ECO-LOGIKAL

Wild Asia, AMP Radio Networks and Friends of Kota Damansaracelebrated World Environment Day with a massive Tree Party which tookplace on 21 June 2009 at Kota Damansara Community Forest in KotaDamansara, Selangor!

Tree Party was a green success!

On June 21st 2009, a collaborative effortbetween Wild Asia, AMP Radio Networks and Friends of Kota Damansara(FOKD) saw the success of "Plant-a-Tree for the Planet" Tree Party heldin Kota Damansara Community Forest (KDCF) in conjunction with WorldEnvironment Day (WED).

The main highlight of the day was the tree planting activity, seeing radio announcers from participating radio stations such as ERA, MY FM, hitz.fm, MIX fm, LiteFM, SINAR, XFM and THR Raaga planting trees with corporate and individuals who pledged trees in contribution to Wild Asia's Plant-a-Tree programme.Our previous Tree Party '08 saw 70 trees pledged; this year we garnered300 tree pledges! AMP was very enthusiastic and positive on theoutcome. "The public is much more enlightened about conservationefforts nowadays because the efforts have been more systematic. Backthen, efforts was concentrated mainly by NGOs, now we havebroadcasters, different organizations and associations involved in oneprogramme- the impact is more extensive," said Hani Azlan, thepublicist for AMP.

The event posed a platform to engage thepublic and local community on safeguarding our green spaces byutilizing the area. Kota Damansara is indeed a unique place as it islocated in an urban area and is being protected from development.Friends of Kota Damansara (FOKD), a residential community set up toguard the forest and to raise awareness on the need to have green lungswithin cityscapes.

When asked about what the public can do forthe environment, Adrian Yeo of Malaysian Youth Climate Justice Network(MYCJN) piped, "Every little effort by every individual is helpful.Fantastic be it tree planting or recycling at home - we have to thechange agents, to see the change we envision. We have to adopt a newlifestyle, more carbon efficient- tree planting is a good way to start."

In most cases, at the end of an event we see anaftermath of rubbish as the consequence of public irresponsibility. Thetree party was unique in the sense that all waste generated was weighedand calculated to understand the impact such an event can have on theenvironment. Truly, this event was the first of its kind in Malaysia.

Wild Asia, AMP Radio Networks and FOKD would like to extend our gratitude to our sponsors, Pepsico(M) Sdn. Bhd., Loving Hut Café, Mary Kay, Malaysian NatureSociety(MNS), Discovery House Kids Training Centre, Corezone, Elevyn,Bandar Harapan, Hi Tech Waste Management Sdn. Bhd., Hutan Kanan TapakSemaian Sg. Buloh, BECOME, Velocity Media Sdn. Bhd, Pal Associates as well as to our volunteers and the organizations involved for making this event, a true success!

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