by Abriel | Jan 20, 2019 | 2019, Responsible Consumption & Production, What Inspires You?
An ambitious but hopeful goal was set by Environment and Water Resources Minister Masagos Zulkifli a week ago when he launched Singapore’s Year Towards Zero Waste. The year-long campaign aims to raise awareness of waste issues in Singapore and highlight the need...
by Abriel | Jan 15, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
Prior to receiving her O-level results, the Crescent Girls’ School student, Benecia Tang, 16 had secured a place in Singapore Polytechnic’s (SP) School of Business. When she was in Secondary 3, Benecia started a project on community marketplace app...
by Abriel | Dec 30, 2018 | 2018, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
For her birthday party next month, Sasha Marimuttu wants her friends to donate money to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) instead of giving her presents. Sasha, an only child who turned seven last Friday, and her mother have started a...
by Abriel | Dec 18, 2018 | 2018, ST Singaporean of the Year 2018, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
Mr Robert Chew was 18 and on his way to donate blood when he noticed a girl and her mother at the entrance of Singapore General Hospital staring at the people walking in. He walked up to the girl and asked her why she was there. Nervous and flustered, she said her...
by Abriel | Dec 16, 2018 | 2018, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
Siti Noor Mastura’s voice starts quavering as tears well up in her eyes. She stops talking, blinking furiously as she swallows the lump in her throat. The tears drop; her right hand reaches out for a piece of tissue paper on the table. Her chest of painful...
by Abriel | Dec 11, 2018 | 2018, Clean Water & Sanitation, What Inspires You?
From ankle-deep mud in Central Asia to the scorching heat of Australia, Mina Guli, 48, is running 100 full marathons (42 kilometres each) in 100 days to highlight a looming global water shortage. Her unorthodox world tour began in New York on 4 November and has so far...
