In advance of the TEDxTinHau Countdown event in Hong Kong on 17 October, we chatted with the line-up of inspirational speakers to identify the climate solutions they believe will help shape the future of our planet. When it comes to the climate crisis, identifying solutions is not a problem. Across the globe, there are a …
The Ecological Threat Register for 2020 just dropped. And one of its key takeaways is that by 2050 1.2 billion people could become climate migrants. Many of these people will be from countries in the Global South that are already experiencing political and ecological turmoil. So what does this mean for the rest of the …
There's a new app in town and it's incentivising people in Singapore to adopt more sustainable habits. If you've got the best of intentions but are struggling to take the first steps towards creating a more sustainable lifestyle, download susGain and let it guide you through your journey. Living in line with the planet’s needs …
Say hello to award-winning wildlife filmmaker and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, Dereck Joubert. Alongside his wife, Beverly, he’s been researching and exploring Africa for over 30 years. We caught up with him to chat conservation and the future of travel. Not only is conservationist Dereck Joubert an award-winning wildlife filmmaker, he and wife Beverly are also …
Right on the heels of arguably the West Coast's most intense heat wave in modern history comes the most ferocious flare-up of catastrophic wildfires in recent memory. Meanwhile, just a few hundred miles east, a 60-degree temperature drop over just 18 hours in Wyoming and Colorado was accompanied by an extremely rare late-summer dumping of up to 2 feet …
Got plans this weekend? Catch the latest exhibition from National Geographic at the ArtScience Museum from now until 28 March 2021. Planet or Plastic? tells the story of plastic’s evolution and features over 70 profound images.In Singapore, 700 million kgs of plastic are discarded every year. By 2050, predictions suggest that plastic in oceans could …
We recently launched the #GITNBTalks online sessions to provide a platform enabling us to discuss pressing topics with thought leaders, industry insiders, and sustainability experts. In our first session, we took a running dive bomb into the topic of why your carbon footprint matters. Have you ever thought about what your personal carbon footprint looks …
Reusable containers have come a long way since the birth of cocktails in jam jars and plants in tin cans. They’ve become the singular way to stock your home while caring for the planet (and your health). Let’s go zero-waste shopping in Hong Kong… It’s official: the zero-waste movement is alive and kicking in Hong …
Pursuing an unrelenting fossil fuel agenda, Trump has scaled back or eliminated over 150 environment measures, expanded Arctic drilling, and denied climate science. In the middle of his 44th month in office, two weeks before the start of the Republican convention in late August, President Trump rolled back Barack Obama's last major environmental regulation, restricting methane …
Fire season in California has arrived earlier than usual this year, and it's not just because 2020 has been written off as "frankly... terrible". COVID-19 is one of many factors working to blow smoke across the state of California. Fires with erratic, directionless speeds, impenetrable ground-level smoke, and whirls, or 'fire-nados', are raging through cities …
