http://www.greenkampong.com Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:00:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/for-the-self-reliant-the-wild-is-a-free-buffet/ http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/for-the-self-reliant-the-wild-is-a-free-buffet/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:57:52 +0000 green team http://www.greenkampong.com/?p=3801 Those pesky “weeds” that you routinely pull in your backyard might be lambsquarters, greens rich in vitamins A and C that can be eaten just like spinach and are good raw or sautéed. Or maybe they’re amaranth, which is also called pigweed. (In Jamaica it is steamed and served with butter and cheese.) The list [...]]]> http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/for-the-self-reliant-the-wild-is-a-free-buffet/feed/ 0 http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/in-china-pollution-worsens-despite-new-efforts/ http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/in-china-pollution-worsens-despite-new-efforts/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:48:51 +0000 green team http://www.greenkampong.com/?p=3798 The ministry said the number of accidents fouling the air and water doubled during the first half of 2010, with an average of 10 each month. The report also found that more than a quarter of the country’s rivers, lakes and streams were too contaminated to be used for drinking water. Acid rain, it added, [...]]]> http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/in-china-pollution-worsens-despite-new-efforts/feed/ 0 http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/bca-mulls-law-to-get-owners-to-green-existing-buildings/ http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/bca-mulls-law-to-get-owners-to-green-existing-buildings/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:56:15 +0000 green team http://www.greenkampong.com/?p=3795 The rule will cover all existing buildings, with the main focus on commercial and office buildings and hotels. This could come in two to three years to help Singapore meet its goal of “greening” 80 percent of its buildings by 2030 via Channel NewsAsia.]]> http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/bca-mulls-law-to-get-owners-to-green-existing-buildings/feed/ 0 http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/firms-to-conduct-trials-of-green-buses-waste-trucks/ http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/firms-to-conduct-trials-of-green-buses-waste-trucks/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:47:00 +0000 green team http://www.greenkampong.com/?p=3792 Diesel hybrid buses could be a common sight on the roads if a trial by SBS Transit proves that the technology is suitable for Singapores roads. The initiative is a result of a collaboration between the bus operator and local and foreign academics, as well as foreign bus manufacturers via Channel NewsAsia]]> http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/firms-to-conduct-trials-of-green-buses-waste-trucks/feed/ 0 http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/alaska-town-slowly-heals-after-1989-exxon-valdez-spill/ http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/alaska-town-slowly-heals-after-1989-exxon-valdez-spill/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 07:23:55 +0000 green team http://www.greenkampong.com/?p=3789 …21 years after one of the worst environmental disasters in US history, it remains scarred. In March 1989, the Exxon Valdez tanker hit a reef and spewed 11m gallons of crude oil into the sound’s pristine waters, and, until April’s BP accident in the Gulf of Mexico, it was America’s worst spill. Today, oil can [...]]]> http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/alaska-town-slowly-heals-after-1989-exxon-valdez-spill/feed/ 0 http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/singapore-eggs-found-with-doxycycline-residue/ http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/singapore-eggs-found-with-doxycycline-residue/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 04:59:04 +0000 green team http://www.greenkampong.com/?p=3785 The farm staff’s plea of innocence is hard to accept – you see a variety of locally produced ‘designer’ eggs with such enhancements as cordyceps and pro-biotics – it isn’t surprising they’d find anti-biotics in the eggs anyway. The price hike comes after food safety authorities suspended the sale of eggs produced by N & [...]]]> http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/singapore-eggs-found-with-doxycycline-residue/feed/ 0 http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/16km-network-of-cycle-paths-by-2014/ http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/16km-network-of-cycle-paths-by-2014/#comments Fri, 16 Jul 2010 03:13:29 +0000 green team http://www.greenkampong.com/?p=3776 By the end of next year, cyclists could ride around the Marina Bay area, say, from One Raffles Quay, along Marina Bay Sands, to Marina Centre. This route is part of an extensive network of cycling paths the Land Transport Authority (LTA) will roll out in the area, which will see 16 kilometres of dedicated [...]]]> http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/16km-network-of-cycle-paths-by-2014/feed/ 0