If you are reading this, you hopefully are at least interested in environmental issues and have wanted to make a difference. So, how many of you have actually participated in a beach cleanup yourself? Well, according to a survey I conducted of 68 people, it showed that majority had already participated in a beach cleanup […]
Month: October 2020
Waving Our Worries Away
What does the beach mean to you? To me, the beach is somewhere I go to relax and recharge. I still remember some of my fondest memories at the beach came after finishing my A level examinations, sitting on the breakwaters with my friends for hours in the evening looking up at the stars. I […]
Butting Out Cigarette Litter
In a previous blog post, we have discussed the world’s most prevalent form of beach litter – plastic. But can you guess what specific type of plastic is found most on the beach? Well, it might surprise you to find that it is actually cigarette butts. Yes, cigarette butts are in fact made of plastic […]
The Power of Publicity
If you have been keeping in the loop about beach clean-ups in Singapore, you probably would have heard of the East Coast Beach Plan. If you somehow have not, well the East Coast Beach Plan is a community-led initiative led by Samantha Thian and her company, Seastainable.co, that in the past few months has grown […]