UniMAP SUSTAINABLE CAMPUS
The following have been extracted from a short write-up on UniMAP Sustainable Campus initiatives (then more popularly known as UniMAP Green Campus initiative) before 2016. Some of the programs have been extended, while others are kept on hold due to various challenges.
| Message from Dato’Professor Kamarudin Hussin, UniMAP Vice Chancellor The idea to make UniMAP (at that time KUKUM) a ‘nature campus’ was mooted in 2002 during the very first discussion of the construction of University’s main campus in Pauh Putra. It was envisaged that a site, which is in harmony with nature, was to be built. Indeed, ‘nature campus’, encompassing all known sustainability notions, is a philosophy that forms the basis of UniMAP’s development and operation, no matter the location – whether in Pauh Putra, Sungai Chuchuh, Kangar, Jejawi, Kulim, Kuala Lumpur, or at other localities. The Pauh Putra campus – which is UniMAP’s biggest university grounds – is dubbed ‘Nature Campus’ in the hope that its sustainable green essentials are emulated not just by all UniMAP campus sites, but also by the community-at-large. Today, some 12 years down the road, although much is yet to be completed, much has already been accomplished. I look forward to more green sustainable initiatives in the months- and years-to-come, that will propel UniMAP to the forefront of this very important endeavour. - Datuk Professor Dr Kamarudin Hussin, Vice Chancellor, UniMAP June, 2015 |
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