Think Green!
This Saturday, Malaysia celebrates World Environment Day 2007 with a host of events at FRIM. Here's the list:
In view of that, I (CzipKid) have picked my top-10 base on a list done by The Star newspaper (Malaysia):
1. Live simply
Every product we use, whether it’s a paper cup, dress or car, leaves an ecological footprint. Think about living with less, so as to tread lighter on Earth.
2. Think before you throw
Before discarding something, first consider how it can be reused.
Before discarding something, first consider how it can be reused.
3. Say no to flyers
Decline or return promotional pamphlets distributed at public places if you’re not interested in what’s on offer. Refuse junk mail if you don’t want to read it.
Decline or return promotional pamphlets distributed at public places if you’re not interested in what’s on offer. Refuse junk mail if you don’t want to read it.
4. Go paper-less
Send e-cards and emails rather than letters, memos and cards. The pulp and paper industry is the world's fifth largest industrial consumer of energy and uses more water to produce a tonne of product than any other business.
5. Buy in bulk
Avoid products packed individually or for single use, such as beverage sachets or biscuits in small packs. Those foils are not recycled, and so add to waste heaps.
Avoid products packed individually or for single use, such as beverage sachets or biscuits in small packs. Those foils are not recycled, and so add to waste heaps.
6. Go for fresh
Why buy fruit juices in cartons and create waste? Recycling aseptic packaging, which is made of 75% paper, 20% polyethylene and 5% aluminium foil, uses up lots of water and energy. Furthermore, current collection for recycling is poor. Juice fresh fruits instead. It will be free of sweeteners, colourings, preservatives – and trash.
7. Say 'No' to plastic bags
They do not degrade, mar the landscape and clog up rivers and seas. Plastics are derived from petroleum, so producing them emits greenhouse gases, too. Decline a plastic bag if your purchase is small and easy to carry. Try not to accumulate any new plastic bags for a week; you will see that it is not that difficult.
8. Bring a bag
Keep cloth bags in your car so they are always at hand should you decide to go shopping or marketing.
9. Use them again
Those plastic bags used to pack vegetables in supermarkets can be reused. Don't try to remove the price sticker as this will tear the flimsy bags. Turn them inside out instead.
10. Don't add to waste heaps
Separate paper, plastics, metals, glass and aseptic carton for recycling. If you cannot drop them off at recycling centres, leave them outside for the garbage collector. Recycling saves the landscape from dumps, reduces usage of energy and raw materials, and prevents emissions of methane.
For more recycling ideas or how you can support or work for the environment, simply put just:
So do your part today, when you come into CzipLee Books & Stationery - if you can make do without the plastic bags, just say NO! We are doing our bit to reduce the plastics!"You look at that river gently flowing by. You notice the leaves rustling with
the wind. You hear the birds; you hear the tree frogs. In the distance you hear
a cow. You feel the grass. The mud gives a little bit on the river bank. It's
quiet; it's peaceful. And all of a sudden, it's a gear shift inside you. And
it's like taking a deep breath and going, "Oh yeah, I forgot about this."
-Al Gore in the opening monologue of An Inconvenient Truth-
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