Toyotas ultimate eco-car to be priced at 5 mil. yen
June 19, 2010 by green team
Filed under Green Reporter
Well, by the time it gets here, and with our prohibitive auto taxes, it’ll be way more expensive than 5 milion yen (S$76,000). Toyotas ultimate eco-car to be priced at 5 mil. yen.
Are you from the ‘Age of Stupid’ ?
June 18, 2010 by green team
Filed under Events, Green Reporter
Join us for a screening of the acclaimed documentary ‘The Age of Stupid’ by Director Franny Armstrong starring Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite as a man living alone in the devastated future world of 2055, looking at old footage from 2008 and asking: “Why didn’t we stop climate change when we had the chance?” The film was released [...]
UN cancels meetings
June 18, 2010 by green team
Filed under Green Reporter
UN cancels meetings. A UNITED Nations carbon finance panel has cancelled its meetings scheduled for September and December in a protest over a lack of funds from governments, it said on Wednesday. The Joint Implementation Supervisory Committee (JISC) will now hold a special meeting in October which will focus on finalising a report, which will [...]
The 7 foods experts won’t eat
June 17, 2010 by green team
Filed under Food, Green Reporter
What foods do they avoid? 1. Canned Tomatoes Lining of cans have BPA. Read about the other 6: The 7 foods experts won’t eat – Healthy Living on Shine.
Malaysia officials to trap rhino for breeding – Yahoo! Singapore News
June 17, 2010 by green team
Filed under Green Reporter
Malaysia officials to trap rhino for breeding – Yahoo! Singapore News. Malaysian wildlife officials on Wednesday said they plan to trap a rare female Borneo rhino caught on camera to mate with a lone male rescued two years ago.
Islands Grow Even as Seas Rise Around Them : Discovery News
June 17, 2010 by green team
Filed under Green Reporter
Islands Grow Even as Seas Rise Around Them : Discovery News. Turns out low-lying reef islands are more resilient than anyone ever thought. Kench and Arthur Webb of the South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission discovered a coping mechanism that actually increases the island’s land mass. Kench told New Scientist magazine: “It has been thought that as [...]
Greening Your Kampong
June 11, 2010 by green team
Filed under Green Reporter, Green Tips
Nadya Hutagalung is perhaps the best-known face of the green movement in Singapore. An eco-activist and designer of eco-centric jewellery, this former MTV VJ is not only building an innovative environmentally friendly home, she’s also creating a community of passionate environmentalists called Green Kampong. Tay Lai Hock, a self-proclaimed “Kampong Boy”, loves to get his [...]
