The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is today. – Chinese Proverb By Bhavani Prakash What is this life if full of care, we have no time to plant a single tree? And what better way to express our gratitude to Mother Nature, compensate for [...]
Keeping these sites the way they are is about who we are and want to be as Singaporeans, about what we value and how we connect to our nation. – CHAH KAH TIM writing in Today Online Bukit Brown is more than a cemetery. It is symbolic of so many things at so many levels. [...]
By Bhavani Prakash Given the complex nature of various environmental issues, the solutions going forward require an increasingly cross-disciplinary approach that can weave together different perspectives. University education all over the world has to move in that direction. One such example is The National University of Singapore’s Masters in Environmental Management (MEM) degree. It is [...]
The UN has declared 2012 as The International Year of Co-operatives. A co-operative is a farm, business, or other organization that is owned and run jointly by its members, who share the profits or benefits. [Wikipedia]. According to the media release of International Co-operative Alliance: “ The International Year of Co-operatives, or IYC, celebrates a different way of [...]
by Bhavani Prakash A very belated Happy and Green New Year to all our readers. This is our first post for 2012. Like last year we start with the key environmental (and related) events in the months ahead. We also take the opportunity to thank our team of Guest Writers for their wonderful perspectives so far and [...]
By Bharathi Shiva Wanda Embar (WE) is the Founder of Veganpeace, a website dedicated to “inspire people to strive towards a more peaceful world where animal and human rights are respected and honored.” Embar, who was born in Leiden, the Netherlands studied mathematics at the University of Leiden and later at the University of Toulouse, [...]
PepsiCo’s Aquafina bottled water marketed in India bears the label making the claim of having achieved ‘positive water balance.” The label says: Giving Back MORE WATER Than We Take We call it “Positive Water Balance”. To help save a precious resource that is fast depleting in India. Through rain-water harvesting, community water-sheds, and water conservation [...]
By Bhavani Prakash Emma is only 12 years old, but age is no excuse for the visionary girl from Corralitos, California to champion a cause she ardently believes in – that of saving the orangutans. We were touched and inspired by her passion after from her recent trip to Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia where she presented [...]
Our readers may be interested in the forthcoming conference in Singapore on 15-16 December 2011, on “Sustainable Environmental Management” organised by the National University of Singapore (NUS)’s Master of Science in Environmental Management programme. The two day conference will address the issues regarding Urban Planning that are unique to Asia. The information (as obtained from [...]
Madhu Verma is the brains and spirit behind SoCh in Action, a Singapore based non-profit that organises a yearly event to showcase the best social change initiatives by children between the ages of 9 and 14. The event is just around the corner, with the ” Be the Change” Exposition to be held on Saturday, [...]
