The next important, and perhaps the most important question is how do we feed and clothe ourselves, and earn our livelihoods in an urban setting, and still help to preserve biodiversity, the loss of which seems so far removed from our daily lives.
Why are we losing so much of our biodiversity? To make sense of the specific reasons for the loss of biodiversity, this is one programme (“The State of the Planet”, part of BBC’s “Earth” DVD series) that hit the nail on the head. It’s always a pleasure to watch Sir David Attenborough, and of course [...]
Call it the Law of Attraction. Just as I have been writing a blog series on the loss of biodiversity, this book by Terry Glavin called “The Sixth Extinction” literally jumped off the shelves of the National Library of Singapore, onto my lap. The Earth has witnessed 5 great extinctions in the last half a [...]
You’ve probably heard several times that we are at the brink of the largest massive extinction of species since the disappearance of dinosaurs and that we are experiencing the greatest threat to biodiversity. We’re losing about 3 species an hour, or about 50,000 species a year. Does extinction of species really matter? I’ve met a few [...]
I visited today the newly inaugurated Marina Barrage, to see the largest solar installation in Singapore. It comprises of 405 panels over an area of 1,200 sqm and generates about 70kW, which supplements the daytime requirements of the building below. The grass on the roof top where the panels are installed is covered helps to lower the [...]
