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This will be the first time Malaysia officially takes part in Earth Hour. It’s good news. Events that contribute to save energy and raise people awareness about global climate changes are always good news.
This event is part of an international campaign orchestrated by WWF. You find out more on their website http://www.earthhour.org
“by switching off your lights for one hour. on March 28 you can VOTE EARTH “. The results of the election are being presented at the Global Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen 2009. WWF want one billion votes for Earth, to tell world leaders that we have to take action against global warming.”
I like it.
But I really don’t like how they make you feel guilty by saying “Or you can vote global warming by leaving your lights on.” Read the rest of this entry »
Annual arrival of hundreds of Raptors: join Raptor Watch Weekend on
Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th of March 2009
Who they are and what they do
Every year the Malaysian Nature Society (MNS) celebrates this annual arrival of hundreds, sometimes thousands of honey-buzzards, goshawks, sparrowhawks, Black bazas and many more birds of prey. These amazing winged creatures pause in the Tanjung Tuan Forest Reserve (not far from Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan) as they make their way on their long sojourn to their breeding grounds in Japan, Siberia, Kamchatka, Korea and other far-flung northern areas. Located at the narrowest part of the Malacca Straits, the raptors stop here to recharge after flying non-stop for 32km from Indonesia.
DARI MATA TURUN KE HATI: Central Market Artists Exhibition 2009
Presented by The Annexe Gallery & Central Market
Exhibition Dates & Times: Fri 6 to Sun 22 Feb, 11am to 7pm
Venue: The Annexe Gallery , 2nd Floor, Central Market Annexe, Jalan Hang Kasturi, KL
Admission: Free
Mistawhy from They Artstudio is part of it.
One of Malaysia’s most incisive historians, Dr Farish Noor continues his OtherMalaysia Public Lecture Series with another thought-provoking installment. The blight of postcolonial national histories is the tendency to accept nation-state boundaries as a given and to write national histories that remain confined within fixed political-territorial limits. So there remains the tendency to see India (and South Asia) as something distinct and alien to Malaysia. A closer look at the history of South and Southeast Asia, however, reveals a longer period of trans-oceanic contact and exchange where Indians, Malays, Sumatrans and Javanese were part of a greater trans-oceanic civilisation where both South and Southeast Asia were connected via the routes of the Indian Ocean. This is a call for an appreciation of our collective past, and to re-think our concepts of national identity today.
Sat 14 Feb, 4.30pm at The Annexe Gallery
Admission Free
Responsible Tourism and Travel in Malaysia 