Kids for Earth

Today, I visited a small recycling center in Wangsa Maju. Itis run by Alam Flora, Malaysia’s trash collectors. They recycle absolutely everything but only if all the garbage is properly separated. Otherwise, it just goes to landfills. Probably the most discusting, dirty, smelly, (fill in any gruesome word, landfills are sure to fit the description,)places on the planet. You might want to think about sorting your garbage into these catagories:

Newspaper, Black & White paper (A4), Magazines, Carton Boxes, Mix Papers/Books, Aluminium Cans,  Mixed Plastic, Steel Cans/Metal, Glass Bottles, Bevarage Cartons.

Alam Flora will buy sorted, recyclable products from you. We don’t want our planet to end up looking like a giant landfill, because right now, it’s shooting in that direction.

Its official; the green algae that’s all over the coasts of Brittany (http://www.kidsforearthasia.com/?p=53), when in a state of decomposition, releases a toxic gas which is dangerous, and can kill humans.

Ineris (an institute which studies the air quality) confirms that the gas is dangerous to the health in certain concentrations. The gas in question, hydrogen sulfur, is (eek!) deadly if you are exposed to it for several minutes.

On the post I did about this before, I described a horse getting killed by the algae. What I didn’t know was that the rider on the horse also lost consciousness. And in 1989, a jogger was found dead at the same place.

So the algae that has grown because of the nitrates we have seeped into the sea has proven to be deadly to us.

Wonderful.

I’m not too sure what will happen to all the ‘algae picking up’ competitions that I noticed when I was in Brittany.

Another point to take into account is that people may not take it seriously enough because many beaches in Brittany are in large bays, so the algae doesn’t reach the beaches.

Hopefully, with the encouragement of the government, Brittany will take action to end this invasion of the algae.

P.S: If you can read French, and would like a more detailed report of the algae, visit http://www.france-info.com/spip.php?article332215

If you go to a school within the proximity of KL, and would like to help Kids for Earth ‘spread the message’, we will be having a short informal meeting on Sunday the 13th this month.

There are plenty of stuff to do, and if you want to get involved in Kids for Earth, e-mail me at gabrieltseng@kidsforearthasia.com.

Hope to see you there.