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Month: July, 2008

Stuck

It’s been quiet around here.
July has been a busy month. Didn’t help that I was ill two weekends ago.
That’s the third time I’ve fallen ill during the weekend this year.
I’m also gaining weight, as one of my colleagues never fails to point out.
It’s time to get moving.

Miss Earth Singapore contestants at Lim Chu Kang mangrove cleanup

Let it not be said that the Miss Earth Singapore contestants are all talk and no action.
From what Siva observed, the girls were not afraid to get their hands dirty.

The landfill which is a nature haven

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Last Saturday, I visited Singapore’s one and only landfill.
Yes, all our trash has to go somewhere, even though it is incinerated. Since we don’t have any space for landfills on the mainland, the incinerated waste is shipped to Pulau Semakau, which you can see in the map above (the island with lots of [...]

We Are Media Project

Came across the We Are Media Project, a wiki aimed at “build[ing] a toolkit and instructional guides about how social media strategies and tools can enable nonprofit organizations to create, compile, and distribute their stories and change the world”.
It’s in the process of being built, but it already looks promising. The first module compiles some [...]

Pasir Panjang Heritage Trail – Registration open!

Mark down Saturday 19 July 2008 in your calendar – that’s when the Pasir Panjang Heritage Trail is on!
Held in support of Singapore HeritageFest, this year the Pasir Panjang Guides will be conducting two walks on that day. We’ll be focusing on the question: who’s your hero?
We’ll start at the Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research [...]