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embrace the darkness; that you may see the light nestled within it......

Monday, May 22, 2017

What does sustainable development mean for S'pore?

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Note Opening BANG in intro, and how the Closing BANG echoes it with the re-mention of dinosaur....btw, 'go the way of the dinosaurs (or dodo bird)" is a vocab expression you want to learn and use in ur writing...

Note examples of what Singapore is doing to save Mother Nature....

Interesting facts and facts to note in excerpts from article:
-Up to 60 per cent of Singapore's water is from Malaysia, and more than 90 per cent of its food from around the world
-the Republic may generate only about 0.11 per cent of global emissions
-Government announced a 30 per cent water price hike
-The hope is that Singapore could by 2050 meet 30 per cent of its energy needs with solar power. Right now, 95 per cent of Singapore's energy comes from natural gas . This may be the cleanest form of fossil fuel around - but it is still a fossil fuel
-In 2011, for example, the authorities raised the minimum reclamation level to at least 4m above mean sea level, which is an increase of 1m. Selected roads, such as Changi Coast Road and Nicoll Drive, have also been raised to reduce the impact of flooding.
But re-adaptation has to go beyond the physical environment. Mindsets, too, have to be changed.