Tag: environment
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My Paperless Pledge
Not too long ago, I instituted a paperless policy for my office – I have another hat I wear as a start-up and company consultant – where, as far as possible, I’d force my clients to go paperless as well. There is no reason to get something printed out on paper when the electronic version…
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Why We Must #SayNo2Ivory
I still see ivory ornaments in shops, and quite often in homes of relatives. I suppose one could say these trinkets were beautiful items because when they were once worn naturally by their original owners, they were a magnificent ensemble of size, might and intelligence. I want to help tell people that elephants MUST die…
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Renewable entitlement
I have to admit to enjoying watching Top Gear even though in this day and age, it really is wrong to enjoy fossil-fuel burning and carbon emitting activity but I suppose just watching is ok and if the world ends just blame the organisers. Having said that, I boldly propose that the organisers of all…
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Green neighbourhood. Not.
Here in Singapore, we send our trash overseas – Photo by Where is Clifford The Big Red Dog? I asked our apartment block’s cleaner where the recycle bins were and he said there weren’t any. Just chuck everything into the big wheelie bin, he said. What made me sicker was a friend of ours telling…
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NEA to reduce energy consumption in households
Here’s an idea for saving energy: turn off the ERP gantries When I read the headline, I thought, “oh no, they’re gonna use the ERP method of reducing consumption”, and then I read on and found out they’re using the lucky draw method instead. Much better than my parents’ day when they used coin-operated heaters…