Meeting (10th of January)

On the 10th of January, a meeting was held to plant new plants and weed the herbs garden. Unfortunately, the weather wasn't on our side, and the pouring rain led to members having no choice but to wait out the rain by having a meeting in the canteen, while our teacher advisor, Puan Yeo, drove to a nearby nursery to purchase new bunga butang plants to replace the ones which had arrived at the ends of their limited lifespans in December.

During the meeting, Farhanah briefed members on her plans for the organic vegetable, as well as informed them on the materials they each need to collect before the compost-making session with CETDEM. Farhanah then told members about the carpool survey. Members were divided into pairs, and each pair was given six survey forms and assigned six classes to carry out their surveys in. Each pair had to hand in their completed survey forms by the 14th of January.

Farhanah also informed members about the club's plans for 2011.

The club will be introducing a One Class One Plant campaign, as well as a monthly Eco Bulletin, which Angela and Elsa were put in charge of. Each class would receive a copy of the Eco Bulletin every month. A change was also made to the Zero Styrofoam campaign, which was that students who bring their own containers to contain the food they purchase from the canteen would contribute marks to their respective sports houses. We would also upgrade the TER board behind the herbs garden, as well as introduce Eco Pledge Cards. Our Eco Music Band would also perform for the Anugerah Hijau once again. Last but not least, there is of course, our Organic Vegetable Garden project which has already been put into place.

The rain subsided at 3.15pm. Members then made their way to the herbs garden to carry out the tedious chores of weeding it and trimming the overgrown plants at the 'Indigenous Plants' section. Members were pleasantly surprised to note that the Senduduk plant looked significantly healthier after it was watered with our homemade garbage enzyme over the course of 2010's year-end holidays. By the time members were done with clearing the herbs garden, there was not enough time left for them to plant the Misai Kucing plants, and it was decided that task would have to wait for another day. Members were dismissed at 4pm, but not before they were once again reminded to complete their surveys by the 14th of January.