Sri Aman's Earth Month

As we had mentioned in an earlier post, this year's Earth Day will be held on the 22nd of April. In conjunction with Earth Day 2011, the Toyota Eco Rangers club has decided to hold our school's very first 'Earth Month', which begins on the 22nd of March, and would end on the 22nd of April, which would be the official international Earth Day. Our club has come up with numerous activities which would be held in conjunction with Earth Month, which are: the 'One Class One Plant' campaign, an inter-house recycling competition, and Sri Aman Hour. Students and teachers are also encouraged to bring their own food containers throughout the entire duration of this month, as by doing so, they would receive coupons from the canteen operators, which can be inserted into the coupon 'banks' of each house, which are situated near the entry of the canteen. One coupon contributes one mark to the sports houses. Donation boxes would also be passed around to raise funds for the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The Earth Month was launched with a speech by Nur Farhanah and Sharifah Hani Yasmin, and was officiated by our headmistress, Datin Noorul Aini.

The One Class One Plant campaign is a competition which every class has to partake in. Each class has to buy a plant and take care of it for a month. The winning chances of a particular class would increase if that class establishes an 'Eco Corner' in the class. The Inter-House Recycling Competition is a competition very much like the Inter-House Recycling Competitions we have held over the course of the years. Students are highly encouraged to collect aluminium cans and newspapers before contributing their accumulated recyclables to their respective sports houses. The house which has collected the highest number of recyclables would win marks as well as cash prizes. Ah, the Sri Aman Hour. The sheer mention of it brings a wave of nostalgia to the front of every Sri Amanian's mind. After the massive success of last year's Sri Aman Hour, we have decided to hold it once again, in order to remind every student, teacher, and staff of Sri Aman about the importance of conserving electricity and the important role electricity plays in our lives. The lights and fans of the entire school were switched off for an hour from 8.30am to 9.30am.

It has been one week into Sri Aman's Earth Month, and an apparent difference has already been made in our school. Hopefully, the rest of the Earth Month continues to be equally successful.