by Hardev Kaur
New Straits Times, December 7 2007
MALAYSIA released 177.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2004, or 0.6 per cent of the global total. This translates to 7.5 tonnes of carbon dioxide discharged by each Malaysian. It represents a 221 per cent increase from 1990 and, according to the UN Development Report, Malaysia ranks […]

Star Metro, Wednesday April 25, 2007
By Jayagandi Jayaraj
Photos by Low Lay Phoon
From the Press, Green Living, Kota Damansara Community Forest

NST Monday, April 16 2007
Letter to the editor from S.M. MOHAMED IDRIS for Sahabat Alam Malaysia
SAHABAT Alam Malaysia welcomes the call by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to state governments to protect and conserve water resources.
From the Press, Green Living

NST Monday, April 16 2007
Letter to the editor from Loga Sunthir Veeraiah
Federation of Malaysian Consumer Associations (FOMCA), Petaling Jaya
SINCE Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi announced that by-laws would be introduced to harvest, store and use rainwater, many parties have given their opinions. The Real Estate and Housing Developers Association (Rehda) has not […]

What once was just a hobby has, over the years, transformed into a full-scale organic garden. For the past 30 years, Datuk Albert Mah has been recycling and composting his kitchen and garden waste. A former chief police officer of Penang, Datuk Mah fell in love with gardening, “it calms the soul and relaxes the […]

Malaysians continue to have a torrid affair with plastic bags. We love them because they have a million different uses in and around our homes, schools, offices and workplaces. However their impact on our living space is nothing short of an environmental disaster.
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Vimala Sundram talks to three Malaysians who have discovered firsthand the health and healing potential of tropical forests. Yeap Teck Sin and Shellatay Rao have been friends for years. One a homeopath the other a librarian. When Shellatay left for Wales, (husband and sons in-tow) to further her studies some 20 years ago, she went […]

Most people are able to talk themselves out of unnecessary purchases, limiting themselves only to the occasional splurge. But they completely lose control when it comes to their kids!  Something about the sheer unadulterated happiness children exude at receiving a longed for item makes us feel wretched if we have to say “No, not this […]

Most new habits, take a couple of weeks of consistent practice before they take hold. So don’t wait till the next water crisis before you start to think about what you can do to save water, start now.
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