The Saving Gaia campaign by MediaCorp is back and Channel NewsAsia will be showing the new Saving Gaia documentary series from June 16. We think this is a good effort by MediaCorp to educate and engage viewers on environmental problems and solutions.
However, we feel that the provocative campaign advertisement of the boy doll dripping oil and blood, and cut […]

The Hot Topic: How To Tackle Global Warming And Still Keep The Lights On by Gabrielle Walker and Sir David King, discusses the problems and solutions of climate change in a clear and straightforward way. The authors explain the science of global warming and describe the possible changes that could take place due to climate […]

World Environment Day is celebrated on 5 June each year to increase environmental awareness and action. This year’s focus is on climate change, with the theme, Kick the Habit! Towards a Low Carbon Economy. There will be activities around the world on 5 June to highlight the problem of global warming and climate change, and […]

In his book, The World Without Us, Alan Weisman asks us to “picture a world from which we all suddenly vanished. Tomorrow.” How would nature respond? And would what we left behind last? Would the world without us actually miss us?
When we are gone, nature takes over. Our houses would collapse under the influence of […]

Gary Hirshberg is the CE-Yo of Stonyfield Farm, which is the largest organic yogurt manufacturer in the world. In his book, he describes how his company incorporates environmental principals and embraces sustainability, while making money at the same time. He also shares similar environmental efforts by other companies such as Whole Foods, Timberland, Wal-Mart, Patagonia, Seventh […]

Earth Day is on 22 April and there will be many who would get together and do something for the environment. For this coming Earth Day, we want to share what Alex Steffen and Sarah Rich of WorldChanging wrote last year titled “Make This Earth Day Your Last!“:
Earth Day has served its time, and it […]

Deep Economy goes beyond our “more is better” economy and looks at growth in the context of a local economy. Bill McKibben argues that growth is no longer making us happy and that “we need to move beyond “growth” as the paramount economic ideal and pursue prosperity in a more local direction, with cities, suburbs, […]

SG Recycle is a new blog that we set up and it is all about recycling in Singapore. It goes live today and the first post is What is Recycling?. A sneak preview:
Recycling refers to the processing of used and waste materials into new materials and products…. Recycling is one of the 3 ‘R’s - Reduce, […]

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The Clean Tech Revolution: The Next Big Growth and Investment Opportunity by Ron Pernick and Clint Wilder is an excellent book for all individuals and investors who are interested in clean […]

The newly established Jane Goodall Institute (Singapore) is seeking a general manager to run its programs and activities. Key responsibilities for the position include supporting Roots & Shoots groups in schools, developing the JGIS communications program, fund-raising, and running the office.
Candidates should have strong writing and presentation skills, the ability to work with a broad […]

Red Dot Goes Green is a documentary by The Right Angle Media and shown on Channel NewsAsia (CNA) every Wed at 8:30 pm. The documentary explores the various efforts by the government, companies, universities and people in going green. The first episode introduced a green temple and efforts in greening the building facade. The second episode […]

Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization is the latest book written by Lester R. Brown, the founder and President of the Earth Policy Institute, and a well-known environmentalist and thinker. The book is an update of his previous two Plan B books, which gives a summary of the environmental problems that we faced and outlines […]

Once Upon a Tree was an eight-part television series shown by Arts Central about two years ago. The show was hosted by Dr Shawn Lum and he takes us on a journey to explore the trees in Singapore and how we interact with them. We loved the show for its well-crafted stories, insightful tips and the […]

The Green Wave Environment Competition is an annual competition organised by Sembawang Shipyard and is open to all students in the Primary, Secondary, Junior College and ITE, and Tertiary levels. Students are required to think of innovative ideas and projects that can improve and protect the environment. More details about Green Wave.
The results of the Green Wave […]

This year is the International Year of the Reef (IYOR), and individuals and groups around the world are joining hands to raise awareness about the value and importance of coral reefs and threats to their sustainability, and to motivate people to take action to protect them. According to the IYOR website, IYOR 2008 will:

Strengthen awareness about the […]