SPSB WED ’08 @ 5/6/2008

The World is seriously ill! Having seen Cyclone Nargis struck Irrawaddy, Myanmar on May 2 and the Great Sichuan Magnitude 8.0 Earthquake on May 12, 2008… with total death toll aggregated to millions, we know Mother Nature had given us a red signal / alert that she is now seriously ill where special attention + protection + cares has to be given in order to prolong her life span. Hence, everybody now starts to concern about their contribution towards the global Ecology, particularly on this June 5, the World Environment Day ( WED ) Y2008 themed “Kick the Habit! Towards a Low Carbon Economy”, which SP has also joined in the parade and organized a green event across the group.

Erm… I guess nothing much different from others. We stopped all heavy construction + machinery works across the group, had a 30min+ green parade walk from the old Setia Alam Sales Office to Setia Alam Welcome Center ( Setia Alam new sales office ), green pledge, trees planting etc in half a sunny day with the join forces from Central offices. Nevertheless, being the very 1st eco concept’s project of the group, Setia Eco Park also held its own eco program later in the night where we switched off almost all power supplying to Setia Eco Park sharp on 8pm for an hour except the street lights. In view that residents has got nothing can do staying in their house, we organized a simple mini durian + local fruits eating event for residents at the residential visitors’ parking lot. And of course, for those staff that stays backed either for this event / their own work matters in bee hive office till this hour ( included me ), also gets a chance to taste out different durian varieties loh. Hehe… : P.

Green Pledge
“I, pledge to acquire the necessary knowledge, to enable me to show my respect and care, for the environment, towards minimizing my ecological footprint. I believe, this will contribute towards, developing a sustainable Planet Earth, whereby my needs can be met, without compromising the ability of future generations, to meet their own needs, and achieve a desired quality of life.”

Visit United Nations Environment Programme for more information.