Lai Cheng

Building a Sharing Community for Sustainable Consumption Green Action Week is a global campaign that unites communities for the well-being of both people and the planet. The campaign builds a sharing community as a powerful driver of sustainable consumption. By sharing knowledge, skills, resources, creative ideas, and more participants help build a culture of sustainability and circular systems...

GAIA and over 100 civil society groups across five continents (including Consumers’ Association of Penang and Sahabat Alam Malaysia) are calling on UN-HABITAT to stop promoting "waste-to-energy" incineration—a harmful, outdated, and unjust approach to waste management. Incineration is NOT sustainable. It harms public health, deepens environmental injustices, and undermines real climate...

The true cost of fashion is more than what’s on the price tag – it lingers in pollution, water waste, and emissions. Between 2000 and 2015, clothing production had doubled. It is estimated that 92 million tonnes of textile waste is generated worldwide each year. This is equivalent to a truckload of clothing being incinerated or sent to landfills every second. Fashion shouldn’t come at the...

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) urges the Penang state government to cancel the proposed land reclamation project adjacent to the existing Jelutong Landfill in Penang, and the EIA of the proposed project rejected by the Department of Environment due to the negative environmental and health impacts. Moreover, the proposed reclamation works will have adverse impacts on the Middle Bank, which is rich...