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Greetings everyone! To kick start the first quarter of the year 2012, we present to you our first quarterly e-newsletter to help us keep connected ! In line with our slogan “building partnerships with the environment”, our newsletters will keep you updated on our activities and events and how YOU can play a part in saving the environment.
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WATER revives a dead river
Sungai Way rehabilitation involves creating a river within a river. Success depended on engaging stakeholders from the start.
By Stephen Ng, Green Purchasing Asia
For Dr K Kalithasan of the Global Environment Centre in Malaysia, river rehabilitation works best when you go back to the basics of engaging the community and employ methods that are practical, sustainable and duplicable. After three years of working to rehabilitate Sungai Way, one of Malaysia’s most polluted rivers, his team showed that simple technology is sufficient to help bring life back to a river. Read more >>
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World Wetlands Day 2012 - We did it again and we did it TWICE!
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That's right! We celebrated it again and we did it at two differrent wetlands area - Raja Musa Peat Swamp Forest and Kuala Gula Mangrove Forest.
Celebration of World Wetlands Day at Raja Musa Peat Swamp Forest (better known as Raja Musa Forest Reserve) in Selangor, took off with a great start with the lauching of two community-based initiatives in peatland forest rehabilitation - Sahabat Hutan Gambut and the Peatland Forest Ranger programme. Not only we managed to get 250 people to celebrate the day, but also we managed to get local medias to talk about it. Check out the media articles published by clicking here.
In Kuala Gula, Perak, Friends of Mangrove (a community based organisation) and students planted about 500 mangrove seedlings to commenmorate the World Wetlands Day 2012. Read more on the media article published.
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'WATER' way to tackle pollution at rivers
PETALING JAYA: Companies, under their corporate social responsibility programmes, are wading in to help clean up rivers and drains to rehabilitate the water source.Guinness Anchor Berhad (GAB) Foundation, for instance, has a project called “Working Actively Through Education and Rehabilitation” (WATER). Read more >>
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Students learned all about peat in Peatland Forest Ranger Programme
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The Peatland Forest Ranger Programme is an environmental programme GEC introduces to educate school children on the importance of environmental protection, particularly peat swamp forest. The pilot phase of the programme was held from March 9th to March 11th and was targetted for secondary school children from four neighbouring schools around Raja Musa Forest Reserve in Kuala Selangor. Click here to view the photos.
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GEC and FedEx Malaysia helped S.M.A.R.T Ranger students to get smart about waste footprint
A waste management and waste footprint training was held on 22nd March 2012 in conjunction with World Water Day 2012 at SK Sri Kelana, Kelana Jaya, Selangor. About 100 students participated in the training and were thought on how to audit waste, manage waste, calculate carbon emission derived from waste and how to offset the emission through planting. The half day training was assisted by FedEx Malaysia's staff who volunteered their time to help the students with the activities. In addition, FedEx Malaysia also donated RM25,000 to GEC to support our work on protection of environment. Click here to view the photos.
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ASEAN Workshop - Peatland Fires and Early Warning System (20-21 March 2012), Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
The ASEAN Secretariat and the Global Environment Centre (GEC) jointly organised a workshop on Peatland Fires and Early Warning System on 20-21 March 2012 in Kuala Lumpur. The workshop was attended by 38 invited speakers and guests from the key technical institutions on meteorological, representatives from Regional Southeast Asia Wildland Fire Science and Management Network and representatives of ASEAN Member States Haze Focal Points. The workshop is a part of the APFP and SEApeat Project funded by IFAD-GEF and European Union, respectively. Click here to view and download the presentation files (PDF format)
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We Need Your Support...
Dear Friends,
Thank you for your kind support to GEC all this while. We hope you will continue to support us through this new initiative – Charity8. Charity8 is a portal that connects GEC to caring people who have the desire to make financial contributions towards environment - people like you. It creates an opportunity for you to contribute funds to support our work for the good of Mother Earth while you shop.
But first, we need you to sign up on the Charity8 website (www.charity8.com.my) as GEC’s member. The more members of GEC joined, the higher distribution ratio of fund GEC gets. So don’t forget to also get your friends and contacts to sign up as GEC’s members. Steps to sign up are illustrated as below.
Please do use Charity8 for your shopping as it is convenient and safe and more importantly, you get to donate while you shop.
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Sponsor a Mangrove Seedling!
Help us in mangrove replanting by sponsoring a seedling for only USD 10 or RM 35! Mangrove seedlings are grown in a nursery and taken care of by our Friends of Mangrove Community Group in Kuala Gula, Perak. GEC will plant the seedling for you and you will receive a Certificate of Sponsorship! Read more.
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One of GEC's missions is to reach out to the public and raise awareness on environmental issues through educational materials and outreach activities. To do this, we need a constant supply of funds! Help us make a better environment today by donating to our funds! Contact us to find out more!
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