According to the The Independent Co., there are 500 times more pieces of microplastic in the sea than there are stars in our galaxy. By 2050, it is estimated that there will be more plastic than fish in our oceans. The only solution to stop this fatal malady is to reduce, if not totally stop, […]
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Swirling slowly in the oceans of planet Earth are HUGE Patches of PLASTIC. Larger than many countries, all because plastic is not biodegradable. Ew. Let’s stop using plastic for now, until someone somewhere comes up with a biodegradable sort, one that won’t be doing so much damage.
Going Green is nothing new to us and has become an very common lingo for promotion, So how many of us is really going green? New concepts come up everyday, this is one that I’ve came across and i find that this is actually very related top our daily working life, being sustainable is the […]
Its funny how in this environmentally conscious era, we in Singapore remain largely ignorant about saving the environment. Oh yes, there have been various government campaigns on recycling, using cfc free products, keeping our environment clean (I can still sing the cheesy jingle from the keeping the river clean ad! Yes.. the one with the […]
Injured whale shark dies on Malaysia Shore : Associated Press : 3 Jan 2009 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: A rare 23-foot-long (7-meter-long) whale shark got entangled in a fishing net off Malaysia’s northwest coast and was towed to shore but died due to injuries, local media reported Saturday. Fisherman Key Chai Yang told the New Straits Times newspaper […]
The talk about sustainability is nothing new. We hear about sustainable living and changing the way we live and our mindsets to take the environment into consideration going about our daily routine, but honestly speaking, it’s not easy. There are many times, you would be tempted into taking the simpler way out and just slip […]
In the face of all the scientific data and information that we have in relation in the global warming and going green, it’s rather amusing that we are not changing the way we lead out lives. Not big changes , those take time, but making little changes like switching off the lights when you’re done […]
Annual killing of dolphin captured on film.. “Captured dolphins were filmed writhing in pain as Taiji whalers speared them repeatedly or cracked their spines with spiked weapons. Stricken dolphins are also shown thrashing about wildly, blood pouring from their wounds until they finally succumbed.”
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It is not uncommon to hear about the many misconceptions that are circulating around the talk about Global Warming – my personal favourite being how the increased amount of carbon dioxide in the air is creating a hole in the ozone layer – but fact is, while we are slowly adapting our way of life […]