When it comes to choosing escapes from the city, Singaporeans have long favoured Pulau Ubin in their weekend to-do plans. And now is the best time to put that shortlist into action! For five weeks ending June 12, the island is going to be abuzz with “green” activities – ranging from bird-watching to beach clean-ups to painting coconut husks! It’s all a part of Pesta Ubin – or Festival Ubin – a community-led initiative that …[Read more]
On the 24th of April 2013, at the start of a regular work day, Rana Plaza, a multi-storey factory on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, collapsed – crushing several dreams, unrealised aspirations and most tragically thousands of lives. What was going on in this rather large facility? It was yet another sweatshop where workers were employed at abysmally low wages in poor conditions to manufacture garments for large apparel brands who satiate consumers need for “fast fashion”, a category …[Read more]
Finally, a trashless race we can get behind! Calling all EcoWarriors and motivated runners to join National Geographics’s Earth Day Run on April 17. This will be Singapore’s first zero-waste, zero-carbon footprint mass public race. It will take place concurrently in Hong Kong, Manila, Taichung and Shanghai. The organizers are promoting fund-raising for WWF on a reforestation project that has direct impact on the region’s haze problem. Another run, ho-hum. Is it really different? You …[Read more]
The magic of Easter is not something I grew up with. But with my kids growing up in Singapore – having Easter parties and treasure hunts and too much KinderJoy – I have figured the enchantment of it. I’ve also met families who carry Easter traditions across years, even generations, and seen posed (and unposed!) moments filling up their memories, photo albums and of course, their FB newsfeed! The crux being, Easter is a great …[Read more]
