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Healthy Green Living
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GREEN MAN SPEAKS ECO-INSPIRATION TALK SERIES
GREEN MAN SPEAKS ECO-INSPIRATION TALK SERIES Matthias Gelber with “GREEN SHEIKH” of U.A.E & Malacca in Malaysia Chief Minister
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2010 Malaysia LOHAS Consumer Segmentation Model (% of Malaysian market…) LOHAS 16% UNCONCERNEDS • Active stewards of the 14% environment • Not necessarily “anti” • Dedicated to personal and environment, but other planetary health priorities • Lifestyle-oriented • Heaviest purchasers of green/ socially responsible products NATURALITES 21% • Secondary target for many mainstream LOHAS CONVENTIONALS products 22% • Personal health motivated • More likely to use LOHAS- • Practical consumables than • Conservation-oriented DRIFTERS 28% durables • Actively try to limit waste • Income restricts some • Want to be part of the crowd and – of resources, money, behaviour get credit for what they do etc. • Small changes, particularly in shopping behaviour, are easy for them to make • Trendy
Arctic Polar Ice Melting
International Geosphere-biosphere programme http://www.igbp.kva.se/
Science of Global Warming
Sea Level Rise “As a quantitative example, let us say that the ice sheet contribution is 1 cm for the decade 2005 – 15 and that it doubles each decade until the West Antarctic ice sheet is largely depleted. That time constant yields a sea level rise of the order of 5 m this century. […] I am confident that it provides a far better estimate than a linear response for the ice sheet component of sea level rise under BAU forcing.” Dr. James E. Hansen NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in 2007
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Green factor starts in your life and at home !
Recycling Rate now 2 times higher! Before Condo recycling implemented 1 July 2010
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COMP COMPARIS ARISN N of of SBS SBS inde index Guess the Index %
PETRONAS TWIN TOWER
Outdoor Air Quality • Regulations say how much pollution is acceptable Indoor Air Quality • Not regulated
Indoor Air Quality • Pollution inside the typical American home is 2 to 5 times worse than air outdoors • Indoor air pollution is one of the top 5 most-serious environmental risks to public health • 50% of all illnesses can be traced back to the home
Personal Care/Cosmetics TVs & Computers Furniture An Ordinary House A Chemical House Automobile Carpeting Cleaning Products Furniture & Pesticides Flooring
A Chemical House = Building Related/Sick Building Syndrome Eye irritation • Headache • Upper respiratory • Irritation • Nausea, dizziness • Fatigue, lethargy • Sore/dry throat • Odor • Memory impairment • 3/20/12
Where does it come from ? • Cleaning products • Air flow and Air Conditioning • Pesticides • Vinyl • Formaldehyde • Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) • Mercury • Mold
What can be done ? Avoid and prevent Check your furniture, carpets, floors, paints, cleaning materials etc Where is your food coming from ? Charcoal Eco and Health Friendly paints, ie Sequoia in Malaysia
Product Advantages APEO Free (Alkyl Penol ethoxylates) Formaldéhydes Free Heavy Metal Free Low VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds) Tested by Singapore Laboratory which comply with Singapore Green Labelling Scheme (SGLS), Category 032. Sequoia paint is certified under Sirim Eco-label (license No.: ELS1119001).
Contact Matthias Gelber Websites Speaker - http://www.greenmanspeaks.com Blog - http://greenmanplanet.blogspot.com/ Face book - http://www.facebook.com/matthiasgelber YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/matthiasgelber Press Download - http://www.greenmanspeaks.com/press.htm Eco-Inspirational Talk-Series on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Eco-Inspiration-Talk-Series- by-Matthias-Gelber/208210252526310 E-mail: matthiasgelber@gmail.com Office: Bangunan SSA No.9, Jalan Bangsar Utama 3 Bangsar Utama 59000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Phone: 603- 2282 2399 Fax: 603- 2283 1699 Business: www.malekigmbh.com
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