Earth Hour 2008

Earth Hour

On 31 March 2007, more than 2 million Sydney businesses and households turned off their lights for one hour - Earth Hour - sending a powerful national and global message that it's possible to take action on global warming.

At 8pm on 29 March 2008, Earth Hour goes global, with cities and towns around the world taking stand on the greatest threat our planet has ever faced, and millions of people uniting to turn the tide on global warming.

Check out www.earthhour.org for more information and to watch the inspirational video of the first Earth Hour in Sydney in 2007.



Get the most people, businesses and government involved in Earth Hour and get them to turn off their lights for one hour at 8pm on March 29, 2008.

This message is brought to you by Raleigh KL in support of global cooling.

Mail from Expedition Sabah!

Jia Loon from IW Dec 07

Lu Yi, also from IW Dec 07.

Notice the contrast in presentation (is it a gender thing?).

Updates!

Here are the updates for the past few projects of Raleigh KL:

Two Post Introduction Weekend (PIW) projects have been completed successfully. Missed out? Attended? Why not check out these blog entries to see if you can spot yourself in the pictures?

Projects:

Here's the not-so-recent project by Team Charlie IW December 2007 doing their bit in environmental conservation in Gelang Patah, Johor.

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Now, here's the more recent project by Team Alpha IW December 2007, where the group spent a day with children from Precious Home painting T-shirts to fundraise followed by a fun-filled trip to the National Zoo. Weeeee~~ [Blog contribution by Pey Yi; one of the Alpha members]

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Next up:

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Cycling in Taman Pertanian for February Monthly Meet

Followed by:
MMM (March Monthly Meet) at FRIM.
Check out the blog entry by Zhi Yong; one of the "freshly" returned Venturers from Sabah for the day's happenings during the longest canopy walk in South East Asia.

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Featuring:
Special blog entries by Li Vyen where she reminisce about her fundraising experiences as well her thoughts on Expedition, what I felt should be titled: "Why you, YES YOU! must go for a Raleigh Expedition in Sabah?"


A final update on Tahan:
168 Tahan-Adventure will officially start tomorrow where 18 Raleigh-ians will be trekking deep in the jungle of Taman Negara to conquer the peak of Tahan at 2,187 metres, where it is reputably the toughest trek in Southeast Asia. After months of training with hike up Gunung Datuk, and the recent double dose of the mentally torturous Gunung Nuang, the group is all set for the back to nature 7-days trek.

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The day-hikers at Gunung Datuk Peak

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The trekkers at Gunung Nuang, Kem Pacat

Credits: Thanks to all bloggers, writers, photographers and blog contributers namely, Ming Yuan (Luke), Pey Yi, Zhi Yong, Li Vyen and Chin Gian.

Mar monthly meet postponed

FRIM trek and canopy walk has been postponed to next Saturday 15 March as a precautionary measure and to allay safety concerns following the elections.

Rendesvous time and place will be the same as before, 830am at Kepong Sentral KTM.

Kindly contact Vincent Tan @ 017 366 6601 @ vincent_tanes@hotmail.com for any inquiries and to confirm your attendance.

Thank you.

MMM (March Monthly Meeting)

Soon we are approaching the month end, YESSS this February only have 29 days(which we already earn one day extra this year). It indicate that it's time for our fellow Raleighian to meet up again!! WOoHoO......


This time (I mean March), we are heading to jungle again!! Where else? Raleigh spirit all in Jungle (I guess)...Our attraction this time being will be the Canopy walk, the only Canopy walk in KL, you will have a nice view of canopy in the forest as well as the KL city view. How nice is that!! So let's join us to celebrate "the day after election"!!


Below are the details and agenda on Raleigh March Monthly Meeting (3M):

Venue: Forest Research Institute Malaysia aka FRIM (Near Kepong Jusco - 5 minutes drive)

Date: 9th Febraury 2008 (Sunday)

Time: 8.30am (Gather point: Kepong Sentral KTM)

Agenda:

8.30am - Gather and depart to FRIM

9.00am - Monthly Meeting + Trek + Canopy Walk

12.30pm - Finish

Fees: Student - RM5 (Member), RM7 (Non-member)
Adult - RM8 (Member), RM10 (Non-member)
*note:
1.) We will park our car outside entrance gate for free and walk in.
2.) Must show valid student card to enjoy student price.
3.) Fee paid is inclusive of simple snack.

Attire - Casual with trekking shoe (preferable)

Things to bring - Water, Insect repellent (some area might have lots of mosquito), change of clothes (optional).


In order to make sure that you are being fetch from Kepong Sentral KTM to FRIM, kindly let us know your attendance ASAP. It is easier for us to arrange transport for you.

For those who are driving, you may refer to the map and meet us outside the FRIM entrance gate.

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Kindly reply to Vincent Tan @ 017 366 6601 @ vincent_tanes[at]hotmail.com for any queries and to confirm your attendance (both driving or taking KTM).

Thank you and have a nice day.