February Green Drinks invites you to participate in the anticipated talk on The Population White Paper and The Implications on the Environment, featuring a distinguished panel of speakers:
From Cleanbiz.Asia: The obsession of many ethnic Chinese for shark fin soup, primarily consumed as an ostentatious display of wealth, is the main reasons that many shark species have become a global endangered species. Pollution and habitat loss have also contributed to the problem which has led to about a third of ocean-going sharks being placed on the internationally-recognised Red List of Threatened Species.
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Meanwhile in Germany, they have TOO MUCH WIND POWER!
From Grist: High winds — although not that high, only 15 mph — led to negative-price wind energy for nine hours on July 24, bringing Germany’s total to 31 hours of below-zero-cost energy this year.
From guardian.co.uk:
“They are more used to coming up with wild and wonderful recipes for their clientele in the world’s leading restaurants. But now a gathering of top chefs has come up with a plan to save the planet, one dinner at a time, with an open letter to the next generation of cooks signed up the likes of Ferran Adria and Heston Blumenthal.
by Andrew Michler on inhabitat.com:
“SOM was just awarded the master plan commission for Golden Hills, a major new sustainable city that dovetails with their recently revealed FTP City in Danang, Vietname. The green development is set to transform a 375 hectare plot on the Cu De River into an environmentally sensitive town with robust pedestrian thoroughfares, water-cleansing green belts, and an urban fabric composed of shops, services, parks and mixed-density living. SOM’s masterplan will incorporate a balanced diversity of residential and commercial development that sensibly straddles the environmentally diverse river banks. “
Yes, it’s election fever in Singapore, and if you’re like me, you’ve probably been semi obsessively glued to the #sgelections twitter feed. So far, it’s been extremely exciting, but I got even more excited when I came across The Workers Party Manifesto‘s Sustainable Development Portion (on pg 55).
