Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Save the world!

There are lots that can be done to help protect the environment. Take a look at some of the initiatives taken by schools and students in a bid to do their bit. Perhaps they may spur you to think of ways through which you too can make the world cleaner and greener.

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(1 & 2) SMK Taman Tun Dr Ismail has a pond (above) maintained by its scouts that is home to a multitude of fish and tortoises. The school community also proudly welcomed a total of seven tortoise (below) hatchlings this year. – MOHD SAHAR MISNI / The Star
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(3) Sunway University College English lecturer Tan Meng Chwen (in red T-shirt), his colleague in the Canadian International Matriculation Programme Nancy Litman (fifth from left) and a group of students with the 26 bags of trash they had collected during a recent trek up Gunung Datuk in Negri Sembilan. – SUNWAY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
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(4) SMK(P) Sri Aman has an abundance of lush plants and trees as well as charming landscaping in line with efforts to make it a “green school”. Here, head of Science and Mathematics Yeap Kooi Ngoh, principal Alainal Hasani Md Noor and Science teacher Nor Hafizah Md Amran are seen at the fish pond.
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(5) Rain water is “harvested” in SMK(P) Sri Aman, collected in the tank on the left and filtered before being stored. The water is used in the toilet of one of the school blocks. As seen here, there are two meters outside the toilet, one to gauge the volume of rain water used, the other to measure the amount needed from the regular supply when rainfall is low.
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