Survey on how to reduce greenhouse gases through Electricity use at UBD

Yesterday, September 15, at our very own building, Faculty of Arts and Social Science. We were all assigned to do work concerned about students of UBD in order to experience how much electricity is being used for good and also bad. We were all divided into different groups, two person per group. My partner for this activity is Aziman.

So we started this activity approximately at 8.30am and began to research on the second floor which include lecturer`s staffs, hall and corridor. We checked every areas and rooms and found evidence that eventually leads to Global warming. Generally speaking, as we all know, Brunei Darussalam use burning of fuels in the generator to obtain or produce the electricity. Logically, in order to produce more electricity, what is required? ofcourse lots of burning fuels. This later will increase the global warming which warms our earth and thicken the ozone layer which is very dengerous!

Here are some of the pictures which showed the evidence that leads to global warming. In this picture, showed the lights are on in the all and also on the left side of the wall showing signs on saving electricity. We must value the limited resources of our own country, but why the lights are still open? So learn how to appreciate environment.
Aziman taking picture of leaking air conditioner pipeline in AHU room. This is very dengerous due to liquids may rise to the atmosphere which may lead to global warming.




Another picture of pipline breach in addition of lights open in this room (AHU)






Light must be switched off when not needed.






Spot some of the evidence that lead to greenhouse effect. Leaking air-conditioner deteriorated and left untreated.


From our survey, there are 26 rooms showed lights are still open and with people in their rooms. However some rooms also spotted lights to be left open without people approximately 31 rooms. This is not good enough to conserve our electricity. Who`s going to responsible for this? Eventhough we live in a blessed country, but try to learn and appreciate our environment. Moreover, computers are also found to be left opened in the 1st and 2nd floor which wasted so much electricity. On the other hand, groundfloor is well exceptional due to lecture everyday.

STEPS TO REDUCE ELECTRICITY USAGE....

1. make sure to swith off light when not needed.
2. closed the computers as it takes a lot of electricity use
3. leak air conditioner must be well treated before it gets worse.

Last but not least, we also experienced difficulties doing the survey because most of the doors are locked and hardly to see if there are any computers and light opened. Before its getting too late, let us now save the EARTH by saving our electricity. SAY NO TO GLOBAL WARMING! LOVE OUR ENVIRONMENT! :D

Home :)

This picture i have downloaded it from google http://www.elrst.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/home.jpg to show the appearance or intro for this movie,


Home is a 2009 documentary by Yann Arthus-Bertrand. The film is entirely composed of aerial shots of various places around Earth. It shows the diversity of life on Earth and how humanity is threatening the ecological balance of the planet. The movie was released simultaneously on June 5th in cinemas all over the world, on DVD and on YouTube. This movie is a collection of unique aerial footage from over 50 countries, which will try to show the state of the planet in natural and urban areas with the goal of inciting people to act.

By watching this movie, obviously it gives a message,of what we call it as an environmental message and explains how and when life on Earth came about. We learn, for example, that the world is four billion years old, whereas humans are only 200,000 years old. In the relatively short time we have been around, however, we have had more impact than any other species. In the last 50 years alone, the movie says, the Earth has been changed than by all previous generations of humanity in this world. However home impacts directly on the sensibility of anyone who sees it, bringing us to awareness, through emotion initially, in order to change the way we see the world.

Through economic condition which is expanding years after years also affected the environment, such as the clearing of forests,better known as deforestation.Global warming indeed is one of the changes that affect the earth and from my opinion, it can be argued that this effect mainly caused by human activity. We can define global warming when the heat increases rapidly in the atmosphere all over the world and thus results can be observed. the temperature now is more becoming warmer and this led to environmental disasters to occur.

We can see now our earth is unwell. As mention above, again by human activities nowadays. Every countries have their own natural resources where from this point, they make use of their resources in order to support their own countries. Now, the consequences of global warming nevertheless may affect the earth.Here are some of the effects of global warming, water level rise due to temperature getting warmer, in fact, ice melting will occur and many more.

As we know, if there are problems occur ,what is needed? Ofcourse, solutions. It is very important to keep up the maintenance of our refrigerator and air conditioner as they can leak very toxic and harmful chemicals. Therefore, furnace maintenance will help tp reduce the amount of heat we need, thus reducing fossil fuels productions. Furthermore, make sure recycle newspaper, glass bottles, tin cans, megazines and more.

In conclusion, from watching this movie worth it because it makes us realise that, human, who cause our earth to be sick. So we must aware that certain preventions are needed in order to prevent global warming.. I`m proud that our beloved country Brunei Darussalam have taken noticed of these preventions. Although our very own resource which is oil & gas, we must not take things for granted.. Who knows someday we are out of supply? Fortunately our country not only focus on oil but also productions of rice which also improve economic of the country.

Kekexili Mountain Patrol,based on true story

( This photo is taken from google )

Today, 31st August 2009 is my first post since taking this course "Brunei Environment Appreciation Community Action." Base on today`s work, Dr Irene brought a movie, some sort of a Chinese movie call "Mountain Patrol Kekexili". By watching this movie, i can learn the aspect and how to appreciate environment. So we all watched with full of concentration and note down every significant points.

Generally speaking, this story is about a group of people which their culture is known as Tibetan who wants to protect the natural environment. From watching this movie, there are a lot of violence done by the hunters in killing the antelope. The land is dry in China and barely any vegetation available. Many people especially hunters kill the antelopes without restrictions and most of the antelope skins were ripped off. Ritai is the leader of the vigilantes who, despite poverty and the lack of any government support, roam the land to protect the endangered Tibetan antelope from extinction.

Furthermore, a reporter from Beijing known as Gayu came over ritai`s village to make a report regarding the environments and landscape which became deteriorated as time pass by. In ritai`s village, antelope`s skins were found layed off on the surface. This skins from my opinion, contradicts with the increase in economy where skins that were ripped off being export in order to produce surplus or capital.Nevertheless, their lifestyles are far different compare to nowadays because in this movie, the society eat fresh meat as soon as they capture their prey such as rabbits.

Moreover, the group of Tibetan also sang a song and dance for "white temple" as a part of their culture and beliefs.When Ritai`s group began their journey to the breeding ground of the antelope, unfortunately most of the antelope found dead and only skeletons left on the surface after being eaten by crows. Ritai`s gone mad and want to arrest the hunters who responsible for killing the antelope. The skeletons then were burnt by them .So they continued their journey. Next, they found two guys doing illegal fishing without permit. Ritai`s group arrested them for doing such illegal activity.

On the next day, Ritai`s group and the reporter walked across Yak Valley which were full of sand storms consisting huge gale of winds. The environment in Yak Valley is different,hardly for them to see the route. Ritai found a car nearby and went approached it. He found a fur of the antelope and he believe the poachers were there not long ago. On the rocky surfaces,they finally found a group of people whom Ritai believe were poachers who killed his antelope. He arrested them and urged to tell him who killed his antelope.

The long journey didn`t really worth it because they are out of rations, fuels and later decided to let the arrested group go. Some of ritai`s men were allowed to go too, and treat the injuries they had during a long journey. So now, only 2 men`s left including Ritai. He believed the poachers were nearer. The were heavy storms when Ritai woke up after taking a nap, the environment turned deteriorated and hardly for them to see the way out.On the other hand, Ritai`s fren was sunk and trapped by a quicksand. A lot of people died.

At last, Ritai found a group of poachers with arms.He asked the leader to stop killing the antelope but the leader ignored his words. Ritai was then shot by one of the poachers..

Sadly, are this group of poachers continued their hunting for the antelope? Doing illegal way,is obviously wrong.Who would volunteer to hunt poachers in this forbidding part of the world? Is it worth it? I know what Ritai would say, but I don't know that Ritai is altogether a sane man. This is an evocative, visually resplendent film, however, with images and ideas that linger in one's mind long after the movie is over.


That`s all for now. :)