Year: 2015

YOUTH involvement in national development goals this year gained royal praise during the 10th National Youth Day celebration with His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzadin Waddaulah, The Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, commending the youths on their valiant efforts. During the event held at the Hassanal Bolkiah Indoor Stadium last September, His Majesty lauded the youths who ventured into the creative industry to those who made the effort as well as those who successfully broke into the international market. He also praised those who chose to venture into less popular fields such as farming and heavy machinery, just to name a few. In the past 12 months, a tremendous number of aspiring young leaders and youth groups in the country have stepped up in terms of being…

GOVERNMENT agencies and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) need to form partnerships to complement one another’s goals, said the founder of Green Brunei. Khairunnisa Ash’ari said to date, Green Brunei has received support from and worked with the Ministry of Primary Resources and Tourism, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Development and the Energy and Industry Department at the Prime Minister’s Office for its projects. “The kind of support we usually need is technical expertise, facilities and also in-kind support. I believe partnerships like these are important because it helps strengthen understanding of various environment and climate change issues,” she said. The NGO has around 30 members aged from 18 to 31. But Khairunnisa said with most of their events, they work with outside volunteers as well as Universiti Brunei Darussalam students who…

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, 9 Dis – Bagi memberi pendedahan kepada orang ramai mengenai keadaan sukar hidupan liar di Borneo, di samping memberi maklumat tentang senarai hidupan liar yang semakin terancam, Green Brunei dengan sokongan The Collective, sebuah pertubuhan kesenian kreatif tempatan, baru-baru ini, telah menganjurkan Pesta Kesenian Hidupan Liar Terancam di The Collective’s MakerSpace di Batu Bersurat. Seramai 24 penuntut dari Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD), Maktab Duli Pengiran Muda Al-Muhtadee Billah (MDPMAMB) dan Sekolah Antarabangsa Brunei (JIS) yang diketuai oleh Pasukan Green Brunei COP telah menghabiskan masa mereka selama tiga minggu dalam persediaan bagi acara tersebut. Mereka juga telah mengadakan Community Out-reach Programme (COP) bagi tahun Discovery mereka, dengan konsep memberikan pendedahan awal hasil kajian mereka dalam usaha memberikan cara yang unik untuk mempamerkan haiwan. Pelbagai pertubuhan telah menyertai petak…

IT WAS an evening of the arts for a cause recently at a festival dedicated to highlighting the plight of endangered wildlife in Borneo. Organised by non-governmental organisation Green Brunei with the support of local creative arts organisation, The Collective, the Endangered Wildlife of Borneo Art Festival brought together students, various organisations and vendors as well as members of the public to The Collective’s MakerSpace in Batu Bersurat to learn about the flora and fauna that are endemic to the nation and are under threat of extinction. Some of the organisations included the Biodiversity and Natural History Society (BruWild) and Wildlife Club, which helped to raise awareness on the endangered biodiversity in Brunei by providing information to the public. Meanwhile, vendors such as Enya Bijoux, The Green Glass, I Love…

THE Endangered Wildlife of Borneo Art Festival was held recently at The Collective’s Maker Space in Batu Bersurat. It was organised by Green Brunei with the support of The Collective, a local creative arts organisation to highlight the plight of the endangered wildlife in Borneo. According to a press release from Green Brunei, “the current wildlife endangered list was created in 1984 and is now outdated today. The lack of data poses a big threat to several species of flora and fauna, which are currently facing threats to their existence in Brunei”. The project to hold the art festival was led by a group of students from Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) who are undergoing their Community Outreach Programme (COP) for their Discovery Year. The initial concept for the installations was…

HEADS of Bruneian environmental conservation organisations are hopeful for more commitment from countries to achieve carbon emission reduction targets in the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) which started in Paris yesterday. In a phone interview with The Brunei Times, Lin Ji, president of BruWILD - a non-government organisation aimed to inform Bruneians on climate change - said countries attending the summit should be more determined in their efforts at curbing climate change. Understanding the difficulty in reducing green house gas emissions, she added that it is crucial the countries achieve their targets as it doesn’t just affect the environment but all aspects including social, political and of economy.   She noted that the biggest contributors of carbon emission include China and the US and if they reach a decision which…

SERIA, 24 Nov – Sekumpulan pelajar jurusan Sijil Kebangsaan Pendidikan Teknikal (NTec) dari Institut Pendidikan Teknikal Brunei Sekolah Vokasional Sultan Bolkiah (IBTE SVSB) telah menganjurkan Projek Bersih FBS yang diadakan di Pantai Peranginan Lumut hari ini. Ini merupakan sebahagian daripada penilaian teknikal Tanggungjawab Sosial Korporat (CSR) iaitu salah satu topik yang mereka pelajari di bawah Modul Kajian Asas Perniagaan (FBS). Semasa kempen tersebut, mereka dibahagikan kepada beberapa kumpulan, dan ditugaskan di kawasan-kawasan yang berbeza untuk mengutip sampah-sarap di sepanjang kawasan persisiran pantai tersebut. Hadir selaku tetamu kehormat semasa kempen itu ialah Pengetua IBTE SVSB Awang Akandi bin Haji Abd Razak. Juga hadir pengasas Green Brunei, Khairunnisa Asy’ari wakil penaja dari Syarikat Pengiran Haji Mustapa bin Pengiran Haji Mat Salleh. Pelajar-pelajar IBTE SVSB Seria yang terlibat Projek FBS Bersih kelmarin.Selain sebagai…

STUDENTS from Institut Teknologi Brunei (ITB) and Green Brunei Alumni recently took part in an event to promote a cleaner environment – the 3Rs Race. The 3Rs event which stands for reduce, reuse, recycle, took place at the Agrotechnology Park. The top three winners were 5-Hijau, Green MVP and Mercy and prizes included three $25 Fleur De Lys vouchers, five $10 Coffee Bean vouchers and five $4 Ochado vouchers. According to participants Nurni’matul Syazwani, Ummi Fatin Aqilah and Rabiatul Zahidah, the event was challenging to organise but they were happy with the response and participation from the students. Khairunnisa Ash’Ari and Firdaus Ismail from Green Brunei were the advisors for the event. [caption id="attachment_898" align="aligncenter" width="650"] 5-Hijau receiving their prize for coming 1st place. – ITB[/caption] Source: Borneo Bulletin