When you hear the word hero, what comes to mind? Someone with a cape and super human strength or the valiant individuals who rushed into the burning World Trade Centre on September 11th? Most people would be more than a little reluctant to declare the ...
There has been a widespread spotlight on river pollution of late, with the latest incident of epic proportions in Sungai Kim Kim River, Johor. Our local rivers are suffering as a result of the many types of waste that are being dumped into our water sour ...
Access to clean drinking water is vital for our survival. Our lakes and rivers serve as domestic, industrial, agricultural, hydroelectric, navigational, and recreational sources of water. As 98% of the Malaysia’s freshwater supply originates from rivers, ...
In Malaysia, the river systems are very much integral to the water resources system. Although there are over 100 river systems in Malaysia, decades of rapid modernization and industrialization coupled with runoff of chemicals from extensive agricultural ...
Our love for plastic is such that we produce around 400 million tons of plastic worldwide. From toys to clothing, tyres, bags, fishing gear, packaging, personal care products, and a myriad of household products, tools and appliances, plastic has permeate ...
Two-thirds of the earth’s surface is covered in water and while it may appear as if there is plenty to go around, in reality however, we have a limited amount of usable fresh water.That’s because 97% of the earth’s water is found in the oceans as salt wa ...
