Today when we went to buy food I noticed an other difference between Malaysia and Finland: plastic bags. What ever you buy here you get a very small plastic bag in different colours. I don´t really see the usefulness with them. Often they are so small so you can´t use them as garbagebag or something else. And if it´s a little thing you have bought then you don´t need to carry it in a bag, you can just use your hands.
In Finland we normally take a textile bag with us to the store so we not have to buy or use plastic bags.
I give you all a challenge: 1 week without any plastic bags! Try and see if it´s possible for you and let me know how it went.
Plastic bags are not a part of the environment, so be careful what you do with them!
Regards,
Caroline
Plastic bags
Interns from France and Finland
Hi everybody!
We are Raphaël from France and Caroline from Finland. We are proud to be in Malaysia for STEP program and be facilitators at GaS (Green agent Summit).
During the Global village (next Wednesday) we will show you more about our culture, but you can also follow us in this blog, at least we will try to update it every day.
We did and will do some workshops in some schools around Johor Bahru and we really hope
that you enjoy them if you are students!
Today it's not even one week until the GaS starts. Can't wait to meet you all students,
facilitators and OC's, it gonna be awesome! :)
Regards,
Raphaël and Caroline
Workshop in SMK TUNKUN ABDUL PUTRA KULAI
on 21st of May 2010, STEP had a workshop in SMK TUNKUN ABDUL PUTRA KULAI
Thanks to Yasmine (Egypt), Mia (China), Claire (Taïwan), Raphaël (France) joining us in this workshop. This cultural difference had interested the students. Interns had got a warm welcoming which prove that they are interested in environmental issue and a lot of them will join us for GaS to learn more about environmental issues and sustainable development.
Green Agent Summit
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our STEP upcoming event,Green Agent Summit
Date:
7th June 2010 till 11th June 2010
Venue:
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)
Fees:
RM120 (included food, accommodation, certificate, Tupperware goodies and STEP T-shirt)
For more information, go download :
http://www.mediafire.com/?2zwad0dxtzu
Registration procedure is in the register form,
Go download registration form (Doc format) :
http://www.mediafire.com/?jnyymnehgwx
Any question, please contact:
Ooi Yeong Lih 0166447666
Tan Shu Ying 0124653328
or leave a comment here =D
Workshop in SMK Kota Kulai
on 3rd of March 2010, STEP had a workshop in SMK Kota Kulai
Thanks to Steven (Vietnam), Nitika (Canada), Andy (China) and Marie (Japan) joining us in this workshop. It was an interesting workshop and feedback from the student shows that they are interested in environmental issue and would like to know more about our upcoming activity and event.
Well Done!! =D
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