Go Green!!!!

I'm sure you would have notice some new stuff in my blog... hehehe.. yup some WWF banner :) I'd been trying to promote the "Go Green" concept nowadays but it seems that not many people are actually interested.. Firstly, I noticed this concept being applied by standard chartered bank with their e-saver account.. An online banking saving account.. Then I went shopping in Ikea and I'd been told that soon Ikea will no longer provide us more plastic bags therefore we are required to buy our own shopping bag... This practice can also be seen in Jusco and Tesco too.. And now with our petrol price increased about 40%.. I really think more can be done...

I'd been trying to cut down some unneccessary paper work in work place.. but I don't think it's enough.. Although I'm not an IT person but I do believe that there's a lot more that can be done through proper channel instead of the conventional way.. After watching the movie "Just Follow Law' (it's hillarious though).. I must admit that the movie really reflects the actual situation in most work place.. Filling up forms for request.. Printing or photocopying just to show proof or to protect one's a**... Imagine all the trees being chopped down just for those crappy stuff.. I'm kinda relief that nowadays, most of the meetings' minutes were actually distributed through e-mail.. atleast, after reading it, I got one less stack of unwanted papers to be shred..

Awareness is important! Most people tend to choose to be ignorant.. If you ever notice, Ikano is one of the shopping complexes in town which actually provide three different bins for recycling purposes.. And if you ever notice again... most of the rubbish does not follow the bins where it's suppose to be.. I just can't believe that there are so many illiterate people around.. Just hang out for awhile and you will be surprise with the stuff you can observe around you.. Senario 1 (from one of my observations), a child walk to the bins staring at the pictures on the bins while holding a paper cup, the adult (i presumed it's the mum), walk to the child and scolded the child, "What took you so long?' and the child answered, 'I don't know which one to throw.' And the adult,'Aiya, any one will do! Quick! Lets go now!'................. I was left totally speechless.....

The first time our government started the recycling awareness programme was in 1993... Then few years ago (year 2000), the Housing and Local Government Ministry launched the National Recycling Campaign.. a website was created.. www.kitarsemula.com (not updated since 2001).... but it just died off..No follow up.. No enforcement.. Nothing.. there goes all the budget for the whole 3R programme which i think cost millions..down the drain... If other country like Germany can actually implement it.. Why can't we do it? Well, we can always start from our very own home as I believe, we must start from somewhere and somehow... So why not here and now?