Mr. Kana, from the Penang Nature Society shared with the College community the benefits and need to recycle and how we continue to pressure Mother Earth. He stressed that we, the human race, continue to exploit Mother Nature without realizing the harm done to ourselves and our future.

He also emphasized that it is our responsibility as citizens of the world to care for the earth, understand it and learn to co-exist with nature. In order to care for the environment we have no choice but to go “Green” and to change our mindset. We need new attitudes on how we look at waste and to be always mindful of the end in view, “How will waste be disposed?” We can help by adhering to the 5R’s in our lifestyle where we need to Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repair and Recycle.

Most of us would be familiar with the 3R (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) but not the other 2R’s (Refuse and Repair) and an example of it is refusing to buy or consume any goods that cannot be repaired. In doing so, we would be able to reduce and prolong the usable “waste” before it reaches the landfill.

We are now more conscious and informed of what is happening to our environment which is so fundamental to the survival of the human race.

Let us do our part in caring for the Earth because if we don’t who will?

- Joachim Robert -