Kinone Zero Waste Store

06/09/2021

08/06/2021

Sharing a dear Greater Action's humble request for old kitchen appliances.

Your old but functional kitchen appliances could help refugee families make a decent living!

Through the Greater Action Culinary project, our skilled Refugee cooks and bakers make delicious Afghan food and sumptuous baked goodies and require these appliances daily. The revenue of the sales is given back to our Afghan refugee families and contributes directly to their livelihood and welfare.

Kindly call Nisha at +60 17-603 3522, to coordinate deliveries and pick up to support them.

Or Julie @016-9272705 for more info on how to embark on our sustainable journey.

28/05/2021

We are transforming...

This is an open letter to all my customers and other stakeholders. Candidly, by the time you read this letter, my physical shop at Plaza Damas has been shut, permanently. Instead of focusing on the reasons why I made the bold and sudden decision, I would like to focus on what she has achieved and where she will be.

Taking stock of where Kinone has achieved since the inception of the store in Dec 2020, here are some of the little learning points and small achievements towards making positive impact:
• We have donated close to 200kg worth of fresh produce to The Lost Food Project, Happy Bank and other individual volunteers whom connected us with some charity organisations.
• We are doing our best to inspire more urban farming activities, from microgreens to community farming.
• We continuously support underprivileged communities such as single mothers, orang asli, refugees through our supply chain and other processes. One of the most successful programme was the Adopting Banana Tree planted by Orang Asli where customers can adopt a banana tree through the facilitation of Pertubuhan Komuniti Kasih Selangor.
• We are doing our part in sharing information about the food sources, its value and if any empowering consumers to embark in ethical buying.
• We have created a place for customers to repurpose the glass jars, carton boxes, egg trays, etc. These glass jars in return were washed, disinfected and gifted to other customers for their own use.
• We contributed close to 50kg of unsalvageable fresh produce to composting bins in Kebun Komuniti Hartamas (KKH) specifically and on top of that, we connected customers to the community farm.
• Free education programme for younglings in generating their interest in gardening or farming through Grow Your Own Microgreens.
• We inspired more young entrepreneurs to create product serving as an alternative to the existing commercial products driven by consumerism. For example, ever since we started to collect carton boxes from customers, we noticed there’s high consumption of nut milk leading to high volume of carton boxes to be discarded. We worked with Simply Real founder, Wilson Ang, this talented and creative young entrepreneur developed the nut milk such as almond milk in reusable glass bottle. Some of these learning should be adopted across to counter consumerism that entices us into impulsive buying that comes with the horrendous aftermath of packaging pollution.
• We do our best to influence our neighbour shop to adopt zero waste way of running business.

MAKING POSITIVE IMPACT
As a sole owner of this store, I urge everyone to continuously make positive impact on the people around you. Charity starts from home, by definition of home means family and friends, neighbourhood and community as your home, school as your home, residing country as your home, etc. I am committed to undertake more interesting projects to drive and materialise my two original visions on environmental and socio economic.

GRATITUDE
I couldn’t thank all my customers, suppliers, competitors, communities, peers, enough in making this a soulful and interesting journey. We are bringing the store to virtual and expanding our horizon to cover especially my hometown market in Penang and in Klang Valley of course.

Yours truthfully,
Kah Leong

27/05/2021

Day 13 - harvested some for cookings while the rest to be gifted away. 😜😉

25/05/2021

Check out this beautiful basket crafted by Azmi from Orang Asli village at Sungai Ruai, casting beautiful beautiful shadow.

22/05/2021

"Today is a really good morning....bcs now aday we cant afford to buy the vegetables are expensive and we have no work also, we thanks alot we all are sharing together vegetables and breads all togethers🤗🙏may God bless u more and God will takecare u by everythings"

These are words received from the clients through The Lost Food Project The experience is surely reciprocal, we are both receivers and givers of joy and soul fulfilling journey.

Special thanks to volunteer Paulyn, whom has been there in collecting 45kg worth of vegetables from us and Seok Kwan for the arrangement.

As usual, I share these types of posting not with the intention to fish for likes or brand attention, but to inspire more corporates or individuals to make positive impact on other beings, be it environment or other life being including humans.

Yours truthfully,
Kah Leong

21/05/2021

chilli plant is a perfect candidate for air cond yard. Couldn't be happier to see this bird eye chilli plant has been visited by a bee today. 😊😜

Would love to see ladybugs.

21/05/2021

updates - a typical organic spring onions or Scallions would cost at least RM24 per kg or more. Why pay more where you can easily grow your own from shallots or onions. These onions would normally end up in garbage bin after it sprouts. Here's the updated photos of the experiment and we are certainly interested to hear from chefs on their taste profile. 😊😜

Go

19/05/2021

Healthy gut!

18/05/2021

A week ago, thanks to Shafi Suhaimi 's generous sharing over social media, we raised a total of RM210 for the crafts by Leha and Sariman. Nevertheless, we haven't managed to sell any crafts by two talented Orang Asli artists namely Pat Pong and Sarifah.

The photos are the sample decoration sets that you can think off on turning Ambong (the oblongated weaved basket) into pendant light. Hope this inspires you to consider adopting one of these baskets.

All proceeds go to Semai Orang Asli through Pertubuhan Komuniti Kasih Selangor .

Peace out! ✌️

18/05/2021

Would you be interested to give these Ambong turned pendant light by Semai Orang Asli a your place at your home.

Let us know and all proceeds go to Orang Asli through

Special thanks to Wilson
From Simply Real Concept
For the light installation.

16/05/2021

25 years ago before fruit enzyme became a trend, my late mother has already started culturing her own. She'd collect fruits offering from the temple before they turned up in garbage bins. She's not highly educated but she knew her way around to pick up a skill set that's becoming a trend today. All her friends would requested from her a bucket or two. I have almost forgotten about this until a impromptu reminder from a friend. Why should we buy floor detergent where we can just use this to mop the floor. That's what my mother used to mop the floor and it smells good and natural.

15/05/2021

Mother nature is the greatest artist. You need not buy anymore mushrooms off the shelves if you learn how to grow one. I am lucky to get in touch with a group of mushroom enthusiasts from Damansara Height, whom shared their amazing experience in growing their own mushrooms. I had these logs for few months but due to busy schedule at store, it never really grew. Now they are at home, sprouting and growing into adult sizes within 3 days, with minimum care.

Happy grow your own food!

15/05/2021

, a trayful of rose shallots into spring onions. Let's see how they fair in a couple of days time. 😝

15/05/2021

We are sorry
that we'll be closed due to unforseen circumstances until 16 May 2021.

Hope everyone has a great days ahead and stay safe!

11/05/2021

Part of the creation or destruction process in art, to me is to seek serenity within chaos.

Chin up everyone!

07/05/2021

Bulan Ramadan bulan yang mulia. Do support Greater Action on their noble cause.

04/05/2021

We are humbled and awestruck to be able to feature the coffee beans from "Starbucks of Sarawak, Kuching" here at Kinone.

https://cyrilcanvas.wordpress.com/2015/01/09/the-starbucks-of-sarawak-black-bean-coffee-kuching/

24/04/2021

To raise awareness on the danger of colon cancer, we are offering 10% discount on all our yogurt products, by both Kinone and .

Colon cancer is second most common cancer in malaysia, on average for every 5 people in malaysia, 1 would be diagnosed with colon cancer and yogurt consumption is capable to maintain the good health on colon and potentially prevent colon cancer.

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2020/03/10/colon-cancer-is-second-most-common-in-msia

“Yogurt may also reduce adenoma risk by exerting anti-inflammatory effects on colon mucosa and ameliorating gut barrier dysfunction.”

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/325516 -may-have-anti-inflammatory-effects

Note: returned bottle policy of RM2 for next purchase or RM1 without purchase.

24/04/2021

Leading a comb of shy bananas. 😜

To hasten the ripening process for bananas, simply place a ripening banana in an enclosed container (they simply need their privacy), the rest will ripen soon. 😜

Happy Eating Banana!

Ps: do not place other fruits and vegetables together, they will shorten their life span too, just like the mango in the photo.

17/04/2021

Through Kinone, we experience first hand that food delivery is a noble act, especially when one is in need. On weekly basis, without fail we will deliver to our much appreciated clients. Today we sent these vegetables to a customer in need in Mont Kiara. In addition, we have also helped client to purchase few loaves of breads, pastries and croissants. A small humble act with huge heart encapsulated.

Note: we drove to deliver and the push cart was only used by the guard to send the goods to the respective floor. Contactless.

16/04/2021

Check out these weaving basket made from bamboo strips by Semai Orang Asli.

16/04/2021

Kale has more iron than beef.

All up for grab, Tuscan, Curly kale and bamboo basket weaved by Orang Asli.

14/04/2021

Everybody needs a good cup of joe everyday!

Coffee, mocha powder and dark chocolate by

14/04/2021

Are you sick of the aftermath of buying the carton packed nut milk off the shelves?

Try out our vegan milk series with 16% almond content for the almond milk. Simply return the bottle for a rebate.

Groundnut milk on preorder basis, freshly prepared.

13/04/2021

New business hour during Ramadhan month:

9am to 6pm
Tuesday to Sunday

Salam Ramadhan

13/04/2021

Salam Ramadhan!

To encourage more people to take up healthier diet, we are offering 20% discount on all microgreens throughout the Ramadhan month.

10/04/2021

Organic Red Corn by an organic urban farmer in Serdang, is up for grab!

Red Corn contains Anthocyanins, which have anti-inflammatory properties, have been linked to reversing nervous system damage and can also reverse affects of diabetes. Red corn contains 350% more antioxidants than common white or yellow corn.

08/04/2021

The authentic Serunding from Kampung Laut Kelantan, a perfect food for breaking fast during Ramadan.

Try sekali nok sokmo, gerenti sedap!

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07/04/2021

Would you pick a favourite?

Bulan Ramadan, bulan yang mulia.

03/04/2021

20% Discount on all organic hand-pulled noodles from 3 April to 17 April 2021!

There are made of wheat flour:
- Adzuki Bean
- Black Rice & Rye
- Buckwheat
- Carrot
- Corn
- Fermented Millet
- Five Grain
- Millet
- Millet & Lily Bud
- Mung Bean
- Purple Sweet Potato
- Soy Bean
- Spinach
- Wheat Germ
- Whole Wheat

Gluten Free:
- Corn Long Noodle
- Penne
- Buckwheat Long Noodle

02/04/2021

Grow Your Own Microgreens Round 2.

7 talented kids having lovely time to plant their own microgreens and sat through half an hour sharings of single use plastic. I'm surprised to see how knowledgeable they are when it comes to green awareness! It's full of positive energy and fun.

The last message is very clear, never give up trying until you get it. For this, I'm pleasantly surprised that they repeated this to me. I am indeed very proud of them as the next generation of hope and the drivers for change!

You all rock!

Kah Leong

02/04/2021

Don't forget to bring along your gut's best buddy with you, rain or shine, weekdays or weekends.

Here are the original and flavoured Yogurt by YourgutBB. Flavoured with the choices of Strawberry🍓, Mango🥭, Pineapple🍍 and Banana Citrus🍌.

What's so special about them? They are freshly cultured and with high active probiotics (unlike the supermarket commercial types).

01/04/2021

Grow Your Own Microgreens - round 1

I am very grateful for the joyful participation of one triplets and a pair of brother and sister this morning on how to grow your own microgreens. I am equally delighted that both urban farmers on microgreens decided to take over the session and offered their hands-on experience sharing and insights during the planting process. Thank you very much.

I have taken the opportunity to encourage the younglings to adopt a simple zero waste habit starting with single use plastic:
1. Say no to single use plastic.
2. Bring your own containers.
3. Plan your shopping list.
4. Educate your friends.

I have faith that these bright kids would certainly pick up a thing or two, fingers crossed! 🤞

31/03/2021

Here in Plaza Damas lies a small humble 500 sq ft concept shop with big dreams to reach.

We know we can't save the world looking at the scale of the environmental catastrophe, nevertheless it still hasn't put off the fire within us to make positive impact.

Be kind, be positive and be truthful.

31/03/2021

UPDATES: so far we will fully fill up the session on 1 April 2021 and 3 April 2021. There are only 2 more seats available on Friday (2 April 2021)

Free sessions for kids to grow their own microgreens.

Due to overwhelming response, we have added two more sessions on Thursday (1 April) and Friday (2 April), 830am to 10am. 😊 Parents can join the session with the kids!

As a thank you gesture for the enthusiastic to all parents who support our program, we would like to offer 5% discount on ALL items at our store for the day of the event!

You can still register for participation here:

https://forms.gle/8EJaCcAwNkPHUTcm8

Microgreens are vegetable greens (not to be confused with sprouts or shoots) harvested just after the cotyledon leaves have developed (and possibly, with one set of true leaves). They are used as a nutrition supplement, a visual enhancement, and a flavor and texture enhancement. Microgreens can add....

29/03/2021

First session will be held on 3 April 2021 (Saturday) from 830am to 10am, venue at Kinone Zero Waste Store (Plaza Damas) and limited seats.

Drop us a message to register.

Be Your Own Urban Farmer!

Are your children interested to join free sessions of Grow Your Own Microgreens Workshop at Kinone Zero Waste Store?

Each session is limited to a maximum of 3 kids and the session will be held on Saturday and Sunday morning (830am to 10am).

Objective: to encourage more younger generation to venture into gardening and farming businesses.

Let me know your thoughts!

24/03/2021

Can you identify these 9 herbs? No
8 and 9 are probably the toughest!

24/03/2021

Be Your Own Urban Farmer!

Are your children interested to join free sessions of Grow Your Own Microgreens Workshop at Kinone Zero Waste Store?

Each session is limited to a maximum of 3 kids and the session will be held on Saturday and Sunday morning (830am to 10am).

Objective: to encourage more younger generation to venture into gardening and farming businesses.

Let me know your thoughts!