How to make butterfly pea drink
Video 3: Kirtanah Poobalan is a Form 3 student from SMK Convent – How to make butterfly pea drink (Healthy Drink). #GreenActionWeek
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Knowledge sharing on Sprouting Mung Beans & self made coconut shell flower pot
Video 2: 12-year-old Nyaalan Sivakumar shares his knowledge on growing taugeh (mung bean sprouts) and making coconut-shell flower pots. He encourages other children his age to try it. #GreenActionWeek Next: How to make Butterfly Pea Drink and Tulsi (Holy Basil) Drink. Look out for the videos tomorrow.
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CAP: Expedite Regulatory Action to Eliminate Lead in Paints
The World Health Organization (WHO) has recognized 24–30 October 2021, as the International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week to raise awareness and promote actions to address the health impacts of lead exposure, especially on children, pregnant women and workers. In conjunction with this occasion, the Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) calls on the Malaysian government to expedite regulatory...
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CAP calls on Malaysian Government to enshrine the Right to a Clean and Sustainable Environment in our Constitution
When the world is facing an existential crisis – with the masses facing poor access to clean air, clean water, and a safe and clean place to live; and in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic and the climate change crisis – the Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) lauds the UN Human Rights Panel for recognising the right to a clean and sustainable environment as a basic human right. This...
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Set up RCI to investigate financial outflows to secret accounts in tax havens
The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) welcomes the assurance given by the Prime Minister that the government will not interfere with the investigations by enforcement agencies into the secret accounts in tax havens operated by Malaysians, as revealed in the Pandora Papers. We also reiterate our call made eight months ago that the government set up a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) to...
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Human factor in motorcyclist road fatalities
Malaysian motorcyclist fatalities may overtake Thailand according to a news report. As such, the Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) asks why, despite all the research and efforts in curbing accident rates, motorcycle fatality rate kept rising. In 2013, the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS) highlighted that Malaysia has the fifth highest accident fatalities involving...
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Plastic Fuels The Climate Crisis
Watch this page as GAIA and its members highlight the most pressing issues ahead of #COP26. Find resources, calendar of events and more here: https://www.no-burn.org/cop26-plasticburns Break Free From Plastic #PlasticBurns #Sustainability #ZeroWaste #ClimateAction
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“YOU DON’T NEED A BIG SPACE TO START AN URBAN GARDEN”
Urban Gardening: Interview 5 It’s been almost a year since Aziwan bin Ali and his wife started growing herbs, vegetables, fruit trees and flowers in the vicinity of their home in Sungai Jawi on mainland Penang. Today 5 types of herbs; as well as limau kasturi and amra trees thrive in their garden. The mango tree that his mother planted bears many fruits. About 6-7 types of vegetables which they...
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“IT’S GOOD FOR MENTAL & PHYSICAL HEALTH”
Urban Gardening: Interview 4 Ex-secondary school teacher Ms Pua Yoke Fang started a small but sustainable compact garden in her Island Glades home in Penang upon her retirement 2 years ago. Over the past year, the many stages of pandemic-related Movement Control Orders had given her more time at home, which she fully used to expand her little garden. An avid gardener, she grows vegetables in all...
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Budget 2022 must advance sustainability thrust of economic recovery
The 12 Malaysia Plan (12MP) has emphasised ‘advancing sustainability’ as an important thrust in the country’s development trajectory, including in advancing a circular economy concept, going low carbon and increasing resilience against climate change and disasters. These are all needed aspirations for a much greener way forward in our economic recovery. However, realising them will, as a...
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