International Day of Climate Action (the late-nite government remix)

A few days ago I mentioned the 350 Event happening in Singapore tomorrow. Well, since then it’s been through the government approval mechanism. I’ve got no idea why people accuse us of being a tight, screwed-down, soulless nation, really I don’t.
Anyway, here it is again with the edits:

It seems aerial photography is our new thing. [...]

International Day of Climate Action (Singapore)

It seems aerial photography is our new thing. We had Pink Dot a while ago, and now it’s time to let the top of your head shine to support climate change.
It happens on Saturday 24 October and it sounds like a fun day out.
Starting at 8am at the Padang, the organisers are hoping hundreds will [...]

I Know A Shortcut

Shipping is really not my area of expertise, but while I’m on the topic I’m not sure if you noticed a small article in the Straits Times this week about the opening of the Arctic route in the Northwest Passage. It wasn’t given major play. I’m not sure we were supposed to notice it.
The passage [...]

Mad World

Unfortunately there’s no photographer credit for this one, but if you need convincing that the world is becoming our dumping ground, there’s a selection of pics here that are extremely powerful.

Earth Day – Shut Up And Drive

A few days ago I was standing in the lobby of the Sheraton Utama in Brunei Darussalam, wondering how to get to the capital’s biggest shopping mall.
“I can call you a taxi,” the doorman offered, “but they’re very expensive and you’ll need to make arrangements with him to pick you up to come back. You [...]

Surviving The Global Financial Hissy Fit

One of my favourite writers/thinkers, Kim Sbarcea coined the term GFHF (Global Financial Hissy Fit) and I like it so much I want to get tshirts made, because in a way I’ve been struggling with with what it’s all about. Is it a recession or a reorder? My vote is going with reorder.
What’s the difference? [...]

Do It In The Dark For Singapore

The lovely people at Treehugger have listed Singapore as one of their 7 Hidden Eco-gems: Under-theRadar Cities Worth a Visit.
Apparently nearly 50 percent of our land is green space, and the planned downtown eco-complex by Foster + Partners is receiving its share of worldwide attention.
The ranking is subjective, but they took into account:

Good streets for [...]

Helping The Planet Starts With People, Not The Environment

It’s been all about the environment in the past couple of years… and maybe rightly so. Greenhouse emissions, climate change, sustainability. These are big issues, really, and they’re intertwined with all kinds of other big issues like malnutrition and hunger, sanitation and water, diseases and pollution.
So I don’t mean to belittle the importance of the [...]

Why Did The Chicken Cross The Sea?

How many chickens do you think Singapore consumes in a day? 10,000? 50,000? More?
I don’t know the answer. I think most people could take a stab at how many are home-grown though. Somewhere between zero and 1,000 would be my guess.
That equation works with pretty much all our foodstuff. We’re a little island with a [...]

Please Do Your Environment Action At Home In Your Own Litter Box

I think all of us at one point had the school lesson about how altering one thing in a given environment could have unforeseen and perhaps terrible results.
The classic example they use in Australia is the Cane Toad. It was introduced to Queensland in 1935 to control the native Cane Beetle, which was doing nasty [...]