by Abriel | Aug 18, 2019 | 2019, Responsible Consumption & Production, What Inspires You?
Sharing platform Olio is an ideal way to declutter. To list an item on the app, just take a photo and add a short description. Users get to “request” the item and pick it up from the a home or office. And unlike online marketplace Carousell, there is no...
by Abriel | Aug 17, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
Two women entrepreneurs who blazed a trail in men-dominated industries have received the top awards given annually by Her World magazine to outstanding women. Ms Susan Chong, 49, founder and chief executive of eco-friendly packaging company Greenpac, is named Her...
by Abriel | Aug 17, 2019 | 2019, Responsible Consumption & Production, What Inspires You?
Singapore’s street lights could one day be powered by electricity generated by wastewater sludge. The system that could make this possible was developed by two Nanyang Technological University undergraduates. Called BAE – which stands for Biomass from...
by Abriel | Aug 16, 2019 | 2019, Responsible Consumption & Production
Scientists say they have found an abundance of tiny plastic particles in Arctic snow, indicating that microplastics are being sucked into the atmosphere and carried over long distances. The researchers examined snow collected from sites in the Arctic, northern...
by Abriel | Aug 13, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
Mr Clarence Ching was thousands of kilometres away in Britain last year studying political studies at Durham University when a debate on inequality and social mobility erupted across Singapore. The former Normal (Academic) student, 24, he noticed that while all the...
by Abriel | Aug 10, 2019 | 2019, Responsible Consumption & Production, What Inspires You?
Up until her early 20s, Ms Christine Yeo had no qualms about wasting food. If a bite of sushi was not to her liking, she would discard the entire serving on her buffet plate. Unused groceries were also left to rot in the refrigerator. Now, the 37-year-old accountant...
