Irene Lim

#CNAGreenPlan
#SGGreenPlan
1. My family installed the toilet-sink combo. Taking into consideration the defining aspects of this concept, this is one of best ways to make my home eco-friendly without sacrificing style. The basic idea is that the sink and the toilet communicate with each other and the water that I use, for example, to wash my hands, can then be recycled and used to flush the toilet.
2. I collect the water that I washed the rice grain to wash my face
3. I will wear my trusty raincoat when it is raining to wash my roof terrace. Really save lots of water.
4. Going meatless even just once a week can have a major impact on our environment by reducing greenhouse gases, stabilising our oceans and protecting our lands and forests.
Let’s all do our part ❤️
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Winnie Chua

My most interesting green tip is I stopped buying any new furniture since 5 years ago. My most favourite furniture recycle work is to remake the IKEA LACK Table when the legs of chair are worn out.
Even IKEA acknowledge my creativity 😂. My daughter has been using this table for her WFH for past 2 years. On every lunar 7th month, this table is brought outside home for praying purposes. 😁

Jei Sim

This is an Actionable Green Tip by my 9-year-old son.
Back in Feb, he asked me to start a Reduce and Reuse project in our neighbourhood.
We cut down waste by collecting clothes pegs for our neighbourhood to reduce and reuse.
Given the success of this project in these 3 months, I want to help him scale up the effort by reaching out to more people to be Green.
Through his dedication, I hope to inspire the majority of us who stays in hi-rise to embark in this meaningful endeavour.
(To date, we are still finding at least 10 cloth pegs weekly with these 5 blocks of our estate. That means more than a hundred pegs in a few short months over a small area!)
As a Dad, it does take abit of effort but well worth for our collective Singapore Home and her future generation.
His letter reads,
”Hi I am Jayden and I am in Primary 3. I am starting this project to protect Nature, Earth and my HOME. Everyday when I walk my dog my father, I would notice cloth pegs on the ground. I started picking up and collecting the clothes pegs because if I don’t, the clothes will be swept away by the cleaners and go into the dumpster.
This makes me sad as I want to help the environment.
The cloth pegs that I collect here is for everyone to REUSE AND REDUCE. Please take what you need and I will continue to look around for cloth peg.
If you find any, you may also put in here to share.
This way, we can REDUCE , REUSE and PROTECT NATURE.
Love PaPa and Jayden. “
#CNAGreenPlan #sggreenplan #mediacorp

Tang Sheila

One interesting green tip is upcycling unwanted CDs. In fact, a CD is almost pure polycarbonate plastic. I have decided to make use of this e-waste to create something beautiful.
Hence, I came up with a holographic disco ball, earrings holder for my Mom's upcoming birthday, ornaments as well as drink coasters to rest drinks upon, which beautifies my dining table by adding a modern touch.

Lillian Liz

I am pledge for zero waste. Since plastic packaging makes our lives more convenient, but at what expense? Its durability means that it never disappears. Its constant presence in our daily lives (including in our food packaging) has led to widespread pollution. So where do plastics go when we’re done with them? Some are recycled and some are incinerated but most end up in landfills or enter the environment as litter.
Discarding excess packaging for snacks is wasteful. Instead of disposing them, I decided to upcycle it! There was an opportunity to collaborate for giving second life to the packaging, to convert clean and used plastic packaging into usable day to day utility bags or grocery bags. Alternatively , you can sign up for up-cycle workshop too.
The saying goes by ‘Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Together, let’s GO GREEN!

Hamzah Osman

I found another Tube TV at the void deck. Many say its impossible to recycle an old Spoilt Tube TV. I can proved that this can be done.My #GreenChallenge is to turn this TV into Terrarium. Visit my instagram for more interesting recycling ideas at IG harmzah_osman. #mediacorp #SGGreenPlan #Gaiachallenge #savinggaia

feliciafflx

Just some interesting green tips I've picked up over time! Even though they may be inconvenient at first, it slowly becomes a way of life for a more sustainable lifestyle 🍀

1. Converting waste oil to soap! This process only requires water and caustic soda, and is an efficient and clean way to convert our used cooking oil to useable soap. You can also add essential oils as desired, and it performs and foams just as well as regular soap! This is especially useful after deep frying food, where a lot of oil is used just once and especially for those that don't have the practice of keeping the oil to reuse for future deep-frying projects, disposing them down the drain may cause clogging 😕 But if disposed outside, it may cause problems for the wildlife instead 😥

2. Using coffee grounds for cleaning stubborn stains, as they have great abrasive properties and leave surfaces smooth and shiny with a faint coffee fragrance! ☕ To enable screen reader support, press Ctrl+Alt+Z To learn about keyboard shortcuts, press Ctrl+slash

Just some interesting green tips I've picked up over time! Even though they may be inconvenient at first, it slowly becomes a way of life for a more sustainable lifestyle 🍀

1. Converting waste oil to soap! This process only requires water and caustic soda, and is an efficient and clean way to convert our used cooking oil to useable soap. You can also add essential oils as desired, and it performs and foams just as well as regular soap! This is especially useful after deep frying food, where a lot of oil is used just once and especially for those that don't have the practice of keeping the oil to reuse for future deep-frying projects, disposing them down the drain may cause clogging 😕 But if disposed outside, it may cause problems for the wildlife instead 😥

2. Using coffee grounds for cleaning stubborn stains, as they have great abrasive properties and leave surfaces smooth and shiny with a faint coffee fragrance! ☕ Turn on screen reader support

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popoooope

here are some of my green tips 🌱:

1. Don’t kill spiders ‼️ there are an estimated 40,000 species of spiders, and they all eat insects. They're an important part of the food web and provide natural pest control. 🕷

2. Take part in the one million tree movement. FamilyTrees Initiative provides Singaporean families the opportunity to commemorate their child’s birth by planting a tree, within 3 years of their child’s birth date. Either that or you could make a donation for the planting of more trees !

3. Reuse, reduce and recycle. You can use plastic bottles and plant seeds. Or it can be as simple as reusing plastic bags for trash!

4. Participate in clean up days in the beach. This can greatly help keep our Singapore beaches clean and at the same time strengthen bonds in the neighbourhood.

6. Drop off any used goods at the Salvation Army, alternatively, head over to Carousell to sell used items away.

7. Go green !! Start off with small changes to your daily lifestyle such as taking the public transport instead of private transport. Or pick up one trash u see daily.

I believe it is with our concentrated efforts can we make Singapore a better and greener place for all !! 🌱🌱🌱👍👍 #cnagreenplan

mildlyamoosed

as a child i always felt unsettled that my mum would pick up old furnitures that others dispose below our block. however, i would watch her clean them up, refurnish them by spraying paint - and it could look as good as new! we don’t have much brand new furnitures in our house, but quite a number of diy and refurbished furnitures! now that i’m older, i love this green practice and i see how one man’s trash can turn into another man’s treasure! :)

sparkz.loc

the following are my most interesting green tips ⁣⁣- fyi, first letters in brackets form the word "sustainability"⁣⁣
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🌏 [S]upport retail outlets under the Bring Your Own movement where customers who bring ⁣⁣⁣⁣
their own reusable bags, bottles or containers are given incentives⁣⁣⁣⁣
💦 [U]se water from washing vegetables to water plants or flush toilet bowl⁣⁣⁣⁣
🌳 [S]witch to carpool to work if it is a feasible option⁣⁣⁣⁣
☀️ [T]ry not to charge smartphone battery more than 80% so that battery can last longer ⁣⁣⁣⁣
🌏 [A]im to use refillable water bottle instead of buying bottled water⁣⁣⁣⁣
💦 [I]nstall low-flow shower head and low-flow water taps⁣⁣⁣⁣
🌳 [N]o need to make a physical trip to the library, try using NLB Mobile app to borrow ebooks⁣⁣⁣⁣
☀️ [A]im to eat plant-based protein like tofu and nuts....instead of ⁣⁣
🌏 [B]uy local food produce ⁣⁣⁣⁣
💦 [I]nstall solar panels....for landed property homes ⁣⁣⁣⁣
🌳 [L]earn to grow your own vegetables ⁣⁣⁣⁣
☀️ [I]nsist on buying paper products made of recycled papers⁣⁣⁣⁣
🌏 [T]ake the initiative to clean up the beach area after camping or picnic ⁣⁣⁣⁣
💦 [Y]es to opt for paperless bills and bank statements⁣⁣⁣⁣
#CNAGreenPlan #SGGreenPlan

coralcarol_coleslaw

Some interesting green tip my family does is:
1. Using the toilet one after another before flushing ( pls don’t judge 🤣 you save 6 gallons of water btw) 🚽🧻
2. We recently join in the go green footprint by buying an electric car 🌍
3. Instead of using dryer, natural sunlight and wind to dry our clothes 🌞 thank you Mother Nature —> our clothes smells nicer too
4. Bought my family each one bottle as going back to office and school so instead of using paper and plastic cups we use our bottles 💙
5. Turning towards biodegradable stuff at home
6. Walking home instead of taking transport ~ tip to keep fit after a day in office too
7. Off electric entertainment device time —> it’s a tip implemented by our family to leave our mobile/ Game/ laptop/Tv and just go back to the traditional way of spending time talking and enjoying some board games or even walk at the park enjoying the greens ~ tip to save electricity and bringing our family closer ( it even protect our eye sight🥳)
8. All of us even opt out from paper bills and moving toward paperless 😬

We can always start small as an individual and slowly impact our love ones and slowly our friends 🌈 if you think that only you doesn’t make an impact think again 😊 you can be an influencer if you start today 🌳 it’s never too late to start ☘️🍀🌿🌱🌴 we all start with baby steps 🍄 @ccaandicceee

wengchinnn

my most interesting green tip is to reuse and make my own paper! i would shred used papers and soak them in water. After which, i would blend it and put it into a container of water. Getting a A4 sized frame would be helpful to scoop the bits of paper to the size of the frame and after drying for 2 days under the sun, a new A4 sized paper is made! i always do this as i've many notes to write but do not want to waste the unused papers sitting around in my house:)

Puay Eng Gan

Green your kids - Bread without bags
This is a green habit that we have been hoping to start but was too “paisay” to do so ‘cos we have not seem anyone doing it. Last week, we decided to give it a go when we passed by a not too crowded bakery. Instead of using the bread tray provided by the bakery, we picked and placed the bread into our own food container. This way, the bakery staffs do not need to use disposable single-used plastic bags to pack the bread individually and they do not need to clean the bread tray. We walked anxiously to the counter, wondering how would the staffs react. The staffs were smiling! They praised our effort and encouraged us to keep up with this green habit. We will.

2gencooks

I Pledge to Cook more Onepot meals as a more sustainable way of living so that I...
1) buy just adequate ingredients that can fit into the pot & reduce excessive buying of ingredients esp fresh produce that would rot if not cooked quickly
2) cut down excessive use of pots & pans in cooking which means less use of water to wash these utensils after every cooking
3) cut down excessive use of gas or electricity in cooking since i am just cooking with 1 pot #cnagreenplan #sggreenplan

Seline Paisely Tan

I love baking and instead of buying all the baking products,I reuse some of the mini pots I got from overseas last time to bake, I need to sterilize all these mini pots before using it. The first pot shows my tiramisu cake that looks like potted plant! I even crushed the oreo biscuit to make it look like fertilizer😂 and also add some fake mini flowers. My family thought is real plant and do not dare to eat it initially. I also use some of the mini pots to grow my own plants.
Usually people use egg shells as fertilizers but I love to use the egg shells to make desserts such as agar agar jelly and moving forward,I will also try to use the egg shells to bake oval colourful cakes!
The eggshells of course need to be cleaned thoroughly by poking a hole,removing all the egg yolk+ white, wash it with running water and lastly boil the eggshells in boiling water for 10 minutes.
Remove the membrane inside the eggshells with a tweezer.
Finally, dry up the eggshells entirely before use.
The egg tray will also not be wasted, it will be used to hold the eggs when I use a syringe to insert the fluids into the eggshells.
After placing the eggshells into the freezer for around 1 hour, the eggshells could be peeled and the jelly is really to be eaten!