Energizing Malaysia through SEDA :)

SDMalaysia was informed that the bill for Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA) has been approved by the Parliament early this month. 

Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA) will be responsible to manage the feed-in tariff program. 

So what is the impact to us Malaysians? You may now want to seriously consider switching your traditional source of electricity to Renewable Energy Sources (RE). Is this sustainable? CERTAINLY. From the environmental aspect you will have cleaner source of energy. Economic wise, you will potentially gain income from selling your excess supply to the national grid. The most important point is the People aspect. Through this effort, you will not compromise the future generation ability enjoy what you are enjoying today....   

The electric supply in Malaysia today has 1% source from Renewable energy. We now have a target to bring it to 5.5% by 2015.

All the best to SEDA in Energizing Malaysia!

Happy Earth Day / Selamat Hari Bumi !

Today on 22 April is where we officially celebrate Earth Day. The theme for this year is "A Billion Acts of Green."

SDMalaysia hopes that it is not just going to be another symbolic day for people to give recognition to our planet. 

Try to do something meaningful this weekend to make an impact that will contribute to the billion acts of green....

Let's pray we get to see another earth day celebration next yr :) 

Standard Chartered KL Marathon 2011 - Users

Standard Chartered KL Marathon 2011 - Users

A deeper meaning of Sustainability and how KL will be tragically affected

I found this profound quote from the Sustainability Guru John Elkington to be shared with SDMalaysia readers.

"Properly understood, sustainability is not the same as corporate social responsibility (CSR)—nor can it be reduced to achieving an acceptable balance across economic, social and environmental bottom lines. Instead, it is about the fundamental, intergenerational task of winding down the dysfunctional economic and business models of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and the evolution of new ones fit for a human population headed towards nine billion people, living on a small planet already in ecological overshoot"

Just look at the new construction sites in KL and I keep wondering why we are not giving more attention to develop other towns like Seremban, Ipoh, Kuala Terengganu, Kuantan, KK and Kuching to balance out the economic spread of the country. Very soon, KL too will be overpopulated if we decide to continue the typical route of development we have replicated in the 20th century.