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Solid Waste Problem in Malaysia

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Solid waste is a major environmental problem in the developing counties, this problem not only impact ecological sustainable, but also impact human health. Waste management in Malaysia is till poor due to the lack of awareness and knowledge among Malaysia community about waste management issue. Effect of solid waste on environment Solid waste is a main reason of water contamination. That affects all ecosystems existing in water cause harm to animals that drink polluted water. In addition, hazardous chemical cause harm to plants when they take up contamination through their root. Bad waste management practice can produce result in land and air pollution, and it will affect human health such as respiratory problems. Moreover, it is very harmful mixture of chemical that may result in hazardous substance with entering surface water, groundwater and soil. Effect on health Exposure to hazardous waste affects human health. The group at high risk is from u...

Sustainable Tourism Industry in China

As most developed countries in the world have advocated and started focusing on sustainable development on every industry, developing countries like China also bring the sight into this popular topic. Recently journalists in China have been discussing on how to make a sustainable development on Chinese tourism industry. Sustainable development in tourism industry includes two parts. First is the sustainable development at tourist places, second is the proposition of continuous education to improve tourists’ travelling responsibilities.  Sustainable development at tourist places requires the managerial group (when they make decisions on tourism development and management) at the tourist places fully consider the sustainable development capability while consuming local tourism resources and impacting on local environment. Proposition of improving tourists’ responsibilities requires the tourist to minimize the impact on the travel place’s environment and also ensure while tra...

Bicycle-sharing: An Sustainable Urban Traffic Project

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In recent years, an urban Bicycle-sharing boom has spread many cities in China, such as Shanghai, Beijing and Sichuan. Some public bicycles were deposited on the urban sidewalks and street corners in these cities, users could locate, pay and unlock these bikes using the smartphone app through bike's GPS system. bike-sharing schemes as a part of hi-tech boom not only bring economic benefits for entrepreneurs, but also reduce urban traffic-clogged and air pollution. According to Chinese media, about 250,000 shared bikes have been put into action. I think Bicycle-sharing is a very great idea to modernization development. It not only is a healthy way to daily traveling of citizen, but also decreases the number of cars on the roads, that could help the issues of environment and transportation. However, Bicycle-sharing as a budding industry it has to face some challenges. A recent article about Bicycle-sharing in the China Daily warned of “grave maintenance and manag...

Sustainable local community garden

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According to Marin Master Gardeners, "a community garden is any piece of land gardened by a group of people, utilizing either individual or shared plots on private or public land". Community gardens are being set up throughout Australia and the rest of the world, as people's needs in the face of urbanization. Community gardens provide people the opportunity to grow and harvest their own produce as well as contributing to a sense of community and connection to the environment.   It gives local residents the space to grow their own herbs, fruit and veg, and chat to others about their green ideas. Therefore, community gardens improve neighborhood and users' health through providing the venue for labour. It also creates more green patches of vegetables, plants and flowers for city. Community gardens bring so much more to our city than home-grown fresh produce: They help reduce household waste through composting. They offer the chance to get your hands dirty in...

Urban Wetland Park

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There is a wetland park in my hometown, it is a public space focus on conservation, education and tourism of wetlands ecosystem. In the wetland park have abundant flora and fauna, there are some of the more familiar birds that depend on wetlands for survival include ducks, hawks, geese, egrets, kingfishers and wading birds. Wetland plants include lotus, reed, softstem bulruh and calamus. Wetlands play host to a wide variety of plant and animal life. As a result, this wetland park has attracted many nature photographers and wildlife enthusiasts.     For the environmental sustainability, urban wetland park also provide water storage, filtration and offer us protection from urban flooding. Wetlands slowly absorbing water and return water to the ground during dry periods. In addition, this natural cleansing helps to keep pollution, toxins and nutrients out of the water system, thus avoid the damaging impact on plant and animal. On the one han...