NEW ITEMS!! Auction items for The No Plastic Bag Bazaar - Now open for bidding!

The No Plastic Bag Bazaar

Aug 31st, 2009 (Monday)

12pm - 6pm

Noble Banquet, 235, Jalan Bukit Bintang

The auction items

interested bidders may email your bidding price & your contact to

soul.doc.lee@gmail.com

New

Hannah Lo's mosaic art piece - "Prima Donna"

Starting price at RM 300

Eco Accessory collection by Lisa Foo

All items prices start from RM 30

5 items - Nest (earrings), Squamata (earrings), Vermes (necklace), Nereis (necklace) & Pileus (necklace)

Necklace "Nereis"

Earrings "Nest"

Necklace "Pileus"

Earrings "Squamata"

Necklace "Vermes"

Xandria Ooi's babydoll blue dress

Starting price - RM 40

first bidder price (Rosheen) - RM 50

second bidder (SeeMing) - RM 60

third bidder (Celine Koh) - RM 80

fourth bidder (Rosheen) - RM 100

Xandria Ooi's maron cling dress

Starting price - RM 40

first bidder (SeeMing) - RM 60

Xandria Ooi's babydoll blue dress

Starting price - RM 40

first bidder (SeeMing) - RM 60

Xandria Ooi's pink tube dress

Starting price - RM 40

first bidder (SeeMing) - RM 60

Deborah Henry's Cole Haan white hangbag

starting price at RM 60

first bidder price (Jingnee) at RM 100

second bidder (Shareen) at RM 120

Deborah Henry's green stone pendant

Starting price at RM 35

Deborah Henry's Celine gold bracelet

Starting price at RM 50

first bidder (Shareen) at RM 70

Amber Chia's Stella McCartney Adidas jacket (pink)

Starting price at RM 100

Joyce Kirsten Wong's Aldo handbag

Starting price at RM 60

first bidder (Jingnee) - RM 100

second bidder (Najwa) RM 110

Eco Accessory collection by Mah Su Sim

All items price start from RM 20

5 items - Stratum earrings, Fillament earrings, Stratum bracelet, Nova pendant, Flora pendant

Stratum bracelet, starting price RM 20

Nova pendant, starting price RM 20

Fillament earrings, starting price RM 20

Stratum earrings, starting price RM 20

Flora pendant, starting price RM 20

In the news: Youth desk @ The Star, April 22

The Recyclists had a field day last month at Sunway University College's Generation Greenexhibition, getting students & lecturers to make their green pledges at our booth.  We collected about 250 new pledges during the fair.  

Phui Yee from Star's Youth Desk made a report on the event...online version here

Recyclist at Generation Green this weekend in Sunway College!!

Come to The Recyclist's booth!!

We are taking part in Sunway University College's Environemental Fair this April!

Date: April 17 – 18, 2009 (Friday & Saturday)

Time: 10am – 3pm

Venue: Sunway University College

The Recyclist will be having a booth to promote Project Daily Million (PDM), chat with folks about the need to reduce, reuse and recycle. We will be selling our cool PDM bands too for our future beneficiary so come shop and chit chat!

Co-organised by the alumni office and the Canadian International Matriculation Programme of Sunway University Collge, The Recyclist will join other participants at this fair to increase awareness among students and other attendees on the importance of green work and to share with them practical methods of protecting our environment.

You can expect these activities at the fair...

Information booths (that's us!)

Game booths

Food sales

Engaging talks

Engaging videos and movies

See You There! If you need details regarding our booth at the fair, please contact volunteer Janet at 6012 378 3730 or email us at recyclists.malaysia@gmail.com

Responses to the plea..

updated again on April 13*

Many responded to Janet's mass mail with very inspiring stories and ideas...here are some of them: 

"Thanks for making this initiative!  I have been doing similar things for some time, starting before there were campaigns and only the Body Shop knew what I was doing. In the beginning I had to repeat myself a few times before the cashier or storekeeper understood that no, for some strange reason i do not want that - yes, that - plastic bag. used to bring around a plastic bag in my handbag or a paper bag, but now that there is more awareness. there is a spare plastic bag in my handbag but nowadays i no longer forget to bring enough bags. :) we sent some clothes for dry cleaning - my parents' send some officewear to the laundry regularly. i figured out that the plastic cover the clothes come back in makes a better trash bag than the black bags they sell in the shop. so what if the bag is transparent? just seal the top where the hanger comes out and use it as bin liners. cut to size if you like. from then on, i need not send the plastic for recycling and can now use the reuseable bags even for grocery shopping. use the waterproof or machine-washeable cloth ones for the meat stuff. between composting, recycling, re-using, repairing instead of replacing, and generally not buying unnecessary things, our garbage output is down to one garbage bag a week. it's very doable with not a lot of effort at all. even so we still get a lot of unnecessary corporate gifts and also wedding trinkets - freecyclers, when planning your wedding please consider making your door gift (and its packaging) something that is recyled, recyclable, edible, and/or compostible, compactly packed so as not to require a paper/cloth/plastic bag as a secondary packaging. your friends and parents' friends love you and wish you well, but will probably not keep plastic flowers, fridge magnets, ceramic trinkets and stuff like that. why not go gentle on the Earth, choose less impactful gifts, and if you save money too put it into your honeymoon fund. :) Jusco is very good - their cashiers get it; when the customer has a few empty bags on the trolley it means she intends for them to be used to pack the groceries. I think that Carrefour, even though they have signs and sell reuseable bags, are not very serious about it as their cashiers don't quite understand that we don't want the plastic. and their security guards tagged closed our reuseable bag before he would allow us in even though all the bags are empty, so we could not use the biggest bag and had to take out all the smaller bags. Since Jusco Taman Ekuin also has free range eggs (telur ayam kampung), which we have switched to for ethical reasons, we've mostly not gone to Carrefour anymore. I was very glad when my office decided to stop stocking paper cups in the pantry, let the staff know why. We will all get mugs instead. And the water dispenser and coffee machine has a timer so that at night the machines do not keep the water heated. Maybe if anyone wants to suggest this for their offices? but i had not thought of carrying utensils - thanks for bringing that up Janet. it's a great idea." Nuraini Arsad, KL "I applaud your most laudable effort. I've been going plastic-bagless for a few years without really trying. I carry recycled cloth bags or backpack when I shop. I remember fondly the rattan-bamboo basket I used when I was a kid in Taiping: fish were wrapped in leaves and tied with a straw, vegetables just dropped straight in the basket, for anything liquid or soggy I brought my own bottles or tins.  Now I get a ten-cent rebate for each bag I bring for my grocery, and nearby San Francisco has passed an ordinance to tax plastic bags and ban all plastic bags in supermarkets.   It isn't a difficult habit to break, just like we got rid of all uses of Styrofoam containers for fast foods here.  I walk or bike to do my grocery shopping. If I find stray plastic bags I take them back to the store to deposit in the plastic bagrecycling bin. On more concerted effort, I organize and participate in environmental clean-up days to rid roadsides, parks and streams of plastic and other trash. Yes, we can do it a bag at a time, and thank you for starting with your first in malaysia!" Cheers, Star California  "Way to go Janet.  Some years ago an Australian friend gave me a kind of strong silk bag. It's very common in Australia now as an alternative to plastic. I keep it in my handbag because it folds up soooo small and I use it when I need instead of plastic to carry stuff. They are so good. I've had mine for 4 years already. When it gets grubby I just wash it. Thanks for all your good reminders. take care." Jo Kukathas KL "Hi Janet, Well Done girl!  Noble and do-able. Can you include the MNS Green Living. They also have a long list of very simple and do-able things. And of course, links to search engines like Blackle, Coldblack, etc. Did you know that two full powere Google searches on the white screen will generate enough energy to boil a kettle of water? Scary, huh. Keep it going Janet." CM KL "What a wonderful email, Janet! Thanks for sharing this.. You’re right, there are many little things we could all be doing and it’s a question of remembering and making an active effort. Some things which i do: -          Saving and recycling plastic bottles (outside TMC every Saturday) -          When i have stuff to dump e.g. old printers, sofa, fridges, i phone for a charity to come to collect it (or i deliver it to them) – if it’s in good condition, they reuse it, otherwise, it’s recycled -          We’re vegetarian on most days (meat has a much bigger carbon footprint than vegetables) and i’m trying to grow my own vegetable patch (reducing transport, etc) -          Try to buy local stuff as much as possible (small carbon footprint than moving goods halfway around the world) -          I don’t sleep in air cond. There are some stuff which i haven’t worked out yet e.g. flying, cars and of course, make-up J But your idea about taking water around and utensils is really clever, must remember to do that! Thanks, Janet... keep up the good wishes and great work." Sunita Rajakumar KL "Well done Janet! I must say that I thought I was pretty good at using my own shopping bags, switching off lights and water and I too have a platypus!  But I must say I’m impressed by your using your own Tupperware when getting take away!  Pure dedication! Will sign that list asap. Hope you are well." Lorna Henderson KL

The Recyclist: my plea to all...

Volunteer Janet made her pleade to her entire email address book via a mass email :)

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Dear friends, families, clients & colleagues, 

Howdy :)

I am soliciting something to you thro this mass email (apologies) but No, there won't be any money involved in this solicitation so hold on to your wallets :)  nor there is a political propaganda so hold your tongue ;p

Am sure many of you have noticed that I carry with me a funny (or scary to some) looking drinking bag with me wherever I go, it's a FDA (US Food & Drug Association) approved imported plastic bag for holding drinking liquids call Platypus.  I have been using that drinking bag for more than a year now, and before I purchased that bag, I was carrying around large drinking bottle to keep myself hydrated.  

I have chosen a lifestyle of having my own drinking bottle/bag around because I want to reduce my personal consumption of plastic products (bottled mineral water for a start).  I also always carry in my various huge handbags a set of reusable utensil so I don't need to use another plastic spoon or fork at food courts or take out counters.  In my handbag on most days, I have with me a foldable shopping bag so I don't have to take a plastic bag to hold my purchases over the cashiers.

Am sure all of you would have at some point have heard of all the busy talk about saving the earth, protect the planet, our environment, global warming, etc etc.  I live a very busy schedule and am sure most of you do too, although I wish I have more resources and time to organise green movement on a grander scale, I figure at this rate, I will just do what I can manage at this point by doing my little part thro my everyday routine and small bits -- things everybody can do with just a little bit effort -- you know we cannot pretend that going green is ever easy but doing a small bit ISN'T HARD.

So I do my small bits in 

- the few things I've already mentioned above, carry my own drinking water around, have my own shopping bag handy, use my own compact utensils.

- turning off lights when I leave a room

- switch off the air con when I don't need it

- turn off the tap when I'm brushing my teeth

- pack my take-out in my own Tupperware

- turn off my PC screen when I go out

- shop second hand :)  cheap n good 

Ok, that's enough granny story to illustrate my point quite simply?  I heard this the other day over the radio just before the Earth Hour event, a guy from an NGO saying to the radio show host - "Frankly, the planet earth doesn't need any saving, the earth will heal itself if it is rid of modernisation& over-harvesting.  Really, it is us, the human beings that need to be saved, from our destructive ways -- at this rate we are going, we will extinct pretty soon if we don't slow down -- so really, what we are doing in our green movement is to save ourselves from being swallowed in our own mess."  

So I urge you, if you aren't already (I know some of you are already doing it) thinking about saving ourselves, please spend a few moments to ponder over.  There is a bottomless  amount of facts, reports and statistics about global warming, exhausting natural resources, etc etc...everywhere we look so I shan't attempt to paint the picture to you here, the picture isn't a pretty one but there is no reason to give up. 

Now, specifically, I am urging all of us to REDUCE (not stop, just reduce) our consumption of Disposable plastic products, Styrofoam...you know what I mean.  

I volunteer with a group set up by a few friends name The Recyclist, we have a grand project called the Project Daily Million -- we aim to collect one million Malaysian signatures, of people who are consciously thinking about saving and reducing the use of plastic bags (and sorts) AND do save a plastic bag a day -- hence, a million bags saved on daily basis: Project Daily Million.

Now, last but not least, if you agree to my notions above, please spend a minute by signing your name on The Reccylist & Project Daily Million site at:

http://projectdailymillion.com/makeapldge.htm

(please note that this site is still being updated as we speak so please ignore the out-dated pledgers list, we have more than 105 pledgers today)

Details on our (The Recyclist) mission and objectives is on the site, http://projectdailymillion.com

please help yourself, we welcome feedback & ideas.  Do check the site again in a week's time for our new look and updates.  

Thank you for reading and for your  time :)

Have a green day ahead...

cheers

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Janet Lee
012 378 3730

Music - www.janetsing.com
The Earth - www.projectdailymillion.com
Fashion - www.souldocfashion.blogspot.com
Shopping - www.shopwithsouldoctor.blogspot.com
Life - www.souldoctor.blogspot.com

"I sing not because I'm happy, I'm happy because I sing."

Spotted in KL Lifestyle

We are featured this month in KL Lifestyle, feature story by Chow Ee Tan

We're on Face Book now!

yay! The Recyclists is now on FaceBook!! Check us out HERE!! A step to get us closer to our friends out there who hasn't made a pledge on our official website (Project Daily Million) as a Recyclist.

A grand night at the Eastin...filled with love

The No Plastic Bag Concert was an immense success :) We collected RM 32k through the ticket sales, raffle draws, donations, sale of Project Daily Million wrist bands, contribution from LiuLiGongFang.

Stay tune for more updates on our handing over the funds to our beneficiaries - Malaysian Nature Society (MNS) & Independant Pet Rescuers (IPR). We are in the midst of planning the next course of projects & events, be a part of The Recyclists, visit our official website Project Daily Million.

Meantime, here are the sights from the concert -

the opening act....most aptly - "Where Is Love" performed by little Aethan
next up we had the beautiful dancers of Carmen Choo & Alfred Choo

and Vernon Choo & Ellie Cheah

Dennis Lau serenade us with his song "I Just Wanna"

Evening wear by designer Justin Yap, on the catwalk were the beautiful line-up of...
Deborah Henry

Hannah Lo

Chelsia Ng

Ida Nerina

Nell Ng, also our vivacious emcee, also the woman who put THE SHOW together!

Xandria Ooi

Jeffrey Cheng & TP Lim

Our celebrity models for the evening (also on he catwalk were collection from Charles & Keith) -
Alicia Daniel, Chelsia Ng, Corrine Adrienne, Dawn Jeremiah, Deborah Henry, Hannah Lo, Ida Nerina, Jeffrey Cheng, Pei Pei & Xandria Ooi.

Funny man Harith Iskandar tells us why is grand to be Malaysian
Yang Wei Han performed an increYao Li medley

Malaysia diva, Atilia

The lovely energy of Chery Samad, singing LOVE

The funny singing man Sharizan

The man who put it all together, TP Lim, also emcee of the night

Then there were the wildly talented WILD singers who presented a repertoire of songs from some Disney movies. They were accompanied by band - Llew Marsh on keyboard, Amir on bass & Stephenie on drums.

The WILD singers were - Elvira Arul, Ho Soon Yoon, Ida Mariana, Ina Fabregas, Janet Lee, Mia Palencia, Peter Ong, Sam Tseu, Song Fan-Seah, Tria & Zalina Lee.

Zalina Lee, Song Fan Seah & Elvira Arul

Mia Palencia in action

Janet Lee belting He's A Tramp with male chorus (Song Fan, Sam Tseu, Soon Yoon & Peter Ong)

Ina Fabregas as Ariel in "Part Of Your World"

A butterfly flew in and joined us that night when Ida Mariana sang us her "Colors Of The Wind"

Dancing away in our finale number, Bare Necessities & Spoonful of Sugar medley

Zalina Lee, Ida Mariana, Peter Ong & Elvira Arul

Ina Fabregas & Zalina Lee during sound check...goofing around

Elvira, Janet, Soon Yoon & Ida

songstresses...Tria & Mia Palencia
we also have more pictures by Alex Moi here

Other celebrities performers include Joanna Bessey who gave us a beautiful poem. Our sound & light, catwalk choreography were all sponsored by DR Events. Venue & refreshments sponsored by Eastin Hotel. LiuLiGongFang for the donation of part of the sale proceeds from their specially-designed pendants and Valiram Group for the raffle prizes.