We Are Teenage Environmentalists - We're Going Clean!: The Tree Planting Task.

Thursday, October 6, 2011

The Tree Planting Task.

On the 25th September 2011, The Nature Society of SMK ACS Klang participated in a tree planting event called 'Shah Alam River & Trees for Life' :)

On that Sunday, our KPA members were given a chance to experience planting trees in a public area. We arrived at the planting site by 8am and was given a short briefing about the entire activity. We were even taught how to plant a tree correctly as any minor mistake would cause the tree to grow disorderly or it might not grow at all :(

After giving the instructions, we divided ourselves into a group of 5 and started to plant. he organizers were really considerate having the land already dug for our convenient. Everybody was picking random spots. Some only a few steps from the other trees to plant the selected tree. The activity briefly ended after 2 hours or more and the entire planting ground was almost covered by small little trees.

The people and the atmosphere there were very friendly and helpful. I guess this was because everyone was doing something meaningful and important. Those little trees will grow like our future generations and they get bigger day by day. I am so looking forward to go back there the next time and say "I planted that beautiful tree there" :) I like that feeling.

Hopefully, our KPA members enjoyed themselves throughout the entire planting work. It was a great day outdoors and appreciating the beauty of nature :3 We hope that we would be able to join this activity again in the future if given an opportunity.

We would like to thank Sime Darby and the Property Division and Majlis Bandaraya Shah Alam (MBSA) for organising this generous tree planting activity with the objective to rehabilitate and conserve the environment. We would also like to thank Eco Warriors Malaysia very much for the great information and opportunity to join this event :)

Lastly, I would like to thank Aoki, Jass Sin, Khye Siang and Chee How for coming along in this event. Your attendance meant a lot to KPA :) Thank you guys so much.

For more pictures please visit our KPA Facebook site right above this blog (the Facebook logo)!

Picture credits: Aoki, our ex-media guy and his friend, Jass Sin :)

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Environmentalists

Kelab Pencinta Alam
SMK Methodist (ACS) Klang

As obvious as it is, trash had been the biggest, largest and most unsolved problem faced by mankind this and now. At home, in school, on the roads, and anywhere at all, littering had somehow become a lifestyle instead of a bad habit made by human beings.

People tend to think that the trash that they’ve thrown on the ground will eventually be picked up by someone else (like government hired workers) but little did they know that if they are ignorant towards the fact that trash belongs in the bin, then everyone else might so be thinking that way too!

As oblivious as we are, the worthless or discarded material or objects we call trash/garbage have so not only affected the way we live but had also already affected the way the entire world works.

Everywhere through various networks we are told and reported that climates are changing, unpredictable phenomenon’s are occurring, the ice in the coldest places are melting, diseases are spreading, animals and plants are dying and humans are suffering but that’s not all they’re going to say. There will be more. There ARE more.

As committed as I am in the perseverance of the environment, I believe greening the world and saving the animals wouldn’t be enough if the river is not clean enough for fishes to swim in, animals continued to be sacrificed due to our disposals, air still polluted and most importantly, humans still ignorant.

If you could see, many of the problems stated above are basically formed from the garbage we throw without hesitation and consideration. Many in this life still do not know how these wastes thrown will affect us in the future if we don’t handle it right.

This concludes to the reason why trash had become my main theme for this year 2011/2012 - Nature Society Going Clean! (Say No To Littering!)

KPA is going to go over the boundaries! Instead of starting nature only in school, we are going to reach out to community and join the world! Therefore increasing awareness. From the initiative of our support, then perhaps we can have cleaner beaches, streams of water and one day, a cleaner world!

And through this club, friendships are formed. Strong friendships that last through out our teenage years and even after high school life ends. Friends who stick with each other through hard times, and enjoy together through the best of times.