by Abriel | Feb 25, 2020 | 2020, Life on Land, What Inspires You?
A picture of huge swathes of greenery flickers on the smartphone screen. A question pops up: Do you see primary natural forest in more than half of the picture? And just like in the Tinder dating app, swipe left or right to answer. Feeling doubtful? Then head over to...
by Abriel | Feb 12, 2020 | 2020, Good Health & Well-being, ST Singaporean of the Year 2019, What Inspires You?
After overcoming her own struggles, Ms Angie Chew channelled her efforts towards helping others by setting up centres that provide emotional and mental support. For her contributions to society in helping those with mental health issues, as well as the elderly, Ms...
by Abriel | Feb 4, 2020 | 2020, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
Students at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have started making daily food deliveries to their university mates at student lodgings who have been placed on a 14-day leave of absence due to recent travel to China....
by Abriel | Jan 28, 2020 | 2020, What Inspires You?, Zero Hunger
When three friends from Delhi started the Robin Hood Army five years ago, all they wanted was to take food from a place of plenty to a place of shortage. Mr Neel Ghose, one of the founders, said his friends had surplus food that could feed about 150 people....
by Abriel | Jan 22, 2020 | 2020, Responsible Consumption & Production, What Inspires You?
Home-grown contact lens brand Two Of A Kind has launched a first-of-its-kind recycling initiative that encourages contact lens wearers to recycle their lens blister packs instead of disposing them. The blister pack is a plastic container with an aluminium foil cover...
by Abriel | Jan 20, 2020 | 2020, Responsible Consumption & Production, What Inspires You?
A large-scale recycling drive was conducted on 21 January in Singapore’s South West District in a bid to collect recyclable material during the pre-Chinese New Year spring-cleaning season. From 8.30am to noon, residents took their recyclables to the Chua Chu...
