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Green Drinks: Environmental & heritage impacts in redeveloping Bukit Brown
For this special session of Green Drinks, we have Nature Society (Singapore) Conservation Committee Vice Chairman Dr Ho Hua Chew speaking on the ecological impacts of redeveloping Bukit Brown, while...
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Nature Society (Singapore)’s position paper on Bukit Brown Cemetery now...
Our friends at Nature Society (Singapore) have released this report on conserving Bukit Brown Cemetery for its environmental, heritage and educational value. Do have a look and lend your support for...
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The Straits Times: Singapore the right climate for green groups
The Straits Times has reported that more green groups are creating a base in Singapore, such as BirdLife International and Fauna & Flora International, which will soon be moving here. Singapore the...
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Channel NewsAsia: LTA announces finalised alignment for Bukit Brown road project
The Land Transport Authority today announced that the alignment of the 8 lane highway cutting through Bukit Brown has been finalised. Watch the news report here. Channel NewsAsia reports. We find this...
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The Economist: Matters of grave concern
The Economist published this story today, we encourage you to watch the video that accompanies it here. Matters of grave concern FOR those who think of Singapore as an antiseptic place of high-rise...
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Community for Bukit Brown calls for moratorium on plans for Bukit Brown
CALL FOR MORATORIUM OVER PLANS FOR BUKIT BROWN Press Statement For Immediate Release (March 19, 2012) The community of concerned groups over the future of Bukit Brown is formally calling for a...
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The Straits Times: Naysayers want all works halted at Bukit Brown
The Straits Times has reported that civil society groups including Green Drinks Singapore wants a moratorium on developments to Bukit Brown. We found the headline rather harsh, because we are not being...
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The Straits Times: Bukit Brown and the soul of Singapore
An interesting commentary on Bukit Brown by Ignatius Low of The Strait Times. The “experiment” has not formally come to an end last week as he has mentioned, as we are still pushing on. Bukit Brown and...
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The Straits Times: Preserving Singapore’s green heartland
The Straits Times recently invited Dr Ho to contribute an article. In it, he talks about how the Singapore government needs to maintain precious tracts of wild woodlands. Preserving Singapore’s green...
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The Straits Times: Green petitions a sign of growing civic consciousness
ONE group of Singaporeans has already set the ball rolling for a new national conversation: on how green – or brown – Singapore should be. This group, or rather several groups of residents, shot to...
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Green event: The Nature Society (Singapore) & Young NTUC Our Singapore...
The Nature Society (Singapore) and Young NTUC are collaborating on a wonderful event called Our Singapore Conversation on Green Spaces. This is a follow up to Our Singapore Conversation for the...
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EIAs: Enigmas In Action?
This month, we look at the subject of EIA – Environmental Impact Assessment, a very current topic, especially so because of the Cross Island MRT Line (CRL) and its impact on the Central Catchment...
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