Another township coming up. How about also allocating space for organic vegetable farms and orchards? With food prices soaring and the not impossible prospect of global food shortages, we need to be self-sufficient in food.
Jun 142011
Jun 132011
The People’s Green Coalition has told an IAEA panel it strongly opposes Lynas Corporation’s rare earth refinery in Gebeng, Pahang. The video of the session is in three parts below. The Coalition was stopped from video recording 15 minutes into the session and the video camera was covered with a sheet of paper. From part two onwards, only an audio recording is available.
Jun 072011
Still on the topic of the proliferation of malls, blog reader L sent in this reflection: When it comes to the free market, too many malls or not or whether they will flourish or become an eyesore in the future is not the big issue. But there are questions about the social impact and environmental impact these malls exert on the people: are we expecting an even more materialistic society in the future?
May 262011
Eco-friendlier modes of transport are the way to go. If we invest in the right infrastructure and systems and the personnel to support them, more and more people will be tempted to leave their cars at home especially with petrol prices rising. Young people are rediscovering the joys of cycling. They could be on to something in this era of soaring fuel prices. Now, if we could only make the roads safer for cyclists. Couldn’t Penang become the bicycle capital of Asia?
May 252011
Sarawak should have earned RM19bn in logging royalties from an estimated one hundred million trees chopped down over the years, says an Aliran correspondent. So why are so many in the state still poor?