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Hundreds Participate In Energy-Free Dance For Earth Hour

 


Petaling Jaya The Earth Hour event organised by WWF-Malaysia and Sunway Shopping Malls, and sponsored by Digi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd, saw more than 1,000 participants taking part in a 1.8 kilometre Night Walk and an energy-free dance to show their support for environmental conservation. Earth Hour, which took place from 8:30pm to 9:30pm on 28 March 2015, is a global environmental initiative by WWF that asks everyone to take personal accountability for their impact on the planet and make behavioural changes to facilitate a sustainable lifestyle, to help minimise the adverse impacts of climate change. Climate change is the alteration of the climate patterns in terms of temperature and rainfall largely caused by human activities.

WWF-Malaysia thanked the participants, and urged everyone to Use Your Power to Change Climate Change even beyond Earth Hour, by supporting the organisations forest conservation efforts at wwf.org.my.

Conservation is the key to climate action. Our natural ecosystems like forests, river basins, flood plains, mangroves and coral reefs that capture carbon in exchange for oxygen, regulate the water cycle, provide soil stability, protect our coastlines and provide nursing grounds for fish as well as biodiversity that provides an amazing gene pool, pollinates and maintains ecosystem balance are the best insurance against a changing climate. Which is why in addition to calling on individuals to adopt less carbon intensive lifestyles and working with businesses towards more sustainable business practices, WWF-Malaysia also undertakes biodiversity conservation projects. It is important to conserve our forests not only because they are vital carbon sinks which help regulate the climate. Forests also have significant economic and ecological value from supporting biodiversity, providing clean water supply, food security and soil stability, as well as supporting local livelihoods, said Lavanya Rama Iyer Head of Policy and Climate Change, WWF-Malaysia.

Being the first shopping mall in the country to officially celebrate Earth Hour together with WWF-Malaysia in 2011, we are excited once again to join with WWF in engaging our shoppers, other components of Sunway Resort City, and members of the public to participate in the exciting “Night Walk”, in conjunction with Earth Hour. Our mall in Penang, Sunway Carnival will also be doing their part by turning off non-essential lights. Keeping to our commitment on environmental conservation and as the leading iconic tourist destination in Selangor, we hope to inspire others to do more for Mother Nature with this green initiative. We all have a choice in protecting Mother Nature. Let it be the right choice always, said Kevin Tan, Chief Operating Officer of Sunway Shopping Malls.

For the past seven years, Digi has been actively supporting Earth Hour activities as part of our continuous effort to encourage customers to reduce their shared climate impact by adopting a more sustainable lifestyle. This year, in line with the theme, we are excited to introduce an innovative solar-powered device charging station prototype for participants to use. This is part of Digis environmental initiatives to address energy saving and promote the use of renewable energy amongst Malaysians. We also continue with our support by sponsoring 200 customers as participants to this years Earth Hour Night Walk, said Philip Ling, Digis Project Manager for Sustainability.

WWF-Malaysia thanks all Earth Hour 2015 participants for their support as well as venue partner Sunway Pyramid and corporate sponsor Digi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd; along with volunteers from 1M4U, dancers from Sunway Dance Club and Monash Dance Fusion Club; Hands Percussion and Maybelline Wong for contributing their time and talent.

WWF-Malaysia thanks the following corporations that sponsored more than 30 staff members to participate in the Earth Hour Night Walk: AEON Malaysia, Digi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd, Ernst & Young Malaysia, HSBC Malaysia, HSBC Electronic Data Processing Sdn Bhd, Ken Holdings, Maybank, Nestl Products Sdn Bhd, Senheng Electric (KL) Sdn Bhd and Stamford College. All proceeds from the sale of walk packs will be channelled to WWF-Malaysia’s conservation efforts.

WWF-Malaysia also thanks the following door gift sponsors: Coca-Cola Malaysia also a valued WWF-Malaysia corporate partner as well as Energizer, Nando’s, BarBQ Plaza, Xixili, Juice Works, Burt’s Bees, The Manhattan Fish Market, Polo Haus, Pisidia, Caffe benne, Santa Barbara, Dubu Dubu, The Chicken Rice Shop, Mary Chia, Coffee Bean, Sephora and Kiehl’s.

Source: WWF Malaysia

 

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WWF-Malaysia is a national conservation trust that currently runs conversation projects covering a diverse range of environmental protection & nature conservation in Malaysia. Our mission is to stop the degradation of the planet's natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature.

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