Monthly Archives: February 2015
Dry Spells, Droughts and Global Warming (2014)
We are now facing abnormal weather patterns in Singapore. From Jan till mid-Mar this year, Singapore is under a “Dry Spell” and received record low rainfall. In Jan 2014, we received just 75.4 mm of rainfall. [Long-term average: 242.4mm] [ … Continue reading
Earth Hour 2014 (Singapore)
WWF is organizing an Earth Hour Lights-off event on 29 Mar 2014 (Sat) at The Float @ Marina Bay. This year, WWF has invited the Spider-man team to lead in the Lights-off. Earth Hour 2014 Super hero Ambassador: [2 mins] … Continue reading
UN IPCC 5th Assessment Report on Climate change (2013)
UN IPCC (United Nations Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change) released the 5th Assessment report on Climate change in Sep 2013. The last report (4th Assessment report) was released in 2007 (6 years ago). In their latest report, IPCC said it … Continue reading
Animal welfare and Educational program from SPCA & ACRES
Share some wonderful news. :> The straits time recently published an article “Animal welfare included in syllabus on building character”: Both primary and secondary students will learn the importance of animal welfare in the new upcoming Character and Citizenship Education … Continue reading
Environmental videos (on youtube) & Env DVDs in National Library
I’ll share some good environmental documentaries in this post :> [ You can take your time to watch the documentaries. :>] The following are some short (& good) environment youtube video clips: 1. World leaders on Climate change: [4mins] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXnbIjZQY_g … Continue reading
Share Native wisdom and some thoughts on Nature
Excerpts from “The last hours of Ancient sunlight” by Thom Hartmann. A Cree Native American storyteller and teacher told me: “ According to my tradition, from the beginning of creation, every morning, when the sun comes out, we are each … Continue reading
Heart Disease and Cancers
Heart disease and Cancers have become major diseases in the world. : / In recent years, medical science is finding more evidence that links Heart disease/ Cancer to heavy meat/dairy consumption. [especially to red meat (beef/lamb) & diary (milk/cheese) consumption.] … Continue reading
Share a Song about World hunger
In July 2011, Africa experienced the worst drought in 60 years. The drought caused severe food crisis across Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Kenya and threatens the livelihood of 9.5 million people. Tens of thousands of people died from hunger in … Continue reading
Hilarious animals (funny and educational)
Share some funny and educational animal clips. :> [Hilarious, kind, beautiful, gracious :>] You can share with family and friends. :> ………… From : Animals are beautiful people: (each clip is about 3 mins) Animals are beautiful people: Trailer … Continue reading
Earth Hour 2013
WWF (World Wildlife Fund) is organizing Earth Hour, one of the most successful global environmental movement , on 23 Mar (Sat). Last year, Earth Hour took place in more than 7000 cities and towns across 152 countries with more than … Continue reading