INITIATE! video clip (project intro)

This clip was done by Mr. Mohamed Azmi, Miss Mawar Aini and Mr Mohd Firdaus (undergrad student from S&T Dept. UM) for the Initiate! project.

Many thanks and bravo to Mr. Mohamed Azmi and his team for this clip..

INITIATE! project justification and Activities

PROJECT JUSTIFICATION:

In consideration to heightening environmental concerns, increasing trends on inter-disciplinarity and the role of community participation and local action in solving environmental issues - it is therefore very timely for the Faculty of Science to increase environmental awareness and encourage positive environmental practices amongst different sections of the faculty’s community. This interdisciplinary, localized and community-based approach is also in line with the spirit of sustainable development and its action plan, Local Agenda 21.

The INITIATE! Project, through its focus on the 3Rs of paper usage, will act as an initial project in this initiative. We decided to select the issue of paper usage as a starting-point not only because it is one of the most visible activities in the faculty with clear environmental impact, but also because it is a common issue that can be easily understood by all levels of the community at this juncture.

ACTIVITIES:

The INITIATE! Project is divided into 3 phases:

• Opening event: Launching of the project by the Dean and briefing of project implementation by the organizing committee.
• Project Implementation: A period of identifying, exploring and documenting examples of positive environmental practices in the 3Rs of paper usage in the Faculty of Science.
• Closing event: Talks, demonstrations and information dissemination to encourage the 3Rs of paper usage to the Faculty of Science community.

PARTICIPATION:

All levels of community in the Faculty of Science i.e. academics, students and support staff (including our cleaners)

INITIATE! project: Our Concept

The INITIATE! Project is an initiative to increase environmental awareness and encourage positive environmental practices in the Faculty of Science through the 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle) of paper usage in the faculty’s teaching, research and administrative activities. The project is a part of the faculty’s long term vision to encourage interdisciplinary cooperation in environmental projects between different departments in the Faculty of Science.

The INITIATE! Project will be spearheaded by a special committee comprising of academics, students and support staff from each department of the faculty (i.e. ISB, Chemistry, Physics, Math, Geology and S&T) with strong backing from the Dean’s office.

INITIATE environment launching

At 9.00 am today, a launching of INITIATE environment group was held at DK3, Faculty of Science by our honourable Dean Faculty of Science , Prof. Dato' Dr Jamil Maah and chaired by Deputy Dean, Prof. Dr. Rauzah. Prof. Agamuthu was invited to give keynote address on the important of paper recycling and strategic action towards awareness on paper recycling.

Prof. Dato' Dr. Jamil Maah, Dean, Faculty of Science launch the INITIATE environment group.

Prof. Agamuthu give a talk on on the important of paper recycling and strategic action plan towards awareness on paper recycling.

Refreshments and discussions after launching event.

Details on above matter will be updated accordingly..