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The title speaks what I want to say. In this 21 st century, clothes have become a necessity for all of us. Clothes are vital for us to protect and conceal the body from the harsh environment. With technological development, clothes are utilized at its maximum capacity in the fashion industry, and they have vast potential as it involves in the creative line, which is also a dynamic industry. Hence fast fashion exists in the first place. Fast fashion is a term used to define a successful business model based on recreating catwalk trends and high-fashion designs and mass-producing them at low cost. On today's discussion, I will talk about the lifecycle of clothes; taking a glimpse into the process of a cloth-making, how it is made and the effects on the pillars of sustainability and development namely social, economic and environment.

The above two images above illustrate the cloth-making and the life cycle of a typical garment, starting from the fibre production to the end-user.

All textiles are produced using fibres that are prepared in different ways to create the desired strength, durability, appearance, and texture. The fibres can be found in numerous origins but can be classified into four main groups. Natural fibres apart from silk have a short fibre length measured in centimetres. Silk and synthetic fibres, on the other hand, have a long in fibre lengths (filaments) ranging from hundreds of metres to kilometres long.

Plant fibres comprise of cellulosic material, generally obtained through cotton, linen, hemp or bamboo and any plants that contain extractable cellulose can be used. Cotton is widely used plant fibre, and the cultivation of cotton is too resource-intensive. It uses high input of water, pesticides, insecticides and fertilizers that give rise to a high level of the toxic footprint. Unless and until the organic way of cultivation is utilized, the level of toxicity will continue to rise.

Effects on the three pillars of the system thinking

The one who has to endure the modern slavery is the undeveloped and developing countries. The manufacturers will look for a developing country where the work regulations and minimum wage are virtually non-existent (Turker et al., 2014) which may lead to low wages for the workers. Frequently, manufacturing factories are required to lower their costs to the fashion brand so they can obtain the production contract. In this situation, workers will accept the job because the manufacturing process does not prescribe high-level skill in order to find any income to help them make ends meet. The workers are being exploited by the manufacturers to produce a massive product in a short time, likewise in the well-known story of Rana Plaza building collapse in 2013 occurred at Dhaka, Bangladesh. At the time, the building was occupied by the garment factories for western company. The workers in the factories told their managers that they noticed cracks in the building, but they did not pay any heed and was told to continue their work. At one point, the managers were given orders to evacuate the place, but they took no notice. As a result, 1,129 workers died and injured.

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The title speaks what I want to say. In this 21 st century, clothes have become a necessity for all of us. Clothes are vital for us to protect and conceal the body from the harsh environment.

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Hi everyone! In the picture above is me with one of my most treasured things I have, which is my handbag I got for my 18 th birthday last year. I have had a few other handbags from the past, but what makes this one special is the quality and design of it. However, I've never really thought on how and where did it came from. Have you ever wondered how things are made? Even the simplest of stuff came from the most detailed and complex ways. The decisions made along the way also affects a lot of things.

For example, my handbag is made by polypyrene, a synthetic material to replace leather. All these years, leather always had a reputation for good and luxurious handbags. However, it affected the environment horribly as Intensive farming is responsible of 18% of the total greenhouse gas emissions every year.Tannery, the skin leather process also causes a huge amount of pollution into rivers. Such as the the Buriganga river in Bangladesh the city's pollution is so high that no fishes nor no plants can live in there anymore due to tanneries. Thus, changing leather to synthetic materials benefit us environmentally.

Due to the reduced demand of leather these days as we have cheaper and more convenient alternatives, it also affects us economically. While the most valuable parts of animals are those sold as ground beef or steaks, remnants such as bones, blood and fat end up in things like fertilizer, gelatin, medicines and textiles. Hides, or the one used for leather account for about 44% of the slaughtered animal's weight but less than 10% of its value, government data show. Hides are the key ingredient in a global market for leather goods that was worth $93.2 billion in 2016, but decreased to almost 13% every year. Thus, the value of hides is now cheaper as they now hit the lowest price since 2009.

Last but not least, when demand of leather drops it does also affect us socially, especially in terms of public health. Leather tannery is a process to avoid the skin to rot and to make it water resistant but it uses a lot of in tanneries or in their close areas. More than 80% of the leather is tanned using chromium leading to almost 16 millions of people exposed to the dangers of this product according to the NGO Pure Earth. 3 million of people are affected by diseases linked to the presence of chromium in their daily environment. Furthermore, it is to be noted that the chemical component used in tanneries don't disappear on their own and can often be encountered in the final product exposing the danger to not only the workers but also us as the customers.

As a conclusion, my favorite handbag made out of synthetic material has connected the 3 pillars of sustainability without me realizing all this while. Always bear in mind all the decisions we make big or small will always have it consequences towards our environment, economics and social.

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For many women, a lot of us have that favourite, go-to scrunchie - the one that grips your hair just right and does not slip out, the one that gives you the shape you want under your hijab without adding unnecessary bulk or too much volume. Some are made of satin silk, velvet or even cotton. Well, this also applies to me. My favourite scrunchie is made of satin silk and well ofcourse, rubber band. The first week in class, I've learned about Systems Thinking and it had made me think about it more critically in ones' product process. I would tell it to you guys in this post about what I've learned in hope that we can all have an even wider, bold, perspectives in life and knowledge, in syaa Allah. I will briefly explain the materials of the product, then I'll try to relate it with the pillars of sustainability.

Firstly, fabric. So many people underestimate the role of fabric play in our lives. Every single day, we put on our clothes without having a second thought. T-shirts, jeans and even your favorite childhood blanket are all made from some sort of kind of fabric. With all the contributions fabric makes to our everyday lives, many people do not stop to think about how fabric is created. The process of turning natural and synthetic fibers in cloth is much more complicated than is commonly thought. I would explain all the process thoroughly in this post, but that would take more than 10 pages of this blog, so no. The first step to make a piece of cloth is to turn the raw materials into a fabric. I'll share about silk as my favourite scrunchie is made of silk. The material is made by harvesting the cocoon of silkworm, which is lined with a thin layer of filament that is softened and then removed as one single thread. This thread is later on will be twisted together with several others before it is moved to the next stage of production, as single threads are too thin to work with. Next, is to turn it into balls of yarn. Here, the raw materials that have been harvested and processed are transformed from raw fibers into yarn and threads. This is done by spinning the fibers. Spinning can be done by hand, but this process is quite tedious and time consuming. After the raw materials have been converted into yarn, they're ready for the second step in the production process, which involves joining these individual threads together to form fabric. This process of joining the yarn together is called weaving.

Next, is rubber band. Frankly, I would say that rubber bands are one of the most convenient products that man have made in the twentieth century. Fun fact, the largest consumer of rubber bands in the world is the U.S Post Office, which orders millions of pounds a year to use is sorting and delivering piles of mail. Yikes, that is a lot of rubber bands, indeed! Before moving forward, let's take a trip down memory lane and learn about the history of rubber. The word "rubber" was derived back in 1770, by an English Chemist who discovered that hardened pieces of rubber would rub out pencil marks (yes, erasers!). And, by late of the 18th century, European Scientists discovered that dissolving rubber in turpentine produced a liquid that could be used to waterproof cloth. FAST FORWARD after a lot of what I would call ' oopsies! ' here and there, the first rubber band was developed in 1843, by an Englishman named Thomas Hancock, who sliced up a rubber bottle. The first rubber bands weren't yet to be vulcanized to have a more higher elasticity, so during this times, the usage of rubber bands were yet to be very limited as they were adapted to only as garters and also waistbands.

Well, these are two materials to make a scrunchie. I will now do my best absolute best to explain how it has impacted to the 3 pillars of sustainability.

Since both of the materials, rubber and fabric are made in factories, the effects on environment is actually quite similar. First of all, pollutions. High usage of chemicals could bring water pollution and even air pollution if the wastage is not disposed rightfully. There are also studies conducted that reported that there is an increase in adverse respiratory effects: such as chest tightness, shortness of breath and other respiratory symptoms among rubber products workers. This problem is very concerning as one should always take care of their lives.

Next, the production of rubber has also affected economically. Malaysia is the third largest producer of natural rubber in the world. Even though our consumption of natural rubber has been increasing, Malaysia has been able to produce more than one million tonnes of natural rubber to be exported since 2004. Besides that, there are more than 160 countries in the world which import rubber products from Malaysia. For instance, USA and China are the two biggest export destination of Malaysian rubber products.

Finally, social sustainability can be related by improving the employment opportunities for a society. A whole lot more job opportunities can be created from engineers, managers, business men and even factory workers. In my opinion, there are still lacks here and there in sustaining socially. For instance, there might be issues where workers aren't paid fairly and in some cases, they work under little to no safe working conditions. I believe that working in a safe condition would bring a lot of benefits, such as the employees are much more healthier, and also productive!

That's it folks! thank you for reading my blog (if there are any, HAHA) (attached is a picture of my favourite scrunchie)

Till next time, Nurin xx

Hello again! For today's writing, I'd like to share with everyone about what I've learned in one of my subject in IIUM, which is UNGS1201, Sustainable Development. Without me realizing, we have come to the end of the semester (wow!) and I have learned A LOT a lot.

From the 17 SDG Goals, and how we should always try our best to help to sustain everything around us for the future generations, it had truly opened my eyes into the importance of it all.

Firstly, in this post I will introduce what exactly is the so-called Sustainable Development Goals. The Sustainable Development Goals are the plan to accomplish a superior and more feasible future for all. They address the worldwide difficulties we face, including destitution, injustice, environmental change, natural corruption, harmony and equity.

Even as a muslim being, we are obliged to take care of nature, to do good acts and there is a saying that "cleanliness is a part of our imaan". Thus, we should always take care of our actions because even in Surah Taha, verse 34 and verse 35,

Translation:
" and remember You much, for truly You have ˹always˺ been overseeing us."

from this verse, we ought to remember that every actions that we do in our life, will be held accountable from Allah S.W.T as we are all been given the gift of 'al-aql', with is the 'akal" for us to think wisely.

The second most compelling thing that I've learned about sustainable development is about our Carbon Footprint. Now you might ask me, what is carbon footprint? So, according to WHO, carbon footprint is the amount of Carbon Dioxide created through the consuming of petroleum products and is communicated as a weight of CO2 outflows delivered in tons. Almost every activity that we do, will produce CO2, and there is also a carbon footprint calculator which calculates, how many earths should there be if everyone lead a life like YOU do. I was THRILLED. ( ok thrilled is an understatement but I was so excited and amazed with the results!) Ever since I've taken this subject, I somehow, actually tend to think about my actions if it'd made any impact on the sustainability, even as little as not turning off the pipe when brushing my teeth!

Finally, I had been given an opportunity to do a project with a group of friends. We had done a virtual awareness campaign! And it was terrific! We had created an Instagram profile, used to raise awareness about The Importance of Clean Water. We chose this topic because we had found out that the Water Crisis in Selangor is indeed very bad and we thought that people in general should learn to be thankful for having access of clean water, unlike those who are in third world countries. If any of you would like to have a look at our Instagram profile, click here. We had shared hashtags along our campaign too, which are #conservewaterconservelife and #water4all .

(p.s/ you can click on the "Carbon Footprint" to directly access to a carbon footprint calculator! have fun!)

I guess that's all from me, till next time, Nurin xx

1. you ace tests by overlearning. you should know your notes/flashcards/definitions basically by heart. if someone asks you about a topic when you're away from class or your notes and you can answer them in a thorough and and accurate answer, then you're good, you know the material.

2. if you don't understand something, it will end up on the test. so just don't disregard and hope that this specific topic won't be on the test. give it more attention, help, and practice. find a packet of problems on that one concept and don't stop until you finish it and know it the best.

3. sometimes you just need that Parental Push. you know in elementary school, they would tell you "ok now it's time for you to do your homework! you have a project coming up, start looking for a topic now!" ONE of your teachers might be like this. be thankful for it and follow their advice! these teachers are the best at always keeping you on track with their calendar. if not a teacher, then have one of your friends be that person that can keep you accountable for the things you promised you would do.

4. you just need to kick your own ass. seriously. i know it sucks and its hard to study for two things at once. BUT. I DONT CARE IF IT'S HARD. you need to do it and at least do it to get it over with because you can't keep putting things off. If you do, you will eventually run out of time and you will hate yourself. force yourself to do it. i made myself sign up for june ACT even though there's finals because if i didn't, i probably never would. like do i think i'm gonna be ready in one month? probably not, SO I BETTER GET ON IT AND START STUDYING!

5. do homework even if it doesn't count. if you actually try on it, then you will actually do so much better on the tests, it's like magic.

6. literally just get so angry about procrastinating that you make yourself start that assignment. I know how hard it is to kick the procrastination habit. I have to procrastinate. So I make myself start by thinking about my deadlines way early. I think, "oh i have a presentation in three weeks (but it really takes 2 weeks to do), i'll be good and start today." when that doesn't happen, you say you'll do it tomorrow, and this happens for like the next four days. I get so mad at myself for not starting when i am given a new chance to do so with every passing day. By that time, you actually have exactly how much time you need for it AND you were able to procrastinate the same way you usually do ;)

"Before I fall in love again 1. I want us to be friends. Which means, I want to be able to eat my favourite cheese crust pizza with you, while having cheese all over my face and even in my hair, without feeling embarrassed or concerned about it. I want to be comfortable with you, I want to be okay about being messy, irritating, embarrassing, disgusting, petty while with you. Because I will be petty when I see my ex best friend post a happy picture and I will be messy during my finals and I will be embarrassing when I meet your parents for I suck at meeting parents. I want to be okay with being the way I am and the only way to be okay is to know that you're okay with me being things other than beautiful, graceful and composed at all times. 2. I want to be able to have long and passionate conversations with you not just about existential things but also about what went wrong in the ending of that book and how kids are affected by media and how tomato basil combination always works. I want to have conversations where we may not always have the same views but our fundamental values always fall in place. I want to talk to you about the beauty of the stars but I also want to talk to you about the disgusting mentality behind certain societal norms. 3. I want to see how consistent your actions are with your words. I don't want to fall for love letters or poems, for sweet Instagram captions or long birthday texts, I want to fall in love with you showing up on time and keeping your promises. 4. I want to take it slow. I want our story to work out in years, not months. I want to respect time and space this time. 5. I want to make sure I am not seeking love from you for the lack of love I have for myself. I want to make sure you aren't a void I am filling in, you are not an alternative to the things I can't give myself. I want to make sure you are not doing the same. 6. I want to work out with my insecurities and fears from the past. I don't want to project them on you, I don't want to subject you to the doubts, suspicion and anger I carry from the people I have known in the past. 7. Before I fall in love again, I want to make a mattress with you. Of understanding and respect and trust. So when we fall, it doesn't hurt."

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Most days I'm fine.. I allow myself to believe I've healed from the ordeal. Some days I'm back to the start. And on these days the stark contrast exists between the reality and the memories in my head: there's no such thing as healing from all this. There is just THIS. The NOW. The living with it, the getting through it, the getting up from bed and trying anew, the showing up, and just dealing with it. There's no magic here.

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When we talk about fried rice, I think all of us had eaten this meals even once in our life. Fried rice originally came from China and very famous dish is South East Asia. Basically this meals only required two basics ingredient which is cooked rice and cooking oils. Other ingredients such as egg, seafood, vegetables and many more just optional ingredients to make it better. Also from various kind of ingredient make a different kind of fried rice such as seafood fried rice, chicken fried rice and Tom Yam fried rice. This meals is really easy to make by your own or just buy it at any restaurant. Today in my blog I will share with you how this simple dish can help to achieve some of 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

Through out the process to make fried rice basically we need rice itself. Rice come from paddy field as we all know. From this point of view we can say human power is needed in order to work on paddy field. Although in nowadays modern era, so many technology invented to make easier for farmer to collect paddy and faster, some of the work still need to be done by human like to plant paddy we need human touch which cannot be done by machines. After done with collecting, the paddy were sent to factory to be process by machines to ensure the processed paddy became a good and high quality rice. The process end with the rice packed in the packaging and send to wholesaler around the country. After that the rice were bought in a big amount of restaurants from the wholesaler to stock up their raw materials. After that the paddy were used to make many kind of dish but in this article I will be focus on fried rice. The chef cooked the rice and fried it with cooking oils and wait the rice to become golden-brown and mix it with other ingredients such as vegetables, seafood, chicken or any other else. After the fried rice done cooked it was served to customers who demand the dish.

So far I have said is just general process on how creation until the end-of-life of fried rice. Hardly we can relate on how of any of these process can help to achieve some of Sustainable Development Goals. So here I will show you the true magnificence of fried rice. Firstly, when the process was still at paddy fields it creates a big amount of job opportunity for rural citizens. The paddy fields is generally huge land with paddy and need to be managed by humans. So in order to plant paddy a huge amount of people needed in order to do this. The job opportunity gives people chances to gain income. Huge demand of paddy to make rice will cause supplier to increase their supply to maximize their profit. This incident also will lead increase in income so in other words when the income increase and prevent from poverty. So there is our first Sustainable Development goals can be achieve which is zero poverty. Job opportunity also created from other ingredients like vegetables, chicken and seafood giving more income and job for fisher and farmer because the demand is high. This situation will help small farmers and fishermen to increase their income and prevent poverty.

Secondly, when the rice bought by restaurants from wholesaler around the country it shows how money actively circulated in our economy. So from this situation we can relate it to the eighth goals of Sustainable Development which is decent work and economic growth. The increase in demand will increase in supply, that is the law of demand from economic perspective. The great amount of demand shows that economic is growing because people want to buy it and people can pay for it. The money circulation from supply and demand in market relationship greatly affect monetary value of our country. The more active and huge this relationship will lead to increase in monetary value of our country and can fight with other country monetary value. This show a very healthy economic growth and by having a healthy economic growth will provide more decent work to society.

Lastly, the fried rice was served to customer who demand for it or we just can make our own fried rice since the process is not that complex. From just this situation we can relate to two of the Sustainable Development goals which is zero hunger and good health and well-being. If we refer to zero hunger we can relate it with how cheap and affordable fried rice is. So in other words even lower income household can make their own fried rice because the cost to make it low and it can be make for large portion. Meanwhile if we want to relate to good health and well-being we can say that affordable prices of fried rice can help middle class income person to save their time and eat at nearest restaurant after a day of work. Working too much but not eating will cause a great strain to our body especially to our stomach. Worst case scenario can cause gastric. So in order to maintain a healthy body we must eat properly and rest after a long working day. Fried rice is really common in restaurants and affordable so we can save our money while maintaining our health.

As conclusion, although fried rice itself directly does not greatly impact the Sustainable Development Goals but the process indirectly can help to give impact to some of the goals and help by a bit to achieve the goals.

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How general meals like fried impacted 3 of 17 Sustainable Development goals

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When we talk about fried rice, I think all of us had eaten this meals even once in our life. Fried rice originally came from China and very famous dish is South East Asia. Basically this meals only required two basics ingredient which is cooked rice and cooking oils.

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The guitar is one, if not the most popular musical instrument in Malaysia. A ridiculous amount of people play the guitar, whether it being a random busker on the streets to your own friends and family. The fact that it is fairly easy to learn and sing along while playing makes it a top choice for people who want to pick up a new hobby, me being one of the people who fell into this rabbit hole. Now while this fretted musical instrument has its own musical system, it also exists in a far larger system outside of your everyday fretting, picking, and strumming.

Playing a musical instrument, in this case a guitar, can affect the player and the people who are listening in various ways. Different people take different approaches in order to express their feelings, one of them being playing music. One can express their feelings and thoughts in the form of music through playing guitar ultimately making themself feel better. All their pent up feelings that they kept to themselves before can now be let out seamlessly and beautifully through music ultimately improving their mental health. Aside from the guitarist itself, people who are listening to the music are also affected in one way or another. Someone who plays their guitar with passion can affect the emotional state of the listeners. The people who listen to such guitarists are able to understand and relate the feelings that the guitarists want to convey in the first place. Some people even see playing instruments as their means to escape from reality and be in their own thoughts, allowing them to take a break from the stress and anxiety of their everyday life and effectively reducing them. All of this ultimately leads to a society that is not just menthally healthy but also can relate and empathize with each other.

Other than that, guitars in one way or another affect the economy. Personally for me playing the guitar is somewhat financially consuming as I need to change my strings every now and then and the full set costs around RM 30. Along with that, the internal struggle of wanting a new guitar while not having the funds to afford it is truly what defines pain for me. But that is just my personal experience. Going back on track, guitar, being the popular instrument it is, is obviously racking a lot of sales, and sales equals economic growth. I mean possibly at one point in our life we thought of buying a guitar for fun. Other than that, the instrument is closely related to the music industry, where some make a living by playing guitar alone, one of them being Sungha Jung, a famous guitarist from South Korea. People would pay hundreds or thousands of ringgit in order to watch this guy playing the guitar, I would not blame them though. This inturn can benefit the economy. In addition to that, the rise of social media and live streaming platforms allow people to show off their skill while getting some money from ad revenue or donations. Plus such talented people also produce their own music and the albums they sell should contribute to the economy.

That being said, the effects of guitar are not always sunshines and rainbows. The manufacturing of guitars has always had a negative impact on the environment. I mean the whole thing is mostly made of wood and steel wires so you should have seen this coming. One of the key materials in manufacturing a guitar is wood, which makes a large percentage of the guitar. To get wood you need to cut down trees since timber does not magically appear out of thin air. The lack of trees on earth can be a huge problem as it can contribute to landslides, floods, and global warming whether you believe it or not. On the other hand, the strings of the guitar also have their own effect on the environment. While most guitar parts are hardly replaced at all, guitar strings are not one of them. Guitar strings do not last long with most only lasting for a month or two. The metal that is used in making these guitar strings are often non-biodegradable and often lead to waste though some are recycled. That being said, most guitar manufacturers are aware of this and have played their own part in trying to reduce such damage to the environment by trying to recycle old strings and guitars ultimately reducing its wastage.

In conclusion, something as simple as guitar has its own system where it affects a lot of things in terms of social, environment, and economy. It kinda has its own domino effect where something so small can have such a huge impact showing that systems are more complicated than they seem.

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In this modern era , computers have become necessary for all human beings, even for children as young as 5 years old because of all things nowadays based on technologies. Especially during the Movement Control Order by the government that makes the usage of computers soaring up everyday. It can be used to handle accounting, spreadsheet, database management and anything related based on the superiority of the computer itself. Same goes to me that really puts computers as an important thing in my life . As a university student with a high passion for computer gaming and computer building , of course I can say that I used my computer everyday from dusk till dawn. So it is quite nonsense if I'm not thinking about my computer life cycle regarding how it was built and manufactured , and also the impact on 3 pillars of sustainable development.

Life cycle of a computer is quite long or maybe it can last even for 10 years based on changes of technology, user needs and operating system requirements. It is true some computers only can be used in the short term even for 1 years only. All it based on the components selected . Have all of you thought about how to build a computer? , the main is the motherboard. Of course every technology in this world depends on a motherboard that acts as the main board or a circuit that connects every component in the computer. There are types of motherboard such as ATX, Micro-ATX and ITX. All of these motherboards of course have different PCIe slots, RAM slots and Input & Output connection. Secondly is a processor which is made from such a big company which are AMD and Intel for windows operating systems. These two company rivals produce the best processor chipset every single time to fulfill user demand for gaming and working. For the gaming purpose, the main part is graphic cards (GPU) since video games are GPU intensive , which is NVIDIA and AMD are the biggest rivals in the GPU industries that produces integrated and dedicated GPUs. Other than that, computers also have memory like smartphones which refer to storage of computers and RAM. As we know, there are two types of storage which is Hard Disk Drive (HDD) that works manually by rotation of disk and Solid State Drive (SSD) that use microchip to write and read data. RAM works as temporary memory that stores working data when the power supply is switched on.

It is really complicated to build even one standard computer. So what does it affect the environment, economic and social ? . Does a computer really affect the environment even if we only use it at home normally? Of course it does. It has made an environmental impact from the scratch which is time it is being manufactured through the disposal. During the process of manufacturing a computer, lots of toxic chemicals and metals used to produce only one component. The manufacturing process also emits hazardous waste and poisonous gases, and consumes tremendous amounts of water. After being produced , manufacturers must do a stress test that consumes quite a high and lots of power. Also during the lifetime, for the hardcore computer user , it must be tons of watt consumed. The process to produce this power drains non-renewable natural resources and releases harmful substances such as carbon dioxide. Even the cleaning process of computers also can harm the environment because it usually involves chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) . The most environmental damaging impact is during the disposal . It is called "Technotrash" . If we just throw away technotrash with regular trash, it will end up in a landfill. It will lead to the leaking of cadmium, mercury and leads to the ground that will contaminate the water we drink, the plants that we eat and animals in that area.

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HOW COMPUTERS HAVE EFFECTS ON 3 PILLARS OF SUSTAINABILITY

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In this newly developing era, many people have become an educated person because of the effective ways to learn knowledges. One of the method to spread the knowledges is through a book. Books are basically a complete compilation of a bunch of papers. Here, where the knowledges started to be exposed through all the generation from a generation until today. Book itself has become an important thing or we can say it as a necessary for all human being in the whole world. It can be observed that most of people nowadays use books as their best reference to study effectively. Moreover, during this pandemic of Covid-19, all of us are required to follow the Movement Control Order(MCO) by the government which makes us staying home respectively and spending more time at home, doing something can benefit ourselves. One of the beneficial activities can be done is by reading a book. As a university student with high interest on reading books, it is compulsory for myself to fill my leisure by that activity. Sometimes, I wonder how the books with colorful printed ink was created and its production gives impacts on three pillars of sustainable development.

First and foremost, we have known that to produce a book, the main material is paper. From that, a complete book is actually a compilation of papers. Paper....Originally, what it was made from? So here we want to discuss about it and how it effect on 3 pillars of sustainability. Before that, let us rewind the history where it started. B ooks have been around for thousands of years. When ancient civilizations first started developing writing systems, they would write on just about anything, from stone to tree bark . Ancient Egyptians were the first to use paper-like materials, called " papyrus ," which they made by pounding flat the woven stems of the papyrus plant. It was not long before the ancient Egyptians began gluing together papyrus sheets to form scrolls, which were the first steps toward books as you know them. Thus, that is a little flashback how it began. But for nowadays, the invention of the papers is simply and easy to produce with the existence of heavy duty machine in manufacturing process. There is no more problem to create the paper because every human works get easier with the help of technology.

Next, let us observe how it shows impacts on the environment, economic and social. Is it true if we say that the production of papers today affect on the ENVIROMENT? Yes, obviously it is. Let me clear myself. Throughout the process of making papers, machines or technologies are used in producing it and we know that every machine itself emits hazardous waste and poisonous gases and more worrying the usage of huge amount of water. Plus, we also face the water pollution as well especially in Selangor. Moreover, in order to get the raw material for processing papers, there are a lot of uncontrolled and unauthorized deforestation project. It has affected most life and they also are in danger because of irresponsible authority who has deforested their habits and habitats. Flora and fauna are being destroyed to get the material for paper production. Second, it also affects on ECONOMY. As I say above, the environment has affected but if we look further, our economy maybe skyrocket because of the customers' demand on paper to create books for instance. Hence, this is one of major positive impact for our country's economy in order to become a developing country. Lastly, books or papers also give impacts on SOCIAL. How can I say so? Let me describe it vividly. To produce even a sheet of paper, it needs workforce. So if in the industry, to produce the papers, lots of workers are needed for workforce. Indirectly, more workers are required to fill the job opportunities and vacancies. Moreover, the problem of unemployment can be taken over and no more poverty life among the Malaysian. Therefore, the community can live in SEJAHTERA and the SDG can be achieved.

In conclusion, it cannot be denied anymore that to produce a complete book, it needs to follow full flow of the processing and it also has give advantages and disadvantages to the three pillars of sustainability. In addition, if we use it wisely and right ways then we deserve what we have work hard for. Remember!!! There is no friend as loyal as books(Quoted)

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HOW BOOKS HAVE IMPACTED ON INTERCONNECTION OF 3 PILLARS OF SUSTAINABILITY

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To discuss the matter above, I am going to apply system thinking as we go deeper into this topic. What is system thinking? Systems thinking can mean different things to different people. From my understanding, system thinking would help make a person view a system from a broad perspective including seeing overall structures, patterns and cycles in systems, rather than focusing on one specific event in the system. By using system thinking, we could understand and integrate oneself into the General System. It's the way that keeps reducing inconsistencies between the actual flows of the System, and one's understanding of the System and its flows. This ultimately would result in a whole new opinion and view on a certain system.

From the day we started playing games, we always heard that video games only give negative effects. No matter from who it is, the opinion would not change. This point of view arises when they literally see or experience it. For instance a mother sees her child only play games all day or a student neglecting their study to play video games. This results in them wasting a lot of their time thus impacting them on their daily routine. Other than that, video games make the individuals stay inside of their house a lot more. As far as we know, the personality of a person develops through their childhood. If a person only stays at home playing video games, they would likely to become an introvert and not good at socializing. Furthermore, playing video games makes them become more violent. It is because they would pick up bad language and behavior from the game. So, from all of these reasons, are video games bad for us? I am going to explain this further by relating it to the three pillars of sustainability.

From the reasons above, it is true that video games have a negative effect on its users. But is video games a system that only harms its users? Video games are a system or technology created to entertain people. By looking at the bigger picture in this system, there are many other benefits that we can get from it. One of its benefits is it builds up one's creativity and critical thinking. Why you might ask. Video games themselves are created from a version of another reality that is full of effects. This opens up a lot of opportunities for the game creator and the player itself to imagine things more openly and positively. For instance, a game about the solar system or even an action game that adventure to an unknown world. Moreover, a game like flight simulator and decisions game would be able to increase your knowledge and learn more about why it is important to think before you act and why sometimes you have to act because there is no time to think. Even though video games are often seen to make a person socially awkward, this creativity and critical thinking would help them in the real world to socialize and receive an opinion or argument more openly no matter how ridiculous it is and from who it comes from. Similarly to one of the three pillars of sustainability, social equity, video games can help a person to be more mindful about others and respect others without looking at their backgrounds.

Economic viability is one of the three pillars in sustainability. How does a video game associate with this pillar of sustainability? There is a saying that if you only play video games, there is no good future for you and you cannot contribute to society at all. I do agree with some part of this statement but there is a lot more to video games than just playing games. In this era, video games are one of the most popular entertainment to the people no matter what age group you are. As it keeps receiving a lot of attention from people around the world, the demand for getting high quality or even enjoyable video games increased. This opens up a lot of opportunities to people out there to create their own game hence sell it to the world. If your games do connect and satisfy the users, you might become successful in this career. The users of video games also could benefit from this. Electronic sports (Esports) are getting almost the same attention as the other popular sports like football. If you are good enough at that one video game, you might have the chance to play in the esport and if you win, you will make your country proud and receive a lot of money from the prize pools. Other than that, people can also stream on any online platform to play video games. Even though this career might not sound very stable, if you are entertained enough and have a good personality when streaming, a lot of people would watch and support you. This at the same time would allow the streamer to influence its viewers to be a good person thus contributing to the society. From all of this evidence, video games do sustain one economic viability if we work hard enough. Moreover, the cost for doing this project is not as big and we could do it anywhere in the world.

Lastly, one of the pillars of sustainability is environmental protection. Yes, video games do contribute to protect the environment even though it does not directly protect it.

The gaming industry reaches one in three people worldwide and is thus one of the most influential industries in the world. Although this is impressive in itself, what is truly remarkable is this industry's potential to influence the behaviour of young people on a global scale. Recently, there are a lot of very popular video games influencers that raise their voice on why protecting the environment is important. Not only that, they also help promote trustable agencies that need funds and use the money to sustain and improve the environment. For instance, at the end of 2019, one youtuber, MrBeast that does many content including gaming on their channel, started a project to plant 10 million trees. This project received a lot of attention and good feedback from the people all around the world. From this project, many people, especially young people have become more aware about how important trees are to humans and the world. As a result people do support their project by donating money to them. Other than video games influencers, the game creators do also contribute to protect the environment. By including awareness about the environment in their games, the user of that video game could reflect and think on how important the environment is. This awareness makes them to be more careful and think more before consuming something. For example the usage of plastic is useful but it gives a lot of problems to the environment.

In conclusion, video games do also give a lot of positive effects to its consumers if we look at it more openly and in wider perspectives. Not only that, video games also has many more benefits that I did not mention in this blog for example it reduce suicide as it can release a little bit of stress by having fun playing it. However, we need to control and not be addicted to playing video games all day long as it would harm us in many ways. My advice is to be moderate when doing something in this case playing video games. I hope from writing this blog, people's perspectives on video games would change a little bit as video games are sometimes useful and good for us.

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