What do we want from our new Environment Minister?
June 5, 2011 by Mr Miyagi
Filed under Featured, Green Living
Today marks the 11th UN-sponsored World Environment Day, and we don’t think there’s a better way to make Singapore’s newest Environment Minister, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, sit up and take note about the environment than a couple of flash floods famously touted by his predecessor as “once-in-50-year” events. Today’s a good day to think about how [...]
Eating sharks’ fins for Chinese New Year is bad luck
OK, we made that up. But so are dozens of customs that purport to usher prosperity and longevity into our lives. The fact of the matter is this – sharks’ fins do not add any flavour to your soup – it’s the other ingredients that make the soup taste what it tastes like. Stay away [...]
Communities in Bloom
January 16, 2011 by Mr Miyagi
Filed under Green Living
More than 80% of residents in Singapore live in apartments, and we’re usually limited to pottering about potted and indoor plants when we exercise our green fingers. So it’s great news that in just six years, 400-odd gardens have taken root around the island as part of National Parks’ “Community in Bloom” movement, which allows [...]
First CNA, now ST displays immense cluelessness
July 18, 2010 by Mr Miyagi
Filed under Green Reporter
Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb… If you sing that to the tune of the score from “Jaws”, you’ll be able to warn others about our fine country’s “trusted” news sources. Last month we featured how CNA celebrated the capture and cooking of a Queensland Grouper despite it being on the IUCN red [...]
Channel Newsasia makes a meal of a vulnerable species of fish
June 29, 2010 by Mr Miyagi
Filed under Food, Green Reporter
Our very own Channel Newsasia ignores the fact that the Giant Garoupa or Queensland Grouper was put on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 2006, and instead celebrates the story of a restaurateur who bought one this week and is selling it to customers at $20 per 200g. via Channel NewsAsia: The owner of [...]
Vegetarian Food Can Taste This Good
Originally posted on miyagi.sg Once in a while I hanker for a steak, done medium-rare, and I used to think I wouldn’t survive a day without meat. I also have a sensitive stomach, about which Naomi loves to talk with some glee to her friends and relatives. We read somewhere awhile ago about ‘eating for [...]
