Category: Environment EN

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 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...

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) refers to the recent statement by Perak Menteri Besar, Datuk Seri Saarani Mohamad, regarding the mining of lanthanide in Kenering, Gerik, published in media reports on 28 September 2022. The MB has been stressing the point that the lanthanide, which is being mined is not radioactive. SAM is compelled to point out that just because lanthanide in itself is not...

The pilot project for the proposed mining and beneficiation of lanthanide element ion-adsorption deposit on a total area of about 5,339 acres (2,161) Ha in Mukim Kenering, Daerah Hulu Perak, Perak Darul Ridzuan is set to start very soon. The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report was available for public review in August 2021 and it was approved on 11 May 2022 despite its serious flaws. As...

Being in nature, or even viewing scenes of nature, reduces anger, fear, and stress and increases pleasant feelings. Exposure to nature not only makes you feel better emotionally, it contributes to your physical wellbeing, reducing blood pressure, heart rate, muscle tension, and the production of stress hormones. It may even reduce mortality, according to scientists. Nature helps us cope with...

Birds play an essential role in the functioning of the world's ecosystems, in a way that directly impacts human health, economy and food production – as well as millions of other species. Birds pollinate plants, are nature’s clean-up crew, spread seeds, keep coral reefs alive, and more. Smaller birds may eat seeds and nuts, dropping many of these to the forest floor where creatures below can...

Books are a timeless preserver of literature, history, science, philosophy, and culture. However, as books became more abundant, so has the volume destined for landfills instead of a library. In the Cankaya district of the Turkish capital Ankara, garbage collectors joined forces to rescue discarded books. On their daily rounds, they collected scores of books and turned them into a library,...