Climate Talks with Andrew Sebastian

Life After This (Current) Virus..

By Andrew Sebastian Andrew Sebastian Spoiler alert! This may well be another all-too-familiar-rant about mankind and Covid-19. But hopefully, not so much about how this all started, who to blame, how it’s ‘payback’ for all past century’s worth of environmental genocide that we have unleashed to the natural world and…

Virus and wildlife

Andrew Sebastian By Andrew Sebastian So, all eyes and conversation pieces be it at work, social gatherings and whats app groups, are set upon deadly viruses these days – the flavor of the month being the coronavirus! If you have not read or dialed in.. this epidemic has been traced…

We ARE losing our identity !

By Andrew Sebastian On 18th March 2019, the news read – “The Malayan tiger is likely to be extinct in the next five to 10 years if no drastic measures are taken to protect the animal, says Water, Land and Natural Resources Minister Dr Xavier Jayakumar!” He continued to state…

The Green War – Oil Palm vs Forests

By Andrew Sebastian Here’s the landscape of the debate – the humble oil palm is actually an amazingly versatile plant! According to the Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC), palm oil is present in approximately 71% of food products, in 24% of consumer goods and in 5% of energy usage.Malaysia is…

Ecotourism: Malaysia’s best asset to sustain its natural heritage & economy

By Andrew Sebastian Ecotourism is a growing mammoth of a niche industry worldwide – offering jobs and economic prosperity while celebrating the world’s natural heritage from underwater to mountain tops. According to the United Nation World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the International Ecotourism Society (TIES), ecotourism is the most robust…