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JUNE
2010
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GREEN SCHOOL BALI:
AN ODE TO BAMBOO, THE WORLD’S FUTURE
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Located 20 minutes North of Denpasar and 15 minutes South of Ubud, Green School's eight-hectare campus sits among lush vegetation, divided by the Ayung River. It looks more like a serene, though rustic, holiday resort than a school.
The school’s tagline is "Equipping Children For 2025". By that, the Hardys want, besides teaching the standard International Baccalaureate (IB) and International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) syllabus, to inculcate in their students the love of learning.
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MADE TO RECYCLE
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Thian Zhiwen came up with a viable, well-designed and eco-friendly solution to the tens of thousands of plastic hangers used each month by laundry and dry cleaning service providers. Now, together with his partner Joon Ian, the duo created bloomerHang®, an eco-friendly hanger that doubles up an advertising platform.
Bloomerang need not rely on the grants or funding that sometimes comes with the social tag. But at the same time, it fulfills both environmental and social aims.
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OLIVIA CHOONG OF GREEN DRINKS
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SEforum speaks to Olivia Choong, who is on a mission to convert Singapore and beyond to join her in her cause for conservation. The tall and lean vegetarian is the founder of the local chapter of international environmental movement, Green Drinks.
Green Drinks Singapore, a non-profit organisation, which took root in 2007, aims to network businesses, government and like-minded individuals for knowledge sharing and collaboration.
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Piranti Works
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Through the production of the MAGNO Wooden Radios and a few other sustainable products that are made with environmentally responsible materials, designer Singgih Susilo Kartono hopes to improve the economic conditions of his Indonesian village of Kandangan with its local craft industries.
He marries the two most abundant resources in the village of wood and labour, and employs 30 villagers who make about 150 handcrafted radios each month.
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In Conversation with Dr. Timothy Stanton
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Social entrepreneurs seek to create and sustain social value through a process of continuous innovation, adaptation and learning.
Service-learning is a pedagogy that integrates community action with structured reflection in support of service to others, community development and empowerment, and reciprocal learning.
Can service-learning promote effective social entrepreneurship? In this talk by Dr. Timonthy Stanton, he will examine the history and theoretical foundations of service-learning to consider its possibilities for strengthening the work of social entrepreneurs.
Date: June 21 2010 (Monday)
Venue: BIZ 1 #2-1, Mochtar Riady Building,
NUS Business School
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