Day: October 8, 2021

  The theme for Green Action Week (GAW) 2021 is “Sharing Community”.  This year the 26 GAW campaigns run by organizations from 22 countries across four regions promote the importance of sharing and collaboration within local communities to reduce unsustainable consumption globally. GAW is a global campaign to promote sustainable consumption across the globe through awareness-raising,...

Urban Gardening: Interview 3 Retired teacher Selvi Singgaram has plenty to share about her backyard garden, where a wide variety of plants – from vegetables to medicinal herbs – are grown. Her husband, Kanthabalan Ramiah, started the garden about 3 years ago. Since then all her family members have been fully involved in maintaining the garden. “We grow vegetables namely white brinjal,...

Urban Gardening: Interview 2 Karina Yong has a flourishing vegetable and ulam garden in the backyard of her city home. She harvests what she grows to make lemuni rice, masak lemak (with moringa leaves), herbal drinks and other dishes without having to buy the plant ingredients from the market. All together she has cultivated 4 plots of various plants in her garden. One plot is filled with herbs...