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Green Brunei is starting the year 2023 with inviting the public to participate in their sustainability efforts by bringing recyclable household items to their Recycling Drive on 5th February, Sunday at the Ground Level of Kontena Park Parking Lot from 9:00AM to 1:00PM.  Items that are accepted in the recycling drive are paper, newspaper, cardboard, metal (rinsed out and emptied) and electronic waste (computer waste). The recycling drive does not accept plastic, glass, styrofoam or glossy paper.  The Recycling Drive aims to educate the public of proper waste management while also supporting the Brunei National Climate Change Secretariat's (BCCS) efforts in reducing municipal waste by 1kg per person in a day by 2035. To date, Green Brunei has managed to collect over 152,100 kg of recyclables since 2014.  By working…

A prize presentation ceremony was held today, 24 November 2022, during the closing ceremony of the Environmental Education Project at the Mangrove Paradise Resort with more than 60 attendees. The Environmental Education Project is the 3rd Edition of the Environmental Education Tour Project, a collaboration between Green Brunei, Mitsubishi Corporation and Brunei Shell Petroleum. The project is supported by the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Development, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Primary Resources and Tourism and Energy Department, Prime Minister’s Office.  Dr Shamsiah Zuraini Kanchanawati binti Haji Tajuddin, Permanent Secretary (Core Education) from Ministry of Education was present as the Guest of Honour.  Dayang Khairunnisa binti Awang Haji Ash’ari, the Co-Founder of Green Brunei began the closing ceremony with her welcoming speech, “The Environmental Education Project has since evolved…

Some 443 kilogrammes (kg) of trash was collected during a river clean-up organised by Green Brunei in collaboration with Mitsubishi Corporation (Brunei Liaison Office) at Kampong Sungai Siamas yesterday morning. The trash collected comprised plastic bottles, a fridge door, seat cushions, face masks, food wrappers and a cupboard. Permanent Secretary (Municipal and District) at the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) Abdul Walid bin Haji Matassan, representing Minister of Home Affairs Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Ahmaddin bin Haji Abdul Rahman, attended as guest of honour. Ambassador of Japan to Brunei Darussalam Maeda Toru and Mitsubishi Corporation (Brunei Liaison Office) country representative Tadashi Hara as well as Brunei-Muara District Officer, village heads of all four zones of Kampong Ayer and principal of Siamas Primary School also participated. The ambassador said the…

A rainy morning did little to deter some 200 volunteers from clearing over 1,000 kilogrammes (kg) of garbage from Lumut Beach on Sunday. Students, local residents, volunteers from non-governmental organisations and government officials removed waste from the beachfront and the nearby park. Credit: Borneo Bulletin

Over 193 kilogrammes of litter was collected during a beach cleaning campaign at Serasa on Thursday.The campaign was organised by Network Integrity Assurance Technologies (NiAT) Sdn Bhd in partnership with Green Brunei.CEO of NiAT Lim Ming Soon led around 30 NiAT employees and Green Brunei volunteers in the cleaning activity.All participants in the cleanup were outfitted with the required cleaning equipment, including gloves and garbage bags.Participants collected 50 plastic bags of litter comprising plastic toys, metal barrel tins, scraps, plastic bottles, slippers and other garbage weighing 193.3 kilogrammes.The event was organised as an environmental corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative by NiAT. The event also served as a platform as NiAT’s team-building activity towards enhancing healthy relationships with one another as well as to reflect NiAT’s commitment in supporting projects by…

Keep beaches clean so the public and future generations can enjoy its beauty in safety, urged the Malaysian High Commissioner to Brunei Darussalam Dato’ Raja Reza bin Raja Zaib Shah during a cleaning campaign at Muara Beach yesterday. “There are people who do not pay attention to the cleanliness of the beach and leave garbage everywhere, including the sea, which washes back up on the beach,” said the high commissioner. “A clean beach will certainly be the focus for recreation and picnics, and as well as an attraction for anglers and visitors who want to enjoy the beautiful scenery, especially during sunset,” he said. The clean-up programme is only a temporary solution to the problem of beach cleanliness, said the high commissioner, adding he hoped that the programme can be…

Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam (BIBD) highlighted local youth-led organisations who are taking action on climate change at the recent National Youth Day celebrations held at the International Convention Centre (ICC) in Berakas. BIBD’s Chief Marketing Officer and Chair of the Sustainability Transformation Group Hajah Nurul Akmar binti Haji Mohd Jaafar said, “As a partner in progress for a sustainable future, the bank regularly works with government and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) whose goals and values align closely with ours. Green Brunei, a youth-led platform to promote environmental sustainability through education, conservation and advocacy, also showcased their tree-planting activities as part of its commitment to mitigate the effects of deforestation. According to Green Brunei, mature trees are able to absorb up to 22 kilogrammes of CO2 – with up to one metric…

Youth should be empowered to drive solutions towards climate change, said Singaporean Minister of Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu Hai Yien in a keynote address at Climate Action Week of the Brunei Mid-Year Conference and Exhibition 2022 (Brunei MYCE 2022) at the International Convention Centre (ICC), Berakas yesterday. Delivered via video, the Singaporean minister’s keynote speech ‘Youth on Climate Action – Singapore Contex’ emphasised on how youth can play a vital role. She said climate change is an existential threat, and have impacted communities across the globe, adding that, “We have seen more frequent and intense weather events.” She said Singapore and Brunei Darussalam are small emitters that collectively contributed less than 0.15 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions. However, “we are highly vulnerable to the impact of…