On Sunday 10/09/2017, MULC Tropicana organized an urban agriculture event held in Urban Hijau. Urban Hijau is an organization with a purpose of encouraging people to bring environment sustainability to life. The objective of this event was to enable the participants to gain extra knowledge on urban agriculture.
Early in the morning at 7am, MULC members started to gather in the foyer of Monash University Malaysia. Registration was carried out, while light breakfast was being distributed around. Half an hour later, a briefing was given by the Organizing Chairperson (OC) of this event. We then departed from Monash University Malaysia headed to Urban Hijau located at Kampung Sungai Penchala. The journey took approximately 30 minutes. When we arrived at Urban Hijau, the sky was very gloomy and it was raining as well. However, the rain slowly turned into a light drizzle and soon came to a stop. We were then greeted by the person-in-charge and were given a briefing on the background of urban agriculture.
At 8.30am, we started off our volunteering activity with some cleaning tasks. As Urban Hijau was located at an urban community area, there were impractical items lying all around the place. Thus, we were separated into several small groups to clean up the trash as much as possible. After some tiring cleaning workout, we were given a short break where we had some refreshments to revive our energy. It was around 10am when we were called to assemble again. This time, we were assigned to move piles of wood chips from the entrance to a specified location. We formed a productive human chain to transfer the wood chips to the designated area more effectively.
Another short break was given to us at 11am, followed by a farming activity. We were given a briefing and demonstration by the person-in-charge on the process of making a compost. We participated alongside as well and we were given step-by-step guide on the function of each process. 45 minutes later, we were done with the compost. It was about time to call it a day, and not to be forgotten the time for a group photo with the person-in-charge. They expressed their heartfelt gratitude towards our participation in this volunteering activity. At 12pm, the event was officially ended.
As the scheduled end time for this event was at 2pm, we had ample time to head for lunch. We decided to fill our stomachs with some fast food at McDonalds. Due to the fact that we were exhausted, we decided to stay a little longer at McDonalds to have some bonding session. At 1.30pm, after our well-deserved lunch and a mini chat & chill session, we hit the road and began our journey back to campus. At 2pm, we safely arrived at Monash University Malaysia. This educational event was then concluded.
To sum up, it was indeed an educational event where I was able to gain a whole lot of extra knowledge on urban agriculture. From this event, I was able to understand that we can all benefit from the social impact of urban agriculture. By carrying out environmentally-friendly farming practices, we are able to create a sustainable and improved environment that enhance the well-being of the community.
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