Singapore
The little green dot.
The little green dot.
I went down to the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) to have a look at the the furniture prototypes the students have made out of recycled materials. The event has been titled After2 - Material X. It is currently showing at Nafa Gallery 3, Campus 1, Level 1 located at 80 Bencoolen Street. The [...]
If you are interested in clean energy and sustainable development, do check out the Asian Youth Energy Summit 2008 organised by Energy Carta.
It will be held at the International Conference Center, 29 Heng Mui Keng Terrance (beside the National University of Singapore). It will be a 2-day event from 30 to 31 October.
Participants will get [...]
The Singapore Energy Conference (SEC) is the flagship event of the International Energy Week (3 to 7 November) which will be held at Raffles City Convention Centre. It will be a forum for policymakers from government or industry, to engage and dialogue with each other and also with experts and representatives from various research institutes, [...]
Pulau Semakau- a Singapore offshore landfill may soon become a test bed for renewable energy technologies and also a place for “Green” recreational and educational activities.
In the follow report by Channel NewsAsia, some households are currently placed on trial with a new device to monitor their power consumption. The aim is to raise the awareness and to drive across the point to reduce their power consumption. And perhaps, the most important persuasive point of all is to save on their [...]
To accelerate research and development efforts to help drive the growth of the clean energy industry in Singapore, the Clean Energy Programme Office has given out S$10m to eight research teams to fund their projects on clean energy.
The projects span a wide range of technologies in the solar energy field.
Now for some local news, Sungei Ulu Pandan is set to be the next hotspot for urban freshwater research in Singapore. It will have a new Aquatic Science Centre by the end of 2009, the first of its kind in Asia.
Besides training and research, the joint initiative by the Singapore-Delft Water Alliance (SDWA) will also [...]
I find this simple green quiz from CNA very interesting. It actually shows how much you know about going green, not in the wider aspect but in your everyday life. The questions are as below.
1) Which type of washing machine is more environmental-friendly when doing laundry?
a. Front-loader
b. Top-loader
2) What’s best when it comes to keeping [...]