Living and breathing the ethos of Secondsguru for the last one and half years has made me come a long way in my personal life – from being a consumer to a conscious consumer, from being environmentally aware to being environmentally conscientious. More recently (and most unintentionally) I had started sharing “tips on how to live green” to tackle the problem of global warming and climate change with my friends over lunches, casual coffees and dinners in addition …[Read more]
Diary of a “green living” practitioner What I say, what you think
Eat Right 5 sweet snacks with no processed sugar!
Sugar is about just as popular as Donald Trump nowadays. If I were to play word association with you, I bet the first thing that came to your mind after I shouted “sugar” would be “guilt”! Am I wrong? Today’s health conscious consumer is avoiding sodas, canned food and all manners of pre-packaged food, because they overuse high fructose corn syrup and bleached white sugar. Which brings us to the other problem – it is …[Read more]
Getting to work in Singapore Can we be greener ?
Waking up in the morning after you have burnt the midnight oil – attending work calls, finishing up a presentation or looking after a near and dear one who is unwell- is hard. It’s harder when you have to rise and shine particularly early to get to work using public transport- it does take a bit of planning and extra time. What do most of us do when faced with the question of how to get somewhere when running …[Read more]
Moving towards Zero Waste: A possibility or an impossible dream?
Lauren Singers and Bea Johnson. Both heroes … my heroes. Lauren is a NY-based environmentalist. She generated a 16 oz maison jar worth of waste over the period 2013- 2015. Lauren does not have a rubbish bin in her house because she does not need it! The girl makes her own toothpaste, deodorant, uses recyclable bags to purchase groceries and vegetables, composts at the neighbourhood community composting facility, uses reusable bottles to buy her beer, …[Read more]