Earth Day Campaign 2010

In conjunction with Earth Day on April 22, 2010, Fayette House made April 2010 the Earth Month! The theme this year was to get creative by reducing, reusing and recycle (the 3R's) with the tagline 'Show Mother Nature How Creative You Are'! Thus, Fayette House decorated the 10th floor the Earth Month-style. From the left over cardboard boxes Fayette House had piling up in Fayette House, we cut them into cardboards so that we could write fun environmental messages on them. Next, we had them hung or pasted all over the 10th floor counter for the whole month! Other than the colourful cardboards, we had a huge banner with environmental messages too! But the special thing about the banner was that it was a reused banner! The banner was actually the work of students back in 2008 and we brought it back to show our support in reusing things. Other than that, Fayette House set up a t-shirt painting booth so that students also could be creative and express their appreciation and love for Mother Nature. We hoped that these gestures will help ignite the environmental-friendly self in you! Happy Earth Month!

Like usual, for more photos of the event, look for the photo album, entitled Earth Day Campaign 2010, on our Facebook page.

Earth Day Camp @ UIU Blog

Read a blog post on Earth Day Camp 2010 by Staci Tan on an Upper Iowa University (UIU) blog that she maintains here.

Earth Day Camp 2010

Group photo of all campers.

In a time when people are too busy to remember the little things in life, we forget that our Earth is indeed sick and we need to spread the awareness. Taking the initiative, Fayette House set up an Earth Day Camp to get the students of Segi College Subang Jaya to feel closer to nature. It was a thrilling event in which the students spent two days and one night in the Chilling Waterfalls in Kuala Kubu Bharu. It was an exciting journey where the students learnt survival skills while having fun in the heavily forested area. The trip started off with a half an hour trek to the waterfall in which we struggled past six streams and many other little obstacles like deep muddy puddles and spiked plants. When we arrived at the waterfall, we played many water games to show how enjoyable the water can be besides in a drink. After spending a productive two hours around the waterfall, the students headed back through the same route and managed to reach the camping site before the sun set. After everybody settled down, food was found in the form of a barbecue and in the spirit of Earth Day, the students had to bring their own metal utensils and plates. The night ended on a positive note with everybody singing around a make-shift campfire made out of candles and a whole lot of spirit. The next day started with a simple breakfast and time was given to the students to enjoy the wonder of their surroundings. For their final act, Fayette House gave every camper two seeds as a symbol that represents the hope of the future: the growth of respect and appreciation towards our Earth begins with each of our individual efforts no matter how large or diminutive.

Group photo at Chiling Waterfall.

TheStarOnline - Tiger Trex Campaign

A video on the Tiger Trex Campaign organized by WWF Malaysia, The Star and D'Jungle People on 14th April 2010 in SEGi Subang was posted by The Star Online. A couple of Fayette House officers who were supporting the campaign via Fayette House's Make Your Own Shirt activity were featured in the video. Below is the video posted.

Earth Day Campaign @ UIU Blog

Read a blog post on Earth Day Campaign written by Staci Tan on an Upper Iowa University (UIU) blog that she maintains here.