by Abriel | Apr 29, 2018 | 2018, Good Health & Well-being
More people are seeking help for mental conditions such as depression, alcohol abuse and obsessive compulsive disorder, and the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) hopes to have more of them treated in the community. Last year, 42,663 people went for outpatient treatment...
by Abriel | Apr 28, 2018 | 2018, Quality Education
An initiative has been launched with the aim of integrating special needs children into a mainstream school setting. It is one of several in a pilot programme by the Ministry of Social and Family Development to better cater to the diversity of children who are taking...
by Abriel | Apr 28, 2018 | 2018, Responsible Consumption & Production
From shabby furniture getting a funky facelift to threadbare dresses finding a new lease of life as cushion covers, the art of upcycling is very much alive in Singapore. Upcycling is the process of converting old or discarded items into something of better quality,...
by Abriel | Apr 28, 2018 | 2018, Responsible Consumption & Production
Step into the Arab Street office of social enterprise Terra SG and you will be greeted by the sight of upholstered seats made from tyres, juice cartons-turned-coin pouches and vodka bottles filled with fairy lights. One man’s waste is another man’s...
by Abriel | Apr 26, 2018 | 2018, Life Below Water
Researchers warned of a “troubling” accumulation of microplastics in sea ice floating in the Arctic ocean, a major potential source of water pollution as global warming melts the sheets of frozen water. A team from the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar...
