PETALING JAYA (April 21, 2009) : A full audit of all Puncak Niaga (M) Sdn Bhd operations should be done if the Department of Environment’s (DOE) finding on the discharge of sludge from the company’s water treatment plant in Bukit Badong into Sungai Selangor proves affirmative, say environmental groups. They also called for close scrutiny…
FROM rearing their own chickens to adopting lightbulbs, the young people of Malaysia have sure risen to the challenge of preserving our planet. It’s one thing to turn off your lights for an hour every year to reduce your carbon footprint as was done in the recent Earth Hour global campaign, and another altogether to…
IN conjunction with World Water Day, a group of concerned teachers and students led by Azhar Muhammad of Sri KDU Secondary School decided to participate in a river clean-up project. Besides being an on-site educational activity, the project was aimed at increasing awareness among the students that much of the solid waste in the rivers…
THE Eco-Fan installed to improve the water quality at the Kelana Jaya lake in April 2008 has stopped functioning, according to Friends of Kelana Jaya Park (FOKJP). Its vice-president Jack Lim, 70, said the Eco-Fan was a pump installed at various locations of the lake to improve the water quality of the lake. He said…
The Raja Musa Peat Forest Rehabilition Programme is a collaborative effort between the Selangor Forestry Department (Selangor FD) and Global Environment Centre (GEC). Read more about our previous planting activities here. The upcoming tree planting event is the fourth tree planting activity in Raja Musa Peat Forest Reserve and we are planning to revisit previous…
Friday March 27, 2009 New lease of life for forest reserve By LIM CHIA YING THE Raja Musa forest reserve near Batang Berjuntai is set to regain its former enchanting environment as massive rehabilitation work are going full steam to restore and regenerate it. The 23,000ha peat swamp forest reserve is fast turning back into…
PETALING Jaya City councillor Derek Fernandez said that the cause of the poor water quality in the Bukit Gasing Education Forest is the drainage system in the area. He said this in response to a report in StarMetro on March 11 headlined “Bukit Gasing still needs help”. Fernandez, the councillor in charge of Zone 12 (Sections 5…
KELANA JAYA 10 Feb. – Bagi mewujudkan kawasan perumahan yang lebih selesa dan bersih, Majlis Bandaraya Petaling Jaya (MBPJ) telah mengadakan majlis gotong-royong di sekitar kawasan SS7/17, SS7/26 dan SS7/28 baru-baru ini. Aktiviti gotong-royong yang berlangsung selama tiga jam itu, turut mendapat penglibatan dan sokongan daripada Komuniti Friends of Kelana Jaya Park dan Global Environment…
KELANA JAYA 8 Feb. – Menyaksikan panorama alam yang indah dengan lokasi yang strategik pasti membuatkan warga kota teruja untuk ke sana. Apatah lagi setelah seharian penat bekerja, peluang ini pasti direbut oleh setiap keluarga untuk beriadah sambil melakukan hobi mereka. Kedudukannya yang strategik iaitu berhampiran dengan Lebuh Raya Damansara-Puchong (LDP) menjadikan Taman Tasik Bandaran…