Green New Deal Singapore: Making An Impact explores tough questions on the psychological, social and political aspects of creating meaningful change for the environment as well as the practical challenges faced by individuals and the solutions for overcoming them. The series dives into these topics through the journeys of everyday individuals that have faced these issues, along with research on the problems and solutions for social change from the fields of psychology, economics and sociolog ...
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Growing from Giving: social entrepreneurship and resilience tips from the Agritecture story
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Learn about Singapore’s food resilience strategy, the 30x30 plan, explore case studies of urban resilience in Southeast Asia and Henry Gordon-Smith’s entrepreneurial journey Gordon-Smith, Henry Meet Henry Gordon-Smith, CEO and Managing Director of Agritecture Ong, Chelsea, CNBC, 2022 Singapore imports 90 percent of its food how is it coping with in…
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Passing the mic: Inclusivity, accessibility in climate activism
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In this episode, we’ll learn the success story of Kate Yeo, also known as BYOBottle girl. Kate is a Singapore climate activist who is known for her popular instagram profile and the island-wide campaign to move local F&B outlets away from single use plastics. Guest: Kate Yeo References: Aru Shiney-Ajay, 2022 “So… why did we embark on the process to…
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How to Keep Trending when the Climate Crisis is Going out of Fashion
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In this episode, we talk to Stephanie Dickson, co-founder of Green is the New Black, who at one point, aimed to make living a conscious life, sexy. We hear from her about how to make the fashion industry more sustainable and the human side of living a conscious life. Guest: Stephanie Dickson References Venetia La Manna shows Shein outproducing H&M,…
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Getting to Action: From Sympathy to Habit
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We have a conversation with a local change maker in Singapore about the challenges of moving the public towards more sustainable behaviors, and how to move from concern about the environment into action. Guest: Pek Hai Lin Meet the driving force behind Zero Waste SG BYO Singapore reports Green New Deal SG Carbon constrained: a summary of Singapore’…
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Green New Deal SG:Making An Impact explores tough questions on the psychological, social and political aspects of creating meaningful change for the environment as well as the practical challenges faced by individuals and the solutions for overcoming them. The series dives into these topics through the journeys of everyday individuals that have fac…
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