by Abriel | Jun 8, 2019 | 2019, Life on Land
A California-based, Singapore-registered food tech start-up team, Sophie’s Kitchen, has won the annual Liveability Challenge, a global call for companies to come up with innovative solutions for clean energy and sustainability in tropical cities. The competition saw...
by Abriel | Jun 7, 2019 | 2019, Responsible Consumption & Production
Gardens by the Bay, which has received more than 50 million visitors since it opened in 2012, has adopted technology that converts trash into energy as well as a carbon-based product that may enhance plant growth. Energy provider SP Group has created a 6m-long...
by Abriel | Jun 7, 2019 | 2019, Responsible Consumption & Production
One of the world’s largest single floating solar photovoltaic (PV) systems will find a home in the waters of Singapore’s Tengeh Reservoir by 2021. National water agency PUB is seeking proposals from companies to design, build, own and run the nation’s...
by Abriel | Jun 7, 2019 | 2019, Responsible Consumption & Production
Republic Polytechnic (RP) boffins have made significant progress in solving how to deal with mountains of trash once Singapore’s only landfill runs out of space. The Semakau Island landfill is expected to hit its limit by 2035, which has prompted an urgent search for...
by Abriel | Jun 4, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities
Foreword Coffee is a cafe with a social mission: to empower people with disabilities and special needs by providing them with skills training and employment in the food and beverage sector. They are also placed in a front-line role serving customers. The company...
by Abriel | May 24, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities
Singapore should leverage technology to better integrate those with special needs, including students, into society, said President Halimah Yacob. During a visit yesterday to Metta School, which caters to students from the ages of seven to 21 who have autism and mild...
