چکیده (انگلیسی):

An educational environmental youth camp was held comprising of fifty one 16-year old secondary
students and facilitated by volunteers from the university and Friends of the Earth, a non profit
organization in Penang. A weekend camp on youth action task program was held at an isolated
beach packed with activities that were structured towards environmental good sense. Five
activities were conducted with the volunteers as moderators. The main objective of the camp was
to create more perceptive understanding on the environmental importance to the community, and
the need for the community to protect the environment. The students were brought to the realms
of nature and issues currently plaguing our towns, cities and countryside. With the coming in
contact with nature, the veracity of the environmental issues was infused into the students. The
activities began with an ice breaking sessions with the facilitators, jungle trekking, ‘life chain’,
‘issues and its realities’, ‘action plan’ and wrapped by developing resolutions. Each of these
activities were practical learning and fun filled experiences that were well guided by facilitators
who were themselves dedicated volunteers in the youth action task program. The program ended
with meeting the teachers at the respective schools to further develop the activities at school,
interschool, and community and intercommunity levels. It is also hoped that these students will be
able to be continuously be active in the youth action task program and be the advocates and
proponents to support the environment