One of over 5,000 simultaneous events in over 180 countries
3-5-0 formed at 3.50pm
Rawang: October 25th—Waterfall Survivors joined tenth of thousands global communities from over 150 countries in a symbolic Save Our Waterfalls (SOW) Campaign at Kanching Waterfalls here today.
Held simultaneously with over 5,000 events around the globe, the event was a part of a Global Day of Actions coordinated by 350.org to urge world leaders to take bold and immediate steps to address climate change and reduce carbon emissions.
Volunteers on the way up to pick up rubbish
More than 350 volunteers participated in this event with more than 450 bags of rubbish. A 3-5-0 was formed with the rubbish bags collected together with the participant at 3.50pm local time.
“Malaysians are still not aware of what is really happening to our Earth. Besides cleaning up the waterfalls, today’s event is also aimed to educate about this unique global event,” said Waterfall Survivors President and Founder Joe Yap.
Volunteers formed a human chain to transport rubbish
With the support from Tourism Selangor, this auspicious campaign is officiated by YB Edward Lee Poh Lin, Assistant Exco Tourism, Environmental and Public Affairs of Selangor State Government.
“We in Tourism Selangor will give our full commitment to support this program as well as other program that shares the same objective in saving our environment. This is also important for Tourism Selangor as it can play a pivotal role in promoting and bringing forward the eco-tourism in Selangor” said YB Edward Lee during the opening address.
Forming the 3-5-0 with rubbish
The auspicious event was endorsed and supported by the Selangor State Government, Tourism Selangor, Majlis Perbandaran Selayang and Jabatan Pertahanan Awam Malaysia, Selangor.
The SOW campaign was also sponsored by Sigg, Keen, Bros, Bacfree, Hydro Q10, NT-Flam, World of Sports, Pelikan, Red Bull and Pansing Marketing.
The participant with the rubbish collected
The event was a huge success and most importantly, there were Prime Time News coverages from NTV7 and 8TV which will help to send the message to all Malaysians and the world. The event will also be featured in Sin Chew Daily, The Star and News Straits Times Press soon.
Students from Sunway College and S.I.S
Around the world today – from capitol cities to the melting slopes of Mount Everest, even underwater on dying coral reefs – communities held rallies aimed at focusing attention on the number 350. In recent years, scientists have insisted that 350 parts per million is the most carbon dioxide we can safely have in the atmosphere. The current CO2 concentration is 390 parts per million.
Images of the events from around the world, including the Save Our Waterfalls rally in Hutan Lipur Sungai Kanching, were featured on giant video screens in Times Square in New York as part of a 350 countdown, and are accessible at 350.org the website’s online photostream. Visual documentation from the Day of Action will be delivered to the United Nations on Monday.
The Waterfall Survivors Committes that made this a REALITY!
These global actions come six weeks before the world’s nations convene in Copenhagen, Denmark for the United Nations Climate Change Conference to draw up a new climate treaty. A total of 89 countries have already endorsed the 350 target, as well as Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change chairman Rajendra Pachauri, world’s foremost climate economist, Sir Nicholas Stern and Nobel prize-winner Al Gore.
“People have said the science of global warming is too confusing for average citizens to understand but yesterday’s events proved that millions of people understood exactly what is at stake in the next few years, and that they wanted swift action to safeguard the future,” says 350.org founder Bill McKibben in a Press Statement posted in the organization’s official website http://www.350.org
