News  11 Nov 2019 [T1 2020 Wk2]

Is the impossible burger healthy?—a Doctor’s View 

https://medium.com/wake-up-call/is-the-impossible-burger-healthy-13faa40b27ca

NZ’s new Zero-Carbon Law

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/new-zealand-zero-carbon-law-emissions-jacinda-ardern-climate-change-a9189341.html?fbclid=IwAR3cSK3VMZ7ioek88qg9IADz2uCjdYugulGgfDvLXdCwjGBK8_AijDb1c5M

28 Oct

Being environmentally friendly means using biodegradable utensils
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=454018512137307

14 Oct

System to Clean up Plastic in the Ocean Finally working
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/02/tech/ocean-cleanup-catching-plastic-scn-
trnd/index.html?fbclid=IwAR2ub4cAkI2DQRbsfsqG7o5t-Blq4-
Q6mfBD4pqmX0i8IWiszTL85P8_ARQ

7 Oct

Sustainable skyscrapers
https://www.facebook.com/worldeconomicforum/videos/512334942660840/

Anonymous has a message for G Thunberg.
https://www.anonews.co/anonymous-message-to-greta-
thunberg/?fbclid=IwAR02k0WLi-PON6z5jJriAqlnzsbdK5ayK_1J1MjY83-
EgsFQZNbDhUDEpL0
Thunberg isn't the only young activist. Meet the others
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=4523975777860517

30 Sept

Climate Change: Youthful idealism must always be tempered with a strong dose of
sober maturity
https://www.todayonline.com/commentary/fight-against-climate-change-youthful-
idealism-must-be-tempered-strong-dose-sober

Nobel Prize for Thunberg? The problem is that the principle of 'flight shame' brings
her chances down. Shame is not a constructive feeling to bring about change.
https://www.todayonline.com/world/nobel-swedens-greta-thunberg-tough-decision-
prize-committee
Because every drop counts
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/25/tech/singapore-water-technology-innovative-
cities/index.html

23 Sept

Greta Thunberg and George Monbiot: Nature can Repair our Broken Climate
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=511461779628725

16 Sept

Trash island is growing
https://www.facebook.com/playgroundenglish/videos/2316937931861591/

Everest is melting, revealing human bodies and garbage
https://www.vice.com/en_in/article/bjwvd3/mount-everest-is-melting-revealing-
tons-of-garbage-and-human-bodies-environment-climate-
change?utm_source=vicefbus

Take Out ditches take away containers in facour of Tiffin
https://www.facebook.com/470911516262605/posts/2632919623395106?sfns=mo

Water Soluble Bag
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2369505033137524

9 Sept

Repurposing/ Recycling is the way to go
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=546210842815733

Indonesian students invent the pinger to help find quake victims
https://www.todayonline.com/world/indonesian-students-invent-pinger-find-quake-victims-0

The bin lorry powered by rubbish
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10157635659219626&id=15286229625 (link is broken)

Individual actions that matter in the climate fight
https://www.todayonline.com/big-read/big-read-climate-beyond-straws-tote-bags-individuals-actions-matter

KitKat Ditches Plastic for Paper you can turn to Origami
https://www.fastcompany.com/90399304/kitkat-is-ditching-plastic-packaging-for-paper-you-can-turn-into-origami?partner=rss&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss&fbclid=IwAR2-XtWySVDbqrEN82ndJt_JC9vYGC0wDJoc2eJisOF7V8W6xhU1DQHT5Bw

2 Sept

The Waste that is decadent Mooncake Packaging :((
https://www.ricemedia.co/culture-events-stop-mooncakes-before-they-destroy-earth/?fbclid=IwAR0uRey4kxRkSMiJwfsh5Cug7bUxgmd6jedmEIMm0i1godaxPTQCRL9RAjU

Aug

5 Stats on Food Waste
​https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2374292366142792

Love your seafood? Protect the oceans first
​https://www.todayonline.com/commentary/world-risk-running-out-seafood-heres-what-you-can-do

The water crisis can be solved
​https://www.businessinsider.sg/solar-powered-device-turns-salt-water-into-fresh-drinking-water-2019-7/?fbclid=IwAR1q9e8RJpMltr2DhQ6GfAiNhozr20ZLa7af9rKPu32R0PpYDbpk58FTrI8&r=US&IR=T

Own a sustainable home
​https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=382901445700680

Upcycling is the new altenative
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2344440022439290

Trading cigarette butts for icecream
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10157345615884820&id=355665009819 (page not found)

July

Tokyo Olympics 2020 eco-medals unveiled
​https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/07/24/tokyo-2020-olympic-medal-project-recycled-cellphones-electronics/1820927001/

Robert Downey's new venture, called the Footprint Coalition, will launch in April
2020. "Between robotics and nanotechnology, we could clean up the planet
significantly, if not totally, in 10 years," Downey said.
​https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/real-life-iron-man-robert-downey-jr-launches/story?id=63499797&fbclid=IwAR3pDKP2n-LKxIj7kSze98bAvlvEMWSfa8hh4JGke_kERQOUvfHsLW867NY

Climate Apartheid, where the rich will buy their way out of Crisis while the poor
suffer
​https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change-crisis-rich-poor-wealth-apartheid-environment-un-report-a8974231.html?fbclid=IwAR1qUIB5rndnftJDNhKIgO9L933cz3kDddOPbqFAzSJny3ZPgQhvLsX-rCE

Recycling food waste works in South Korea.
​https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=632681237237721

Ikea brings new meaning to the phrase "affordable housing"
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/jun/26/uk-council-ikea-affordable-housing-worthing-boklok?fbclid=IwAR0bdgdsvRBKa7byf2Gtxas5OCbUT6nh0CuxNYdMx9AQTcTibxH0E_jUITQ

June

Bali Bans Plastic
​https://makeachange.world/read/balibansingleuseplastics?fbclid=IwAR05UBWyjKAKmTwjAmriMHl24qFnGqI3Mx97p7hsTjDxXBIAEFhm9A3rsJA

Stick to a healthy diet, and save the planet at the same time
​https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=353404092040895

Starving Polar Bear Scavenges for Food in Industrial Town
​https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/06/19/starving-polar-bear-wandered-into-city-scavenging-food-hundreds-miles-home/?amp;utm_term=.a197bbdba848&fbclid=IwAR2y5R_6gTkGIgMHWN-SOYwkN4RZ-k3Ym048tZc_l5yLfZHSXKS9ICbhZEk

How We're Recycling Plastic Wrongly
​https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/17/recycling-plastic-wrong-guide?CMP=share_btn_fb&fbclid=IwAR1OxAWyCEIaKlyqfqNjTNYfjxeR7zhzuQI9a9iFNpsVPHApnqahqxo5bBs

Video on species extinction
​https://www.bbc.com/news/av/science-environment-48636238/climate-change-why-are-thousands-of-species-facing-extinction

Interpol: Public Appeal in Hunt for Eco Criminals
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/05/interpol-makes-public-appeal-in-hunt-for-most-wanted-eco-criminals?CMP=twt_a-environment_b-gdneco&fbclid=IwAR0lw1mWIJpAFpLB8RgG1UpFFa6rXYsEPbrCdb9hMQlEvjx2kcAqC5v56w8

May

The New Mandai Eco Resort comes with treehouses
​https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/mandai-eco-resort-rooms-treehouses-banyan-nature-11557908?fbclid=IwAR0MVSG_7M6_wCPMWsoLQvaTfHhchoBXigpvpwiP-PwLs9rzNrOZJQEGcwQ

the Guardian Changes its Language on Environmental Issues
​https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/17/why-the-guardian-is-changing-the-language-it-uses-about-the-environment?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR3qr5gnsFPQbyVP6vQArTiVjpfCpU-4ryvFV1i8ArkwdNJL3q06sE05fSI

Quiz on the Ways to Curb Climate Change. How much do you know?
​https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2019/04/specials/climate-change-solutions-quiz/?fbclid=IwAR2hAY0ij08L_c8wSa9M0hqXTTdI2WBLxcFWFI0yfRPI7tmvUjiFEtTMQBo

Biodegradable plastic
​https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=372235423436995

Recycling plastic into speakers
​https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=438437060264205

Amsterdam bans petrol, diesel by 2030
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/03/amsterdam-ban-petrol-diesel-cars-bikes-2030?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR0fzApAD30-wO2FMg3Fi9k3roXJpa5VEI-Rfx0tEFZcCqWxMhHV6xXDu88​

​

May

Automated recycling to the rescue
​https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=737303883330329

Sustainable food sources:
(1) Mealworms
​https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2193548377384009

(2) First, we have lab-grown burgers and now, the siew mai joins the family
​https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/lab-grown-shrimp-dumplings-clean-sustainable-and-cruelty-free

Climate change is here; what can you do about it?
​https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/apr/18/climate-change-the-facts-review-our-greatest-threat-laid-bare-david-attenborough

Recycling at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the Japanese way
​https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=994882057386452

Now that we know the cause of the disasters, would you take a Max 8 on your
next flight?
​https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2197546077162695

This brings new meaning to the term 'grass-fed ribeye'
​https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=374034229992948

Sir David Attenborough's speech on saving our planet
​https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=422285251862151

Recycling with a cause
​https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2463680820526270

Europe bans plastic cutlery, plates by 2021
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/plastic-plates-cutlery-cups-to-be-banned-in-europe-as-of-2021?fbclid=IwAR0nawKpYtcw51thdvPZlmYrmjSok7Jdg_4oFE1sH3AGQmd66Lg1DKCcgbY

March

Save the Earth through Fish farming
​https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=374642806693089

No More Plastic Bin Liners!
​https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=406267583492876

Plastic Destruction
​https://www.facebook.com/Thepopularist/videos/304263600250867/?v=304263600250867

The youngest nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize
​https://cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com/trending/16-year-old-climate-activist-greta-thunberg-nobel-peace-prize-11346980

Using food waste to reinvent fashion
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=354307788629392

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Feb

7 Ways Fashion Harms the Environment
​https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1618406288304848

Pay-as-you-please supermarket to tackle food waste
​https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/26/real-junk-food-project-turns-supermarket-waste-into-tasty-meals

Plastic fuel, anyone?
​https://www.facebook.com/playgroundenglish/videos/2018475984935242/?v=2018475984935242

European teens go on strike for Climate Change
​https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2092499454165948

Freak Weather in the US: Frozen waves in Nantucket
​http://www.beautyofplanet.com/nearly-frozen-waves-captured-on-camera-by-nantucket-photographer-3/?fbclid=IwAR2SMRpzKo5WxltdfBrs2GRpGNu0MOK-9w8WQW79par6nr_f80UFKtdj4HA

Supermarkets in NZ ditches plastic packaging for produce
https://albertonrecord.co.za/198508/food-nude-nz-ditching-plastic-packaging-fruit-vegetables-supermarkets/?fbclid=IwAR0B-FWbPxFnO2R4Dkt-Cbxvr7HfGcbj1Y4LKsdG2NBt_S9G2rGvMNgmRRM

Jan

G Thunberg’s climate warning: Davos
​https://www.theguardian.com/science/video/2019/jan/25/i-want-you-to-panic-16-year-old-greta-thunberg-issues-climate-warning-at-davos-video?fbclid=IwAR2RlzJWm_6ohVkVK4mou7eSSuUYJ7_0kWHRoUKJWSIMi5hJGHI9spzigNo

Big Brands Testing Reusable Packaging
​https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/1/24/18196388/unilever-pepsico-procter-gamble-reusable-packaging?fbclid=IwAR3Xr-W4K0bCWwNAxrvQw179zvAIh80AOCEuR_6eLJoT977lISTERUj5kRQ

The Guardian Uses Compostable Packaging Derived From Potato Starch
​https://mymodernmet.com/the-guardian-newspaper-potato-starch-wrapper/?fbclid=IwAR39Tg18Lr0SsjySnRJL00xt15Ed0SdW5LzXoCxn05b5ei82647a0JIzE9g

Retuna: Sweden's Eco-Friendly Shopping Mall
​https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2004475766255447

SG is heating up twice as fast as the rest of the world, repercussions and solutions
--the rising temperatures is attributed to global warming and the Urban Heat Island (UHI)
effect – caused by the heat generated from human activities and trapped by urban
surfaces such as buildings and roads.
​https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/cnainsider/singapore-hot-weather-urban-heat-effect-temperature-humidity-11115384

Portuguese Hi Fly is world's first plastic-free flight
https://coconuts.co/travel/portuguese-airline-hi-fly-takes-off-with-worlds-first-plastic-free-flight/?fbclid=IwAR2g3Ggl8_lY054mwFXoZJjsTk6eHasIhQl_B9gJlpY1BKHRjMQaBHsnKvE