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Growing Food Naturally : 3 Recipes to help your plants thrive.

This is an article by Theeban Gunasekaran, an Education Officer and Natural Farming Coordinator with Consurmers Association Penang. With his team mates from the Natural Farming Team, Theeban collaborates with us on the E&O Think Green Programme. All...

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This used to be a car park!

I remember my first meeting with Mr N. V Subbarow the Education Officer from the Consumers Association Penang (CAP). He helms the Natural Farming Education programme at CAP and I wanted to ask him if he would help me on my first community garden pr...

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Does your organisation want to build a community?

Think Green is a community education programme by E&O Berhad set in a community food garden in Straits Green, Seri Tanjung Pinang, Penang. We collaborated with E&O employees, local communities and the Natural Farming team from the Consumers A...

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5 things I learnt from a community building workshop

September 2012 my husband got a job in Singapore and we both said “Okay let’s move to the island city!” I wrapped up my role as executive producer of Hear and Now in Malaysia and as a freelance communications consultant in KL before joining my ...

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Mint Passionfruit Mango Bliss :)

The mint bush looking lush The sun harsh A thirst to squash Bring me a Passionfruit Mango Mint crush! Ingredients Handful of Mint from your garden Pulp from 4 passion fruits Flesh from 3 medium sized ripe mangoes 1/2 juice of a lemon Sug...

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4 mistakes to avoid when composting on your balcony

After composting for four years now. At many points I took the "let's try it my way" approach – which meant I did not listen to dad or the experts. Some mistakes were bad. A pile of rotting organic matter enough to put anyone off composting. To...

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Observe, Dream Then Design

I prepared for a week. My first field trip to Penang was going to be critical. Results from this trip would help us decide whether or not we could pull together a viable plan for a community composting and food garden programme at the E&O development...

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