One of the prize-winning poster

VOL NOV 2011

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Go Green With Kids 3
The Green & Blue Group (G&BG) has successfully organized Go Green With Kids 3. This annual event has been held for three years consecutively. This year, we have Segambut Welfare Association and Sathya Sai Baba Bhajan Kepong Unit as co-organizers to make the event a success. Approximately 300 children have participated in the drawing and colouring contest with the theme Waste Separation and 50 parents attended Takakura Home composting workshop. Dr. Wong Ruen Yuan, the president of Green and Blue Group, addressed the importance of practicing waste separation among the urban residents as the amount of garbage generated in the city is much higher than in rural area. By separate the garbage accordingly, we can reduce the negative impact to the environment. GGWK3, a happening family day indeed! See you in 2012!

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Competition Winners Takakura Home Composting Highlights

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The GREEN facts

Waste Separation

Waste separation can reduce environmental pollution and land, and to turning waste into treasure. Waste separation collection can reduce the waste volume and reduce the consumption of land resources. Besides, the mixture of food waste and recyclable items would damage the recycle value. So, lets practice the concept of 2R1S: Reuse, Reduce and Separate waste at home.

CONGRATULATION!
We congratulate upon the winners of Go Green with Kids 3 colouring and drawing competition. Most of t he kids are ver y talented and the use of colours are bright and strong. Somehow we have to make sure the purpose serve and we truly hope that the message of separating rubbish at home is received by the kids and parents. T h e re re m o re activities to be held in year 2012 and we hope youll have a happy new year! Stay tune with our updates!

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Group C

Notice 4th Annual General Meeting

Date: 7th January 2012 (Sat) Time: 5.30pm Location: Drs Wong and Partners Dental Surgeons, Sri Petaling Kindly contact Kim Lee if you are interested to attend our AGM.

Takakura Method
Stet-By-Step guide to Takakura Home Composting Method
1. Making a fermenting solution
Make fermenting solution by mixing tempe, jaggery and water in an airtight container for fermentative micro-organisms to grow.

Guan (right) is demonstrating Takakura home composting

2. Making the seed compost

Mix rice bran and rice husk and stir in with fermenting solutions to form a fermenting bed, then let the mixture dry out.

3. Making a compost container

Prepare a laundry baskets or storage boxes with the inside lined with thick paper carton or carpet, then fill 2/3 of the container with seed compost.

Takakura Home Composting Method

In the Takakura composting method, organic waste is broken down by microorganisms that are cultivated from local materials. The method involves making a seed compost from fermented solutions and a fermenting bed. Organic waste is mixed with the seed compost and left to degrade in a ventilated container or basket. The participated parents were very excited and happy to receive the new method in doing composting, that is particularly suitable for those household with backyard to do composting. The baskets and compost were given away to the participants of the workshop, sponsored by Green and Blue Group.

4. Composting
Mix the cut kitchen scraps into seed compost, cover the container with cloth to keep mixture warm. Repeat the process until the container is full. Store the removed compost for 2 weeks to allow it to mature.

Enzyme Making Hands on

Feeling guilty about the amount of rubbish generated by you? There are a lot of benefits making organic enzyme from fruit peel! With only a bit of brown sugar, chopped fruit peel from fresh orange, pineapple and water, then leave it for 3 months. We can use the end product for cleansing (mopping, dish washing etc) purpose! Filling up bottle with water for enzyme making

5. Using compost
Compost gradually releases nutrients into the soil, thereby improving the soil environment. For more detailed guidelines for the composting method, kindly browse through our websites.

Recipe of making Fruit Peel Enzymes

Stir, Release gases1-2 times a day for 2 weeks. Water 10 part

Model of transportation of solid waste to landfill

Children and parents got to know where have the rubbish gone once they threw it. Rubbish travels from the urban area, passes through oil palm plantation, greens, padi f ield, mountains and arrive at the landfill. How much carbon emission, air pollution and water pollution have been produced? The kids would find out.

Fruit Peel 3 part Brown sugar 1 part

COMMITTEE BOARD
GREEN AND BLUE GROUP

Dr. Wong Ruen Yuan President drwong@smile-link.com Ng Chee Guan Vice President guancher@hotmail.com Keng Zi Xiang Secretary jaronkeng@gmail.com

Mandy Ong Treasurer mandysyong@yahoo.com Phoebe Lim Mei Yee Asst. Secretary odonata880510@yahoo. com Choy Kim Lee Asst. Secretary kimlee0110@gmail.com

Jean Wong Committee Member jeanwong@gmail.com

Once upon a time...A Story About Our Forest Highlight:

GGWK3 drawing and colouring contest
300 kids talents and paints are demonstrated in the contest! Quickly check out their winning masterpieces in page 2...

Takakura Composting
Feeling guilty for generating so much garbage in a day? Make up your mind now and lear n Takakura home composting method with us! This way you may reduce the organic waste from home.

Contact Us:
TALENTO Story Telling session:
Kids are more attracted to storytelling than formal teaching of certain knowledge. It is always best to cultivate the young mind on respect the nature and environment with creative and fun activities. How to do it? Its very simple, lets begin with Once upon a time...

PERSATUAN RAKAN ALAM SEKITAR HIJAU DAN BIRU

5-2-1. JLN 14/155B, AKED ESPLANAD, 5700 BUKIT JALIL, KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA.

Editors Word:

It was indeed a huge success to have Go Green With Kids 3 organized for this year! Many thanks to our co-organizers, Segambut Welfare Association and Sathya Sai Baba Bhajan Kepong Unit, volunteers of different groups, media and most importantly, the supportive parents and participants! The weather was too good that it rained right after the event was ended. It is hoped that our next generation will apply what they have leant today and share the concept of Waste Separation with the community around them. Our Earth, Our Home!

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