Eco Carnival

Ever woke up in the morning, and decided to make a difference? Ever wanted to contribute something to mother nature, who has provided all of us with so much? Ever wondered how one goes about doing all of the aforementioned things? 

WE, MEMBERS OF THE TOYOTA ECO RANGERS CLUB OF SRI AMAN, ARE HERE TO SOLVE YOUR DILEMMA.

On the 11th of November, SMK (P) Sri Aman will be holding an Eco Carnival, the first of its kind in our school. Admission to the carnival is completely free, and open to the general public. In fact, everything about the carnival is free, except for purchases made at the booths selling food and other items. Even then, those who bring their own food containers get attractive discounts on their food, and contribute marks to their respective sports houses. GO YELLOW!

The theme of this carnival is “Sustainable Living-Towards A Cleaner and Greener World” while it's objectives are to:

•       Raise awareness on the importance of conserving and preserving the environment among students as well as the community
•       Build awareness on the factors relating to climate change and biodiversity loss, how they are inter-related and linked to human activities
•       Raise awareness on the need to change mind sets and human habits that lead to these environmental problems and how we can change our lifestyle to reduce the impact of human activities on the environment.

We strongly believe that through our carnival, we would be able to successfully achieve all our objectives because well, as Adidas put it, impossible is nothing.

The following is the rationale of our carnival:
We are all feeling the effects of a warmer world, erratic and unpredictable weather patterns, loss of biodiversity, lower agricultural yields, natural disasters, dwindling of global fish stocks and the list does not come to an end. These are the impacts of global warming and climate change brought about by human activities.

Under the guise development, the world produces and consumes more than ever before. We need to change our lifestyle to combat global warming.We need to find new ways of making a living and adopt a lifestyle which is more sustainable without bringing destruction to Mother Nature.

SMK (P) Sri Aman has organized this Eco Carnival as a social responsibility to encourage everyone to opt for a “Sustainable Living-Towards A Cleaner and Greener World '.

The following is what every single one of you can look forward to for the Eco Carnival:

8.00 a.m     Registration and light breakfast
8.15 a.m     Arrival of Guest of Honour
8.30 a.m
•       Prayers
•       Speech by the Principal of SMK (P) Sri Aman, Pn. Noorul Aini binti Ambak
•       Speech and Opening Ceremony by Director-General of Education,
Ministry of Education, Malaysia
•       Pledge by the President of Toyota Eco Rangers Club of Sri Aman
9.00 a.m
       International Conference commencesØ
•       Keynote Address by H.E. Gruber, Ambassador of the Federal
Republic of Germany
-       Topic: General Awareness of Environment in the German Society
•       Mr. Mathias Gelber
-       Topic: Climate Change and Sustainable Living
•       Mr. Rubert David Vinje
-       Topic: Renewable Energy
•       Prof. Emeritus Chin Hoong Fung
-       Topic: Conservation of Biodiversity of Environment
•       Syahaneem Othman, WWF
-       Topic: WWF- Malaysia Species Conservations Work in Peninsular
Malaysia- TX2 Campaign- Double the number of Malayan Tigers


Eco exhibitions, workshops, games and sales will be held from 8.30 am to 4.00 pm

So, everyone. Spread the word! Bring your friends, your cousins, your mother's cousin's girlfriend's sister's son, or maybe your parents! Sri Amanians, the carnival will be held on your report card day, so go ahead and enjoy the carnival with your parents! Remember, every single person who attends our carnival would be making a difference, and take us one step closer towards achieving what we set out to achieve.

Our home is our responsibility. Do your part today.


EDIT: We would like to express our heartfelt appreciation and gratitude towards Planet of the Monyets for helping to promote our event!

Practice (2nd of November)

The Eco Drums practice on the 2nd of November was carried out without the slightest hitch, and we ended the practice early as some members had to cut the manila cards needed for the exchange of coupons to house marks, while other members had to help with making the recycled paper which will be used to make notepads serving as souvenirs for the VIPs attending out Eco Carnival.

Another reason the practice ended early was most of the members had to meet the teachers in charge of their respective committees in order to finalize our job scopes. Members were also inspired by the overwhelming support the Eco Drums garnered, and are more determined than ever to make our performance a massive success.

Our progress thus far.

Sorry for the long absence from the blogosphere. We are glad to say that we've progressed quite aggressively for the past few weeks.

We have done almost 80% of our robot and we can't wait to debut our robot this Saturday (6th of November) during the judging ceremony.

:)

Wish us luck.

Love,

Water Transformers.

Our progress thus far.

Sorry for the long absence from the blogosphere. We are glad to say that we've progressed quite aggressively for the past few weeks.

We have done almost 80% of our robot and we can't wait to debut our robot this Saturday (6th of November) during the judging ceremony.

:)

Wish us luck.

Love,

Water Transformers.

Practice (1st of November)

Today's Eco Drum Circle Practice began with members practicing the songs we will be performing in the exact same order they will be performed in. Before taking our practice any further, the heads of Eco Carnival Committees gave their lists of members involved in their respective committees to Farhanah as she needed had a meeting with a t-shirt printer later in the day and needed the sizes of all our members.

The instruments each member would be using on the day of the performance was also determined once and for all, though some members were asked to sing instead of play instruments. We then finalized which songs we will perform during our performance in the opening ceremony of our Eco Carnival.

Farhanah then left the practice at around 11 AM to attend a meeting with Puan Ngau to discuss the job scope of every committee. Members continued practicing until 2PM, which was when school ended.