(Source: The Sunday Times, February 5, 2012)
Green practices highlighted
- Using chemical free/organic daily products
- Cycling to school to reduce carbon footprint
Challenges
- Eradicate use of palm oil due is difficult, because it is hard to find products that don’t contain palm oil
- Paper wastage in schools
Suggestion
- People do not like to be preached by “overbearing” environmentalist. A softer approach like friendly reminder and sharing may be more effective