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How to Start and Sustain a Movement

Walter — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:50:00 +0000

Student volunteer guides Jessie and Janet from Naked Hermit Crabs By now, you’ve probably heard how social technologies can transform social, political and environmental movements. Globally, one can find numerous examples of causes given an online shot-in-the-arm through Twitter, Facebook, Youtube videos, shared photos, and other platforms. These channels have been further accelerated by the […]

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Creating a Better Future for Our Cities

Walter — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:40:00 +0000

Courtesy of Alex Steffen Is there hope for our planet as the world population continues to explode? What measures can cities do to reduce their resource and energy use, narrow their carbon footprints, and give our planet a fighting chance for survival? In a recent TED video, Journalist and sustainable activist Alex Steffen unveiled some […]

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The Horrors of Sherman Definned

Walter — Tue, 06 May 2008 21:55:00 +0000

> Cartoon strips courtesy of Sherman’s Lagoon Kudos to my good friend Siva for this fabulously assembled series of Sherman Cartoon strip which remind us – with much humour – how disastrous the act of shark finning can do. It is rather scary and sobering that my favourite Sunday newspaper character would also end up […]

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Are You Cleaning or Dirtying Me?

Walter — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 23:18:00 +0000

One of the things which irk me each time I return home is to see this. I know that you are trying to clean the common stairwells of my flat, and I am eternally grateful for that. However, must you leave such a spotty and blotchy messy at my door? I don’t think it would […]

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World’s Worst Predator?

Walter — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:36:00 +0000

Think of sharks and what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Man-eaters? “Jaws”? Shark’s fin soup? After watching Sharkwater, my perception of these apex predators in the sea changes entirely. And how. Thanks to my buddy Jason and Howard Shaw (Executive Director of Singapore Environment Council), I had the privilege of catching Rob Stewart’s […]

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