Thursday, May 15, 2008

Go Green on Koolred!

Greenery in FRIM or the Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia Earth Day this year fell on April 22. Tonnes of emails went out in companies worldwide urging employees to among other things; ‘think before you print’ and ‘switch off the lights when leaving the meeting room’.

Another few emails went out inviting employees and their families to join in nature excursions. Walks to mini rainforests and nature reserves were organised for staff to enjoy a back-to-nature experience.

How often do we think green? With Earth Day, we are reminded (for at least one day) of our environment and how we can play our part to protect it.

Enter Koolred.com

It’s so easy to create events in conjunction with special occasions such as Earth Day. What is even more easier is inviting other members to join the event and even indicating if they will be able to make it or not. All sorts of information can be uploaded about the event to entice more members to come. Say you wanna organise a trip to the Forest Research Institute Malaysia or FRIM as it is more popularly known. The plan includes a picnic by the waterfall and a bird’s-eye view of the forest from the canopy walkway.
Create the event on Koolred and invite your friends!

Don’t intend to create an event? Then start a group instead and call yourselves something fun like ‘Earth Angles’ based on your love for the environment. You can use this avenue to recruit other members and talk about hybrid cars or movies such as ‘An Inconvenient Truth’. Whatever you talk or debate about, it’s between you and like-minded individuals with a passion for playing a role in saving the environment a day at a time.

Or to make things even easier, just head to our Forum section where there is a ready topic on the ‘Environment’ to be discussed. Share your thoughts here and let other’s have their say too.

Special occasions can be celebrated on Koolred.com. We might just throw in some freebies too…make sure you drop by.

Spider's web spun up close in FRIM or the Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia Look closely...... at what you can find in FRIM....

Crown shyness a tree phenomenon in FRIM or the Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, Selangor, MalaysiaA normal phenomenon in FRIM .... patterns formed by tree crowns with gaps in between where the skylight shines through. Fantastic photo opportunities here.

Canopy walkway in FRIM or the Forest Research of Malaysia, Selangor MalaysiaThe canopy walkway...located 30m above the ground. This 200m walkway is built on tree tops and is the 3rd of its kind in Malaysia. The walkway system and platforms are vantage points from which one can get a panoramic view of the forest. Exciting!

Forest trails in FRIM or the Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia The forest trails where you can see many diverse flora and fauna along the way...

1 comment:

nickee said...

Thz for the inspiring entry. I have been to a nature walk at FRIM recently. There is a tree with leaves, once rubbed/ lightly torn emits aroma similar to a piece of KFC famous fried chicken!
Amazing! Looking forward to create my own events on the c (k)ool site that u are talking abt..

cheers Xoxo