08:00

Are you ready to make a difference? TakingITGlobal is working together with Microsoft Partners in Learning on DeforestAction, a global action project involving students from around the world in protecting the world’s forests. We’ve teamed up with acclaimed conservationist Willie Smits and Orangutan Outreach to develop a project that will restore a forest and provide a sustainable livelihood to the local community. You can learn more about this approach through Willie’s TED Talk ‘Willie Smits restores a rainforest’: click here.

We’re working with Virgo Productions and a major TV broadcaster (to be announced) to create a 6-part reality TV series telling the story of this project, which will also be the subject of a feature film to be released in 2012. That’s where you come in! We’re looking for ten amazing young leaders to spend five months in Borneo to launch the project – connecting with the world though the web and providing updates to the students across the globe who are fundraising to make this happen.

More about the location:
Sintang is a district in the interior of West Kalimantan, on the island of Borneo, where most of the original forest has long been cut or burned down. Here a new forest will be created. This forest will provide income for local people, a home for hundred thousands of protected animals of many different species including orangutans. The forest will provide good quality water for local people and protect the downstream population centres against flooding. The forest will also sequester carbon from the atmosphere and improve the local climate.

The Marakei area is close to the border of Malaysia and consists of an ex-logging area. Inside the area there are seven small villages, five on the border and two inside. All are traditional Dayak villages belonging to the Iban and to the Dayak Ketungau and Dayak Bugau tribes. There is a total of about 7,500 people in those villages, all very poor and in need of the sustainable systems with sugar palms that the project can provide.

The greatest advantage of this area is that it is under direct control of the district head so can be immediately assigned to the DeforestACTION program. In this location we will have to build a base camp with smaller ones near the nurseries, small working quarters, and facilities that will allow both workers and visitors to spend extended periods of time in the field. On the top of a centrally located 340-meter high hill overlooking the area, a new long house will be built as the centre for the DeforestACTION activities.

What you’ll be doing:
Local authorities and the local villagers are excited to host 10 young people to come to the village and live in a purpose built longhouse for 5 months. There is part-time electricity from a diesel generator. Another option is to install a photovoltaic electricity supply, ventilators and a good water filter to ensure good health for all the inhabitants of the long house. Participating in the construction of these additional facilities will provide young people with insight into the risks and difficulties for the local people and make them aware of simple solutions to these problems.

You will be paired with Dayak youth, and will be involved in the planning and setting up of the Sintang Lestari project. Most importantly, you will take part in orangutan rescues, care and rehabilitation. You will work in nurseries; collect seeds and plants, plant trees, measure trees, record biodiversity and survey local needs and water flow. You will map where to grow forests, where to build the new release camp and be involved in building and setting up the camp. You will help set up the satellite monitoring system in the existing forest and will work with the young people of Sintang who are making documentaries about all kinds of environmental issues. You’ll also be an important liaison to the DeforestAction program, sharing this work with young people around the world who are fundraising and taking action to support your work!

What we need from you:
To apply, simply submit a one minute clip telling us:
- Your name and where you’re from
- What does deforestation mean to you?
- Why you want to save forests and orangutans
- What you’ve done in the past to protect the environment
- Why you want to be in a 3D movie and TV series
- Must include the URL – www.deforestaction.com
Your clip needs to be creative, interesting and dynamic. The more hits, interest, votes and media coverage you create around your clip, the more we’ll take notice!
Post it on YouTube, and then submit it to this contest by clicking “Submit to Contest” on the right!

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Environmental Awareness Campaign

2010-08-13T19:43:00.000+08:00

Hi there! I guess you guys must be missing us right? It's been such a long time since we have activity - well, if you think so, you're wrong! Just some time ago, we had an exhibition in TCSj cafeteria to raise students' awareness on environmental issues. During lunch time, our members were there to set up the notice boards and duty there to explain details about the information on the board to students who are interested in them.

This is a very informative exhibition as there are a lot of interesting topics being posted there, such as some global environmental issues, alternative energy resources such as solar energy, process of plastic recycling and important dates that are related to the environment, such as World Water Day (22/3 every year).

However, don't feel sad if you miss it! For we're going to post some of this information right here! Enjoy! =)

10 Ways to Save the ENVIRONMENT

1) Use bars of soap instead of liquid soap

It's less expensive, and it saves packaging waste. Not to mention that body wash is primarily water, so the fuel costs for transporting it are higher because it weights more.

2) Rent, don't buy, movies

One hundred thousands DVDs and CDs are thrown away each month. So you won't be contributing to the trash pile.

(Author note: Plus, who watches the DVDs they bought over and over again? Little people do. So, if you bought some already, it's ok. You can lend it to your friends, or exchange discs with them. Save your wallet, save the Earth too XD )

3) Subscribe to Online Newspaper

Each year, 10 million tons of newspapers are tossed into landfills. Subscribe to online newspaper will help saving 75 million trees (which is a lot) !

4) Download music (preferably original)

Download tunes instead of purchasing at stores. Each month, 45 tons of CDs become obsolete, outdated and unwanted and end up in landfills.

(Author note: Thus, just like the DVDs, buy those you really love only, so that we can save the Earth and enjoy the music together.)

5) Buy soft drinks in a cup

You'll reduce the amount of aluminum cans and plastic bottle. More papers are recycled and recovered to make new products than aluminum soda cans or plastic soft drink bottles.

6) Freecycle

Give items that still can be used but you don't really need them anymore and you just can't bear to throw them away. Why not give it to someone who will use it for free?

7) Avoid pre pluggers

When you buy deodorant, try to avoid antiperspirants, which use aluminum salts to seal up your pores. In addition to being a potential health toxin, aluminum takes a tremendous amount of energy to mine. If you buy one stick of aluminium-free deodorant, the energy saved could power your laptop for 30 minutes!

8)Stop junk mail

Each year, 100 millions trees are chopped down for junk mails. Americans receive 400 million tons of junk mails every year.

9) Teleconference, avoid traveling

With hotel, airfare, local transportation, meals, entertainment expenses and tips, business travel certainly adds up. Todays' technology expands the definition of face-to-face contact, making quick meeting with a client or colleague across the country, or the world possible. Online professional development options abound well - from Web seminars to entire conferences being held virtually.

10) Buy a Low-Flow Shower Hear

Not only will you save water, you will save the energy it takes to heat the water. Although you'll have to pay a little out of pocket at first considering that water heaters use 25% of the energy in an average home, this little marvel will save you hundreds every year.

Alright, now guess - why are these two pictures post here? What do they have to do with environment?

Here's the answer - See those bottles that are sticked around the cap and shirt? This is to tell us that for every 5 recycled bottles, a shirt can be made; for every 6 recycled bottles, a cap can be made too! Amazing, isn't it? So, the moral of the story is, do not buy so many plastic bottles, for they are not good for health too. If you have to buy them, recycle them. Imagine how many beautiful shirts and caps can be made out of them - do you still want to waste them?

Ok, now guess again - what is this?

This is a lamp. Yes, a lamp, which is made up of a lot of cut plastic bottles. Our environmental club members have spent one whole night just to make this. Beautiful isn't it? Its unique shape is so attractive that a lot of people went over there just to check it out. Too bad that the bulb was burnt that morning, so we can't really see how it is when it's turned on. Anyway, at least we had successfully transmitted a message to everyone in the exhibition - bottles have a lot of other usages. For example, to make a lamp. =)

However, there is a downside in this campaign. We found out that a lot of students who took our brochures about some environmental issues simply threw them away. Some had even thrown them RIGHT BESIDE the recycle bin. We hope that they will change their attitude though, or else how can our lovely Earth survive the pollution caused by human activities?

Tiger Trex Talk @ Taylor's Lakeside Campus

2010-06-05T00:57:00.001+08:00

DID YOU KNOW?

How many tigers do we have now globally? It is estimated that we have as low as 3,200 wild tigers globally, with India having the largest estimated population of 1,411 tigers. In 2005, we had about 5,000 tigers globally. In early 1900s, there were an estimated 100,000 tigers in the world!!
How many tigers do we have in Malaysia? Malaysia has the second largest tiger population in the world, and one of the countries with the best chances of saving the tiger. The Department of Wildlife and National Parks ( DWNP ) estimates that Malaysia has about 500 wild tigers, but this is only about 15% of the population that existed in the 1950s. The Malayan tiger is found mainly in Pahang, Perak, Kelantan, Terengganu, Johor and Kedah.

DOUBLE OR NOTHING!
Join WWF to reach Tx2 , the goal to double the number of tiger by 2022, the next Year of Tiger !!!

Mega Earth Day 24/04/2010 & 25/04/2010

2010-05-03T01:03:00.000+08:00

Mega Earth Day @ Kota Damansara Community Forest

-Pictures and video

Justlife Green Ribbon Movement!

2010-05-02T03:12:00.006+08:00

Create/spot your GREEN RIBBON and post it on Justlife Facebook! 50 eco-note book to be given away! This note book is made of FSC paper, printed with mercury-free ink. I have already posted my green ribbon!

My green ribbon! =D

I think mother nature already did her part

by Aris Mohlis

I am the little one

by Kampung Kasih

by Kuan Haw

by Shawn Ong

Plastic is OUT!
by Edeline Ho.

Green Ribbon Movement Promo Video

Taylor's ECA Day for March Intake Students 22/04/2010

2010-05-01T23:33:00.021+08:00

Taylor's ECA Day for March intake students was held in MPH on the 22th of April. Taylor's Environmental Club hopped on board for a booth to promote our club & what we do, and of course, to recruit more members!

Stage 1: Preperation
As usual, we were determined to include recycling into our agenda. Incorporating this element into our booth however, is easier said than done. But thanks to our president Sonia, we solved that problem, on top of coming up with a pretty bad-ass booth concept!

inspiration

What you see is here is what our both concept is based on. By using cardboard boxes, we can construct "towers", and on each tower, information about the club and our events/activities can be read! Not only does this maximize the space we have, we can now focus more on the recruitment part of the plan.

There aren't any pictures of us making preparations as we were all too taken up and busy, but rest is assured, we stalked every photocopy center (MAC, Ichiban etc) for cardboard boxes. A significant amount of time was spent on ripping the boxes apart and turning them inside out as well as decorating them, but there wasn't a task too big for the club as the members got really hands on in helping out.

We also made 10/10 fliers to be given out. In order to reduce our paper usage, we reused some old/misprinted paper to print our fliers on. The 10/10 flier is mainly a list of ten things that you, as an individual can do for the environment.

Stage 2: The Day

Our finished product!

Our preparation involved a lot of effort, which I must say, paid off! But our booth didn't just involve the "towers", we included something else as well!

It is a mock toilet! Hahah, this toilet was actually used for another event, The World Longest Toilet Queue Campaign. Seeing that there will be a lot of people during the ECA event, why not jump at the chance to promote water awareness as well?

an inside view

Using the mock toilet was a really good idea, it was a real attention grabber as people gaped and gawked at it. The reason why was because.....

sonia

joseph

random guy

janice

kuan haw

... our members were in it! We were posing and acting as if it was an actual toilet, peeing and pooping and apparently having bubble tea while doing it.

the towers

No pain no gain, and no work no towers. We certainly worked hard at making them, so I'm posting some pictures of them NYEHEHEEH.

We took up quite a lot of space with our towers, but thank god the clubs stationed next to us didn't really mind.

Quite a lot of people from the March intake joined our club, which is always a good thing! If you happen to be reading this and are from the march intake, note that our meetings are every Tuesday, 4pm at room D16

The icing on the cake was when we won the Best Booth Award! We took our World Water Day signs and ran onstage and made full use of this opportunity of promoting our club while on stage.

Stage 3: After

Seeing that there was a lot of cleaning up to do, we actually stayed back and helped to clean! We even took the recyclable materials and sorted them (plastics and paper). Overall, it was a success. We managed to recruit quite a lot of members and managed to interest a rather lot of people about our up coming events.

See you at our next meeting!

World Water Day Sandwich Mob 20/03/2010

2010-05-01T17:23:00.079+08:00

On the 22nd of March 2010, Taylor's Environmental Club organized a "sandwich mob" in Kuala Lumpur! Our aim was to raise public awareness in conjunction with World Water Day.

So what is World Water Day (WWD) all about?
The international observance of World Water Day is an initiative that grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro.As water crisis becomes a global predicament, WWD aims to raise awareness of the importance of fresh water and the necessity of saving & reducing water wastage in order to combat the issue of our depleting water supply.

The designated theme for this year's WWD is "Clean Water for a Healthy World". The overall goal of WWD 2010 campaign is to raise the profile of water quality at a political level to ensure that water quality considerations are made alongside those of water quantity. More information on WWD is available *here*

Taylor's Environmental Club: Sandwich Mob!

Despite the presence of the word "sandwich", a sandwich mob does not translate to a mob involving edible sandwiches. Sandwiches in this context means a mob whereby a group of people gather together and sandwich themselves with posters or boards on their front and backs.

In our efforts of being an environmentally friendly club, we were determined to include recycling in the agenda. The message boards that were used were made of recycled cardboard boxes (opened up).

Our message boards, made with the help of our members

We first gathered at the Bangsar LRT station for briefing and coordination.

Taylor's Environmental Club members with their message boards!

It was most exciting to see the participation of not only our club members, but their friends as well , bringing us one step closer towards achieving the goals of WWD!

at the Pasar Seni LRT station

After briefing and coordination (and fuelled with enthusiasm!), we made our way to Petaling Street via the LRT and got off at the Pasar Seni station.

On our way to Petaling Street

We decided to promote our cause of the day along the way as people were already staring at our boards. Might as well seize the opportunity! Being quite the noisy lot, we managed to get quite a bit of attention. You can say that it was sort of a prep for our actual mob at Petaling Street!

Smack in the middle of Petaling Street.

There was a lot of people there by the time we arrived, so we quickly stationed ourselves right in the middle of Petaling Street! Once again, people stared at our sandwiches and we jumped at them, telling them of our cause and overall, promoting water awareness. Not many people knew about WWD, but quite a few paid attention to us. There was the ignorant one that we stumbled upon every now and then, but I suppose you can't win them all!

This man here is Steve McCoy, the founder of Green Drinks KL. He founded Counterpoint, a boutique consultancy firm based in Kuala Lumpur which provides support services on sustainability for the Corporate, Government and Non-profit sectors. He took time out of his busy weekend to join us!

Adrian Yeo

We even had the co-founder of Malaysian Youth Climate Justice Network, Adrian Yeo join our sandwich mob!

promoting our cause

If anything, ignorance is NOT bliss. Though to some, parading about and having people gape and gawk at you may be embarrassing, we carried through anyway, because the first step to remedying our dire water situation is awareness and acknowledgment.

at central market

After our reception at Petaling Street, we moved on to Central Market. And so the rumpus began! There was a stage somewhere in Central Market, where a group of people were performing. When one of the performances ended, we ran up onstage!

crashing the stage

We were subsequently shooed off stage, but our point was made. There was A LOT of people who stared at us, and hopefully our message boards alone were adequate in pushing the message across.

In front of Masjid Jamek, the confluence of Klang and Gombak River.

This is the point where the Klang River and Gombak River meet. It is also the origin of our capital, Kuala Lumpur's name.It was rather heartbreaking to see how polluted this significantly historical site was. The water was murky, reflective of the water conditions some parts of the world are subjected to.

end of the mob

Overall the mission took a little over four hours. We were hot, thirsty and tired. Our day involved a lot of err.....attention whoring. I don't suppose there has ever been a moment where we proudly claimed ourselves as attention whores!

We had our pictures taken,

and we appeared in a Chinese daily!

A successful event? You betcha!

stop the drop. Support the cause

Tree Planting

2010-04-30T21:29:00.002+08:00

GEC, in partnership with the Selangor Forestry Department and Sathya Sai Council, is organizing a tree planting event EVERY SATURDAY in May! We're getting into some serious business trying to re-grow an entire forest at the Raja Musa Peat Swamp and we have 80,000 seedlings to plant this year.

With that, we need some (okay, actually we need ALOT of) man (and woman) power to help us get these seedlings back where they belong. So if you have a Saturday morning (8.30am - noon) to spare, come join us in this wonderful opportunity to grow this forest back to its original state.

Dates: 1 May, 8 May, 15 May, 22 May, 29 May
Time : 8.30am -12.30pm
Location : Raja Musa Forest Reserve, Batang Berjuntai

Meet up point for Car Pool Arrangement :
GEC office at SS2
2nd Floor, Wisma Hing, No 78 Jalan SS2/72,
47300 Petaling Jaya Selangor.

Leaving from SS2: 7am
Arrival at Raja Musa : approximately 8am

Please bring:
a. Drinking water (we pledge to produce as little rubbish as possible)
b. Snacks
c. Sunblock
d. Change of clothes

Please wear:
- Long sleeve shirt (to protect yourself from the sun and scratches)
- Long pants
- Old pair of shoes (that you won't mind getting dirty)

Call Regina at 012 229 2313 or Darshana at 0142280529 for more information and details, or visit:

http://www.gec.org.my/index.cfm?&menuid=145

IF YOU ARE COMING and need transport, PLEASE let us know a few days in advance so that we can organize the car-pooling arrangements. Thanks all!

From, GEC volunteers.

Field TRIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2010-03-05T15:27:00.006+08:00

Saturday March 6th
(leave school around 10:30am and get back around 3 pm)

COP 15: What is the Impact on Malaysia and South East Asia?

*This event is part of the Art For Grabs March 2010 events program
*Public Lecture; Sat 6 Mar, 12pm

-Presented by US Embassy Public Affairs Office & The Annexe Gallery, with support from Central Market AnnexeAdmission FreeInvited speaker Dr Myron Shekelle, conservation biologist and directorof Tarsier.org, will discuss the Copenhagen Summit and what he thinks the intended effects are for cooperation between the United States and Southeast Asian nations, notably Malaysia. In line with this, he will discuss how his experiences in the region have illuminated some potential solutions, and many of the very real pitfalls, for foreign-sponsored, collaborative biodiversity research and conservation in Southeast Asia.”

ABOUT THE SPEAKER;
Myron Shekelle received a BA with departmental honors from the University of California (UCLA) in 1991. He was then awarded a National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship and attended Washington University in St. Louis, where earned an MA (1993) and a PhD (2003). He was awarded a National Science Foundation International Postdoctoral Research Fellow, and was based at the University of Indonesia. Subsequently he was a teaching fellow at the National University of Singapore within their flagship undergraduate educational institution, the University Scholars Program, with a joint appointment in the Department of Biological Sciences. With more than 10 years of experience living and working in Southeast Asia as a professional conservation biologist, he returned to the USA in 2008 to found his own science-based conservation organisation, Tarsier.org

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Tree Planting

2010-02-24T17:27:00.009+08:00

Global Environment Centre (GEC), the Sai Group and the Selangor Forestry Department are organizing the first tree planting event for 2010.

Goal : To plant 3,000 trees at the Raja Musa Peat Swamp Forest.

60 Eco Warriors are invited to participate!

( This event is NOT suitable for children under 12 years.)

Date : 27th February 2010 (Saturday)
Time : 7.00am - 12.00pm
Venue : North Selangor Peat Swamp Forest

What to Wear ?
1. Boots or closed-toe shoes
2. Long sleeved shirt
3. Long pants

Please note, volunteers wearing improper attire won't be allowed into the planting area.
► Proper Attire : http://tinyurl.com/yg4y7bt

What to Bring ?
1. Drinking water
2. Light food
3. A bucket, gardening tools and gloves, if you have them

Carpooling (or to Follow us to Planting Site)
• Meetup Point : A&W, PJ (opposite Taman Jaya LRT station).
• Time : 7 am

Getting There
► Map to Planting Site : http://tinyurl.com/yexjuw5

screening of "HOME"

2010-02-19T18:18:00.007+08:00

Screening of "HOME" in LT4, would be postponed to 25th of February, or will be discussed during the next club meeting.

*the screening is for free, so come watch the screening and don't forget to bring along your friends to spread the awareness of global warming, climate change [and list goes on and on] that are getting worse.

*donation could be given too during the screening and the money would go straight to environmental organisations.

-EVERY PENNY THAT YOU DONATE WILL BE VERY USEFUL FOR OUR BELOVED FUTURE-TO-BE GREEN PLANET! :]

Global Warming

2010-02-06T14:36:00.003+08:00

Community Clean-up

2010-01-20T09:53:00.003+08:00

For us at Subang Jaya we will be planting more plants and cleaning the Millennium Park at SS13.

Hence we seek your participation on:

Date: 24th January 2010 (Sunday)
Time: 8.00am to 11.00am
Venue: Millennium Park, SS13 (located near Jalan Kewajipan Roundabout)

Kindly bring along your garden tools and cleaning tools if you plan to join us. Light refreshments will be served.

Thank you for your kind attention and look forward to seeing you this Sunday.

Warm regards
Theresa Ratnam Thong
Ahli Majlis MPSJ

Malaysian Youth Climate Justice Network

2010-01-20T09:51:00.003+08:00

Well done in making "One Green World, One Green Malaysia" candle vigil a success! Thank you for your participation in support of the international 350 campaign.

Wonder what happened during COP15 negotiation in Copenhagen? Do you know that 5 brave Malaysians youth were there with 2,000 other youth?

You are cordially invited to "COP15 Sharing - Youth Perspectives" organised by Malaysian Youth Climate Justice Network. Details are as below:

COP15 Sharing – Youth Perspectives
Over 2,000 youths attended COP15 to demand for a fair, ambitious and binding deal from our world leaders in Copenhagen, Denmark last December. Among them wereAbe, Ron, Pei Ling, Adrian & Jin Yun. Join us on 24 Jan 2010 as they are going to share with you their experience, thoughts, feelings, highs & lows, and all the colours and drama that happened throughout COP15.

Date: 24 Jan 2010
Venue: Sunway University College, Auditorium 4
Registration: Free admission. Please RSVP online before 24 Jan. *First 50 guests to arrive would receive a free mystery eco-gift*
Programme:
8.30am – Registration
9.00am – Sharing starts
11.30am – Q&A
12.00pm – Ends

Besides, you are also welcome to join our after session, where we will be discussion about what we have done, and our plans for 2010. Details are as below:

MYCJN & Beyond
With more than 20 milestones (big & small) achieved in 2009, we’ll go through the time tunnel to review all the ups & downs before moving forward to chair our course for 2010.
Programme:
1.00pm – Video starts
1.30pm – MYCJN 2009 review and 2010 discussion
4.00pm – Ends

For more info, contact Shen Leong @ shennyan[at]gmail[dot]com / 017-935 0988.
Log on to www.mycjn.org for an online version or click below:

COP15 Sharing MYCJN Beyond

Cheers,
Shen Leong
Malaysian Youth Climate Justice Network

MYCJN January Highlights

12 - BFM Radio Interview @ 2pm
13 - Meeting with WWF @ 10am
19 - British High Comm. & Chevening Post-Copenhagen Forum @ 9am
24 - COP15 Sharing, MYCJN & Beyond!
View the detailed calender @ http://mycjn.org/blog/?page_id=140

Email: info@mycjn.org
Website: http://www.mycjn.org/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/mycjn
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/MYCJN
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=88084683444

2009-10-17T22:36:00.004+08:00

Look out people!

We are on a move.

Join us at Taylor's University Main campus this Saturday anytime from 8 to 5pm and drop all the recyclables you've got!

It will help us and also Mother Nature!

2009-10-14T00:37:00.005+08:00

Calling all environmentalists! All those who care about Mother Nature!

We should kick off that old habit and start recycling!

Join us on 24th OCT 09 at Taylor's University College Main Campus to help 350.org help you make a change for OUR ENVIRONMENT!

All recyclables will go to PASS, Persatuan Amal Seri Sinar,an organisation that collects recyclable items for CHARITY.

Everyone is welcomed to attend the event.

Those who are not sure of which materials go into which category

or have difficulty getting the recyclables to us on event day, just let us know.

Sincerely,

Your very friendly environmental club.

2009-10-14T00:20:00.005+08:00

These photos are actually from 350.org's site. All credit goes to their photographers.

There are more of these lovely photos from where they came from. So look out for more posts from our blog.

Videos on 350.

2009-10-08T17:35:00.002+08:00

Interesting videos on what 350 is all about!
Action day is on OCT 24!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqof641pWys

Facts on Glass

2009-10-06T23:54:00.002+08:00

Glass that is dumped in the landfills will never decompose.Glass can be used again and again and is 100% recyclable. A 100-watt light bulb can burn for four hours by the energy saved from recycling one glass bottle. Recycling a bottle will cause 50% less water pollution and 20% less air pollution.A new glass food jar contains at least 35% recycled glass.

Green Consumer Day

2009-09-28T16:55:00.005+08:00

September 28 Green Consumer Day
The problems of consumerism and its impact on the environment is an area of major concern in today’s world. Awareness building on the importance of reducing, reusing, & recycling should be taken up seriously.

Quote for the day:
The best way to be a green consumer is not to be a consumer at all!

It is easy to get excited about all the new green gadgets and organic products out there. These products may be green, but they will never be as green as the product that isn't made at all, and this is an important thing to keep in mind. The greenest path is to make do with what you have. If you do need something, consider buying used. Giving a product a second life is always a green way to go. When you buy something used, it prevents a new version of it from being made, and a perfectly good one from being wasted. If you simply must buy something new, then by all means, look for green or organic products. Develop a sharp eye for distinguishing legitimately green products from products that are simply "greenwashed."

Cited from : http://greenopolis.com/myopolis/blogs/liv-greene/be-a-green-consumer

I found what he/she said is interesting. Even though we may can't stop consuming but we can do it the "green" way. =]

Garbage Enzyme

2009-09-27T11:49:00.006+08:00

Check out this video on the garbage enzyme.
I hope everyone tries it at home!

Facts from National Geographic Channel

2009-09-16T23:43:00.004+08:00

State of the Earth
Earthquakes

A 7.9 magnitude earthquake hit China’s western province of Sichuan leaving 70,000 people dead and nearly 5 million of them homeless.
Studies show that ground earthquakes may be a result of electrical charges in the atmosphere.
The compression of rocks before an earthquake occurs acts like batteries and produce electricity.

Volcanoes

Half a billion people live near the world’s 1,500 active volcanoes.
Instead of a cone, super volcanoes have a circular caldera where magma and earth have been sucked inward during an explosion.

Typhoons, Cyclones, and Hurricanes

On May 2, Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar killing nearly 100,000 people.
Hurricane Ike, the most damaging of the 2008 Atlantic hurricanes, reshaped the coast of Texas, obliterating small islands that once dotted the coastline.
Experts have found that 90 percent of Atlantic hurricanes were preceded by lightning storms over the highland of East Africa.
The changing weather that produces intense lightning in East Africa interrupts the path of trade winds, which may result in hurricanes.
Part of the formation of hurricanes is caused by the rising sea temperature.

Coral Reefs

An atoll is a ring of ancient coral reefs that are left behind when an island sinks back into the ocean.
The process of making an atoll can take up to 30 million years, making coral atolls some of the most ancient and rare ecosystems on Earth.
Coral reefs are home to a quarter of the plants and animals in the world’s ocean.

The Arctic

Locked inside the eons-old permafrost in the Arctic is more carbon dioxide than already exists in the atmosphere.

Animal Extinction

Researchers have found that one in four mammals is in danger of extinction--one in seven birds, one-third of amphibians, and 70 percent of plant life is threatened.
In an isolated swamp of the Congo, researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society located a previously unknown population of 125,000 western lowland gorillas, more than tripling the known population.

Read more: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/earth-day/4246/Overview#tab-facts#ixzz0RHlixAPq

Hope all of you are aware of the situation at hand.
Thank you for reading.

reminder

2009-09-13T22:43:00.004+08:00

I HOPE EVERYONE REMEMBERS OUR CLUB MEETING ON TUE AT D16 FROM 4pm ONWARDS.

SEE YOU GUYS THEN!

Talks on Environmental Issues

2009-08-24T19:39:00.004+08:00

Sorry for the late notice but to those who didn't know about the talks going on, the details are as follow :-

Speaker from Sunway University College
Date : 24th August 09
Venue : LT2
Time : 3.40pm onwards

Talk on Ocean Health by Ms Robin of University of Arizona
Date : 25th August 09
Venue : D16
Time : 9.15am / 11.45am

Talk on Environmental Protection Matters by Mr Robert
Date : 26th August 09
Venue : D16 (if not mistaken)
Time : 9.15am onwards

Anyone interested is welcomed to attend the talk.
Thank you!

PS : Don't forget about our club's meeting tomorrow!

MBPJ to make greening mandatory

2009-08-18T18:07:00.001+08:00

MBPJ to make greening mandatory

Shared via AddThis

2009-08-11T20:23:00.004+08:00

I don't wanna gross all of you out but..

Take a look at what we have collected from the recycling bins from the classrooms today!

We have coffee dripping inside the recycling bins and our garbage bags!

And it stinks too!

So a fair warning to everyone. Please separate your recyclables properly before simply dumping them into any of the recycling bins. DO YOUR PART!

Yes! I dare you to care! =)

Great job my fellow members. cheers!

Public Forum on Malaysia's Nuclear Energy Policy

2009-08-05T18:46:00.003+08:00

Whoever is interested can attend the event on their on expenses.
No transportation from TEC as amount of students willing to attend is unconfirmed.

Venue : Auditorium on the 1st floor of the KL & Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall,Jalan Maharajalela, KL.

Date : 18th August 2009

Time : 7.30pm

Have a nice day!

2009-07-22T18:11:00.004+08:00

Attention people.

There's a meeting coming tuesday (28th july) at D16 from 4pm to 5.30pm.

Meeting agenda :
1) Discussion on ECA day/charity drive activities - poster painting

Idea list from previous meetings
-recycling of ink catridges and toners
-regular updates on TEC's environmental board
-setting up a booth for 'Charity Carnival' on 12th August

PS : Members can come to the meeting whatever time convenient for them.
PPS : Interested but unregistered individuals are also welcomed to attend the meeting as well.

Your scribe,
yi wen.

Taylor's Environmental Club 2009-2010

2009-07-13T11:24:00.002+08:00

First meeting in room D16 at 4pm tomorrow Tuesday July 14th.

See you there.

Tree Planting Event

2009-06-02T17:02:00.004+08:00

TEC will be joining in on the tree planting event so we would like you to volunteer to help.
Many hands make lighter work.

The tree planting event is an effort jointly carried out by the Subang Jaya Municipal, the Subang Jaya State Assemblyman's Office and Residents Committee (JKP Zone 1).

Date: June 6 2009 (Saturday)

Time: 9.30am-11.30am

Venue: Millennium Park, SS13 Subang Jaya

Visit http://www.sjecho.com.my/ for more information.

Presentation (19th May 09)

2009-05-15T18:32:00.001+08:00

Please support TEC and attend Tuesday's presentation (19th May 09) from 3.30-5pm.
Representatives from WWF-Malaysia and trees.org.my are coming.
First of all, we have more than 1000 signatures for the 'Egg=Life' Campaign. *a round of applause*
Thus, TEC is given the privilege to become official partners of WWF-Malaysia for this campaign.
It's an honour seriously. A big thing for TEC.
Not forgetting from Earth Day, we've collected a total of RM655 to be donated to trees.org.my. *another round of applause*

Thank y'all for supporting TEC and have a nice weekend!

2009-05-02T15:14:00.006+08:00

Coming Tuesday, Taylor's Environmental Club will be collecting signatures for WWF-Malaysia "Egg=Life campaign". This campaign will be running from the 22nd of April to 30th of September 2009.

So please drop by the booth(red tent) near the SAM block of TUC's main campus and support us by signing the pledge.

Think of what u can do with just 1 signature!

April 21st - Dato' Eadon Ching of Recycle Charity Speaks to TEC

2009-04-22T10:24:00.005+08:00

I encourage everyone to visit http://www.recyclecharity.org and learn more about this active and impressive local charity founded by Dato' Eadon Ching.

He came and gave a talk to TEC and some Taylor's Students here yesterday to OPEN THE EARTH DAY events.

This organization helps a diverse group of community groups and organizations for people in need through recycling - what an idea!

Thank you for those who attended and as promised we will continue to work with this great organization.

Some plans:

Tree Planting
Field Trip
Subang Area Recycling Collection

April 26 - Garden International School Event

2009-04-22T10:05:00.003+08:00

Garden International School's - Get the Recycling Bug

Dear All
In conjunction with Earth Day celebrations, Ms Linda Landers (Primary Art Teacher) of Garden International School will be hosting a craft session at Bangsar Village 1. The event is open to the public and Ms Landers will lead a team of students who will be showing off their recently acquired skills in construction techniques to build 3D bugs from used shopping bags (pics attached). Children (7 years and over) have the opportunity for a hands-on experience in making their own 3D bugs. A nominal fee of RM10.00 (per bug) is charged to cover costs and all proceeds will be channeled to charities. Details of the event can be found in the attached poster. Much appreciate if you could disseminate this information to students & your friends.
In brief
Event: Get the Recycling Bug
Date: 26 April 2009
Venue: First Floor (next to NZ Natural)
Bangsar Village 1, Bangsar Baru
Kuala Lumpur
Cost: RM10 per bug
We look forward to your support.
Thank you & kind regards,
Rebecca Arulsamy
Marketing & Communications

2009-04-20T12:33:00.009+08:00

http://www.greenbuildingindex.org/

Some tips on how to help save the environment.

22.4.2009 EARTH DAY!

2009-04-20T12:00:00.010+08:00

Mark your calendars people! Earth Day 2009 is less than 48 hours away.

This 22nd of April, come support us and drop by the booth near the guard house of Taylor's Main Campus.
We'll be having a big message board for any GREEN shoutouts.
Come buy a nice and small potted plant with your dedications written on them.(a gift to your best bud maybe??)
We also have Earth Day badges with 4 different cool designs up for grabs.

Wait, there's more! Be on a lookout for our Environmental Club members wearing their funky Earth Day T-shirts!

Earth Day, Water Day, Everyday

2009-03-24T23:04:00.006+08:00

Come join us in hand for Earth Hour and turn all your lights on 8.30pm Saturday March 28, 2009.

Lights-off to see your world in a new light.

World Water Day event has been pushed to the 29th of March.
We will all meet in school at 8.00 am that day...
Posters are greatly welcomed,has to be centered around water.

Great Videos

2009-03-10T20:49:00.004+08:00

The Story Of Stuff

And

Someone we can learn from,
A 12 year old girl speaks to the U.N on the state of the environment

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severn_Cullis-Suzuki

-Melvin-

Great Meeting.

2009-03-03T17:05:00.003+08:00

Really impressed by the turnout.

Some dates to keep open

March 22nd - Water Day
March 27th - Environmental Speaker Day
April 22nd - Earth Day

If you are interested in joining the Organic Camp contact Christine Cheng or go to meeting in B28 Friday 2-3pm.

See you next week.

The Planet Trailer

2009-02-10T23:00:00.003+08:00

The trailer of the movie for our very first movie night...

Join Us...

2009-02-09T00:42:00.004+08:00

Join us and help preserve the beauty that is Mother Nature... There is only one Earth and it is our obligation to preserve it for future generations...

3rd meeting

2009-02-04T10:05:00.001+08:00

Wow TEC.

What a meeting! Our club has almost 100 members. This is a true 'environmental movement'.

We have the potential to start something great, and really make a difference - Our club will incorporate the idea of 'less talk, more action'.

Some committees have sent me their mailing list and I still need lists from others.

Everything we do in our groups (ideas, dates, etc.) should be recorded and passed on.

Thank you for being a part of this club (and for singing happy bday).

Next meeting is Tuesday, but I hope all of you will try to do a little planning before then.

Cheers.

"Wake Up, Freak Out, Then Get a Grip" - Scary but Excellent Video!

2009-01-21T14:44:00.007+08:00

Hello, fellow greenies!

If you follow this link you'll find an excellent video by someone named Leo Murray about what will happen to our planet if we don't take action and move towards fighting climate change. United we stand, divided (or lazy) we fall!

If you want the script for this video, use this link:

http://wakeupfreakout.org/wakeup.html

Happy Watching - and really, freak out, but then get a grip! And share it with anyone else you think needs some shaking into action!

2009-01-21T10:13:00.001+08:00

Booth Schedule for ECA DAY (Thursday, Jan.22)

3:30 – Mr. Colin, Melvin, Ambhi
4:00 – Mr. Les (so lonely)
4:30 – Ms. Lindsay
5:00 – Paalini, Aish, Kelly
5:30 – Thilla, Afyqah, Ainaa (5:45-6:15)
6:00 – Mr. Dave

*if you are not signed up please join a time slot and help out!

Second Environmental Club Meeting

2009-01-20T19:18:00.005+08:00

As the title suggests,we had our second environmental club meeting today in D10.(Is it me or did we have less people today??)
Anyways, we assigned people to activities we wanted accomplished such as

-Reduce Plastic Bags Campaign

-Recycling Program

-Environmental Movie Screenings

-Tree Planting Initiative

-Environment Day and Week

-World Issues Conference Involvement

As of now, I don't think we have a calender of events set yet except for ECA day.

And members are encouraged to take down outdated flyers in all their classes and pass them to Mr. Colin to be recycled into our own flyers, preferably those flyers with the due date of 2008 on them.

And we also gave Miss Nicole a surprise Happy Environmental Birthday song since they were just having a party 2 classes down...

I am currently working on a layout for this blog to make it more "visually" appealing and anyone who wishes to help may do so...
Of course it would be environmentally themed...

I'm guessing that's all for now....

-Melvin-

-Food For Thought
We can vote and not just voting at a voting booth for the next president or a new government.
Anybody of any age can vote, because you vote everyday that you pay for something.
Every time you lay your money down on a counter to buy something, you are saying that,
I approve of this object. I approve of how it was made,the materials that are in it and whats going to happen when I no longer need it and throw it away.

2009-01-13T17:09:00.001+08:00

ICPU
Environment
Club

Meeting every week on Tuesday
Time: 3:35pm in D10

Organized by:
Mr. Colin Shafer
Mr. Leslie Hussack
Ms. Lindsay Sommerauer
Mr. David Borden

For more information contact :

Mr. Colin Shafer
colin.shafer@taylors.edu.my
Taylor's University College

Anyone can join.
Do you want to:
Make a difference?
Stop Global Warming?
Change the world?
Be an active citizen?
Watch films?
Raise awareness?

Join us.