Mother Earth. So glad she is still enduring us.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲. Nonsense – surely individuals are powerless to counter the global drivers & momentum of climate cancer. I beg to differ. This heating planet is our commons. It holds…
How many of us understand that we have a choice? Consumed by tasks, addicted to distractions, avoiding thinking, we have become the most endangered of all species. And this has happened because we fail to use the essential freedom that…
Could it be that we have seen the peak in global oil demand back in 2019? I wouldn’t know. Due to COVID-19, experts are predicting that the oil demand peak might happen earlier than previously thought. BP says it could…
Recently we celebrated Earth Hour, the International Day of Forests and Singapore’s Green Plan 2030. One of Singapore’s key targets is to plant 1 million more trees in Singapore. Globally, each week, nearly 475,000 acres of forest are senselessly cleared,…
When I read articles about climate change it leaves me overwhelmed with the size of the problem and paralyzed into inaction. But only collective actions help. So I chose to stay engaged with my small gestures. Gestures of hope. Hope,…
How many trees are there on Earth again? There are approximately 3 TRILLION TREES IN THE WORLD. A number that looks even more impressive when it’s written out: 3,000,000,000,000. That’s about 390 trees per person. But what’s more astonishing is…
I am sure you have encountered “the glass” before. Now, this glass is unique in the fact that scholars and non-scholars seem to wage a fierce debate over the contents of said glass. One side says that this proverbial glass…
This will have some long-term implications. As a rational optimist, I do believe that the vast majority of the 7.6 billion people in this world wake up each morning to build a better life for themselves. The younger they are…
I was a bit quiet over the last 4 weeks for a reason. I went for a Mountain Biking Tour to Nepal. Living in a densely populated City-Island-State like Singapore—where driving in any direction for about 30 minutes brings you…
Having realized that I have not written anything on the topic of our (us guys) favourite toy—the car—(or has the smartphone already overtaken that position?) I feel quite a drive to change that. Having said that, do you recall that it was only about 10…