My mother had an old Nokia 3310 phone which lasted her almost a decade. When I bought her a new Nokia recently to replace the ailing device, it couldn't even last 1 year without something going wrong internally! This system of dump electronics is not only not sustainable for the environment, its also unsustainable to our pockets!
Everyone loves a good movie, and with every good movie, we're left with ticket stubs, remnants of a movie long watched before. Some people I know have a habit of collecting these for mementos. Others, like me, are left with a mini pile of these when we move out of our hostels, ready to be thrown away.
This Earth Day, Golden Village is giving us another avenue to cut down on our ticket stub wastage, by introducing the mobile ticket, which effectively allows us to show our e-tickets via our mobile phones. The best thing is, we can skip those long ardous queues and head right for the screens!
This service is provided free to all patrons between 22nd and 25th April 2010 only (GV members get to enjoy this service free from now till 25th April!)
So why not go mobile for your next movie outing? Every little bit for the environment counts!
There are things that you can do for the environment. Then there are things that you simply can't. Watch this short video by Green TV for a quick tip on what you can do. Click on the watch button to view the clip, and also for a quick laugh.
7th December marked the opening of the COP15 Talks in Copenhagen, where world leaders are gathering to hopefully at least reach a political agreement on immediate actions to be taken to reduce emissions to slow the process of global warming, and protect the Earth's climate for future generations. Here at YoutHabitat, we all hope that our leaders will have sufficient humility to put aside their countries' individual agendas and come to a consensus on the emission cuts to be undertaken. Hopefully, the Copenhagen summit would be the watershed event in our quest to undo the damage we have wreaked on the environment, and not just another stalled round of talks, or worse still, shallow formalities which do not lead to any tangible actions.
Over in Copenhagen, a group of Singapore delegates sent by SYINC and ECO Singapore are observing the summit. The SYINC delegates have been keeping a blog running here detailing their observations in the summit proceedings. We at YouthHabitat would be reproducing selected entries, with thanks to the SYINC team for letting us use their material. Hopefully, this can give you a better picture of what is going on right at the epicentre of the talks!
The link to the official COP15 website can be found here.
P.S. Thanks once again to the SYINC team, and in particular, Sharon, for helping us out with this!
Being green nowadays is considered a social responsibility to some people. There are many ways to reduce our impact on the environment, many ways to live ‘green'. However, among all the various information available out there, some of them may not be quite true.
This article that I came across recently examines some of the myths that involves being green. Read on to find out more.
Everyone loves a good movie, and with every good movie, we're left with ticket stubs, remnants of a movie long watched before. Some people I know have a habit of collecting these for mementos. Others, like me, are left with a mini pile of these when we move out of our hostels, ready to be thrown away.
7th December marked the opening of the COP15 Talks in Copenhagen, where world leaders are gathering to hopefully at least reach a political agreement on immediate actions to be taken to reduce emissions to slow the process of global warming, and protect the Earth's climate for future generations. Here at YoutHabitat, we all hope that our leaders will have sufficient humility to put aside their countries' individual agendas and come to a consensus on the emission cuts to be undertaken. Hopefully, the Copenhagen summit would be the watershed event in our quest to undo the damage we have wreaked on the environment, and not just another stalled round of talks, or worse still, shallow formalities which do not lead to any tangible actions.
Being green nowadays is considered a social responsibility to some people. There are many ways to reduce our impact on the environment, many ways to live ‘green'. However, among all the various information available out there, some of them may not be quite true.