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May 27, 2010

That Big Awful Oil Gush

We would be remiss if we did not touch on that epic screw up
that is the gushing oil leak BP presented to Louisianans,
America, and indeed, our seas. As if Mother Nature wasn’t
angry enough already. While the ‘Yes We Can’ government of
Obama is still scratching its head as to how to manage the
crisis and punish BP, the reality is that right now, that well
is gushing out anywhere between 5,000 and 70,000 barrels
of oil a day.

May 26, 2010

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Small Space, High Efficiency

You know those tiny toilets and utility areas they fit in airplanes.
What about homes, could you live in a small home designed to
use every inch purposefully and efficiently? We check out some
small beauties with a small carbon footprint, but are mighty in
environmental awareness and innovation in design.

May 20, 2010

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Dancing, like Mother Earth

Today we bring you a contribution from Katharine Joan Chua,
manager of Penang’s beautiful and award-winning eco-tourism
haven The Spice Gardens. She is also a dancer, a keen supporter
of the arts and heritage efforts in Penang, and a soon-to-be
mother. We are happy to host some of her insights on her
beloved island state, and to look at its green and heritage
aspects through her eyes.
Like us, she sees green … in everything.

May 18, 2010

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Your Coal Plant Will Be Housed Right …

Frustrated at the proposed coal plant that will be built in
her beloved state, artist Sabah-born Yee I-Lann has come
up with a series of photographs that give you a better
sense of what this will actually look like. It’s a powerful
set of pictures that give you a sense of dread when you
think of how the beautiful environment around the site
will be affected.

May 17, 2010

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The Perennial Problem of Power

This past few months Malaysians have had several issues to talk
aboutwhen it comes to the generation of power for the country,
especially when it was announced recently that the government
was thinking of building a nuclear power plant. We take a look
at some arguments for and against.

Apr 29, 2010

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Bridging Hope

For years, a community-led conservation group at the banks of
Sabah’s longest river, the Kinabatangan, have anxiously waited
for news of orang utans using six rope bridges built over
tributaries. After seven years, the Kinabatangan Orang Utan
Conservation Project (KOCP) got the news they were waiting for
when a villager managed to capture shots of a juvenile male
orang utan crossing a rope bridge at the Resang river in February.

Apr 22, 2010

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Earth Day – Anything Happy About It?

Okay, we are not as cynical or pessimistic as our heading. But it
beats saying a plain old Happy Earth Day, people! We are still in
the midst of some changes here at Greener, and we thank you
for your patience. Look out for our next posting, where we will
give you some links and interesting reads below, taken from
our favourite green sites around. And of course there’s much
to be happy about & grateful for when it comes to
Planet Earth. We present the following examples . . .

Apr 6, 2010

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Hectares of shrimp

There’s been a fair amount of press regarding a new shrimp farm that is being built in Terengganu, the most recent of which is a lengthy article from The Star. The Integrated Shrimp Aquaculture Park – rather amusingly shortened to i-SHARP – sounds like a dream project. Covering 1000 hectares, it appears to be set [...]

Apr 4, 2010

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My Big Fat Green Wedding

Okay so all of us ladies are suckers for anything to do with weddings,
so we thought we’d do a little post about how couples can get
married in an environmentally-friendly, inspired way!

Apr 1, 2010

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March Roundup

So, the environment was big news this month, for a singular obvious reason: Earth Hour, one of the highest-profile climate-related events. It is a global event, after all. During the lead-up to the actual day itself (27th March) there was quite a lot of editorial space devoted to the efforts of various organizations – this [...]

Mar 24, 2010

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Lights Off, Malaysia

It’s Earth Hour time again! Malaysia participated officially in the
special hour last year, switching off its lights for an hour. Here’s
to hoping 2010 will be a bigger and better year for our Earth
Hour efforts, and more awareness will be raised nationwide.

Mar 20, 2010

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A Royal Touch

Last Tuesday, DiGi, of telecommunications fame, held the finale for
their Deep Green Challenge for Change, held in the Plenary Theatre
of the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre or KLCC (not the KLCC, but
instead conveniently next to it). A pretty impressive venue (their
bathrooms were amazing) for a rather impressive event – after all,
there were state guests arriving, royalty in fact! But was actually
going on?

Mar 17, 2010

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Small & Sweet in Penang : Amelie Cafe

We’re going back to small & quaint in Penang this week,
and the cafe of choice this time is a sweet little gem
located in the heritage enclave of Armenian Street. It’s
tiny Amelie Cafe, holding its own among other more
famous quaint spots like the delightful establishment,
Edelweiss Cafe nearby.