SIX and the City

What makes a city buzz? The most dynamic cities in the world have always been immersed in the critical innovations of their time, but why do some do it better than others? What inhibits a city’s ability to innovate? How can cities around the world capitalise on and mobilise the wealth, creativity and knowledge within [...]

Singapore G1

On 19 September 2010, the Singapore Environment Council (SEC) will be organising the Singapore Green One (Singapore G1), featuring races like the Soap Box Car Race, Eco Car Race, Buggy Race, Trishaw Race and other activities like walking, cycling and skating. SEC aims to raise awareness of the green technology available, that alternative energy options [...]

Sink made out of recycled tires

The rubber from the tires is melted down and cleansed of debris, and the tiny inherent metal fibers that give a tire its road resistance are then formed into a sheet. This sheet is stretched over a base frame–made of wood, metal, or any other material out of which bathroom furniture can be fashioned–and anchored [...]

The Singapore Sand Smugglers

The causeway linking Singapore to the southern tip of the Malaysian peninsula is normally clogged with cars and trucks making the short international journey, but things got particularly bad on Feb. 1, when traffic came to a grinding halt. Thirty-seven trucks were abandoned where they stood on the Malaysian side, just yards away from a [...]

Golden Agri refutes Greenpeace’s claims of harming the environment

It says contrary to Greenpeace’s claims, there are no orang utan habitats in SMART’s concession area in P-T Bangun Nusa Mandiri. SMART also reiterates that before developing land, it conducts the necessary environmental assessments. With regard to concession areas in the Papua province, SMART says it only manages a total of about 13,000 hectares, not [...]

For the self-reliant, the wild is a free buffet

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 [...]

In China, Pollution Worsens Despite New Efforts

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, [...]