The Ministry of Environment (Japan) will be holding the International Youth Conference on Biodiversity in Aichi 2010. This is scheduled for August 2010, and is aimed at providing a platform for youths from around the globe to share their ideas, thoughts and knowledge in biodiversity. The conference is being held in conjunction with the 10th…
Bridgestone recently raised a substantial amount of money for GEC. Read on for more informaton! In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Bridgestone Tyre Sales (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, the company recently organized its MD Cup 10th Anniversary Challenge ‘Drive for Charity’ golf event at the renowned Saujana Golf and Country Club. The Drive for Charity…
Anplas Bags are helping GEC to raise funds for the Raja Musa Peat Forest Rehabilitation Programme. Read on for more! Peatland plays a very important cooling role on the Earth overall temperature by capturing and storing Carbon Dioxide (CO2), the major contributor to global Green House Effect. Hence some Tree Planting events are organized by…
KUALA LUMPUR: It will pay to dress in green tomorrow and on Saturday. You may be one of the lucky ones to be spotted by volunteers, also clad in green, who will hand you a bookmark to mark the “Lights Off Green On” environmental protection campaign initiated by MCA Youth together with the Global Environment Centre….
KUALA Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) sent a team of contractors and workers to parks and playgrounds in the city during the weekend to cut the grass and spruce up the areas. Residents in Sri Hartamas, Sunway SPK Damansara, Taman Tun and Jalan Kelang Lama said DBKL workers were seen cleaning up the places. “It is…
THE female hornbill waits patiently inside a clay jar for her male partner to return. Lying low, with only her long beak peeking out of the small entrance, she is like the faithful wife waiting longingly for the safe return of her husband. Her anticipation heightens as she hears a familiar sound from the sky…
To take the project to the next level of interactivity, Canon called all 1000 participants of the project to join them at Padang Kota Damansara, on October 19th 2008, to help them plant 2,500 seedlings. “We also invited YB Elizabeth Wong (Bukit Lanjan Exco), Faizal Parish (Director of Global Environment Centre), YB Dato Haji Mohamad…
FOURTEEN charitable organisations received donations of RM150,000 in total from DiGi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd under its “Love to Save” campaign. “We conceptualised this campaign to make it easy for Malaysians to support their charity of choice. We wanted to give everyone, including non-DiGi customers, the opportunity to make a difference with just one click,” said…
ALL it took was a click for the public to donate to their favourite charity during DiGi’s Love to Save campaign, where the company had pledged to donate RM150,000 to 14 charitable organisations. The campaign, held in June, saw both DiGi subscribers and non-subscribers visiting the website www.lovetosave.com.my to choose a charity where, with each click or vote, DiGi…
THE KOTA Damansara forest will be gazetted as a permanent forest reserve by the year-end at the latest. In a reply to Kota Damansara assemblyman Dr Nasir Hashim, tourism, consumer affairs and environment chairman Elizabeth Wong said that the state executive council had on May 27 approved for the forest to be gazetted. “We have…