Anugerah Hijau

Meet the 2011 Anugerah Hijau Winners

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Published on Tuesday, 01 November 2011

30th October 2011, Kuala Lumpur -- The 2011 Anugerah Hijau competition came to an end last weekend with a weekend of judging and award ceremony at University Malaya.

After 8 months, the 4th Anugerah Hijau wrapped up in a grand finale showcasing the finalists' short videos on an environmental message (Totally Active category) and sustainable fashion design (Wildly creative category).

Both the judging and award ceremony was held in conjunction with the 4th Kuala Lumpur Eco Film Festival.

All the finalists checked in at the Rumah University campus hotel on Friday evening. Upon their arrival, they were greeted by EcoKnights outreach officer, Aaina Karina who then briefed all the finalists on the weekend's activities of judging and award ceremony.

The following day, all the finalists attended a workshop by Yuber conducted by its principal Patrick Wee. The workshop was aimed at empowering the finalists through a series of fun and interactive activities. All the finalists had a great time knowing each other and understanding their strengths and their potentials. The finalists were really lucky to have had the chance to be part of the Yuber workshop.

After lunch, the finalists had a quick mentoring session with Silas Liew, MIFA 2010 winner, and also a brief rehearsal at the Dewan Tunku Canselor. This session was to assist the Wildly Creative finalists to touch up their designs and also to ensure that the professional models fit their designs. The models and choreography of the eco fashion show was meticulously planned by Daren Lee from Move Productions with make up and hair by Sophia Ang from Mode Make Up Academy.

This year's 2011 winner for each category are:

TOTALLY ACTIVE (PRODUCING A GREEN FILM) :
THE BARSETS (SHOBAAN PILLAY) WITH "THE CHASE"

WILDLY CREATIVE (SUSTAINABLE FASHION DESIGN):
FLEUR (SURAYA MD ZAIRI) WITH "BLOSSOM IN THE MEADOW"

For the team "Barsets", this is their first time participating in the Anugerah Hijau competition and their short video depicts a future where water is a scarce resource and where mankind are fighting with each other to have access to water. The judges for the Totally Active category were EcoKnights Rubindar Singh (Producer), Novista film maker (Lara Ariffin), and representing University Malaya is UM Cares Head coordinator, Hariz Zain. The judging and allocation of marks was conducted on October 30th (Sunday) at Dewan Perdana 1, Perdanasiswa.

The first runner up prize was won by LOL (Form Four students) with their video titled, "The Choice" while second runner up prize was won by a groupf of engineering students who call themselves Pioneer Mediawork's with a short video titled, "Enemy in the Coat".

Watch their winning short video here.

As for the rest of the finalist, here is a list of their green videos and also the You Tube links to watch their videos online.

As for Suraya Zairi, she is no stranger to the competition. Having won the first place in the 2010 Anugerah Hijau competition, Suraya bagged the same title for the second year in a row with her immaculate sustainable fashion design made from tea bags and also recycled diabetic cups.

Suraya is currently a Form Four student (16 years old) at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Bukit Jelutong.

The first runner up prize went to Nurhazwani Borhan from UiTM Perak with her creation called "RE-PAIR" while the second runner up prize went to "Pieces of Pocket" by Mohd Shah Nizam, also from UiTM Perak.

Here's a complete list of the Wildly Creative finalists for Anugerah Hijau 2011 and their creations.

Guests from the public and universities attended the award ceremony that was held inside the Tunku Chancellor Hall of University Malaya. Guests of honor included the Deputy Vice Chancellor of UM, Prof Hamzah, the Secretary General of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (NRE), Datuk Zola Azha Yusof and also the Assistant Secretary General of the Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water, Encik Badaruddin. Other guests include the chief editor of Natural Health, Thiagarajan Doraisamy and Dr Zeeda Fatimah Mohamad, the head of UM Cares.

Top (L): The 2011 winning design called "Blossom in the Meadow" by Suraya Zairi. The design is made from tea bags and used and recyclable diabetic cups.	Top (R): The first runner up, by Nur Hazwani Borhan from UiTM Perak with her design called "RE-PAIR" and is made 100% from recyclable plastic bags
Top (L): Made entirely from pockets of old discarded jeans, Mohd Shah Nizam articulated his design brilliantly in his creation called "Pieces of Pockets" which bagged the second runner up prize.	Top (R): An impressive work on art using old satin, and meshing it with natural shells (cockles, etc) found thrown away outside seafood restaurants. Design by Shahrul Naim Ibrahim from Kolej Komunity Temerloh.
Pic (L): The fashion designers and their creation, taking in all the applause by the audience.	Pic above (R): The Barsets, lead by Shobaan Pillay, holding the 2011 Anugerah Hijau winning trophy for their winning short film titled "The Chase".
Pic (L): Mohd Raydi from the group , "Domestic Waste" representing Limkokwing Institute of Creative Technology with one of the Totally Active judges, Hariz Zain	Pic (R): One of the models wearing Nurhazwani's creation with judge, Dr Zeeda Fatimah Mohamad (third from left) and members of the public.
Pic (L): Suraya Zairi with the judges.	Pic (R): A pose for the camera. Thanks to Daren Lee from Move Productions for his choreography and models

Anugerah Hijau and EcoKnights would like to thank this year's partners and sponsors, CIMB Foundation, Shell Sustainable Development Grant, Yuber, Biohome, Malaysian Productivity Corporation (MPC), the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (NRE), and of course all the volunteers and friends who have supported this effort.

The EcoKnights team is already working on next year's competition and we hope that in 2012, we would be able to get more youths participating in this competition.

See you next year!