by Abriel | Aug 9, 2019 | 2019, Life on Land
According to a report by the United Nations, climate change and poor management practices threaten the world’s farmlands and food security. Deforestation and loss of peatlands, mangroves and grasslands for large-scale agriculture are degrading life-giving soils,...
by Abriel | Aug 7, 2019 | 2019, Responsible Consumption & Production
Close to one-fifth of imported and locally farmed fresh produce here is lost along the food supply chain every year, a study conducted by the Singapore Environment Council (SEC) and Deloitte Singapore has found. The study found that the food that is wasted translates...
by Abriel | Aug 3, 2019 | 2019, Good Health & Well-being, What Inspires You?
When the severe acute respiratory syndrome broke out in 2003, Hu Xiaomei was touched when she saw on television the hard work of healthcare staff. Inspired by their acts, Xiaomei, who was a 19-year-old student in China at the time, enrolled in a nursing course in...
by Abriel | Jul 29, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
When Seng Ian Hao was nine years old and his sister Ing Le was seven, they witnessed an elderly woman fall at a hawker centre that changed the course of their young lives. She was trying to pick up her walking stick, which she had leant against her table but had slid...
by Abriel | Jul 27, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities
To meet an increase in demand for primary-level places, Pathlight School will open a new campus in Tampines in January 2023 which can take in 500 pupils with autism spectrum disorder. The new campus will be built on a site previously occupied by East View Primary...
by Abriel | Jul 27, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities
More incentives have been put in place to encourage firms to be more inclusive in their hiring practices. The Housing Board will offer discounted rentals to all social enterprises that are members of the Singapore Centre for Social Enterprise (raiSE) when they are...
