On the upcoming November, our club planned to organize a mega scaled project in conjunction with the theme of GO GREEN which has recently been advocated. Our main objective is to deepen the actual meaning of GO Green among the students and create awareness of environmental activities. We decided to organize from 2 of Nov to 8 Nov 2009 and below are the events which we wanted to carry out during the whole week.
2th November (Monday) :
Leo members along with all of the Board of Directors will be cleaning on the selected roads. Its not only sweeping the lane but also unclog the drain of the road too. Leos could experience as MBI workers to clean the roads full with rubbish threw by the citizens.
3th November (Tuesday) :
We are honoured to have Baki Zainal from 8TV also the founder of Malaysian Celebrities Go Green (MCG2) will be present at the event and to host a seminar about MAKING A DIFFERENCE to the form 3 students of SMJK Sam Tet. This is specially to organize to instill the awareness on environmental issues amongst the younger one as they could learn by going green.
4th November (Wednesday) :
An Eco-quiz will be organize in our school and it is open to all of the students in SMJK Sam Tet. Questions prepared is related to environmental issues which we are facing nowadays.
5th November (Thursday) :
Cleaning of school compound and recycled materials by Board of Directors and members under the teacher's supervision. recycled materials such as false-printed papers, boxes, books, newspapers, glasses and bottles will be collected.
6th November (Friday) :
Leos had selected a suitable playground and carry out some cleaning works at there by unclog drains, collecting rubbish and cutting grass.
7th November (Saturday) :
Major project ' A Greener Environment, A Better Generation ' organize by Leo Club of Sam Tet. A series of entertainments and programmes which are related to environmental issues are included. Also our 30th Perak Joint Installation that postponed will be held in conjunction with the event. So Leos, your attendance are compulsory.
8th November (Sunday) :
Regional project by cleaning areas of Sungai Kinta, Perak. It involves 15 Leo Clubs in Region 4 to join this meaningful event. They are SMJK Sam Tet, SMJK Yuk Kwan, SMK St.Bernadette's Convent, SMJK Poi Lam, SMK Jln Pasir Putih, SMJK Yuk Choy, SMJK Shing Chung, SMK Anderson, SMK Idris Shah, SMJK Ave Maria Convent, SMK St.Michael's Institution, Poi Lam High School, SMK Sultan Ahmad Shah, SMJK Pei Yuan and Ipoh Unity (O). It will be guided by representative from the Jabatan Pengairan Saliran. Our DC Lion Alan and RCC Lion Mary Goh will be attending to support us too.
There are a few simple tips that everyone can follow at house besides recycling.
-An easy one. Turn off your lights when you are not using them. The benefits are obvious.
-Turn off your computer completely at night.
-Pay bills online.If every house did this then we would save 18 million trees every year.
-Don't take baths, take showers. You will in average save about half the amount of water that you would if you were taking a bath.
-Use cloth napkins daily instead of paper.
-Five-minute showers – make it a goal for yourself. Every minute you cut from your shower is roughly 5 gallons of water. The less time your shower takes, the lower your impact on the environment
All you need is have your 1st step and you'll found that its not that hard to go green. Together we fulfil a very important role to save our environment from being extinct. From today onwards, do your bit for the environment by changing some basic practises at home. Save money, time and the planet.
