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Issue no. 3 | 2022

Towards Sustainable Living: Community
Building, Social Action and Innovation

By Aidil Iman & Puteri Majid
Under the guidance of Dr. Sheila Michael, the students of
the Department of International and Strategic Students
undertook two important projects - Feed the Need and
UN.PLASTIC.CO: Combating PLastic Pollution - as a part
of the course on Community Building, Social Action and
Innovation (SULAM).

Feed the Need was motivated by the struggles of the
community in securing food sources, especially during
the calamitous events. The students collaborated with an
established local food security movement, The Lost Food
Project. Focusing on sustainable practices, the students
organized fundraising events that garnered resources to
feed 100 people, keeping in the spirit of the UN’s
Sustainable Development Goal of Zero Hunger.

UN.PLASTIC.CO organized several events to raise
awareness about plastic pollution. These included a
forum on Global Plastic Pollution with international
speakers from Malaysia, Indonesia and Japan, setting up
a zero waste booth and fundraising during Ramadan
sales. The money collected during the Ramadan sales
was donated to Free Tree Society, Malaysia. The group
was awarded second place in the E-Sulam Category at
the Pertandingan Projek Sulam Universiti Malaya 2022.

Computer Game Consultancy for Orang Asal

Characters

Dr. Welyne Jeffrey Jehom was involved as one of the
consultants in a project that required consultation on
Orang Asal/Orang Ulu character for a video game. A
video game company, Avalanche Studio Group with
offices in Sweden, NYC and Liverpool were creating a
character for a game currently in development.
Consultancy involved perspective on the character’s
costume, physical appearance and traditional
accessories.

These features are important in order to avoid cultural
conflict with any ethnic group in the region. Each aspect
of the character was developed to fit into a fantasy based
on the cultural elements of the region. Confidential
contract was signed, hence only little information can be
revealed.

Left: Dr Welyne on site in Sarawak
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