Friday, July 30, 2010

Bagaimana makanan menyumbang terhadap Pemanasan Global




Pemanasan global berkaitan dengan peningkatan suhu dunia. Suhu bumi telah meningkat dua darjah dan kadarnya berbeza mengikut benua dan kawasan tertentu. Kajian mendapati kawasan Artik lebih pantas menjadi panas berbanding kawasan lain. Perubahan iklim biasanya berlaku dalam tempoh 10,000 tahun tetapi kini perubahan iklim berubah dalam tempoh 100 tahun sahaja, jarak hanya 2 generasi sahaja.

Suhu bumi meningkat sejak tahun-tahun 90an. Kajian mendapati iklim panas melampau di Perancis, iklim lebih panas di rantau Siberia dan pencairan "permafrost" (lapisan tanah yang kekal beku di rantau paling sejuk) terutamanya di rantau Artik. Ahli sains meramalkan keseluruhan ais laut di Artik akan cair pada musim panas 2099. Litupan ais Greenland dan Antartika Barat akan mencair . Paras laut akan meningkat kira-kira 7 meter secara mendadak.

Kesan Pemanasan Global Di Malaysia

Sumber ekosistem yang ada telah digunakan ke paras maksimum dengan penangkapan ikan berlebihan dan pemupusan kawasan besar hutan. Enam bilion penduduk dunia kini menggunakan sumber asli bumi secara berlebihan dan tidak terkawal . Jika pemanasan global berterusan , manusia dan tamdunnya akan pupus sebagaimana pupusnya dinosaur.

Ramalan saintis menunjukkan peningkatan 7.0 meter paras laut, kawasan rendah seperti Kuala Muda (Kedah) dan Kelantan akan ditenggelami air. Keadaan monsun akan bertukar sama sekali kerana kita akan menerima lebih banyak hujan sewaktu monsun timur laut, yang bermakna lebih banyak kejadian banjir.

Kesedaran rakyat Malaysia dan amnya masyarakat dunia sukar ditingkatkan. Hanya 3 /10 rakyat Malaysia yang prihatin kepada isu-isu alam sekitar. Kejadian gempa bumi 26 Disember 2004 dan banjir besar di Johor adalah pengajaran terbaik. Mendidik bukanlah untuk membuat mereka cemas tetapi meminta mereka bertindak secara betul dan tepat.



Proses penyediaan makanan turut menyumbang terhadap pemanasan global. Penggunaan gas, eletrik, minyak atau sebarang bahan bakar boleh diterjemahkan kepada pelepasan gas karbon dioksida.

Kalkulator pengiraaan kesan pengambilan makanan tertentu terhadap pelepasan gas CO2.
http://www.eatlowcarbon.org/

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

MS 1529 - Malaysia Organic Food Standard



MS 1529: 2001

The standard was developed by the Working Group on Organic Foods which comprises representatives from the Department of Agriculture (DOA), Ministry of Health, Malaysian Palm Oil Board MPOB), Malaysian Palm Oil Association (MPOA), Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI), Centre for Environment Technology and Development Malaysia (CETDEM), a few organic product producers and SIRIM Berhad.


This standard has been prepared to provide a harmonized approach to the requirements, which relate to the production of, and the labelling and claims for, organically produced foods. It sets out the principles of organic production at farms, preparation, storage, transport, labelling and marketing stages. This standard also provides an indication of accepted permitted inputs for soil fertilising and conditioning, pest and disease control and, food additives and processing aids.


The aims of this standard are:

a) to protect consumers against deception and fraud in the market place and unsubstantiated product claims;

b) to protect producers of organic produce against misrepresentation of other agricultural produce as being organic;

c) to ensure that all stages of production, preparation, storage, transport and marketing are subject to inspection and comply with this standard;

d) to harmonise provisions for the production, certification, identification and labeling of organically grown produce;

e) to provide national standard for organic food control system in order to facilitate recognition of national systems as equivalent for the purpose of export, and

f) to maintain and enhance organic agricultural systems in Malaysia so as to contribute to local and global sustainability.


The standard applies to both unprocessed plant and plant product, and processed products for human consumption (derived mainly from unprocessed plant and plant products) which carry or intended to carry, descriptive labelling referring to organic production methods.



Inspection and certification

Inspection and certification systems are used to verify organic production system and the labelling of, and claims for, organically produced foods. The institutional framework for the process of inspection and certification of organic products in this country is shown in the chart below. As in the chart, the Department of Agriculture will initially be the certifying body. This is to ensure that the cost of inspection and certification will be kept to the minimum as organic industry in Malaysia is still in the preliminary stage of development.


The procedures and guidelines for inspection and certification are being formulated. This will be followed by intensive training of inspectors.


Conclusions

MS 1529 and the related inspection and certification systems are new beginnings for the organic industry in this country. With these, consumers will not be deceived and producers of organic products are protected against other food products falsely labelled as organic.


It is hoped that more farmers will convert to organic farming, as this method of production is environmental friendly and in harmony with nature. Moreover, the demand for organic products is steadily increasing from both the domestic and international markets.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Komen Ustaz Mohd Aizam bin Mas'od @ Abu Haseef mengenai ESQ dan fatwa pengharamannya

Salah satu komen berunsur ilmiah...
BERIKUT ADALAH LINK KE BLOG USTAZ AIZAM..SALAH SEORANG PANEL KAJIAN AKIDAH JAKIM..



Beberapa hari kebelakangan ini penulis dihujani banyak pertanyaan berkenaan kedudukan fatwa pengharaman ESQ yang telah diwartakan oleh SS Datuk Mufti Wilayah Persekutuan (SSDMWP) pada 17 Jun 2010. Sebagai seorang yang pernah beberapa kali mengikuti kursus ESQ (sebelum ia dibawa ke JK Fatwa Kebangsaan dan mempunyai Panel Syariah sendiri), menonton video-video dan membaca buku-buku ESQ, penulis merasa terpanggil untuk memberi sedikit komentar berkenaan fatwa yang dikeluarkan oleh SSDMWP tersebut. Lebih-lebih lagi penulis teramat sedih apabila timbul fitnah-fitnah lain berikutan pewartaan fatwa berkenaan. Komentar penulis berkenaan isu ini adalah seperti berikut:-

Pertama: SSDMWP telah melaksanakan tugasnya di bawah kuasa yang telah diberikan oleh Yg Di Pertuan Agong (YDPA) kepadanya. Oleh itu, mempertikaikan mana-mana fatwa yang telah diwartakan bermakna mempertikaikan YDPA. Bagi penulis sekurang-kurangnya bagi mereka yang tidak bersetuju pun,janganlah sampai lupa bahawa setiap wilayah @ negeri di Malaysia ini ada pihak yang bertanggungjawab menjaga dan memelihara kesucian agama Islam. Logiknya, jika seorang ahli agama @ ustaz yang telahpun memiliki ijazah dalam bidang pengajian Islam sendiri pun perlu menghadiri temuduga utk memperoleh tauliah mengajar, apatah lagi 'orang luar' yang bukan dlm bidang agama ingin menyampaikan ajaran agama (walaupun berkonsepkan motivasi) di negara ini.

Kedua: Setakat pengetahuan penulis, tiada lagi fatwa yang dikeluarkan secara semberono oleh mana-mana institusi fatwa di Malaysia. Semuanya sudah tentu berasaskan satu kajian yang konkrit dan menyeluruh serta diputuskan melalui musyawarah oleh golongan yang berkeahlian. Hujjah-hujjah mengapa fatwa itu dikeluarkan jelas disebutkan di dalam kertas pewartaan. Sama ada ia dipersetujui atau tidak, itulah penemuan dan dapatan yang terhasil daripada kajian dan ijtihad yang dilakukan.

Ketiga: Fatwa pengharaman sesuatu perkara tidak semestinya merujuk kepada haramnya sesuatu perkara itu pada zatnya. Kadang-kadang ia lebih bertujuan untuk menyekat jalan-jalan yang mungkin akan membawa kerosakan pada masa-masa akan datang atau disebut sadd al-zara'i'. ESQ tidak boleh menafikan bahawa kini mereka mempunyai dua versi yang berbeza. Versi pertama iaitu sebelum ditegur dan belum mempunyai panel syariah sendiri. Versi kedua iaitu selepas ditegur dan telah melantik Panel syariah. Hanya Allah SWT yang Maha Mengetahui adakah ESQ benar-benar telah menerima 'perubahan versi' itu atas dasar ia menyalahi aqidah dan syariah..atau..ESQ hanya mengubahnya kerana itu kehendak 'client' di Malaysia. Wallahu a'lam.

Keempat: Alasan yang mengatakan bahawa "tiada apa-apa keraguan pada ESQ kerana saya sendiri telah mengikuti kursus tersebut" tidak boleh diterima bulat-bulat untuk menjustifikasikan bahawa ESQ itu 100 persen halal. Orang yang mengkaji ESQ hanya dengan mengikuti kursus-kursus ESQ tidak akan menemui 'apa sebenarnya sumber ilmu' ESQ. Apa yang ada di dalam kursus tersebut hanyalah metodologi penyampaian ESQ berserta aspek teknikalnya sahaja. Tetapi ideologi pengasasnya bagaimana? Apa alirannya? Siapa gurunya? Apa sumber ilmu dan rujukannya? Oleh itu, penulis berpandangan SSDMWP bukan hanya menilai ESQ melalui kursus-kursus yang dijalankan tetapi yang lebih penting 'sumber ilmunya' iaitu melalui buku-buku karangannya dan tuan gurunya.

Kelima: ESQ bukan lahir sebagai satu kursus motivasi biasa seperti tanggapan sesetengah pihak. Ia bermula dengan satu teori yang dikarang oleh Ary Ginanjar melalui bukunya 'Membangun Kesuksesan Berdasarkan 5 Rukun Iman dan 6 Rukun Islam' pada 2001, diikuti dengan buku 'ESQ Power' dan 'ESQ: Rahsia Sukses Membangun Kecerdasan Emosi dan Spiritual'. Buku-buku ini sepatutnya menjadi kajian utama para pengkaji ESQ kerana di sinilah bermulanya ESQ dan ESQ tidak akan wujud jika tiada 'ideologi' yang terkandung di dalam buku-buku ini. Ideologi bukan sesuatu yang mudah untuk dikompromi, walaupun isi kandungan ini telah dibincangkan oleh Panel Kajian Aqidah JAKIM & Panel Pemantau JK Fatwa dengan Ary Ginanjar, tetapi ESQ tidak pernah membuat perakuan bahawa ideologi yang wujud dalam buku tersebut adalah menyalahi aqidah sebaliknya hanya bersetuju untuk menukarkannya dengan versi baru yang 'Malaysia compliance'. Penulis tidak pasti adakah modul ESQ di Indonesia atau di tempat-tempat lain telah diubah seperti apa yang wujud di Malaysia? Jika yang diubah hanya ESQ versi Malaysia bermakna ESQ hanya menurut 'Malaysia compliance' bukan 'Syariah compliance'!

Keenam: Orang yang 'bukan ahli' janganlah terlalu cepat melatah dalam isu agama sehingga ke peringkat memperlekehkan institusi fatwa atau mufti. Alasannya hanya mufti wilayah yang mengeluarkan fatwa tetapi mufti lain tidak. Bagi penulis, tindakan SSDMWP sememangnya tidak popular di kala ESQ diterima baik oleh ramai tokoh agamawan dan pelbagai pihak. Tetapi sejarah telah membuktikan, apabila ia melibatkan isu 'ideologi' yang sukar dilihat oleh zahir mata kecuali oleh mereka 'yang ahli', maka tidak hairan jika ada fatwa yang menongkah arus. Ia tidak berbeza dengan tindakan Imam al-Ghazali yang mengkafirkan al-Farabi dan Ibn Sina ketika masyarakat memuji kedua-dua mereka sebagai tokoh matematik, politik dan perubatan. Al-Ghazali mengkafirkan mereka kerana pengaruh pemikiran falsafah yang meresap ke dalam ideologi mereka dalam bab ketuhanan yang menyeleweng daripada aqidah Islam yang sebenar (Rujuk kitab al-Munqiz min al-Dhalal atau Tahafut al-Falasifah). Bagi Imam al-Ghazali kesalahan kedua-dua tokoh itu adalah muktamad, bagaimanapun Ibn Rusy menolak pandangan al-Ghazali dalam kitabnya 'Tahafut al-Tahafut' dengan menghujjahkan bahawa kesalahan kedua-dua tokoh itu bukan perkara yang muktamad (qat'iy). Adakah dengan pengkafiran al-Ghazali terhadap al-Farabi dan Ibn Sina boleh menjatuhkan martabat keilmuan al-Ghazali? Penulis tidak fikir mana-mana 'orang berilmu' yang memahami tradisi keilmuan akan mengatakan begitu.

Ketujuh: Bidang perbahasan ESQ bukanlah berfokus kepada isu syariah semata-mata, ia lebih kepada perbahasan ilmu falsafah, usuluddin dan pemikiran Islam. Para ulama yang pakar dalam bidang ini sepatutnya diberi ruang yang seluas-luasnya untuk membongkar segala-galanya tentang ESQ. Mereka lebih berhak untuk memperkatakan tentang ESQ kerana mereka adalah ahli dalam bidang tersebut. Selain memahaminya dari konteks agama Islam, penguasaan terhadap teori dan falsafah Barat juga amat penting bagi memastikan kita tidak tertipu di sebalik pelbagai istilah dan teori yang diketengahkan. Sebagai contoh, penulis tidak fikir semua orang memahami apa itu perrenial philosophy dalam perbahasan Barat. Satu falsafah ketuhanan yang amat halus dan licik dan boleh meresap dengan mudah tanpa disedari oleh penganut agama itu sendiri.

Kelapan: Seorang ahli ilmu tidak sewajarnya menilai ESQ hanya pada zahirnya. Ia seperti mengatakan, "adakah kita mahu mengharamkan ESQ sedangkan ESQ telah banyak mengubah orang yang tidak solat kepada bersolat, tidak bertudung kepada bertudung...dll". Bagi penulis, kalau ini hujjahnya maka apa salahnya 'Syiah' dan 'al-Arqam', bukankah kumpulan-kumpulan ini amat indah pada zahirnya. Tetapi apabila ideologinya dibongkar, di sana jelas terlihat kedangkalan pegangan mereka. Mungkin ini yang menjadi keutamaan SSDMWP ketika memutuskan fatwa tersebut.

Kesembilan: Bila dibuat perbandingan antara ESQ versi asal dan versi yang diubah, penulis dapati tiada lagi keistimewaan ESQ. Dulunya konsep pencarian, suara hati, asimilasi sifat tuhan, God Spot dan rumus Zero Mind Process menjadi hardcore subject dalam kursus ESQ. Tetapi kini fokus ESQ lebih kepada monolog-monolog yang meruntun hati para peserta untuk menangis. Kelebihan teknikal seperti penggunaan layar besar, kesan bunyi, pencahayaan dan kepakaran berpidato digunakan oleh para trainer untuk mengujudkan suasana sedih hingga menyentuh hati para peserta. Bagi penulis, jika ini yang menjadi kelebihan ESQ, ia bukanlah isu besar yang perlu dipertahankan sangat. Ia tiada beza dengan para pakar motivasi di Malaysia, cuma bezanya hanyalah 'persoalan teknikal dan metodologi penyampaian'.

Kesepuluh: Bagi individu yang was-was sama ada mahu menyertai ESQ atau tidak. Nasihat penulis adalah seperti sabda Baginda SAW: "Tinggalkanlah perkara yang meragukan kepada perkara yang tidak meragukan". Insya-Allah kita akan selamat dan keluar daripada segala bentuk syubuhat, khilaf atau segala keraguan.

Sebagai rujukan semua, di sini adalah beberapa keraguan yang pernah ditimbulkan terhadap ESQ berdasarkan kitab rujukan utama mereka (yang akan dibekalkan secara percuma kpd setiap peserta kursus-versi lama):-

Mengiyaskan kurniaan kenabian para Nabi dengan pencarian manusia (Ary Ginanjar)

Mentafsirkan nama-nama Allah sesuai dengan sifat manusia sebagai 'barometer'
Nabi SAW memimpin manusia dengan suara hati (di mana letaknya wahyu?)

Nabi SAW pemimpin yang paling banyak menggunakan logik & suara hati akal bukan mukjizat2

Mengapa berhujjah dengan pejuang 'Global Ethic' yang jelas membawa faham pluralisme agama?

Mengapa berhujjah dengan aliran sesat kod 19 tajaan Rashad Khalifah?

Rumus ZMP boleh menghasilkan 'kekuatan luar bisa' termasuk mukjizat & karamah (spt kisah Kapt Razak)

Wallahu a'lam.

http://mufakkir-islami.blogspot.com/2010/07/komen-peribadi-tentang-fatwa-esq-mufti.html

Mufti yakin kursus ESQ seleweng - Panel Kajian Akidah JAKIM setuju program boleh jejas akidah umat Islam










Wilayah Persekutuan, Datuk Wan Zahidi Wan Teh berkata, beliau yakin terdapat penyelewengan dalam Kursus ESQ Leadership Training (ESQ) berdasarkan kepada beberapa fakta, termasuk perakuan oleh Panel Kajian Akidah (PKA) Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (JAKIM) bahawa kursus itu mesti disekat dan diharamkan beroperasi di negara ini.


Katanya, Cawangan Akidah, Bahagian Penyelidikan JAKIM memulakan kajian pada 1 Ogos 2008 ekoran aduan orang ramai berhubung status kursus itu, dan hasil kajian dibentangkan lima kali dalam Mesyuarat PKA JAKIM bermula 27 Ogos hingga 10 Februari 2009, manakala JAKIM pada masa sama mengadakan pertemuan dengan pengasas ESQ, Ary Ginanjar Agustian.
“PKA akhirnya memperakukan bahawa Kursus ESQ Leadership Training disekat dan diharamkan beroperasi di negara ini.

“Kertas kerja berkenaan Kursus ESQ dibentangkan dalam Muzakarah Jawatankuasa Fatwa Majlis Kebangsaan Bagi Hal Ehwal Agama Islam Malaysia ke-86 pada 21 hingga 23 April 2009, namun tiada keputusan muktamad dicapai.

“Selain itu, ada kajian daripada Institut Kefahaman Islam Malaysia (IKIM) dan Pejabat Mufti Wilayah Persekutuan yang memperakukan bahawa kursus ini tidak sesuai dan mengandungi penyelewengan akidah,” katanya dalam satu kenyataan di sini, semalam.

Katanya, berasaskan kepada fakta-fakta itu, beliau beroleh kesimpulan yang meyakinkan mengenai penyelewengan dalam kursus itu dan sebagai Mufti Wilayah menjadi wajib baginya mengeluarkan fatwa bagi memberitahu masyarakat Islam.
Pada 17 Ogos 2009, Mesyuarat Jawatankuasa Perundingan Hukum Syarak Wilayah Persekutuan ke-75 memutuskan pengharaman Kursus ESQ.

JAKIM menubuhkan Panel Pemantau ESQ yang dianggotai enam pensyarah universiti tempatan untuk membuat kajian lanjut, dan laporan penuh panel itu dibentangkan dalam Muzakarah Jawatankuasa Fatwa Kebangsaan Bagi Hal Ehwal Agama Islam Malaysia ke-90 pada 1 Mac, yang membuat perakuan sama dengan penemuan PKA bahawa kursus itu menyeleweng dan perlu di sekat daripada beroperasi di Malaysia.

“Jelas bahawa fatwa mengenai Kursus ESQ dibuat dengan teliti, mengikut hukum syarak dan undang-undang yang berkuat kuasa di Wilayah Persekutuan. Saya tidak nampak apa-apa alasan untuk mengetepikan keempat-empat kajian di atas dengan membuat keputusan yang berlainan daripada apa yang diperakukan,” katanya.

“Dalam keadaan ini, menjadi fardu ain bagi saya mengeluarkan fatwa mengikut pendapat yang saya yakin, dan haram mengikut pendapat orang lain walaupun ramai bilangan mereka. Selain itu, masa dua tahun yang diambil sebenarnya terlalu lama dan tidak selaras dengan dasar meningkatkan kecekapan sistem penyampaian di kalangan kakitangan kerajaan,” katanya.

Beliau juga berkata, fatwa yang dikeluarkan Pejabat Mufti Wilayah Persekutuan mengenai pengharaman itu berlandaskan hukum syarak iaitu apabila seseorang yang dilantik sebagai mufti wajib baginya berpegang dengan pendapat ijtihadnya dan haram baginya mengikut pendapat orang lain yang berbeza dengan ijtihadnya, dan berpandukan Akta Pentadbiran Undang-Undang Islam (Wilayah-Wilayah Persekutuan) 1993.

Kronologi Fatwa ESQ (link) [pdf]








Kronologi Fatwa Berkenaan Kursus ESQ LEADERSHIP TRAINING Anjuran ARY GINANJAR AGUSTIAN Oleh Jawatankuasa Perundingan Hukum Syarak Wilayah Persekutuan. Dipetik dari laman web rasmi Pejabat Mufti Wilayah Persekutuan.


i) 1-3 Ogos 2008:

Cawangan Akidah, Bahagian Penyelidikan JAKIM telah menghantar beberapa orang pegawai untuk menghadiri kursus ESQ di Hotel Summit, Subang Jaya, Selangor. Ini adalah bagi menjalankan kajian dan siasatan terhadap kursus ini selepas menerima aduan daripada orang ramai yang bertanyakan tentang status kursus tersebut atas alasan wujud kesangsian dan keraguan dalam metodologi atau pendekatan yang dilakukan.

ii) 28 Ogos 2008:

Perbincangan tentang isu berkenaan ESQ telah dibentangkan di dalam Mesyuarat Panel Kajian Akidah JAKIM (PKA) Kali Ke-38. Mesyuarat ini telah memutuskan perkara-perkara berikut:

a) Terdapat keraguan-keraguan yang dikhuatiri boleh menyelewengkan akidah di dalam kursus tersebut; dan

b) Doktrin bahawa kebenaran boleh diperolehi melalui pengalaman/pencarian (termasuk oleh para nabi) perlu dijadikan asas kepada penyelewengan ESQ.

iii) 3-5 Oktober 2008:

Panel Kajian Akidah JAKIM (PKA) telah menghantar dua orang wakil untuk menyertai kursus tersebut bagi mengesah dan memantapkan lagi kajian yang dibuat sebelumnya.

iv) 14 Oktober 2008:

Mesyuarat Khas Panel Kajian Akidah JAKIM (PKA) berkenaan ESQ telah diadakan. Mesyuarat ini telah bersetuju dengan pembentangan oleh ahli PKA, Prof. Madya Dr. Mohd. Fauzi bin Hamat bahawa keraguan- keraguan yang dikhuatiri boleh menyelewengkan akidah di dalam kursus ESQ adalah wujud sebagaimana yang telah dibentangkan oleh urusetia JAKIM pada mesyuarat PKA Kali Ke-38.

v) 27-28 Nov. 2008:

Mesyuarat Panel Kajian Akidah JAKIM (PKA) Kali Ke-39 dan pertemuan ahli-ahli PKA dengan penganjur/moderator ESQ telah diadakan. Mesyuarat ini telah mengesyorkan supaya satu mesyuarat khas PKA diadakan sekali lagi bagi meneliti sedalam-dalamnya pemikiran dan falsafah yang terdapat di sebalik pengajaran kursus ESQ.

vi) 10 Februari 2009:

Mesyuarat Khas Panel Kajian Akidah JAKIM (PKA) berkenaan ESQ telah diadakan sekali lagi. Mesyuarat ini telah menyenaraikan penyelewengan-penyelewengan yang terdapat di dalam ESQ sebagaimana berikut:

a) Kursus ESQ akan mewujudkan golongan yang mengakui kewujudan nabi baru berdasarkan ideologi yang diterapkan;

b) Kursus ini mengajar bahawa akal adalah lebih besar daripada wahyu;

c) Kursus ini banyak menggunakan istilah-istilah agama yang ditafsirkan menggunakan tafsiran bebas tanpa disiplin;

d) Teori suara hati di dalam kursus ini boleh mengelirukan orang awam; dan

e) Kursus ini cuba mencampuradukkan perbincangan tentang hakikat kewujudan antara falsafah Islam dan Barat.

Mesyuarat telah mengambil keputusan bahawa Kursus ESQ Leadership Training anjuran Ary Ginanjar Agustian perlu disekat dan diharamkan dari beroperasi di Malaysia dan kertas kerja berkenaannya diangkat ke Muzakarah Jawatankuasa Fatwa Majlis Kebangsaan Bagi Hal Ehwal Ugama Islam Malaysia.

vii) 02 April 2009:

Pihak JAKIM telah mengadakan pertemuan dengan Ary Ginanjar Agustian, pengasas ESQ Leadership Centre bertempat di Dewan Syura JAKIM, Blok D7, Kompleks D, Putrajaya dan telah menyimpulkan bahawa:

a) Ary Ginanjar Agustian masih bertegas dengan pendiriannya menggunakan pendekatan sumber manusia (human resource) gaya Barat untuk mengembangkan konsep pembinaan sumber manusia yang dikatakan berasaskan Islam;

b) Beliau sukar menerima hakikat bahawa ajaran Islam perlu dirujuk kepada sumber-sumber Islam yang berautoriti seperti kitab-kitab tafsir dan Hadis;

c) Beliau lebih banyak berhujah bahawa beliau adalah benar dengan menggunakan sentimen sokongan daripada badan-badan Islam di Indonesia, golongan korporat dan tokoh-tokoh kenamaan di dalam kerajaan dan swasta;

d) Beliau tidak akan berganjak dengan modul ESQ yang sedia ada dengan pernyataan beliau bahawa beliau tidak mempunyai sebarang masalah untuk mengeluarkan ayat-ayat Al-Quran bagi modul di Malaysia tetapi tidak di negara lain; dan

e) Beliau telah mengeluarkan kenyataan yang berunsur ugutan dan amaran seperti meletakkan beberapa pilihan kepada JAKIM termasuk menarik diri dari Malaysia sekiranya ESQ diharamkan.

viii) 21-23 April 2009:

Kertas kerja berkenaan kedudukan Kursus ESQ Leadership Training di Malaysia, yang telah diteliti oleh Panel Kajian Akidah JAKIM (PKA), telah dibentangkan di dalam Muzakarah Jawatankuasa Fatwa Majlis Kebangsaan Bagi Hal Ehwal Ugama Islam Malaysia Kali Ke-86. Muzakarah ini telah memutuskan bahawa fakta- fakta yang dikemukakan di dalam kertas kerja tersebut adalah sekadar suatu kemungkinan sahaja dan tidak boleh dijadikan asas penentuan hukum. Oleh yang demikian, satu jawatankuasa pemantau luar perlu dilantik oleh JAKIM untuk menilai aktiviti ESQ Leadership Training di Malaysia.

ix) 22 Jun 2009:

Pihak JAKIM telah melantik 6 orang panel pemantau luar iaitu:

a) Y . Bhg. Prof. Zakaria Stapa (UKM) Pengerusi

b) Prof. Dr. Mohd. Nasran bin Mohamad (UKM) Ahli

c) Prof. Madya Dr. Faudzinaim Hj. Badaruddin (UKM)

Ahli

d) Prof. Madya Dr. Che Zarrina binti Sa’ari (UM) Ahli

e) Prof. Madya Dr. Noor Shakirah Mat Akhir (USM)

Ahli f) Encik Nik Roskiman bin Abdul Samad (IKIM) Ahli

Pemantauan telah dimulakan pada 22 Jun 2009 dan dijangka berakhir pada 6 Jun 2010.

x) 23-25 Jun 2009:

Muzakarah Jawatankuasa Fatwa Majlis Kebangsaan Bagi Hal Ehwal Ugama Islam Malaysia Kali Ke-87 telah memutuskan bahawa kajian lanjut oleh panel pemantau perlu diteruskan. Muzakarah juga turut bersetuju dan membenarkan kursus-kursus ESQ diteruskan sehingga hasil kajian diperolehi.

xi) 17 Ogos 2009:

Mesyuarat Jawatankuasa Perundingan Hukum Syarak Wilayah Persekutuan Kali Ke-75 telah memutuskan bahawa Kursus ESQ Leadership Training adalah menyeleweng daripada ajaran Islam. Keputusan ini adalah berpandukan kepada kertas kerja yang telah disediakan oleh Bahagian Penyelidikan JAKIM dan berdasarkan keputusan Mesyuarat Khas Panel Kajian Akidah JAKIM pada 10 Februari 2009.

xii) 02 Oktober 2009:

Muzakarah Jawatankuasa Fatwa Majlis Kebangsaan Bagi Hal Ehwal Ugama Islam Malaysia Kali Ke-88 telah diadakan. Muzakarah dimaklumkan bahawa pihak ESQ Leadership Training telah menubuhkan Panel Syariah ESQ yang dipengerusikan oleh Y. Bhg. Dato’ Mustafa bin Abdul Rahman. Walau bagaimanapun, tiada tarikh perlantikan dikemukakan. Muzakarah ini masih bersetuju dan membenarkan kursus-kursus ESQ diteruskan sehingga hasil kajian oleh Panel Pemantau ESQ diperolehi.

xiii) 14-16 Disember 2009:

Muzakarah Jawatankuasa Fatwa Majlis Kebangsaan Bagi Hal Ehwal Ugama Islam Malaysia Kali Ke-89 telah diadakan. Muzakarah ini masih bersetuju dan memperakukan bahawa kursus-kursus ESQ diteruskan sehingga hasil kajian oleh Panel Pemantau ESQ diperolehi.

xiv) 25 Februari 2010:

Pihak JAKIM telah menerima laporan penuh dari pengerusi panel pemantau, Y. Bhg. Prof. Zakaria Stapa. Sepanjang pemantauan dilakukan, 14 mesyuarat, perbincangan, bengkel dan lawatan kerja ke Jakarta dan Bali telah diadakan.

xv) 01 Mac 2010:

Muzakarah Jawatankuasa Fatwa Majlis Kebangsaan Bagi Hal Ehwal Ugama Islam Malaysia Kali Ke-90 telah mengambil maklum tentang kertas laporan yang telah disediakan oleh Panel Pemantau ESQ. Berdasarkan kajian yang telah dijalankan, panel ini telah menemui beberapa unsur yang bercanggah dengan pegangan Ahli Sunnah Wal Jamaah di dalam kursus ESQ seperti pluralisme agama, pengaruh Universal Sufi Order, al-fayd, suara hati dan katarsis. Kajian ini juga mendapati terdapat kekeliruan dari aspek penggunaan istilah-istilah seperti God Spot, Zero Mind Process, fitrah dan Conscience. Walaupun begitu, muzakarah masih belum membuat sebarang keputusan mengenai ESQ kerana menganggap hasil penemuan tersebut adalah zhanni.

xvi) 14 April 2010:

Muzakarah Khas Jawatankuasa Fatwa Majlis Kebangsaan Bagi Hal Ehwal Ugama Islam Malaysia telah bersetuju membuat rumusan awal bahawa hasil penemuan oleh Panel Pemantau ESQ adalah zhanni yang masih boleh dijelaskan. Muzakarah juga bersetuju bahawa keputusan terhadap Kursus ESQ Leadership Training akan diputuskan di dalam muzakarah yang akan datang.

xvii) 17 Jun 2010:

Fatwa berkenaan Kursus ESQ Leadership Training di Wilayah-Wilayah Persekutuan telah diwartakan oleh pihak Pejabat Peguam Negara.






Disediakan Oleh: Pejabat Mufti Wilayah Persekutuan





Debate on Malaysia Green Building Index (GBI) fees

Malaysia’s own Green Building Index (GBI) was launched in May last year. Initiated by building professionals with initial funding from Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia (PAM) and in collaboration with the Association of Consulting Engineers Malaysia (ACEM), the GBI is now being funded by the Malaysia Investment Development Authority (Mida). Greenbuildingindex Sdn Bhd was incorporated in February 2009 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of PAM and ACEM to administer GBI accreditation and train GBI facilitators and certifiers.

That the government supports the GBI is clearly seen from the incentives announced in Budget 2010, including income tax exemption for developers equivalent to the cost of obtaining GBI certification between Oct 24, 2009 and Dec 31, 2014. Those purchasing buildings with GBI certification will also be given stamp duty exemption on instruments of transfer of ownership. The exemption amount is equivalent to the cost incurred in obtaining GBI certification.

Be that as it may, some developers are complaining about the charges they have to pay to get their properties GBI-certified. PAM president and chairman of the GBI accreditation panel Boon Che Wee begs to differ, adding that many people are misguided.

Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (Rehda) official Datuk Eddy Chen feels the cost of getting a building GBI-certified is too high. “Rehda also believes that the government should not recognise only GBI certification for tax waivers, for example, thereby allowing a monopoly to exist,” he says.

Two charges are involved in GBI certification. According to Chen, the certification process itself consists of two parts, the first being the submission of the design to get a provisional certification and the second, the actual measurements about a year after the building has been completed to determine that it is performing accordingly, for example, whether the amount of energy saved is as per the design.

The second cost is related to the actual construction of the green features. This can cost as much as 30% to 40% more, depending on how far a developer wants to take the greening process. On the other hand, requirements for a basic certification, for example for water harvesting or energy glazing, may cost only 5% more.

Rehda president Datuk Ng Seing Liong is clearly unhappy about the cost of GBI certification. “Why should developers pay so much for certification? If you want to encourage more people to go green, then it should be cheap,” he says.

During the launch of the GBI non-residential existing building rating on April 26, Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui also raised concerns about the charges and hoped that it would not deter developers from getting their buildings certified.

“Many developers complain about this as they feel there is no justification for such charges. Perhaps one way to mitigate this is to include the charges in the original professional fees [for design and implementation]. After all, most of the green features are quite standard and we don’t need to reinvent the wheel,” comments Rehda’s Chen, who is also the group managing director of Metro Kajang Holdings Bhd. However, he agrees that having a GBI rating can be a property’s selling point.

“Although green consciousness is still relatively new, there is already a niche market, big enough for many developers to give it some attention and cater to. This is a market that doesn’t mind paying for some of these green features. Many of these buyers genuinely believe that going green will save the earth, with or without ROI [return on investment]. So yes, this means GBI does sell,” he says.

The sales gallery of Chen’s Kajang Resources Corp Sdn Bhd in Kajang was one of the recipients of provisional GBI Design Assessment certification under residential new construction and non-residential new construction on April 26. “It took us about six months from submission to get provisional certification. The building is already completed and we expect to start the second part of the certification process within the year. This will determine whether the design performance is achieved as stated,” says Chen.

The completion verification assessment is carried out within a year or once the property is 50% occupied.

Certification voluntary
Boon says green building certification is done on a voluntary basis the world over except in Singapore.

“We continue to be approached by people saying we should lobby to make green building rating mandatory or at the very least penalise people who don’t conform to green building ratings. If we wanted to actually profit from the GBI, we would have made it mandatory,” he says.

He stresses that the only fixed charge that goes directly to GBI is a one-time fee for registration in the first stage (see Table A).

There are three stages to get your property certified:
• Stage 1 — application and registration
• Stage 2 — design assessment
• Stage 3 — completion and verification assessment

“I think many people are misguided on this matter. You cannot take the final cost of making a property/building GBI-certified and say the fees are exorbitant. Only the registration fee is paid to the GBI [Stage 1] for us to evaluate the submission and see which ranking range [platinum, silver, gold or basic] it deserves.

“Facilitator fees [see Table B] however are a separate dealing between the owner/developer and the GBI facilitator. We have no control over these facilitators; we merely provide the guidelines for their fees,” Boon explains.

GBI facilitators are involved in Stage 2 (see Table A) and according to www.greenbuildingindex.org, their role is to provide services to enable buildings/projects to achieve GBI accreditation, including preparing and submitting GBI design briefs for the project in the conceptual stage, design development, contract documentation, contract administration and simulations and modelling.

Boon stresses that developers need to understand that it is not compulsory for them to engage a GBI facilitator. “They can send their representative to join our training to become a registered GBI facilitator. This way, they will have an in-house facilitator and don’t have to spend on engaging an external facilitator.

“It is our wish that one day, all developers in the country will have their own GBI facilitator. To date, 700 professionals have passed GBI training and 153 of them have registered as GBI facilitators.”

GBI offers facilitator courses to not only professionals, but also to the public. Boon says it is not just for architects and engineers, but also for those who have five years of building industry experience.

The registration fee for GBI certification is also relatively low compared with other green ratings. For example, Boon says, the registration fee for a project with 80,000 sq m gross floor area under LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) may be RM116,450 and the same project would cost only RM45,000 for GBI.

( Most of projects that involve international will go for LEED. Projects that need government incentives will go for GBI such as LCCT Airport )

Apart from paying for manpower and expertise, the fees received by GBI are used to fund its website, free conferences and so on, he adds.

Prior to the establishment of the local rating, developers looked at other rating tools such as the Building and Construction Authority of Singapore’s Green Mark and the LEED in the US.

“The need for a green building rating was brought to our attention by property owners and developers about two years ago as there was a demand for green-rated buildings. If we don’t have our own rating, they will just go somewhere else to get rated.

“So, we did our research, namely on Singapore’s Green Mark and Australia’s Green Star, and found that green building ratings have to be localised to reflect the climate, environment and local concerns. Most ratings out there, except for Green Mark, are more suitable for temperate countries,” Boon says, adding that Green Mark addresses the concerns of Singapore, not Malaysia.

According to Boon, some 81 applications have been received since the GBI’s launch, with 35 applications being processed (certifiers assigned). GBI has certified six properties, out of which one has been verified while the other five have been certified at the design assessment stage.

“I believe we have just begun, but have achieved a lot. We have been approached by the manufacturing industry to rate industrial buildings and we feel happy that people are stepping up to be GBI-certified,” Boon says.

In the tabling of the 10th Malaysia Plan on June 10, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak announced that the use of renewable energy and increasing energy efficiency will be emphasised to ensure the sustainability of the environment.

Najib also stated that the government will take the lead in adopting green building standards and that the prime minister’s office complex will be upgraded to meet the GBI’s gold standard green rating.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Hippo Roller Water Project - New trend fetching potable water

Old skool

Hipporoller

New trendy fetching portable water


In some African villages, fetching potable water can take most of an entire day, and is typically a chore left to women and children. The Hippo Roller is a simple tool for transporting water from distant watering-holes back to homes and villages – an alternative to the traditional 5-gallon-barrels-on-heads approach.

The product itself is similar to a barrel with a handle that you push ahead of you like a steamroller’s drum, and has a capacity of 90 liters / 24 gallons. That’s nearly a 5X increase in productivity. In the past 15 years, the Hippo Roller Water Project has distributed over 30,000 rollers, directly benefiting over 200,000 people. More information.


Pot-In-Pot Refrigerator

Pot-In-Pot Refrigerator

Screen Shot 2010-06-11 At 2.19.36 Pm

In 2001, Nigerian Mohammed Bah Abba won the 2001 Rolex Awards for Enterprise with his invention of a simple cooling system to preserve food in rural areas with no electricity. His solution was a Pot-in-Pot refrigerator, which relies on the concept of evaporative cooling. The system works

by putting a smaller clay pot inside a larger one, separating the two by constantly moist sand.

Evaporation causes a cooling effect in the inner pot. Eggplants are reported to stay fresh for 27 days, nine times their usual expiration date. Tomatoes and peppers can last for up to 21 days


How to make it.


Tools and Materials
• Two clay pots, one larger than the other
• Sand
• Water
• Cloth to cover the pots
• Clay, cork or other material to plug holes in the pots if they have them
• Thermometer


Friday, July 16, 2010

Pencemaran Pencahayaan Lampu ( Light Pollution)

What is light pollution?

Light pollution is an unwanted consequence of outdoor lighting and includes such effects as sky glow, light trespass, and glare. An illustration of both useful light and the components of light pollution are illustrated in Figure 2. Sky glow is a brightening of the sky caused by both natural and human-made factors. The key factor of sky glow that contributes to light pollution is outdoor lighting.

Figure 2. Example of useful light and light pollution from a typical pole-mounted outdoor luminaire
Source: Adapted from Institution of Lighting Engineers

Light trespass is light being cast where it is not wanted or needed, such as light from a streetlight or a floodlight that illuminates a neighbor’s bedroom at night making it difficult to sleep.

Glare can be thought of as objectionable brightness. It can be disabling or discomforting. There are several kinds of glare, the worst of which is disability glare, because it causes a loss of visibility from stray light being scattered within the eye. Discomfort glare is the sensation of annoyance or even pain induced by overly bright sources. Think of driving along a dark road when an oncoming car with bright headlights suddenly appears. The sudden bright light can be uncomfortable and make it difficult to see. Discomfort and even disability glare can also be caused by streetlights, parking lot lights, floodlights, signs, sports field lighting, and decorative and landscape lights.

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Minyak Naik lagi ...Yang Mana Lebih Teknologi Hijau? Unta atau Basikal?

PEMANDU, a government think tank led by Minister in Prime Minister’s Department Idris Jala tasked with formulating proposals to reduce the country’s government subsidy budget has recommended a petrol price hike of 15 sen for RON95 and 10 sen for diesel.

This is the petrol price hike schedule which we’ll be looking at, based on a crude oil forecast of US$73.06 per barrel in 2011 and the region of between US$79.41 to US$94.52 per barrel between 2013 and 2015.

  • Current 2010 Price – RM1.80 per liter RON95
  • Q3/Q4 2010 Price Hike – RM1.95 per liter RON95
  • 2011 Price Hike – RM2.16 per liter RON95 (broken into 2 hikes, once per 6 months)
  • 2012 Price Hike – RM2.20 per liter RON95
  • 2013 Price Hike – RM2.34 per liter RON95
  • 2014 Price Hike – RM2.52 per liter RON95
  • 2015 Price Hike – RM2.60 per liter RON95

Yang manakah lebih " Teknologi Hijau" ??

Unta atau basikal?


Container House - Upcycled

Malaysian Container House, 1st in Malaysia.
The company call it UPCYCLE = UPGRADE + RECYCLE




3D4-111109-b

IMG_2711

IMG_2664 IMG_2722

IMG_2567

IMG_2565

IMG_2546

Picture_045




Container House around the World.

1. Manifesto House:

Infiniski’s Manifesto House utilizes pre-made materials like shipping containers and wooden pallets to create a new contemporary house. Built in Curacavi, Chile, the modest home is composed of two 40′ shipping containers and two 20′ containers. The wooden pallets on the exterior provide shade and allow the home to be naturally cooled.

2. Crou:

Olgga architects, a French firm shaped 100 recycled shipping containers into a sturdy, economical and sustainable student housing in Le Havre, France. Dubbed the ‘Crou’, the 2,851m2 structure is made by stacking the container on top of one another. There is an environmental benefit associated with it which is it puts surplus containers to use instead of letting them slowly rust in a landfill.

3. Redondo Beach Container House:

The Redondo Beach House is an architecturally designed shipping container based contemporary house to suit your site and lifestyle. The award-winning De Maria Design’s luxury beachside house was constructed using eight prefabricated, recycled steel shipping containers, which are integrated with some traditional building techniques.

4. E-House:

Envision Prefab created “E-House,” built using of sturdy cargo containers. The E-House successfully combines container architecture with residential housing to provide environmentally-responsible design. It includes green features like energy efficient appliances, low-flow toilets, grid-tied solar panels, an electric car charger, LED lighting, low-VOC paints, non-toxic insulation, greywater recycling, an organic waste composting machine, a custom made recycling center and many more.

5. Keetwonen Complex Houses:

The largest container city in the world designated with the name Keetwonen, is a home to 1,000 students. Designed by Tempo Housing, the building is extremely popular among students for its qualities like soundproof walls, spacious interiors, good insulation and exceptional comfort.

6. Container Home:

French architects Claire Helene Drouin and Jean Marie Sanchez have designed their own home using shipping containers, but their home is different — it’s large, green and illuminated mostly by natural light. The “Container Home” has been built using 15 shipping containers, which have been stacked together.

7. Container City:

Container City is an innovative and extremely flexible system that opens avenues for affordable and stylish accommodation with trendy and colorful bit of architecture. Designed by Urban Space Management, the system is build by linking shipping containers together to provide high strength, prefabricated steel modules.

8. Container House by Leger Wanaselja:

Leger Wanaselja’s Container House is a traditional looking container composed residence, located on top of a hill in an East Bay suburb overlooking San Francisco, Calif. The 1350 square foot, three-bedroom house incorporates three forty-foot containers, two stacked on one another, and the third cut in half and stacked on itself uses blown cellulose insulation to the roof and floors, “green seal” paint on the interior, along with 100% wool carpet and bamboo flooring.

9. Freitag Shop:

The Freitag Shop in Zurich is not only the world’s tallest building made from shipping containers but also is the tallest building in Zurich of any kind. Built using 17 old, rusted shipping containers, the 85-foot-high structure is a true depiction of eco-conscious efforts.

10. LiNX Temporary Structures:

Conceived by Dublin-based designer Richard Barnwall, the LiNX offers an innovative solution for temporary shelter applications, like for construction workers. The double-story model is made from four 20-foot shipping containers. This easily shippable temporary structure is equipped with a bathroom, a changing room with showers, office space and an additional room for lunch.

11. Kalkin’s prefab homes:

After designing the popular shipping container coffee shop for Illy, Adam Kalkin is out with its prefab homes. The homes range from a very simple, merely containing a room in a single container to other with whole other structures built inside them. Kalkin’s prefab homes use anywhere from one to six, or sometimes even 12 shipping containers as the frame for the home.

12. Greentainer:

Designed by Exposure Architects, the Greentainer Project in Gandino, Italy is a perfect combination of amazing design sense and reusability of existing resources. This beautiful shipping container home incorporates floor to ceiling windows to provide ample amounts of light.

13. Illy Push Button House:

Adam Kalkin had built an amazing shipping container living space. Dubbed the ‘Push Button House’, the house transforms at the push of a button. It is created from recycled and recyclable materials and is the physical representation of Illy’s dedication to sustainability, art and innovation.

14. Ross Stevens House:

Ross Stevens, an industrial Design lecturer at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand is here with yet another incredible house transformed from a shipping container. Composed of three slate gray containers stacked up like blocks beside a hilltop, it strikes the perfect balance between ruggedly engineered construction and clean modern form.

15. Port-A-Bach:

Atelier workshop’s Port-a-Bach shipping container home is a small, energy efficient and environmentally friendly portable home you can spin into dwelling that folds up into a fully enclosed steel shell. Giving a new dimension to portability, this 20-foot container has been transformed into an entire studio apartment.