That cup alone holds over 250 straws from over 50 packs of Vitagen – a cultured milk drink – and these are merely what I collected from the packs of Vitagen I’ve been drinking in the office last year. There are still the ones from home, the streets, and other drinks. So it goes to ...

In ancient China, there was a King, who had no children of his own, and all he had were his ministers and his people. However, his ministers were embrawled in a constant power struggle of nitwits and dimwits. He was growing old, and there was still no sign of a capable successor.The King then sent ...

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’s a database with every single model of ...

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 ...

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, ...

Japan’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 ...

I’ve never been a fan of cemeteries, in fact, I would very much like to be cremated by alkaline hydrolysis and then have my remains dispersed into the sea. To be honest, I never knew …

If you hate junk mail just like me, say “aye!”. Well, I believe no one likes having their mailbox – whether the online or a physical one – to be spammed with junk. …

2002 marked a significant milestone in Singapore’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 ...