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PENCINTA ALAM JUNE 2017 GREEN LIVING COLUMN THE HIVE BULK FOODS SHOP VISIT AND OTHER ZERO-WASTE TIPS By Wong Ee Lynn ( wongeelynn@yahoo.com / gl.mnselangor@yahoo.com)   Hidden away in a tidy and welcoming house in Jalan Telawi 9, Bangsar, is The Hive Bulk Foods, a cooperative that works with local organic farmers and the Orang Asli community. It offers organic groceries, packaging-free grains, cereals and seeds in bulk (customers bring their own jars and containers) and sustainable, low-waste products including personal care products and household cleaning products.   Set up by zero-waste blogger and activist Claire Sancelot, The Hive Bulk Foods carries items that are not easily available in Malaysia such as shampoo bars (do away with the plastic pump bottles and extra fuel miles needed to transport them!), compostable bamboo toothbrushes (since conventional plastic toothbrushes are NOT recyclable and should not be put into the recycling bins!), washable and reusable sanitary...

PENCINTA ALAM JUNE 2017 GREEN LIVING SIG ACTIVITY REPORT EARTH DAY AT THE MNS UCF By Wong Ee Lynn ( wongeelynn@yahoo.com / gl.mnselangor@yahoo.com )   The gloomy drizzle that we woke up to on the morning of Earth Day (22nd April 2017) failed to deter close to 40 dedicated volunteers from showing up at the Malaysian Nature Society Urban Community Forest (UCF) to assist in the trail and nursery cleanup organised by Green Living SIG.       Volunteers consisting of MNS members, members of the public, members of expat community InterNations and staff of biodegradable medical examination glove manufacturer Cranberry (M) Sdn Bhd worked together to clean up the UCF / Federal Hill trail and nursery, the UCF stream and the areas surrounding the MNS headquarters’ entrance. This completed, they also mulched the UCF compost pile and weeded the nursery and vegetable patch.         A refreshment break was provided once these tasks have been completed, and ...