Helping urban folk connect with Mother Nature


Love for the environment: Lim manages Kebun-Kebun Bangsar, a 3.2ha community garden in Kuala Lumpur.

KUALA LUMPUR: Lim Khim Joe remembers sitting on her father’s motorcycle on the way to school as a teenager in Penang, with the trees providing a cool shade.

Over time, however, she noticed that her rides to school became hotter as buildings from various development projects started cropping up in place of the foliage.

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