MayaLovesNature 2009

What Happened in 2009

The first MayaLovesNature of plastic bags. In total, we

event held in January 2009 collected 170kg of plastic bags
stemmed from the personal interest which were then sent for recycling.
and initiative of Maya Karin. She The event held at the National
took it upon herself to make sure Stadium Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur
the event would be a success by saw over 1000 students from three
visiting participating schools to give participating schools.
speeches on the environment and to This success has prompted her
motivate the students and faculty to to continue MayaLovesNature on a
act. larger scale in 2010.
The highlight of the event was to
have each school collect used
plastic bags for recycling. Maya
was hands-on with each
participating school; from the
collection process right down to
sitting with the students to roll up
the plastic bags into a humongous
plastic ball of death for ocean
marine life. The winning school,
Sekolah Kebangsaan Seri Selangor
was the proud owner of a 72kg ball

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The School Trips

Sorting out the plastic Taking a break from Taking a break with
bags. sorting out the bags. students.

“Perhaps we should tie “Let the rolling begin!”

them up then roll it into a
ball”

Maya gives a speech on the Demonstrating the art of Maya Karin was here!
importance of sanitisation plastic bagging.
of used plastic bags.
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