Wild boar attacks: Why trapping and fencing alone won’t solve Singapore’s wild boar woes
Having a 100kg wild boar charging at you is no small thing, says ACRES co-CEO Anbarasi Boopal. But beyond managing the number of wild boars, she tells Julie Yoo why human behaviours and urban planning...
28 Jun 202321min
Can you be mad about K-pop yet care about climate change?
The glitz and glamour of the K-pop industry is fuelled by overconsumption and a mountain of waste, say Nurul Sarifah and Dayeon Lee. They are behind the environmental organisation Kpop4planet and thei...
21 Jun 202318min
Meet Melbourne’s chief heat officers
Over coffee one day, Krista Milne and Tiffany Crawford decided to take on the monumental task of keeping Melbourne cool. The co-chief heat officers tell Julie Yoo why heat is a silent killer, and what...
14 Jun 202315min
Will we see a return of the haze this year?
Nobody was prepared for the haze crisis that hit Singapore in 2015, says Simon Tay, chairman of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs. With global warming and El Nino on the horizon, the ha...
7 Jun 202318min
Are you ready to sink your teeth into insect-based food?
Raising chickens and cows to feed the world’s growing population is reaching its limit, says the 24-year-old founder of FlyFeed. His solution? Eating bugs. Arseniy Olkhovskiy tells Julie Yoo what it’s...
31 Mai 202317min
Is car-sharing the answer to Singapore’s car-lite ambitions?
Although car sharing has been called the future of mobility, challenges with cleanliness and last mile infrastructure remain. How can car sharing companies close the gap to convince more people to giv...
24 Mai 202314min
Your last goodbye, the eco-friendly way
He buries the dead for a living but when Mr Ang Ziqian took over the family business, he set out to find more bio-degradable ways to say goodbye to the deceased. The managing director at Ang Chin Moh ...
17 Mai 202313min
Is tidal energy a potential pot of gold for Singapore’s energy needs?
As a Royal Navy officer, Stuart Baird was always fascinated with the power of tidal waves. Now as Bluenergy Solutions' chief technology officer, he tells CNA’s Julie Yoo why tidal energy is more power...
10 Mai 202315min
