NON-governmental organisation Green Brunei will be organising its third Green Leaders Camp from September 20-23. Themed “Protecting Marine Ecosystem’’, the youth camp will focus on training of youth leaders and youth mobilisation, through the exposure of issues and environmental initiatives led by NGOs in the country. The camp aims to empower participants through a variety of workshops such as volunteerism, leadership, and many others. Green Brunei’s project manager Muhd Firdaus Hj Ismail (pictured) yesterday called for the youth throughout the sultanate to be part of the climate change movement. “We will be inviting speakers from local youth-led NGOs and an organisation from the Philippines called ‘The Climate Change Project’. The workshop sessions would be very hands-on and I’m sure the participants would be looking forward for the turtle workshop,” said…

ALTHOUGH Brunei is a small country, the forest-rich nation can be a leading example in environmental protection efforts in the region as part of the initiative to address climate change. Khairunnisa Ash’ari (pictured), co-founder and the community engagement director of Green Brunei, stated this in an exclusive interview with The Brunei Times, sharing that the world is seeing dramatic effects of climate change in various parts of the world, including rising sea levels, extreme weather shifts and severe flooding. “With disasters hitting Myanmar and the Middle East last month, climate change is becoming a pressing reality… Our recent trip to Singapore to attend the ASEAN Power Shift last July has shown us how serious the issue has become and how little action has been taken to combat this issue,” she…

SOME 20 youths from various environmental organisations and different educational backgrounds, including pre-university students, participated in a national consultation on issues pertaining to climate change and its effects on the country. The event, which was organised by Green Brunei with support from the Department of Environment, Parks and Recreation (JASTRe) and held at the Ministry of Development’s Bertabur Hall, was aimed at coming up with a plan for a position paper on climate change by collating ideas and opinions that in turn will be forwarded to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Power Shift, scheduled for July 24-26 in Singapore. A student, Abdul Muqsit bin Haji Jafari, from Sayyidina Ali Secondary School (SMSA) in Kuala Belait, said, “It was an interesting discussion with youth representatives from various environmental groups.…

GREEN Brunei is hoping to become a full-time social enterprise so that their efforts will be more sustainable in the long run. The non-profit organisation – established in August 2012 – promotes environmental education and conservation. It currently operates as a volunteer organisation that is dependant on sponsorships but it is now looking towards generating revenue by becoming a social enterprise. Khairunnisa Ash’ari, President of Green Brunei, said profits made will be used to support more environmental initiatives and help them be more sustainable. She told The Brunei Times that she believed community-led initiatives are important and Green Brunei hopes to be the platform to initiate that while contributing to the sustainable development of the country. Khairunnisa is currently in London and is one of the recipients who will be…

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, 8 Jun – Penduduk di Negara Brunei Darussalam menghasilkan jumlah sampah domestik yang tinggi namun begitu mereka harus peka bahawa setiap jenis sampah yang dihasilkan boleh dikitar semula dan mempunyai nilainya tersendiri. Dalam hubungan itu, masyarakat Brunei harus memahami dan menanamkan dalam diri mereka sikap untuk tidak membazir dan mendidik diri mereka dalam kaedah serta jenis-jenis sampah yang boleh dikitar semula. Melalui usaha itu, bukan sahaja jumlah sampah yang dihasilkan dan pembaziran dapat dikurangkan tetapi mampu untuk meningkatkan kesedaran mengenai pemuliharaan alam sekitar, jelas Menteri Pembangunan, Yang Berhormat Pehin Orang Kaya Indera Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Haji Suyoi bin Haji Osman. Usaha untuk mengitar semula merupakan salah satu usaha yang giat dilaksanakan dan dipromosikan oleh Kementerian Pembangunan sebagai inisiatif pemuliharaan alam sekitar bagi masyarakat kerana mereka harus…