Eco-educator

(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