Polar Bear Overseer: Few Tools to Stop Melting Ice

Polar bear policy in America can be summed up succinctly: The iconic bears are threatened with extinction, and so far nothing much is being done. Two years after they were listed under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has taken no major action in response to their principal threat, the loss [...]

Organic food cafe owner most Gaia-friendly person

The winner is 42-year-old Christina Hardie. She said: “I read all the Hemisphere magazines that were in there (the room), did all the crossword puzzles and word searches. You feel a little bit like a hamster in a cage. Some chaps came up and asked me to turn the fan on, and I said, ‘I’m [...]

Fresher and smellier

Would you like some poo with your garlic? If not, ask where it comes from. And if you don’t like it, grow your own. Bell also calls into question some growing practices in China. “I know for a fact that some garlic growers over there use raw human sewage to fertilise their crops, and I [...]

How much mangroves are left in Singapore now?

Once encircling the island (pre-colonisation), it is increasingly difficult to protect even the littlest bits of mangrove in Singapore. Credit must be due to governmental agencies for trying to gazette areas though. Read more at wild shores of singapore

Keeping cool making Hong Kong hotter

Scientists predict that Hong Kong will have almost no winter by the end of the century as the electricity guzzlers help heat up the city.”Local temperatures are rising at a speed of 0.6 degrees Celsius each decade, more than three times the global average,” said Lee Boon-ying, director of the Hong Kong Observatory.”The excessive use [...]

Experts demand European action on plastics chemical

In an open letter to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), a group of 60 scientists and health campaigners from 15 countries said they feared exposure to the chemical Bisphenol-A (BPA) could damage health, particularly among vulnerable groups such as babies and pregnant women. BPA is a mass produced chemical used in the manufacture of [...]

Avid gardeners to showcase works in first Gardener’s Cup in July

No mean feat considering how few people have gardens of their own. Gardening appears to be catching on among Singaporeans. The National Parks Board says about 50 new gardening groups are formed every year. To ride on this growing interest, the Singapore Garden Festival is giving gardening groups a platform to showcase their works for [...]