NEWS BULLETIN January ~ May 2011 - cetdem

15 th [Saturday]
Tanamera Gated Community
CETDEM was engaged by GEC (Global Environment Centre), an NGO to help the Tanamera
Community to start an organic garden and making compost (Jan ~ March)
Fruits of labour!
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February
27 th [Sunday]
Soap Making Class & Bin Composting Class
Both classes were conducted at CETDEM Organic Farming
Community Centre. The soap making class was instructed by
Ms. Soo Cheng, our KGG member, from 10am to 12pm with 9
participants. Participants learned how to make soap the natural
way. At the end of the lesson, every participant was delighted to
bring home a 500g soap hand-made by themselves. In the
afternoon, 5 participants attended the bin composting conducted
by Ms SL Tan of CETDEM.
28 th [Monday] & 4 th [Friday] March
Study visit to OFCC and Green Wish Vegi Garden
Johnsons Control Int. (JCI) organized a study visit to OFCC and CETDEM‟s
Energy Efficient Demo office on 28th. The group of 12 visited OFCC in the
morning. They toured the vegetable garden and attended a talk on organic
farming and also learned about how CETDEM reaches out to public on the
importance of organic farming/food & sustainable living through various
activities organized.
After refreshments, they proceeded to the CETDEM Office in SS 2 to attend a talk on “Energy Efficiency
at Home” and experienced for themselves the cool environment without air conditioning!
On 4 th March, another group of 33 JCI staff were taken on a day trip to Green Wish Vegi Garden in
Chenderiang, Perak to experience and understand better the life of an organic farmer.
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