Together, We Build Movements

MY Clean Beach initiative is to create awareness and engagement in reducing the single-use plastics. There is a gap in this area on people knowing the impact of single use plastics, knowing what to do or totally in negligence in this area.

The project aims to

1. To create engagement and educate recycling through activities and workshop
2. To run the “Wira Plastik” Challenge to cultivate behavior change towards recycling
3. Increased participation from general public to take part in plastic recycling”

Kampung Penyu has come up with a solution which is to bring this Pangkor Island Coastal Rehabilitation and Tree Planting Project. The solution given is quite simple, which is the replanting of coastal trees and beach cleaning through the active involvement of local communities and tourists from various backgrounds.

The main objective of this project is to rehabilitate turtle landing sites in Pangkor Island, with the
main key output of;

1. Construction of a nursery for coastal tree saplings.
2. Plant at least 1,000 coastal trees around Pangkor Island.
3. Develop community leaders to champion environmental conservation issues in Pangkor.”

The project “Enabling Schools Towards Sustainability ” aims to cultivate sustainability at a young age. We noticed that there was a lack of sustainable programs focused on the younger generations, especially those who are still in school and that there were no initiatives towards sustainability in schools. For this project, we will be working with a number of schools to promote awareness of the importance of conservation and management of the environment and to also cultivate love and responsibility for the environment and sustainability of the ecosystem amongst children. Thus creating a group of younger children who will be able to make more environmentally conscious decisions on their journey of learning about our environment.

Putting their focus on restoring ex-mining lands, SEAD has chosen to execute their agroforestry efforts in Kinta Nature Park by using bamboo. To complement their efforts, SEAD will also be producing a video in order to create awareness of their CoRE activities while also training ‘Restoration Stewards’ through community planting events and by the end of this project, it is estimated that a total of 100 acres of land would have been restored!

The project ‘Benchmarking & Environmental Practices For Outdoor Practitioner’ with the objectives to provide a platform for Outdoor Practitioners (adventurer, Outdoor Operator, Adventure Tourism Operator) and other stakeholders to acquire knowledge and skills in carrying out safe and meaningful adventure activities in environmentally sustainable manner.

Malaysia is one of the 12 ‘megadiversity’ countries of the world and boasts a remarkable 742 species of birds, the equivalent of 8% of the world’s total population. Putting that into account, ECOMY has done a project that would encourage people to incorporate bird-watching as they train to be nature guides. Malaysia is seen as a potentially important country to develop birdwatching as a serious tourism product and is dependent on enhancement and the quality maintenance of the natural resources (i.e. birds and their habitats) whereby expert knowledge is needed. Set up as a 3-day programme at Royal Belum, it is hoped to develop nature guides who would be able to conduct interpretative bird-watching tours efficiently.

In an effort to aid in reducing on-label packaging waste, Materials in Works, with the help of local researchers, has been working on creating a packaging label that would be more eco-friendly and more sustainable. Since then, Materials in Works have been gaining attention on what they do and are on the right track to creating solutions that would help the environment!

“Laskar Alam” is an initiative from GRASS to create individuals who will become the bridge between man and nature. They will also be trained in nature conservation as well as the monitoring of certain areas. One of the outcomes that GRASS aims to achieve is to be able to turn these “Laskar Alam” into hosts that would be able to accommodate city folk as well as tourists who are in search of activities that they can do, products and environmental operators. With the Laskar Alam initiative, GRASS also hopes to reduce the nature deficit and create a community that cares for their surroundings to help in the mitigation of climate change, as well as the destruction of our jungles and nature.

PKKOAP’s mission is to advance and expand the culture, arts and traditions of the indigenous community, particularly in Perak. The upcoming ‘Balai Penanei’ will be used to share knowledge on the indigenous communities and their heritage, increase the livelihood of the local people through eco-tourism activities such as the exploration of jungles, rivers and caves, traditional crafts as well as cultural performances. The ‘Balai Penanei’ is also hoped to empower the local indigenous community to be able to make use of the resources they have not just for themselves but to ensure a better future for generations to come.

As the amount of food waste in Malaysia continues to increase, DIRIBUMI has come forward with a plan to incorporate members of the community in their efforts to deal with this problem. The project aims to reduce food waste by engaging with local vendors, and turn it into compost.

Combating food wastage and focusing on our nation’s food security are the main priorities of Bioloop in their efforts towards sustainability. By revolutionising food waste management, Bioloop also hopes to feed Malaysia by using their Black Soldier Flies(BSF) Frass. In collaboration with local smallholder farmers, Bioloop intends to boost these farmers’ crop yield via a long-term farming strategy by using their frass. Through this process, Bioloop would be able to create healthy soil for farming and be on track to achieving their mission of strengthening Malaysia’s food security!