http://www.greenkampong.com Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:00:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/bca-mulls-law-to-get-owners-to-green-existing-buildings/ http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/bca-mulls-law-to-get-owners-to-green-existing-buildings/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:56:15 +0000 green team http://www.greenkampong.com/?p=3795 The rule will cover all existing buildings, with the main focus on commercial and office buildings and hotels. This could come in two to three years to help Singapore meet its goal of “greening” 80 percent of its buildings by 2030 via Channel NewsAsia.]]> http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/bca-mulls-law-to-get-owners-to-green-existing-buildings/feed/ 0 http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/singapore-eggs-found-with-doxycycline-residue/ http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/singapore-eggs-found-with-doxycycline-residue/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 04:59:04 +0000 green team http://www.greenkampong.com/?p=3785 The farm staff’s plea of innocence is hard to accept – you see a variety of locally produced ‘designer’ eggs with such enhancements as cordyceps and pro-biotics – it isn’t surprising they’d find anti-biotics in the eggs anyway. The price hike comes after food safety authorities suspended the sale of eggs produced by N & [...]]]> http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/singapore-eggs-found-with-doxycycline-residue/feed/ 0 http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/first-cna-now-st-displays-immense-cluelessness/ http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/first-cna-now-st-displays-immense-cluelessness/#comments Sat, 17 Jul 2010 17:53:55 +0000 Mr Miyagi http://www.greenkampong.com/?p=3779 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 [...]]]> http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/first-cna-now-st-displays-immense-cluelessness/feed/ 0 http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/16km-network-of-cycle-paths-by-2014/ http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/16km-network-of-cycle-paths-by-2014/#comments Fri, 16 Jul 2010 03:13:29 +0000 green team http://www.greenkampong.com/?p=3776 By the end of next year, cyclists could ride around the Marina Bay area, say, from One Raffles Quay, along Marina Bay Sands, to Marina Centre. This route is part of an extensive network of cycling paths the Land Transport Authority (LTA) will roll out in the area, which will see 16 kilometres of dedicated [...]]]> http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/16km-network-of-cycle-paths-by-2014/feed/ 0 http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/inaugural-gardeners-cup-awarded-to-community-gardening-group/ http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/inaugural-gardeners-cup-awarded-to-community-gardening-group/#comments Fri, 16 Jul 2010 01:35:00 +0000 green team http://www.greenkampong.com/?p=3765 A garden nurtured to provide the ingredients for Peranakan cooking has cinched the Gardeners Cup at this years Singapore Garden Festival. The winning team beat seven other teams with its fragrant garden that has plants commonly found in Peranakan dishes – from pandan to lime leaves. via Channel NewsAsia]]> http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/inaugural-gardeners-cup-awarded-to-community-gardening-group/feed/ 0 http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/search-for-greenest-city-in-asia/ http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/search-for-greenest-city-in-asia/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 02:00:50 +0000 green team http://www.greenkampong.com/?p=3689 Would it be possible some other city trumps Singapore? Which is the greenest city in Asia? The answer to this question will be known by the end of this year when the Asian Green City Index is out. Siemens and the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) announced that they are conducting an environmental performance study on [...]]]> http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/search-for-greenest-city-in-asia/feed/ 0 http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/channel-newsasia-makes-a-meal-of-a-vulnerable-species-of-fish/ http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/channel-newsasia-makes-a-meal-of-a-vulnerable-species-of-fish/#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:00:28 +0000 Mr Miyagi http://www.greenkampong.com/?p=3679 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 [...]]]> http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/channel-newsasia-makes-a-meal-of-a-vulnerable-species-of-fish/feed/ 6