What’s a great event in town where you can let your hair down, as well as make meaningful conversations and connections with like-minded green people from business, academia, the NGO and independent sectors? Well, look no further than Green Drinks. Green Drinks was first started in London by Edwin Datschefski and friends in 1989, as an informal [...]
Chinese New Year is one of the most important festivals in the Chinese calendar of festivities [1]. In an age where festivals in most cultures have become commercialised, here are some ways to celebrate a more eco-friendly Chinese New Year(CNY) so that one may conserve resources, while enjoying the festival in its true spirit. 1. Recycle while spring cleaning Any [...]
It’s Christmas tomorrow, and like many modern day celebrations across cultures, it has become an obligatory ritual of gift giving and receiving. The spirit of Christmas is all about giving to the needy, spreading good cheer, joy and love to our near and dear ones. Unfortunately, this is overshadowed by all the consumerism and “stuff” that we [...]
A modified version of this article is published in today’s edition of Tabla! a Singapore newspaper by SPH Holi hai!! Holi which is just around the corner, is the most energetic and vibrant of Indian festivals. People literally take to the streets in India and play with a riot of colour, smearing it all over [...]
I celebrated my daughter’s birthday party over the weekend and it was a fun-filled and enjoyable event. When I was young, birthday parties were incredibly simple…I’d get a new dress (one of the few new clothes over the year that I could count with my fingers…one for Diwali, one for my birthday, and a few [...]
Diwali or Deepavali as it’s also called, is the festival of lights and is one of the most important festivals in the Hindu calendar. It is celebrated in India and the world over with great pomp and fervour. People spring clean their homes, decorate them with beautiful rangoli (patterns made of coloured powder or rice), [...]
