We are in the process of collating some interesting websites related to environmental issues from NUS community to worldwide. List shown is not exhaustive.
NUS
Office of Environmental Sustainability (OES)
OES aims to effect a total shift to environmental sustainability in all aspects of campus life by integrating sustainability into our operations, planning, construction, education, research, instruction, and public service.
This page is created to serve as a store of information as people come and go especially students who change batches every year.This is especially important as I uncover information that way back in 2005, Supari and all were already looking at combining the recyclables contract. With this blog, future “generations” can refer back to what was done in the past and see what efforts were effective and work to improve on it.
Singapore
An online publication to help businesses in Singapore go green and reduce their impact on the environment. Green Business Times is published by Green Future Solutions and the Editor is Eugene Tay. Our aim is to provide environmental information and resources for business leaders and professionals to take action in reducing their environmental impacts and to implement green business strategies and practices. Our resources are also useful for schools, governmental organisations, non-governmental organisations, academics and other interested parties who wish to understand more about business and the environment. With increasing environmental problems around the world, it’s time for companies to recognise their environmental responsibility while making profits.
Low Carbon Singapore is an online community dedicated to help Singapore reduce her carbon emissions and move towards the goal of a low carbon economy. Our aim is to educate individuals, communities, businesses and organisations on issues relating to climate change, global warming and clean energy, and to help them take action and reduce their carbon footprint through useful information, news, tips and resources.
It is a non-profit campaign to encourage more Singaporeans to use their own refillable water bottles, instead of buying or taking single-use bottled water. This campaign is initiated by Green Future Solutions, a Singapore-based business that promotes environmental awareness and action for a green future, through consultancy and our network of green websites.
National Environmental Agency (NEA)
Formed on 1 July 2002, NEA is the leading public organization responsible for improving and sustaining a clean and green environment in Singapore. The NEA develops and spearheads environmental initiatives and programmes through its partnership with the People, Public and Private sectors. It is committed to motivating every individual to take up environmental ownership and to care for the environment as a way of life. By protecting Singapore’s resources from pollution, maintaining a high level of public health and providing timely meteorological information, the NEA endeavours to ensure sustainable development and a quality living environment for present and future generations.
Singapore Environmental Council
As an NGO dedicated to promote environmental awareness and action, SEC is very active in facilitating and co-ordinating green activities and programmes across the island, forging links and working with the private sector, government, schools and academic institutions and community to inspire and change mindsets.
Wild Singapore describes about some of the remaining wild habitats left in Singapore and it also organises some local tours to these wild places.
Zero Waste Singapore is an online community dedicated to help Singapore eliminate the concept of waste and move towards the goal of zero waste. Our aim is to educate individuals, communities and businesses on Zero Waste and the 3 Rs (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle), and to help them take action through useful information, news, tips and resources.We also support the work of the National Environment Agency, organisations, schools and businesses involved in waste minimisation.
International
Earth Hour started in 2007 in Sydney, Australia when 2.2 million individuals and more than 2,000 businesses turned their lights off for one hour to take a stand against climate change. Only a year later and Earth Hour had become a global sustainability movement with more than 50 million people across 35 countries participating. Global landmarks such as the Sydney Harbour Bridge, CN Tower in Toronto, Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, and Rome’s Colosseum, all stood in darkness, as symbols of hope for a cause that grows more urgent by the hour.
WWF Global and WWF Global Network
WWF is one of the world’s largest and most respected independent conservation organizations. An independent foundation registered under Swiss law, WWF is a global organization acting locally through a network of over 90 offices in over 40 countries around the world. It performed on-the-ground conservation projects managed by these offices are active in more than 100 countries, which focuses its work around the magnificent diversity of life on this planet, the extraordinary places they live in, and while trying to reduce humanity’s impact on this life and these places.