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September 2010 Newsletter
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Greetings from GEC! We hope that August was a great month for all of you. September brings a myriad of environmental days to celebrate like World Ozone Day, Clean Up the World, Zero Emissions Day, World Water Monitoring Day, World River Day and Green Consumer Day. So make sure you do your part and find out what's going on in your local area that day and help out! If not, why not organize your own environmental activity? For our Muslim friends, we would like to wish you "Selamat Hari Raya"! Let's make this year's celebration a green and eco-friendly one with no throw-away plates and cutlery or packed styrofoam food =)
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Upcoming Highlights
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Malaysiaku – Celebrating Malaysia Day Street Festival at Bangkung Row
In the spirit of 1 Malaysia, a group of restaurants and over 18 NGOs have come together to celebrate Malaysia Day with fun, informative, and inspiring exhibitions, talks, performances, poetry reading, art displays, music, dance, and a street bazaar on 16th September 2010. Read more >>
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Tree Planting dates fixed!
We have finally fixed our tree planting dates at the Raja Musa Forest Reserve for the rest of the year. The dates are September 18 & 25, October 9 & 23, November 13 & 27 and December 4 & 18. We are looking for large groups to join us from Universities, Colleges, Schools or Corporate Organisations. If you are interested, please give us a call! Read more >>
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World River Day Celebration!
GEC will be celebrating World River Day on 25th September with a Cleanup and Education Programme at Sungai Pencala. This programme is supported by Novozymes and will involve activities such as biomonitoring, river mapping and river cleanup. Read more >>
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Workshop on Options for Carbon Financing to Support Peatland Management
This workshop will be held from 28-30 September in Pekan Baru, Riau Province, Indonesia and aims to bring together experts from the region to discuss and explore the options for implementing carbon financing to support conservation and rehabilitation of the sites and for the benefit of local stakeholders involved in peatland management. Read more >>
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The month that was...
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European Journalism Centre (EJC) visits!
On 16th August, GEC brought a group of participants who won a world-wide blogging competition (TH!NK) in the framework of Sustainibilty in the Developing World organized by EJC. We brought them to our project sites at Raja Musa Forest Reserve and Sungai Way.
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CIMB Ecosave 3R Awareness Campaign
The CIMB Islamic EcoSave 3R Awareness Campaign kicked off on 17th August at Sunway University College with the Eco Bazaar. GEC was there to promote the project and the 3 competitions for Sunway U students that are being held in conjunction with the campaign.
Read more >>
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GEC goes 'live' on BFM 89.9
GEC had the opportunity to be on live radio twice! BFM 89.9 interviewed two of our Coordinators, Suzana Mohkeri and Dr. Kalithasan and discussed important issues like the importance of peat swamp forests, rivers and water and also spoke about our current project sites.
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Support GEC!
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Donate to GEC via CIMB Cares
CIMB Cares is an easy to use online donation system and supports donations by customers from Bank Islamic, Public Bank, Maybank, Hong Leong Bank, RHB Bank and CIMB Bank. Help support GEC's work by donating today! Click here to find out more.
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Recycled banner products for sale!
GEC has partnered with NottyPooch, a local handmade brand to upcycle our used banners into cool, new products! 10% of the sales will be donated to GEC's Forest Care Fund so check out the products and get yourself or your friends an eco-friendly gift today!
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Buy a Bag, Save a Forest!
Buy a limited edition Anplas Canvas Bag and help support GEC's Raja Musa Forest Reserve Rehablitation Program. RM5 from each purchase will be donated to GEC's Forest Care Fund. Click here to find out more about Anplas and to order your bag today!
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