Green Lifestyle Campaign by the Banggi Youth Club

Posted by: Hui Ling

We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.


This quote reminds us not to take the earth for granted because if we do, our children and grandchildren may not be able to enjoy the beauty of nature like we can now.

Banggi Youth Club a.k.a BYC came up with a Green Lifestyle Campaign that will run for a year starting July 2011, with supervision from WWF Kudat Team members. It will cover Kg Karakit, Kg Singgamata, Kg Perpaduan and Perumahan Felcra, and SMK Banggi (secondary school) and SK Karakit (primary school) in Pulau Banggi, within the proposed Tun Mustapha Park.


Anti-plastic use and recycling modules’ combined discussion led by WWF Kudat Team Leader, Irwanshah Mustapa

©WWF-Malaysia / El Said Abdel Aziz


A workshop to develop a Green Lifestyle Campaign using the social marketing approach was held on 20 February 2010. Five Green Lifestyle Modules were proposed at the workshop:

  1. Anti-fish bombing and cyanide fishing
  2. Composting
  3. Tree planting
  4. Anti-plastic use
  5. Recycling

Participants at the workshop were divided into five groups and each group took up a module to discuss the objective, target audience, activities and raw materials needed, monitoring and success measures, and project partners. Inputs from this development workshop will be used to train the BYC members on how to carry out the Green Lifestyle Modules at a second workshop scheduled in May 2011.


Banggi Youth Club members presenting on the Tree Planting Module

©WWF-Malaysia / El Said Abdel Aziz

We will update about their progress in the second workshop soon!

Way to go, BYC!

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