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The Greenpeace are at it again and this time, they are carrying a protest against the rampant deforestation in Indonesia.
During the protest,the Greenpeace activists donned masks and “armed” themselves with mock chainsaws. They positioned themselves outside the Forestry Ministry to urge the Indonesian government to stop deforestation.
Hm… the activists do remind me of the movie [...]

The annual Kemang Festival will kick off Saturday with various attractions and stalls to charm Jakartans.
The festival’s project leader, Deasy Sugiharti, said this year’s event would feature campaigns from Jakarta’s green communities, such as Bike to Work, Caring Community and Gerombolan Peduli Sampah (Trash Care Community).
“This year’s theme is Hijau Kemangku (My Green Kemang). For [...]

The concept of hydrogen car is probably nothing new to many people from US/ European region, but in Asia, only Japan has came out with prototypes of hydrogen cars before. However, this is going to change as Thailand has recently introduced a new prototype hydrogen car.
The car was designed by a group of researchers led [...]

After three years in the wilderness, a movement to map out green spaces in Jakarta is back in style, riding the global trend towards an environmentally conscious lifestyle.
“The campaigning stage is over, people are aware of the ‘green’ lifestyle now. Let’s focus on green maps’ effectiveness, power to change, availability and design,” Marco Kusumawijaya, a [...]

Remember the article where a 16 year old Canadian teenager found out a way to disintegrate plastic bags in 3 months? Well this time round, two students from Indonesia, Vici Riyani and Adrienne Trinovia Sulistyo, have found a waste treatment solution for styrofoam.

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With the recent increase in oil prices and also with the demand of energy increasing due to a sharp increase in population and an expanding economy, Philippines is considering the feasibility of restarting a nuclear energy programme.

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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.

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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 [...]