POP Projects

Kuching is a metropolitan city in Malaysia with a growing economy and population and increasing land waste. The situation calls for action to be taken in a very localized manner before the whole process of curbing becomes complicated. The goal of the project is to have a long term effect by garnering support from the younger generation. The objective of the project is to provide free psychological and emotional support to less fortunate students and to educate them on how they can implement the practice of recycling in their daily life. The goal is to create a younger generation that is sensitized toand concernedabout the environment. Additionally, it is to mould future leaders with great mind, education and environmental sensitivity.

The primary objective of the project is to use Bio Enzyme solution as an eco-friendly disinfecting fumigation product at hospitals in order to reduce hospital acquired infections. The second objective is to manage wet waste (fruits, vegetables and plant based waste) which will be used in making the solution. Additionally, the primary impact would be to create a healthy and infection-free environment. Secondly, by developing this product, the initiative creates an income-generating opportunity for the local farmers and juice makers that the team will be working with.

Safe School Project seeks to assist rural children who cannot afford online education and face accessibility issues during the COVID-19 pandemic. The initiative brings education close to them by educating them in their own communities using a medium (place of gathering) close to them. It employs the standard educational curricula through the help of volunteers. This project commenced on August 10, 2020 and is currently ongoing in the city of Calabar, Nigeria with over 300 children as beneficiaries. As part of the efforts to revamp the spirit of sustainability in the minds of children, the project also adopts Teach SDGs strategy that will help the children adapt and familiarize themselves with the SDGs. Since the inception of this project, the children’s performance have significantly improved as most of them who cannot read and write, can now do so. Adopting the same approach, this project has also been replicated in two other states in Nigeria: Ogun State and Ondo.

This initiative works toward the empowerment of the Almajiri community in Kano State, Nigeria by providing formal education, motivating students to go to school, increasing the community’s literacy rate by 70% by the year 2030 and consequently, lessen their indulgence in crime. The goal of this project is to address the structural barriers to education and equality of the Almajiriswho are placed in a disadvantaged position such as conflict, poverty, house-to-house begging, and hawking.

A green wall or vertical garden is a method that integrates gardening, landscaping, engineering and architecture, covering the walls with lightweight and durable materials without affecting the main structure, but protecting it from external factors such as humidity and temperature. The green wall improves the air quality of the university campus, producing more oxygen and increasing the surface area with a sink effect through sustainable vertical gardens. Moreover, it isolates noise and generates a cooler and more aesthetic space for students to relax and helps control the stress of daily life. Unlike traditional gardens, the green wall uses optimized water resource.

This study researched and measured the perception, impact and limitations of freshmen and senior undergraduate students, from a private university in Mexico, in order to evaluate the effectiveness of environmental education courses currently being offered at the university. The research emphasizes two main outtakes; for one, there are no significant differences between the ecological footprints of senior and freshmen students, suggesting that the current course of environmental education fails in creating lasting differences in the lifestyles of students. Furthermore, the average ecological footprint of private university students was 6.1 gha (global hectares), tripling that of Mexico’s national average. Regarding what limits the students to change their behavior, it found that a “lack of information on how to change”, their “ideologies”, and a universal sense of “distrust” were amongst the most common. However, the greatest barrier was “comparison with others”. This study opens an opportunity to improve the academic syllabus and to influence students with positive reinforcement when showing pro-environmental behavior, as well as with young environmental leaders.

With the purpose of initiating youngsters (students or young professionals) to learn the role of trees for environmental conservation, and for climate change mitigation, this project seeks to join both youth and the community to plant and grow trees with high commitment. The project title, “one man, one tree” appreciates responsible tree planting in contrast to mass tree planting that is often done for media consumption and political purpose. It aims to educate students and young professionals with an expected impact of over 1000 trees that will be carefully planted and grown in schools.

Through this initiative, the team seeks to share experiences from their school’s Environmental Club, detailing the obstacles they encounter and the approaches they take to overcome them while undertaking any project. Furthermore, they intend to give leadership advice and discuss the fundamental steps to starting a project. This varies from how to get others involved to how to manage speaking and working in a professional setting. The goal is to inspire other students to become influential leaders and advocates and take climate action in their own communities.

This interactive course seeks to engage audience on environmental ethics and circular philosophy, with a focus on finding meaning and answers in one’s own individual life and actions and not just focusing on the big issues that sometimes feel so overwhelming or far out of reach. Circular philosophy is a new paradigm, a new way of thinking that combines zero waste, regenerative sustainability and environmental ethics and more. It seeks to bring consciousness regarding the environmental situation and create eco warriors who transform their care for the planet into everyday actions and into a way of living.