Living Laboratory
LL6 : Green Community
What is Green Community?
Green community is one of the campus initiative which aim to assist the society problems by providing a sustainable solution, beside helping the community by using sustainable approach. This is include some of the program/initiatives by stakeholders in engaging the action plan in phases, which must ensure the activity sustain in a long period. Green community initiative is also to educate the public or society regarding the importance of sustainability environment and several issues related to it such as carbon minimization and waste management.
In UTM, Green Community embraces the internal and external stakeholders to enhance the spirit of togetherness accross the boundary. It shall not by project or program related to environment, but more extremenly in smart-partnership of educational framework and Social Responsibility, such as community services, NGO’s collaboration and volunteerism activity
With Green community initiative, its expected that participated community can understand the concept and importance of sustainability will give a positive impact towards the 3 sustainable element in the future, which is human, nature and economy
Sustainable Program
Over the Years
2020
This program is conducted to provide awareness to all UTM campus residents in educating ways to dispose of pharmaceutical drugs in the right way. In collaboration with the Pusat Kesihatan UTM, they provide a place to collect pharmaceutical drugs and dispose of them properly. Programs have been carried out by 2 times and managed to collect a variety of drugs for disposal.
2020
A webinar conducted by UTMCS in collaboration with AIESEC and Trash Hero to provide awareness to students on the dangers of the use of single use plastic on humans and animals. This webinar is held in conjunction with World Youth Day.
2020
The clothing drive program that has been conducted at UTMJB and UTMKL aims to collect used and new clothes from all residents of the UTM campus and also the nearby community to be donated to the less fortunate. This program which has been assisted by Kloth Cares and Life Line Clothing has received a total of 8,119kg of used and new clothes.
2020
In Conjunction with UTM Sustainability Month, International Teacher Day & Academia Day Malaysia, UTMCS with collaboration Persatuan Kakitangan Akademik had organized a Plogging Programme to create awareness on cleanliness on the campus.
Get In Touch
Let’s Work Together!
sustainability@utm.my
Phone
(+607) 553 3152 / 33151 / 33155
Fax
(+607) 553 3149
Address
Block M38, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia,
UTM Johor Bahru, Johor