This is going to be a long winded, meaningful post*
As usual, I skipped my night again, went to Khaleel for the favourite Morning Breakfast and i bump into 2 International Students, one from Korea and the other from China. We started talking a lot until we hit the topic of Green Projects in USM. We brainstormed many ideas and concepts, critical thoughts of many current movements. Such as are paper bags are really actually going Green? who knows their life process might be mapping a higher Carbon footprint compare to our normal Plastic bags? Many "Whys" suddenly being bombarded out and most of them i just could not answer, and i would not just give an answer "because it's Malaysian Culture".
My concern here is not to question about the passion of the Green Project Leaders in USM, i guess i know most of them, i know we are all heading the same direction, but the thing i really want to voice out is like how Professor Lee told me as well, "Awareness is just awareness, so what?" and i hold on to my quote of "Implementations and Policies are the best Awareness" How are we really going to ensure our projects are giving the sustainable impact, how are we passing down our ideas to the next Generation and impacting them to continue our plans?
Friday, October 1, 2010
Friday, September 17, 2010
[18/9/2010] Conquering Climate Change with a Clean Industrial Revolution Read more: http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2010/09/17/conquering-climate-change-clean-industrial-revolution?page=0%2C1#ixzz0zquRKobg
By Steve Howard
Published September 17, 2010
Tags: Climate, Climate Week 2010, More... Climate, Climate Week 2010, Commitments & Goals, Energy & Climate, Innovation

Editor's Note: The Climate Group and GreenBiz.com are providing coverage, analyses and an in-depth look at Climate Week NYºC 2010, which runs September 20 through 26. Steve Howard, CEO for The Climate Group, launches the coverage today.
We are living in a time of unprecedented opportunity.
We are witnessing growth without parallel in human history. By 2050, there will be 9 billion people on the planet.
More than three-quarters of the world's population will live in cities. China alone will build a "United States of America" in the next 20 years -- in terms of homes and commercial buildings.

Over the next quarter century some projections suggest the global economy may triple in terms of purchasing power. The global middle class could swell to five billion people by 2030 from less than 2 billion today.
This growth will continue to place enormous demands on our natural resources and the planet's climate. "Business as usual" is quite simply not an option.
To meet the needs of an increasingly affluent and growing global population, we need to fundamentally change the way we produce and consume energy. In order to have a reasonable chance of staying below a two degrees Celsius increase, we must cut our carbon output by more than half by 2050. To accomplish this, we need nothing less than a clean industrial revolution.
There are always those that doubt that we, as humans, are capable of achieving swift and monumental change. But history tells us we excel in it: The Women's suffrage movement. The Civil Rights movement. The fall of the Berlin Wall. The end of Apartheid. The IT revolution.
Now we must add the Clean Revolution to that list.
In fact, a Clean Revolution is not only possible -- it's underway. As the world has been focused on the current economic downturn, there has been a sea change in global energy production. Of all new energy generation capacity added in 2009, 47 percent was renewable. LED lights went from relative obscurity to a bestseller at Home Depot.
We are living in a time of unprecedented opportunity.
We are witnessing growth without parallel in human history. By 2050, there will be 9 billion people on the planet.
More than three-quarters of the world's population will live in cities. China alone will build a "United States of America" in the next 20 years -- in terms of homes and commercial buildings.

Over the next quarter century some projections suggest the global economy may triple in terms of purchasing power. The global middle class could swell to five billion people by 2030 from less than 2 billion today.
This growth will continue to place enormous demands on our natural resources and the planet's climate. "Business as usual" is quite simply not an option.
To meet the needs of an increasingly affluent and growing global population, we need to fundamentally change the way we produce and consume energy. In order to have a reasonable chance of staying below a two degrees Celsius increase, we must cut our carbon output by more than half by 2050. To accomplish this, we need nothing less than a clean industrial revolution.
There are always those that doubt that we, as humans, are capable of achieving swift and monumental change. But history tells us we excel in it: The Women's suffrage movement. The Civil Rights movement. The fall of the Berlin Wall. The end of Apartheid. The IT revolution.
Now we must add the Clean Revolution to that list.
In fact, a Clean Revolution is not only possible -- it's underway. As the world has been focused on the current economic downturn, there has been a sea change in global energy production. Of all new energy generation capacity added in 2009, 47 percent was renewable. LED lights went from relative obscurity to a bestseller at Home Depot.
n 2009, annual deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell to its lowest rate since record-keeping began in 1988. Cleantech became the leading venture capital investment. China emerged as the nation with the largest renewable power capacity. India's national solar energy mission is poised to deliver 20 GW of new clean energy over the coming decade. That's enough to power about 200 million Indian homes.
And HSBC just reported that the global market for low-carbon energy and efficiency projects will triple to $2.2 trillion by 2020. Clean energy has become mainstream energy.
Cities, states, regions and companies all around the globe are leading the Clean Revolution. They are creating the market transformation needed to end our dependence on dirty, carbon-intensive energy. There is still a tremendous amount to be done. But these climate leaders are beginning to help deliver a better, more secure world for future generations.
With our partners, The Climate Group has helped to convene some of the world's most influential government and business leaders for this year's Climate Week NYºC.
And HSBC just reported that the global market for low-carbon energy and efficiency projects will triple to $2.2 trillion by 2020. Clean energy has become mainstream energy.
Cities, states, regions and companies all around the globe are leading the Clean Revolution. They are creating the market transformation needed to end our dependence on dirty, carbon-intensive energy. There is still a tremendous amount to be done. But these climate leaders are beginning to help deliver a better, more secure world for future generations.
With our partners, The Climate Group has helped to convene some of the world's most influential government and business leaders for this year's Climate Week NYºC.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
[13/9/2010] Green Marketing? So what?
Morning World =) Yes haha it does. Penang Inspired Budak KL.
So you get the idea? Somehow there is this uneasiness feeling when i step into any shopping malls, well generally any shopping malls la. Not Penang or KL, but perhaps because KL and Singapore has so many shopping malls, even though with those awesome architecture piece, there will still be this statement stirring up my heart.
And yes i could really feel belong to the hawker stalls in Penang rather than the shopping malls. Too many things are being commercialized and a lot of 'green' marketing. People might be thinking of me.. "owh budak bandar... memang la jenis shopping gila itu" Truth is, i only shop for hobbies like cameras and books and musical instruments and sportswear, never ever into a fashion shop, and most of the time my hang out is in Sg wang plaza or Perangin Mall.
Plastic bag is one factor. Imagine me just buying a RotiBoy, and i will need to get a plastic no matter what and also with the packaging inside. Do i ever need a plastic bag for a single packaging? Receipt and all, do i need those and stuff into my wallet and soon to be thrown off? Aesthetic lighting, an average of 50w for each bulb wasted. The most frightening thing i realized is, so many things are changing so fast that we, humans do not realize it, and we were the ones that decide on these changes.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
[11/8/2010] IBM Moving Beyond Green
Saw this awesome stuff from IBM =) You can read the actual feed site here
Moving beyond green
What practical actions can be taken today and in the near future to create an eco-efficient economy—one that delivers competitively priced goods and services that satisfy human needs, while progressively reducing environmental impact?
To answer this question, the IBM Institute for Business Value brought together earlier this year business executives, government officials, non-governmental organization (NGO) leaders, journalists, analysts and environmental experts from more than 60 countries for the first ever IBM Eco-efficiency Jam.
The consensus of the more than 1,600 participants: Eco-efficiency is poised to become the biggest economic "game-changer" for organizations in the next 20 years.
Eco-efficiency is more than embracing environmentally friendly practices and processes. It is about embedding sustainability and resource conservation in every facet of an organization. It requires government and policy makers to introduce regulations and incentives that promote and encourage efficiency, elimination of waste and reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Specifically, stakeholders will need to:
- Leverage innovation to deliver "green" infrastructures that are highly efficient and overlay the physical infrastructure with digital intelligence
- Implement sustainable solutions that promote resource efficiency and reduce the environmental and social impact of operations
- Embrace intelligent systems that use open standards to provide near realtime information for better management of the infrastructure, water quantities, or, even, entire transportation systems.
The findings indicate that outperformers in the near future will be those that will adapt a proactive and holistic approach. They will move beyond current opportunistic "green" actions and transform their operations, processes and products to meet market expectations and opportunities in the advancing eco-efficient economy. Those companies and institutions that understand and embrace eco-efficiency will find they have deepened their engagement and advocacy with their stakeholders, employees, and customers.
Monday, August 9, 2010
[10/8/2010] Three Hours Train Ride from Ipoh to Seremban?
Thanks to TheStar, Malaysia's Main English Press. I got the source from here.
KUALA LUMPUR: Starting Wednesday, the public will be able to travel by train from Ipoh to Seremban in just three hours.
The Electric Train Services (ETS) will begin its commercial run with 10 trips between Ipoh and Seremban with a six-month promotion rate of RM30 one way.
A 40% discount would be given to children under 12, the physically-challenged and senior citizens.
KTM Bhd president Dr Aminuddin Adnan said it would take only two hours from Ipoh to KL at an average speed of 110kph and up to a maximum of 160 kph.
“We hope that the public will find this service safer, faster and more comfortable than driving,” he said during a familiarisation trip for 200 business and professional individuals yesterday.

Electrifying experience: An attendant welcoming newsmen on the brand new electric train at the KTM station in Kuala Lumpur during a familiarisation tour Monday. — AZHAR MAHFOF / The Star
KUALA LUMPUR: Starting Wednesday, the public will be able to travel by train from Ipoh to Seremban in just three hours.
The Electric Train Services (ETS) will begin its commercial run with 10 trips between Ipoh and Seremban with a six-month promotion rate of RM30 one way.
A 40% discount would be given to children under 12, the physically-challenged and senior citizens.
KTM Bhd president Dr Aminuddin Adnan said it would take only two hours from Ipoh to KL at an average speed of 110kph and up to a maximum of 160 kph.
“We hope that the public will find this service safer, faster and more comfortable than driving,” he said during a familiarisation trip for 200 business and professional individuals yesterday.

Electrifying experience: An attendant welcoming newsmen on the brand new electric train at the KTM station in Kuala Lumpur during a familiarisation tour Monday. — AZHAR MAHFOF / The Star
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Sunday, July 25, 2010
[23/7/2010] HBP 3rd Sem Archi 1st Project - Autonomous Toilet
And yes, the new exciting project has begun. And no, it is not about designing and building toilet like how PhuaChuKang did in Singapore, well who knows i might be the mighty one to start to be the best in Penang and Butterworth =P The case study is such one that designing an autonomous toilet. which means again, something totally independent in the form of water and electricity supply. The task is to design an independent form in a to be developed muslim cemetery. But again, the highlighted part is the toilet again because the functional part has the most to be thought of.
And yeap, the second day of the new semester already was a site visit day. Cool.
It is a 4 acre land ready to be cleared to make way for a muslim cemetery.
And reminded me that my third semester is no longer an integration semester with the other majors students, guess will be bumping around the same course mates this time in 2 years time.
Saturday, July 17, 2010
[17/7/2010] Random Thoughts & Massive Fire for 15hours?
Random Thought 1
The concept of consumerism and marketing has contributed greatly to land wastage esp e-waste. Why can't sony, nokia, samsung etc just do a perfect sustainable phone that can last for life? Now most people have to change handphone every 3 months just for the seek of desire. Think again.
So you see, again back to the multi complex attitude of winning out the other brand and gaining profit is the main core of a human mind, want to talk about Earth Business? Long way to go unless human race supports singularity.
Random thought 2:
Look at the diagram on the left, the last sentence stated officials said no one was killed. So it seems that the impression is that how many people got killed is more important than how many trees are gone by this scenario? Talking about Green Awareness through the build ups of multimedia information.. well feel free to comment =)
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