May 7, 2010
Promoting awareness on water issues
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| Jungle trip: Winners of last year’s contest getting a hands-on feel for stream ecology. |
THE annual Water Vision competition, an environmental-themed competition organised by the Malaysian Nature Society (MNS) in partnership with Coca-Cola, is looking for entries from secondary school (Form 3 to 5) and tertiary students.
Now in its fifth year, Water Vision encourages participants to develop a sense of responsibility and develop a pro-active attitude towards protecting the environment by working in teams to submit a 15-minute multimedia presentation on the topic Water Conservation Issues Near You in either Bahasa Malaysia or English.
Winners can look forward to great prizes including an iPod Touch (8G), Dell Inspiron laptops and a specially organised 3D/2N nature camp organised by the MNS.
The camp will be held at the Forest Research Institute of Malaysia (FRIM) where they will learn about the fragile stream and tropical forest ecologies, as well as visit the Kuala Kubu Baru dam.
Entry deadlines are May 15 (secondary school category) and June 30th (tertiary category). For full details of the contest, visit www.mns.org.my.
Coca-Cola Malaysia public affairs and communications director Mohamed Kadri Mohamed Taib said Coca-Cola was working closely with MNS to generate awareness on water issues as it was the young generation that would drive how the world thinks.
“It is important to recruit them to help save the planet. Through the Water Vision programme, we hope to encourage our youth to make a connection between their future and the environment,” he said.
“With this programme, we hope to promote awareness on water issues particularly in the school vicinity through observation and pro-active methods while encouraging students to participate actively in environmental conservation efforts.
“By empowering them to become active agents of sustainable and equitable development, we can promote an understanding that communities are pivotal to changing attitudes towards environmental issues,” MNS environmental education division head I. S. Shanmugaraj said.
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