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Earthlink was the proud host of the Joint University Environmental Conference (JUEC), which was held last 28th of May, Saturday. JUEC aims to provide a platform for IHL environmental clubs to share and discuss the possibility of collaboration on their projects. Our friends from the environmental scene in Singapore also joined the event. Participants of JUEC included representatives from university-based […]

Earth Hour is a worldwide environment conservative movement for our mother Earth organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). This annual event intends to encourage individuals, communities, households and businesses to switch off their lights for just one hour, from 8.30pm to 9.30pm in order to show their commitment to this planet they are living on. It was […]

As Day 2 of Greenfest 2016 drew to a close, Earthlink celebrated the work and effort put in by our subcommittees through the Subcommittee Appreciation Night. The event started at 6 pm to allow the subcommittees who have been volunteering for Greenfest a brief rest before attending the Appreciation Night. After registration, everyone chose a table and settled down. The […]

With a growing population and ever-growing demand for food, water, space and other limited resources, the number of environmental issues we are faced with has skyrocketed in recent years. It’s hard to keep up with all the problems that our planet is plagued with and all the things we need to do to minimise the consequences we have on the […]

It was a hot, sunny morning – a good reminder of the weather we have in Singapore; and an appropriate setting for the Saturday event about water. The theme of Singapore’s World Water Day 2016 is: Walk, Jog, Conserve – make every drop count. The neighbourhood community of Jurong Lake: elderly residents, families, and students alike were invited to take […]

Greening NTU 2016 was a two-day event organised by Earthlink on the 17th and 18th of February to promote green living and environmentally conscious lifestyle choices. Chief among these was Green Monday, a growing movement that advocates vegetarianism and veganism, at least once a week on Mondays. The reasons behind Green Monday are manifold. From an environmental standpoint, animal agriculture […]

Not at all put off by the prospect of getting muddy, eight Earthlinkers enthusiastically signed up for the Horseshoe Crab Research and Rescue programme conducted by Nature Society Singapore (NSS). It is an event aimed at getting the public to be more in touch with the biodiversity we have in Singapore, specifically the Horseshoe Crab. By making the public go […]

On the sunny Saturday morning of the 27th of February, 35 Earthlinkers came together to join International Coastal Cleanup Singapore (ICCS) – an event organized by Nature Society Singapore (NSS). After having a light breakfast, we travelled by bus to the Lim Chu Kang beach, where we would be cleaning up. When we had reached our destination, we unloaded all […]

Nature Trails and Night Wonders (NTNW) is one of the most fascinating outdoor activities of Earthlink. It is sort of like a nature classroom – which is quite popular in the western education system – intended to let participants experience the vibrance of the mangroves firsthand . Apart from that, this activity was also one of the outreach events organized […]

On the 26th and 27th March, by the newly renovated North Spine, Earthlink held Keep Them E-Live, an event aimed at raising awareness on electronic waste, which is a topic discussed not nearly as much as it should be. The constant improvements and updates in the electronics world have made the shelf life of smartphones, laptops and other devices very, […]