Clear your waste

Environmental Issues:
Waste Generation
Recycling
Environmental Health

On a nice Wed afternoon, I was roaming around Singapore Botanic Garden to practise my photography. I have got suce nice photos taken during the trip but some sighting that I came across makes me think a little.

I saw this along the pathway in Botanic Garden !

A closer view for you.


If you thinking...How long had this been there?.. Look again


Come on, the Botanic is a place of such beauty this kind of waste should not be left around. I guess its time for NPark to do some serious work!

Read to living earth more friendly

This is the lastest book I am reading. Go grab a copy(got my from kinokuniya) or simply ring me up to borrow this book. If you are willing to change a little, read this book and start action! I am not totally done with it yet and if I come across any good ones... I will be sharing on this blog! Happy reading!

(The Rough Guide to Ethical Living Duncan Clark - Author )

Eco-Shopping

Environmental Issues:
Waste Generation
Global Warming
Recycling
Consumerism
Threaten Biodiversity


Shopping is a great past time indeed. The culture of "shop till you drop" is going to reappear among many Singaporean as the Great Singapore Sales comes round once again. With GST increasing to 7% from the previous 5% starting from 1st July, I think people will be going all out to finish the much needed shopping list this month. Here are some tips about shopping in a more sustainable way.

Bring your own bag to reduce using plastic bags
Buy only products and brands that are fairly traded and companies that bothers to care for the environment
Buy local product as far as possible, because imported goods from faraway land means increase emission during transportation.
Buy products which can be recycled at their end-life.
Buy recycled products.
Look out for the energy saving stars on electrical goods.
Choose products that are not “thickly” packaged, the wastage on packages can be reduced.
Buy things only because you need not because they are on sales.
Buy second-hand goods to avoid wastage and to encourage reusing.
Don’t buy products made from threaten animals.

I guess shopping is a way of lifestyle for some of you. Just consider a little more and buy lesser. The world can become a better place for our future generation to live in.

To drive or not to drive?

Environmental Issues:
Global Warming

I have not yet secured my driving pass. Since I never wanted to buy a car, taking driving lessons had always been seen as a waste of time to me. Just a while ago, a friend asked me if she should learn driving. I encouraged her to go ahead. As for myself, I guess sooner or later I need to be able to drive too. Unless there are cheaper and more energy efficient vehicle for me to buy, I dun think I will drive in Singapore. The public transport system in this country is comprehensive enough for us. If you currently own a car, hey it is just fine. Choose to take the train at time, especially during weekends when you need to go town. Parking is expensive the ERPs can cost you much. If everyone drive lesser. WOW ! Car pool/sharing is good too. Before you jump into the decision on buying a car consider the waste of resources and the energy wasted to make these vehicles.

*Please drive if you really need, yet at other times give your car a rest, take the train. That little time you are not driving, the CO2 emission is also reduced remember?