Category: Environment EN

The communities who attended the Debunking Waste to Energy Symposium today said in unison that they oppose any waste to energy projects in Malaysia. Instead the government should move towards embracing real solutions, that is zero waste. Zero Waste Asia Consumers Association Penang - CAP  

“The real economy of this planet is its forests and oceans. Its currency is water, food, oxygen, sunlight. Its stock market is the ecosystems and climate systems which balance the allocation of these resources, and its stakeholders are its 8 million species.” ~ George Tsakraklides, author, biologist and food scientist    

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) is distressed to learn about the occurrence of a landslide in Blue Valley in Cameron Highlands, early this morning that has led to 4 persons being buried so far. While the cause of the landslide is yet to be determined, SAM is gravely concerned that hill clearings in Cameron’s for all kinds of projects including for agriculture and construction development could be...

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Some 254 locations nationwide have been identified as critical slopes at risk of landslides, says the Mineral and Geoscience Department (MGD). Of this, 104 sites were classified as high risk, 97 as medium risk and 53 as low risk. Sabah has the most critical slopes at 36, followed by Johor, Pahang, Terengganu, Kelantan and Perak (25 each), Sarawak and Selangor (21), Negri Sembilan (19), Penang...

Humans have a deeply engrained love of nature which is an intuitive and natural drive imprinted into our DNA. It is thus no surprise that nature helps us cope with pain. We are genetically programmed to find trees, plants, water, and other nature elements engrossing, we are absorbed by nature scenes and distracted from our pain and discomfort, says the University of Minnesota’s article, “How...

Did you know that climate change also affects food safety? Discover how rising temperatures threaten the production of safe food. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization