Our Trash to Treasure competition
8th October 2015 This recycling competition which is aimed at encouraging primary school students to use their creativity to reinvent recyclable items was held at the Convent Primary School General Purpose Hall in Tanah Rata. This event was organized by REACH and coordinated by REACH committee members, Puan Mazlira and Datin Aseema. A total of […]
Wildlife and Night Photography at Biodiversity Site
8th October 2015- There will be a members activity on the 10th to 11 th October 2015 at the biodiversity site in Gunung Brinchang where members can do birding and stay overnight for night photography. REACH members who are interested can contact Miss Saras hp 0195145851. Please note that facilities there are a bare minimum […]
CHBAR Cameron Highlands Bebas Asap Rokok- Introduction
3rd October 2015-The initiative of CHBAR (Cameron Highlands Smoke-Free Zone) can be defined as an effort to create ‘smoke-free areas’ in town to protect the public from the dangers of exposure to second hand smoke. In 2012, the Ministry of Health Malaysia, towards achieving the goal of Article 8, Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), […]
A day in the mountains under the glorious sun
29th September 2015-22 students from SJKC Kg Raja with their teachers were unfazed by the ongoing haze and did not postpone their mossy forest trip. Their reward was an enjoyable outing in the mossy forests in Gunung Brinchang under the warm morning sunshine. Skies were blue, air invigorating and views panaromic. The pictures below tell […]
Invasion of Our Cloud Forests-Haze in the Mist
14th September 2015-When I first saw this picture taken by our volunteer Miss Melody Woon with her handphone, I did not know whether to laugh or cry. I wanted to laugh because children being children , their enthusiasm knows no bounds and having to put on masks did not dampen their spirits. I wanted to […]
Melentur Aur Biar Dari Rebung
“Melentur Aur Biar Dari Rebung”– Bend a bamboo while it is still a shoot 21st August 2015-In our environmental work in Cameron Highlands, we hold dear to this Malay proverb, Melentur Aur Biar Dari Rebung, which means to teach a child, one should do it while he is young. He is more ‘pliant’ then and […]
CSI with Dimension Data on the 23rd August 2015
9th September 2015-Our friendship with Dimension Data (Malaysia) goes back more than 10 years ago when it was then known as Datacraft. Almost every year they would come up to Cameron Highlands to do an environmental programme with us, either reforestation or CSI Community Stream Investigations . This year it was the latter. On the […]
Mossy Forest Visit and Reforestation for SMK Ringlet 26th August 2015
26th August 2015- 30 Form 4 students from SMK Ringlet ( Ringlet National Secondary School) joined our programme today. There are 3 secondary schools in Cameron Highlands ie SMK Ringlet, SMKSAS Tanah Rata and SMK Kg Raja. Below- Students filling in questionaire before programme
Mossy Forest Visit and Spring Cleaning at Biodiversity centre
24th August 2015-6th formers from SMKSAS ( Sultan Ahmad Shah National Secondary School) joined our mossy forest education tour today.Depending on the age group of our students, the mossy forest briefings vary in depth. For 6th formers , the information shared are rich in detail and we are pleased to note that our students were […]
Mossy forest visit and reforestation for SK Ringlet on the 12th August 2015
12th August 2015-It was truly an amazing Blue Sky day today. 16 orang asli and local students from the National primary school Ringlet (Sekolah Kebangsaan Ringket) joined our mossy forest education tour, 16 fresh faced kids full of joy at being outdoors. (Till today we still feel a little strange and a trifle guilty perhaps […]