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  • OUR UPCOMING SESSION

    Our next session is about urban greening and LOHAS living. We have two speakers, Gouri Mirpuri, and Adam Horler with us in January. More details soon.

    Date: 26 January 2012 (Thursday)
    Time: 7.30pm – 9.30pm (talk will be followed by Q&A, then mingling)
    Venue: Newton Circus office, 138 Cecil Street, #01-01 Cecil Court
    RSVP: olivia@greendrinkssingapore.com

    Hope to see you there!

  • News Updates

    We are soon launching the Safer Skin campaign, to raise awareness of toxins in your everyday skincare and cosmetics, watch out for it!

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Green Drinks: Lessons from changemakers and the LOHAS movement

In our upcoming session, we have Gouri Mirpuri speaking on the challenges of being green, and Adam Horler speaking on LOHAS. Titled “It’s (Not) Easy Being Green: Running Upstream with 13 Environmental Heroes”, Gouri shares her environmental journey and useful lessons from speaking with 13 environmental heroes in Indonesia, while Adam goes into details about LOHAS and … Read more

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Greenpeace presentation by Calvin Quek now available here

For those who wish to view Head of Greenpeace East Asia’s Sustainable Finance Programme, Calvin Quek’s presentation on environmentalism in China and Greenpeace’s work in Asia, you can download it here. If you’d like to get in touch with Calvin, his email address is calvin.quek@greenpeace.org.

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LOHAS Asia Forum 2012: 28 Feb – 1 Mar

LOHAS Asia has organised LOHAS Asia Forum, a three day conference that explores how technology and branding/communication tools can help participants reach the emerging LOHAS (Lifestyles of Health And Sustainability) consumers in Asia. For the full programme, see here. Days 2 & 3 begin with yoga at 7.45am for a maximum of 20 people (first come … Read more

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The Straits Times: Rail Corridor re-opens for public use from Monday

The Straits Times today reported that the Rail Corridor is now open to the public, except Jalan Hang Jebat, Ghim Moh Road, Kampong Bahru Flyover, and the Tanjong Pagar Railway Station. Rail Corridor re-opens for public use from Monday The Rail Corridor – the snaking, 26km tract of former Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM) railway land – … Read more

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TODAYonline: PUB to increase Stamford Canal capacity

The Public Utilities Board has plans to increase the capacity of Stamford Canal by 30 per cent and are studying their options. Reported by TODAYonline. PUB to increase Stamford Canal capacity SINGAPORE – National water agency PUB is studying options to increase the capacity of the Stamford Canal – which was blamed for the Orchard … Read more

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Channel NewsAsia: Malaysia may sell electricity to Singapore

Channel NewsAsia recently reported that PM Lee and PM Najib Razak had discussed the possibility of Malaysia supplying electricity to Singapore when they met mid-week. Malaysia may sell electricity to Singapore SINGAPORE: The Prime Ministers of Malaysia and Singapore have discussed the possibility of Malaysia selling electricity to Singapore. This was announced by Malaysian Prime … Read more

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The Straits Times: Carrefour to stop selling shark’s fin too after current stock runs out

Carrefour is the next supermarket chain to stop selling shark fin this year. We think this is fantastic news, and a great way to start 2012! The Straits Times report below. Carrefour to stop selling shark’s fin too after current stock runs out Supermarket will pull product by year end A day after Singapore’s biggest … Read more

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Spinning Dreams screening on Sunday, 6.30pm at Brewerkz

Gone Adventurin’ is holding a screening of both cycling documentaries in their Spinning Dreams series. The films show how two amateur cyclists raised funds for women in Timor-Leste by taking on the toughest mountain bike race in the world. Details below! On 8th January, 2012, we invite you to join us for a special back-to-back screening of … Read more

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The Straits Times: Outrage over posting on supplier’s webpage

FairPrice will not be selling shark fin products as of April, The Straits Times reports. Outrage over posting on supplier’s webpage SINGAPORE’S largest supermarket chain, FairPrice, yesterday announced that it will stop selling shark’s fin products from April this year. The move follows an outcry over a post on the Facebook page of one of … Read more

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Green Drinks in the news

Green Drinks was featured in The Straits Times over the weekend, in a column about what civil activists hope for in 2012. This year, we are launching the SaferSkin campaign, which raises awareness of toxins in personal care products and cosmetics. In the process, we will be promoting the use of natural and organic skincare … Read more

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Public lecture by Dr Graeme Pearman on “Sustainable Development in a Challenging World”

The National Environment Agency’s training division and knowledge centre, Singapore Environment Institute has organised a public lecture by Dr Graeme Pearman on 18 Jan 2012, 2pm to 3.30pm at the Environment Building (Scotts Rd) on “Sustainable Development in a Challenging World”. More details below. Professional Sharing Series Dr Graeme Pearman is a Member of Singapore National Research Foundation … Read more

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Sign up for PUB’s Volunteers Training Programme!

PUB has organised a Volunteers Training Programme for 14 January (Saturday) and would like to invite you to participate. Do sign up, details below! This training programme was put together to empower PUB’s stakeholders, NGO partners and interested volunteers with knowledge on the Singapore Water Story so that they will be better equipped to help … Read more

  • About Green Drinks Singapore

    Founded in November 2007, Green Drinks Singapore is one of more than 800 cities with a Green Drinks presence.

  • We are a non-profit environmental movement that connects academia, green businesses, activists, community and government, for knowledge sharing and collaboration opportunities. We do this by organising informal talks every last Thursday of the month, over drinks! Once in a while, we hold discussions, documentary screenings and workshops to further engage the public and participants.
  • Started in 1989 in London, the Green Drinks movement is a self-organising network that is meant to be simple and unstructured. The global site can be found at www.greendrinks.org.
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