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	<title><![CDATA[Bringing consumerism to a new level]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Bringing-consumerism-to-a-new-level</link>
	<dc:creator>sovietmole</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[Billboard on the move? What the heck?]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:25:14 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Environment versus Economy]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Environment-versus-Economy</link>
	<dc:creator>sovietmole</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[How much of the economy should we sacrifice for the sake of our environment has been a much debated issue for decades now. Governments from all over the world, gather year after year during climate change conferences to discuss the issue of how much of their economy should be sacrificed for a sustainable environment. Yet, ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2011 11:20:42 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[What’s with plastic and credit?]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/What-s-with-plastic-and-credit-</link>
	<dc:creator>sovietmole</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[I was at an IT fair recently when I signed up for my first credit card &#8211; sometimes I think to myself, how are credit cards related to such fairs? Although I&#8217;ve been using credit and debit cards for many years, that day was the first time I&#8217;ve signed up for a credit card on ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2011 01:11:15 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[National “no junk mail” database]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/National-no-junk-mail-database</link>
	<dc:creator>sovietmole</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[If you hate junk mail just like me, say &#8220;aye!&#8221;. Well, I believe no one likes having their mailbox &#8211; whether the online or a physical one &#8211; to be spammed with junk. …]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 17:22:36 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Another day, another “environment day”]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Another-day-another-environment-day-</link>
	<dc:creator>sovietmole</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[These days, the world seems to be circling around everything that&#8217;s &#8220;Green&#8221;.  Pro-Environmentalism  is &#8220;cool&#8221;, be it with Hollywood actors or world politicians. Just take a look at Germany &#8211; the world&#8217;s largest political party advocating environmental causes, the Green Party recently scored its most remarkable win in a state election …]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2011 20:42:42 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[How essential is facade lighting?]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/How-essential-is-facade-lighting-</link>
	<dc:creator>sovietmole</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[Japan&#8217;s energy crisis gave us a number of lessons. It showed us how dependent we can be on energy, and especially so on the much hated nuclear energy. Environmentalists all over the world scream in chorus of the anti-nuke chants as Fukushima Daiichi laid in ruins. But more importantly, the destruction upon the city showed ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 09:01:41 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[You may be fined for failing to turn off your engine]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/You-may-be-fined-for-failing-to-turn-off-your-engine</link>
	<dc:creator>sovietmole</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[I came across this in the Straits Times forum just the other day, &#8220;An offence to leave engines running&#8221;: We refer to the letter by Ms Chua Mei Ling, &#8220;Running engines add to pollution&#8221; (April 3). Leaving a vehicle engine running unnecessarily is an offence under the Environmental Protection and Management (Vehicular Emissions) Regulations. The ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:39:38 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Fuel Economy Database by NEA]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Fuel-Economy-Database-by-NEA</link>
	<dc:creator>sovietmole</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[While searching for details of a van that my mom was intending to purchase, I found out about this awesome database by the National Environment Agency. If anyone of you ever had trouble making a direct comparison between cars for fuel economy, this will help a lot. It&#8217;s a database with every single model of ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2011 14:59:48 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Put NEWater where it belongs]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Put-NEWater-where-it-belongs</link>
	<dc:creator>sovietmole</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[2002 marked a significant milestone in Singapore&#8217;s bid to achieve sustainable water needs when then Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong toasted the crowd of 60,000 Singaporeans during National Day with NEWater. NEWater, essentially water obtained through a reverse-osmosis process, albeit added processes to make it even purer. Yet, as we inch towards the tenth year ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 22:52:51 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Go Beyond the Hour]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Go-Beyond-the-Hour</link>
	<dc:creator>sovietmole</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[It has come to the time of the year again, the moment environmentalists around the world hail, the Earth Hour. Every year since 2007, millions of people around the world congregate in thei …]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2011 10:21:21 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[What does it take to Cool It?]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/What-does-it-take-to-Cool-It-</link>
	<dc:creator>sovietmole</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[Tweet]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2011 20:31:52 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Gulp it down and dump the plastic]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Gulp-it-down-and-dump-the-plastic</link>
	<dc:creator>sovietmole</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[That cup alone holds over 250 straws from over 50 packs of Vitagen &#8211; a cultured milk drink &#8211; and these are merely what I collected from the packs of Vitagen I&#8217;ve been drinking in the office last year. There are still the ones from home, the streets, and other drinks. So it goes to ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 22:48:10 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Gulp it down and dump the plastic]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Gulp-it-down-and-dump-the-plastic-2</link>
	<dc:creator>sovietmole</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[That cup alone holds over 250 straws from over 50 packs of Vitagen &#8211; a cultured milk drink &#8211; and these are merely what I collected from the packs of Vitagen I&#8217;ve been drinking in the office last year. There are still the ones from home, the streets, and other drinks. So it goes to ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 22:48:10 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[test]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/xsjelapk</link>
	<dc:creator>sovietmole</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[VQK44X6XSAU5 Tweet]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 21:43:54 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Make going digital more convenient – a software company’s soc …]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Make-going-digital-more-convenient-a-software-company-s-soci</link>
	<dc:creator>sovietmole</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[The tech industry has been making a lot of claims lately, and one of them &#8211; online digital content. It&#8217;s being touted as the next big thing, probably bigger than the apple dropping on Washington&#8217;s head. Flagged off by Apple, Google and Microsoft have both joined in the game. The benefits of offering products online ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 10:54:19 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Congestion – the ultimate bane of traffic pollution?]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Congestion-the-ultimate-bane-of-traffic-pollution-</link>
	<dc:creator>sovietmole</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[A 1998-1999 report by the World Resources Institute indicated that motor vehicles contribute about 900 million metric tons of Carbon Dioxide emissions annually, accounting for 15 percent of the global fossil fuel greenhouse gas releases. Since then, the numbers have grown exponentially and the World Health Organization estimates that these emissions cause the death of ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:02:19 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Everyday Green]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Everyday-Green</link>
	<dc:creator>sovietmole</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[Many people complain about the hassles of going green, they complain about the need to save on this and that, they complain about the difficulty of to lose certain luxuries they have been enjoying, and finally, the pinch on their pocket. But really, going green can be easy too, you merely have to follow these ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2011 15:19:33 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Every effort counts]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Every-effort-counts</link>
	<dc:creator>sovietmole</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[You know how politicians work around every election &#8211; securing every vote out there, and I mean every vote, because when you ignore one, you will eventually lose all. I remember someone once said, the result of 100 &#8211; 1 = 0. Well, mathematically it may not sound convincing, but put that equation to a ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2010 00:59:58 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Recycling Plastic: Complications & Limitations]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Recycling-Plastic-Complications---Limitations</link>
	<dc:creator>sovietmole</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[[docstoc docId="33321769" mId="-10" width="630" height="550" slideMode="false" showRelatedDocs="tru e" showOtherDocs="true"  allowdownload="true"  url="http://www.docs toc.com/docs/3332176 9/Recycling-Plastic: -Complications-&#038 ;-Limitations"]Recyc ling Plastic: Complications & Limitations[/docstoc ]]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2010 10:01:27 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[An empty corridor]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/An-empty-corridor</link>
	<dc:creator>sovietmole</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[After 2 decades of standstill, Singapore finally reached an agreement with Malaysia to reclaim ownership of the land Malaysia&#8217;s KTM rail currently runs through. Of course, it wasn&#8217;t easy at all for the Singapore government. A price has to be paid, and it comes in the form of 3 parcels of prime land in District ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 07:57:14 +0800</pubDate>
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