by Abriel | Jun 9, 2017 | 2017, Life Below Water
At United Nations (UN) oceans summit in New York, delegates from China, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines said they would step up efforts to halt the flow of millions of tonnes of plastic waste into the oceans, the BBC reported. UN officials praised the...
by Abriel | Jun 8, 2017 | 2017, Life Below Water
20 divers collected more than 72kg of trash in 45 minutes at Sisters’ Islands Marine Park on World Oceans Day, such as metal nails, a discarded trolley, and an old boat battery among others. The information on trash collected from the clean-up was uploaded onto...
by Abriel | Jun 8, 2017 | 2017, Life Below Water
British entrepreneur Richard Branson handed over a petition with more than a million signatures to the UN on Thursday, urging governments to protect at least 30 percent of the world’s oceans by 2030. Speaking to reporters after the first Ocean Conference...
by Abriel | Jun 7, 2017 | 2017, Sustainable Cities & Communities
A new initiative by SG Enable paired Singtel finance director Tan Teong Guan, 46, as the Temasek Polytechnic graduate’s mentor, to help Jaslyn Tan, 23, develop workplace skills. SG Enable is a government agency set up in 2013 to support people with disabilities...
by Abriel | Jun 7, 2017 | 2017, Climate Action
Although US President Donald Trump pulled out of the Paris Agreement of climate change, the mayors of Pittsburgh, William Peduto, and Paris, Anne Hidalgo, stays united under the same desire to fight climate change and create a cleaner, healthier, more prosperous...
