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(not for free membership) 03-8940 9240 | [email protected] CONTENTS • ISSUE 41 • REACH OUT • 03 04 Editor’s Note 23 Earth Hour 05 Bite Away Your Foodprint 24-25 Merchants 06 Mid-Autumn Festival 28-29 World Environment Day 07 Tonnes of Trouble from 30 Food Security in Malaysia Municipal Sollid Waste 31 Love Note for Parents 08-09 Who is Maeko? CONTENTS 32 Sustainable Lifestyle 10-11 15 Simple Ringgit-Saving Food Waste Hacks 33 Recipes 12-13 My Save Food: Before It 34 Fantastic Deals All Goes to Waste 14-15 The Way We Eat Is Eating Away At The Planet 16-17 Soup Kitchen 18-21 IOI Active Citizens 22 Animal For Young And A Plus For Autism 4 • REACH OUT • ISSUE 41 • EDITOR’S NOTE EDITOR’S NOTE Malaysians love food; every street corner you walk, you will see a few stores selling food and one thing that really brings Malaysians together is food. From Nasi Lemak to the Chicken Rice, Fried Kuey Teow, Nasi Briyani, the lists goes on. But food waste is a huge thing. Fact: If food waste were a country, it would be the 3rd largest emitter of greenhouse gases (after China & the USA). That’s giving you some perspective on the huge problem of food waste globally. Although we Malaysians love our food, it is important to understand the severity of food waste. We hope in this issue of REACH OUT, we’ll be able to share with you insights on food waste and hopefully more of us can consciously reduce the amount of food we waste each time. ANSWER Spot The Differences WINNER Contest The winning slogan is as follows: I think the best way to educate public about endangered animals is by showcasing the effect and impact of human activities on the endangered animals. Real examples of the inhuman activities can be an eye-opener. Winner Yael-Khailan Hussain (left) who won the winning entry “Spot The Difference To Win” Contest receiving the prize, Buffet Dinner voucher for 2 persons at Putrajaya Marriott Hotel at IOI Resort from Ms. Jessica Chan, Senior Customer Relations Manager (right). 1 2 3 Eco friendly Eat less Choose Shop at your meat and dairy organic food neighbourhood products market 4 BITEAWAY YOUR FOODPRINT Eat out less Food footprint (or foodprint) is the Walk to get emissions that comes from how we groceries grow, rear, farm, process, transport, store and cook, as well as dispose of the food that is consumed. 9 The bad news is that our foodprint 5 is adding up, causing a massive impact on the environment and accelerating climate change. The good news is that we can all do something about it - and in the simplest of ways. Here are Stop buying 10 easy ways to start you off on an Avoid eating bottled water environmentally-friendly dietary habit: endangered seafood 8 7 6 Eat seasonal Use an energy Avoid soft drinks and local fruits and vegetables efficient refrigerator Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival Stories (The top 3 legends) Most of us would know the Mid-Autumn Festival as a time to savor on delicious variety of mooncakes. We probably aren’t aware of the legend behind this celebration. The Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional moon worshiping festival in China. Here are the top 3 stories behind this celebration. 1. Chang’e Flying to the Moon The most famous Mid-Autumn Festival story is Chang’e flying to the moon. The story goes like this… 2. Wu Gang Chopping Long, long ago, there were ten suns in the sky. The suns burnt all the plants and people were dying on Earth, until the Cherry Bay one day excellent archer Hou Yi used his bow and arrows to shoot down nine of the suns. Earth was saved, and people flocked to learn archery from Hou Yi. The second story is also set on the moon… The Western Queen Mother gave Hou Yi a bottle of elixir that Wu Gang the woodman wanted immortality, could make one person immortal. Although Hou Yi did want but he didn’t try hard enough to learn the to become immortal, he wanted to stay with his wife Chang’e necessary magic. more. Therefore, he just kept it at home. The Emperor of Heaven got angry with him Pang Meng, one of his students, tried to seize the elixir because of his attitude. In order to punish him, when Hou Yi wasn’t at home. Faced with greed Pang Meng the Emperor of Heaven planted a huge cherry and Chang’e decided to drink the elixir. It made her fly to bay tree, 1,665 meters (about a mile) high, on the moon where she would stay forever. the moon and told Wu Gang that if he could cut it down, he could become immortal. To remember her and pray to her, Hou Yi and others started to worship the moon with many offerings. Wu Gang thought this was his chance to try hard at something he was good at to gain immortality. However, the Chang’e’s image usually appears on Mid-Autumn Festival Emperor of Heaven had made it so that the cherry bay tree pictures. Children in China are told that Chang’e is still healed every time Wu Gang chopped it! living on the moon. And on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, when the moon is bright, children try their best to Today, people still believe an obvious shadow on the moon is find the shape of Chang’e on the moon. made by the huge cherry bay tree. 3. The Jade Rabbit The jade rabbit is the main character in the third famous Chinese Mid-Autumn story. Chinese children are told that the jade rabbit is on the moon with Chang’e. Here’s the story… Once upon a time, there were three animals living in a forest: a fox, a rabbit, and a monkey. Three immortals, pretending to be beggars, went through the forest asking for food. The fox and the monkey quickly offered them food. The rabbit, who was less resourceful but very pious, felt guilty. She said, “I’m so sorry I couldn’t offer any food to help you, but I can give myself”, and jumped into the fire. The three immortals were moved by the rabbit’s sacrifice and decided to make the rabbit an immortal, sending her to live in the Moon Palace. Source: https://www.chinahighlights.com/festivals/mid-autumn-festival-story.html TONNES OF TROUBLE FROM MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE • ISSUE 41 • REACH OUT • 7 Municipal solid waste generated per day by Malaysians What’s in our landfills? Expected to 12.1% 19,000 38,200 increase Disposable tonnes tonnes 45,900 Diaplers tonnes 13.2% Plastics 2005 2016 2020 50% Blame it on urban development, Food waste the rising population, economic growth, (with 20% that or poor waste management, but the mountains is still edible) of trash in landfills is a growing concern. It ends up being worse when municipal solid waste has also made its way to our rivers, often clogging them up, and causing pollution, as well as flash floods during heavy downpours. In recent years, recycling and waste separation efforts have escalated but unable to battle the threat of trash. Source: https://global-recycling.info/archives/1451 https://cilisos.my/heres-why-our-sampah-is-increasing-even-though-companies-are-producing-less-waste/ 8 • REACH OUT • ISSUE 41 • MAEKO: THE ZERO FOOD WASTE HERO THEZERO FOOD WASTE HERO 15,000 TONNES of food can feed 2.2Million Malaysians Instead, this amount of food is discarded daily, from homes, hospitals, hotels, restaurants, and schools, among others, making food waste the biggest contributor of landfills in Malaysia. What if food waste could be converted into something useful, instead of rotting away in landfills and emitting greenhouse gases? Enter Mentari Alam EKO (M) Sdn Bhd (MAEKO), the food waste specialist. With Chelsea Chee, Mae Ooi and Darren Chee at the helm, MAEKO aims to achieve zero food waste with its composting solutions. MAEKO has industrial food waste composting machines which corporations can choose to buy or lease, as well as solutions for households. Using a patented technology, 80% of organic waste can be converted into fertiliser in not days, but a mere 24 hours. Source: https://www.maeko.com.my/index.php MAEKO: THE ZERO FOOD WASTE HERO • ISSUE 41 • REACH OUT • 9 Benefits of composting Less Reduce Recover valuable Decrease Garbage Gases Materials Crosion Food waste accounts Methane gases released in Compost leads to healthy Compost enhances soil for over 50% of all waste. landfills is 23 times more and fertile soil. structure, keeping it dangerous than Carbon Dioxide. solid and compact. Reduce the need Reduce Reduce Save to water Pests Pesticides Money With better soil No more food waste in As compost keeps plant Convert organic structure, more water is bins means no more flies, diseases away naturally, waste into an asset.