Does this ring a bell? You inquired about the price of an orange bench, and upon hearing the answer, had trouble keeping your jaw closed. You are an expat and don’t want to spend a fortune furnishing a house you may stay in for just a couple of years. You want to replace an aging sofa, but every time you see the price tag of a new one, you think it is better to just …[Read more]
Given a choice between buying new or repairing old, which one would you go with? And if you are still thinking about your answer, maybe the heavy-weight fact that more than 21,000 tonnes of waste is generated in Singapore on a daily basis will help tilt your decision scale in the right direction. To make a much needed difference and reduce the amount of waste generated, each of us needs to choose the repair option …[Read more]
It’s been 4 months since we started our Readers’ Corner – a regular feature where eco warriors from Singapore share with us a book on sustainability that inspires them. These are books that have stayed with them much after the pages have finished, with the hope that these books will give us new perspectives and insights into top environmental issues. So, whether you are a bookworm or not, we are collating a reading list for …[Read more]
Our monthly feature called Readers’ Corner was started in October 2019. Here we ask eco warriors from Singapore to tell us their eco inspiring books that had an impact on the way they see things. The overwhelming response from our readers makes us hopeful that you will read some of these books to start off on your own sustainability journey – one book at a time. This month we feature eco warrior Agatha Lee who …[Read more]