Earth Hour 2009

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CAR FREE DAY WED,25 MAR 2009

Badges sold for RM1 only

 In conjunction with Earth Hour 2009, Tropical Spice Garden & Rapid Penang have combined forces to campaign to reduce as many cars from the road as possible for one day on Wednesday, 25 March 2009.

The campaign carries a simple and straightforward message – ‘Don’t Use Your Car’. Leave it at home and join the movement to either Walk, Cycle or Take the Bus!

Why are we doing this? Just take a look at some of the facts below :

·         Exhaust fumes cause acid air, pollution, cancer, lead-poisoning and a variety of bronchial and respiratory illnesses. The average car emits a cocktail of more than 1,000 pollutants

·         Motor vehicles are the single biggest source of atmospheric pollution, contributing an estimated 14% of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel burning

• An annual output of 48 million means that, somewhere in the world, one new car appears every second. In eight hours, 40,000 new cars will have been built; in a day, 100,000.
• With a growth in the human population of some 90 million a year, the arrival of two new babies is accompanied with the arrival of one new car.

                 So sign up today and join the movement. You may pledge at:

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  1. Tropical Spice Garden, Teluk Bahang
  2. Rapid Penang Information Counter ( Penang Airport, Weld Quay, HQ)
  3. Malaysian Nature Society, Jalan Kebun Bunga
  4. Penang Heritage Trust, Lebuh Gereja, George Town