The Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water recently launched the Sustainability Achieved via Energy Efficiency or SAVE programme, which Zaini Abdul Wahab, Head of Entry Point Project 9 (EPP9): Energy Efficiency under the Economic Transformation Plan from the Ministry, joins us to shed light on.

He also speaks about the need to be more energy efficient and SAVE's first initiative, which is a rebate program.

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Biswajit Fahroun Guha Thakurta, the Director of Zoology at the Singapore Zoo, shares his experiences from working at the Singapore Zoo for over 20 years now.

He also gives his views on the role of zoos in today's context, highlighting its shift from mere entertainment spots to centers working towards wildlife conservation and preservation.

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Professor Dato' Dr. Azizan Bin Haji Abu Samah, an atmospheric scientist and Head of the Malaysian Antarctic Research Programme (MARP) explains the rationale behind the implementation of the MARP, while discussing the rapid warming in the Polar regions and its implications to the Pacific region.

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In conjunction with World Environment Day, Andrew Sebastian, Head of Communications at the Malaysian Nature Society, updates us on environmental and conservation issues here in Malaysia, and fills us in on the activities organised by the MNS for the community at large. 

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Suryani Senja Alias and Dr June Ngo, the Chairperson and Chief Designer respectively of Yayasan Tuanku Nur Zahirah, discuss their organisation's efforts to revive and revitalise the songket weaving industry in Malaysia.

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An 80-hectare tropical rainforest garden sits right in the midst of Kuala Lumpur's University Malaya, with over 1600 species of living collections, 63,000 accessions and an arboretum among its many features. 

University of Malaya's Dr. M Sugumaran, Coordinator for Rimba Ilmu Botanical Gardens, uncovers the many delights this little known treasure trove of plants and trees has to offer.

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Mano Maniam - actor, director, writer and also active member of the Environmental Protection Society of Malaysia (EPSM) - discusses and advocates an age-old but now oft forgotten water saving technique, rainwater harvesting.

Besides its many benefits, Mano also discusses the EPSM's recent successful implementation of this system at the Pure Life Society's premises.

For more details on the EPSM, check out http://www.epsm.org.my/wordpress

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Elizabeth John, Senior Communications Officer of TRAFFIC Southeast Asia and Loshini John, Values and Communications Manager at The Body Shop Malaysia, discuss the joint TRAFFIC-The Body Shop campaign, "Where's My Mama?" which highlights the plight of young wildlife left orphaned by animal trafficking.

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In this concluding episode on the Malaysian Nature Society's Raptor Watch 2011 series, we speak to Lim Aun Tiah, Head Coordinator for the Raptor Counters, who were the folks tasked with the mission to count the thousands of raptors that migrated over the shores of Tanjung Tuan.

Aun Tiah explains  us the painstaking task of monitoring the raptors, while giving us a complete rundown of events that transpired at Raptor Watch 2011.

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Sometime in 2008, husband and wife team Hijjas Kasturi and Angela Hijjas, an architect and environmentalist respectively, set about to restore three somewhat rotting rows of double storey terraced houses in Penang.

Angela discusses the result of this conversion - the newly launched Hotel Penaga - which is a heritage boutique hotel that looks set to become a model for the adaptive re-use of old buildings.

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