by Abriel | Oct 14, 2018 | 2018, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
Hoai Thuong is 19 months old, and cute as a button. She lies, lively eyes darting, in her hospital bed at Gleneagles, her oversized head wrapped in swathes of bandages. The Vietnamese infant has just had an operation in the morning for hydrocephalus, a condition where...
by Abriel | Oct 14, 2018 | 2018, Climate Action
The release of the new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report showed that even half a degree Celsius of extra warming will affect every nation, if world leaders do not take any actions. The urgency stems from the fact that decades of data showed that...
by Abriel | Oct 12, 2018 | 2018, Climate Action
Bukit Panjang Community Club (CC) has ramped up its green efforts by launching a free permanent exhibition explaining the importance of sustainability. Issues such as energy and water efficiency in buildings, biodiversity in urban landscapes, reducing food waste,...
by Abriel | Oct 10, 2018 | 2018, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
As a child, youth worker Kevin Chia found himself shielding his mother from beatings from his father. His father, who was involved with gangs and jailed repeatedly for drug offences, often returned home drunk and would beat up his wife over money. When Mr Chia tried...
by Abriel | Oct 9, 2018 | 2018, Climate Action
Fighting climate change might seem like a big problem that is for governments to solve. However, Dr Peter Newman of the Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute in Perth said that ordinary people play a crucial role especially by reducing their power...
by Abriel | Oct 9, 2018 | 2018, Climate Action
The most effective weapons in the fight against climate change – a tree. However, widespread land clearing raises local temperatures, and rising global temperatures are, in turn, triggering more wildfires. Yet, big forest countries such as Indonesia, Brazil and...
