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Financial institutions must not contribute to forest and peatland destruction and transboundary haze

Lai Cheng October 19, 2022 0 Comments

As the climate and biodiversity crisis intensifies, credit to forest-risk commodity companies increased 60 per cent between 2020 and 2021. A new report, released today by the Forests & Finance Coalition, whose members include the Rainforest Action Network, Profundo, TuK Indonesia, Bank Track, Amazon Watch, Reporter Brasil, Friends of the Earth US and Sahabat Alam Malaysia, finds that none of...

LACK OF SLEEP RAISES RISK OF MANY HEALTH PROBLEMS

Lai Cheng October 13, 2022 0 Comments

Sleep experts say we should get at least 7 hours of slumber each night. A single night of poor sleep can leave you feeling cranky and unmotivated. You may be too tired to work efficiently, to exercise, or to eat healthfully. Over time, continued sleep deprivation raises the risk for a number of chronic health problems, including obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease....

Asian civil society calls on E.U. to end dental amalgam trade

Lai Cheng October 11, 2022 0 Comments

As the European Union moves to 100% mercury-free dentistry, Asian civil society is insisting the amalgam trade end at the same time. Dental amalgam comprising 50% mercury, is toxic and inconsistent with the environment and modern dentistry. After a decade of studies and partial bans, the European Union appears poised to set an end date for its use, as is happening elsewhere in the world....

Green Action Week 2022: “Sharing Community”

Lai Cheng October 11, 2022 0 Comments

FROM LEFTOVERS TO MEALS Cooking Workshop by CAP CAP held an educational campaign on 8 October 2022 to create public awareness on food wastage and how to prevent it. During the event, participants were shown a...

Transformative Cities: CAP’s Urban Farming Project

Lai Cheng October 11, 2022 0 Comments

When 80-year-old Ch'ng Ah Bee first heard that the Senior Citizens Association in Scotland Road, Penang was going to start an eco-farm, she was more than excited as she can now put her gardening skills to good use. "I used to live in a landed property and had space to have my own little garden where I planted a lot of vegetation,” Ch'ng said. "But when I moved to a condominium, space was...

Green Action Week 2022: Sharing Community “From Leftovers to Meals”

Lai Cheng October 11, 2022 0 Comments

PRESS STATEMENT by CAP President Mohideen Abdul Kader on the need to avoid food wastage in conjunction with CAP's "From Leftovers to Meals" public campaign held at CAP's premises on 8 October 2022: DON'T LET EDIBLE LEFTOVER FOOD GO TO WASTE The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) is celebrating this year’s Green Action Week themed “Sharing Community” by providing tips on how to convert...

TRANSFORMATIVE CITIES AWARD 2022

Lai Cheng October 7, 2022 0 Comments

WE NEED YOUR VOTES. Dear friends, CAP is a finalist of the Transformative Cities Award 2022. We need you to support us. For several years now, we have, through our urban farming campaigns, guided and shared useful knowledge with farmers, schools and individuals. Our objective is to transform the country's food system into a healthier and more sustainable one. Together we can all drive changes to...

TRANSFORMATIVE CITIES AWARD 2022

Lai Cheng October 7, 2022 0 Comments

Transformative Cities Award 2022 seeks to recognise sustainable transformation efforts by local initiatives around the world in various areas - water, food, housing and energy. Important transformative initiatives are those that change the status quo, leaving behind models driven by corporations' profits. CAP has been selected to be one of the finalists in the Food category of the Award. WE NEED...

CAP shocked the Cabinet has ratified CPTPP

Lai Cheng October 7, 2022 0 Comments

CAP is shocked that the Cabinet had decided to ratify the controversial Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) even as parliamentarians prepared to debate this in the ongoing Dewan Rakyat sitting. Our study of the latest cost-benefit analysis (CBA) commissioned by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry from PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) confirms...

Pets do not abandon their owners

Lai Cheng October 5, 2022 0 Comments

The Consumer Association of Penang (CAP) is gravely concerned over the increasing number of abandoned pets in the country. Media reports and social media highlighted abandoned pets are on the rise these days and animal shelters urge people not to abandon their pets as their capacity for abandoned animals is stretched to the limit. It was reported in early June that there were about 10,000 stray...

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