German Meditation Room

Sprechen Sie Deutsch? Well we don’t but this German features a room of solitude that we would covet in Singapore for meditation. It’s a German hotel that is small, sparse and sound proof for Zzzzs and ohmmms. green team

Jamblemag is Green Travel News at Your Finger Tips

Travel green and see the world like never before. Don’t just take our word for it. Visit Jamblemag and browse all the green tour options.  Here’s a great a great example on how to travel London on a green tour. Write back with your own green adventures. green team Attend any tourism industry shindig these [...]

Green Volunteering

Green Volunteering By The Singapore Environment Council | www.sec.org.sg Practicing the 3Rs and other conservation measures are an important aspect of leading an eco-friendly lifestyle. While doing our own part for the environment, it’s also important to contribute to society’s efforts to make our environment clean, healthy and sustainable for all. Here are some ways [...]

How do you re-use banana skins?

Here’s a very useful and innovative site that teaches people how to recycle everything from corn on the cob to swimming caps. Good to know as we tend to covet and then throw away a lot of unapparent treasures that can be re-used in some other shape or form. Share with us interesting items that [...]

Compost Toilets

On our recent trip to Nepal, I was quite tickled to learn that for the last 30 years ago the monks at the Kopan Monastery have been using human gas for cooking!! YES! and it was not until a little sceptical monk went in to the holding tank and lit a match that they decided [...]

Let there be LED light…

Almost 130 years after being patented by Thomas Edison, the conventional light bulb is heading for the recycling bin. It is being replaced by LED (light emiting diode) lighting which are energy efficient, smaller, faster switching and have longer life spans than normal light bulbs. First invented in Russia in the 1920s, LED lights are [...]

Cave House

We love this! It’s kind of like the Egyptian palaces built in the side of mountains that is ideal for throwing parties at but not so easy to get to. This is what architects uphold as making use of your natural surroundings, literally. Check out the link for more great photos of the stunning interior. [...]