Green Options

Singapore will be testbedding electric vehicles starting next year. A task-force of its leading organizations and agencies related to electric vehicles will conduct extensive work identifying the needs and possibilities of these vehicles.

Renewable energy is big, big, big: Josh just wrote about the world’s largest wind farm possibly going up in South Dakota (yahoo!), California could see the world’s largest solar power plant, and now Singapore is in the foray with landing the largest solar manufacturing facility the world’s ever seen.

A Norwegian company called Renewable Energy Corporation (REC) will build the complex, which will be completed in different stages to incorporate wafer,

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“C” is for Congestion; and that’s good enough for me.

What do Singapore, Oslo, Toronto, and London have in common? They are among a number of cities to adopt traffic-reducing legislation. Popularly known as congestion charging, this legislation aims to improve the health of urban areas.

If your city suffers from congestion, stuffiness, poor air quality, slow public transportation, and irritating gridlock, you may be able to benefit your community by recommending congestion charging

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What is the organic cotton market like in Singapore? Quite sparse, according to Belle & Dean. Founded by two savvy Brits, this brand offers no-nonsense clothing for men, women, and babies. After leaving London in 2005, Dean and Issy started B&D, even with their lack of business experience.

Not only are they dedicated to using organic cotton for all of their items, their foreign factories all run on strict fair trade

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