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Don’t chute! Recycle electronic waste responsibly

Reuse them, resell them, upcycle them.,.. but don’t chute them! Electronic waste is toxic. If you want to discard old mobile phones / laptops / wires / etc, the National Environment Agency [NEA] has a ready reckoner of drop-off bins in Singapore. The city is comprehensively covered – Starhub alone has 214 RENEW bins at 166 locations around the city. From Mountbatten (especially this weekend – see Panasonic’s Heartland Programme details) to Tampines, River valley …[Read more]

Tips and Guides, Upcycle,

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EcoTravel Old gets glamorous in Siem Reap

EcoTravel | Old gets glamorous in Siem Reap | From soda can tabs to old rubber tyres, plastic bags to old newspapers, upcycled products can be readily found in the street markets and boutiques. Some tips for shoppers and upcycling enthusiasts in the city.

As you start traveling through the tourist hotspots of South East Asia, at some point you’re bound to get that niggling suspicion, then a certainly, that the “handicrafts” you are buying are getting crafted by the hands in China. How is it that street stalls from Phuket to Bali sell the same ware as Chinatown in Singapore, you wonder? And when you see the same batik-print Sarong far out in Janpath, New Delhi, then you …[Read more]

Eco Brands, Tips and Guides,

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EcoTravel White Magic at Nikoi

The first thing that struck me when our boat touched the sand bank of Nikoi Island was disbelief. Here I was, merely half an hour on a boat ride from Bintan, but the grey seas from the beginning of my journey had nothing in common with the palette of waters I now gently rocked over. I was surrounded by sparkling greens in the midst of deep blues, the colors calmly revealing live corals hidden beneath. …[Read more]

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Events The way back home – children’s theatre

www.secondsguru.com | The Way Back Home

The Way Back Home is a stage adaptation of Oliver Jeffers’ picture book by I Theatre. It centers around the friendship between a boy and a Martian, weaving a delightful inter-galactic adventure tale that children can lose themselves in. The director promises audience interaction and stage designs to match the book. An added bonus: fans of the music of Gruffalo and Room on the Broom can look forward to new music by the same composers! …[Read more]