Showing posts with label green-web. Show all posts
Showing posts with label green-web. Show all posts

Indonesia: How tweeting about floods became a civic duty in Jakarta

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Monsoon floods hit the Indonesian capital in 2015, sparking 100,000 Twitter conversations. Here’s how those tweets were used in the rescue o...

Journalists win awards for reporting on Asian environmental issues

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Melissa Chong Channel NewsAsia 17 Oct 13; SINGAPORE: Environmental issues, from haze to typhoons, have dominated the news lately. The j...

Indonesia: Serangan a ‘living lab’ for development

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Desy Nurhayati, Bali Daily , 8 Oct 13; Serangan village has been chosen as the hub for the newly launched Southeast Asia Sustainable Devel...

19 bloggers honoured at annual awards

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Young and old, they were feted for making an impact at the 6th S'pore Blog Awards Poon Chian Hui Straits Times 7 Jul 13; Mr Ivan K...

Role of Singapore's social media in recent haze problem

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Imelda Saad Channel NewsAsia 4 Jul 13; SINGAPORE: The power of social media was evident when Singapore grappled with the recent haze prob...

Animal cameras launched in Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

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Kimberly Spykerman Channel NewsAsia 20 Apr 13; To bring nature closer to Singaporeans who prefer staying indoors, the National Parks Boar...

Matching trees and birds

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Bird lovers setting up online archive so as to encourage biodiversity David Ee Straits Times 6 Oct 12; BOUGAINVILLEAS, commonly seen alo...

Environmental Portal Launches in Indonesia

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Dessy Sagita Jakarta Globe 22 May 12; The Indonesian version of the prominent environmental news portal Mongabay.com made its domestic ...

Citizen journalism triumphs at China environmental press awards

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Winner highlights growing pressure for greater public awareness and information transparency as a way of dealing with environmental woes Jo...

Google opens Amazon wilds to armchair explorers

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Glenn Chapman (AFP) Yahoo News 22 Mar 12; SAN FRANCISCO — Google's free online map service on Wednesday began letting people explore ...

Malaysia: NGO uses Google Earth to protect forests

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Using Google to save Earth Isabelle Lai The Star 30 Jan 12; PETALING JAYA: Google Earth, the virtual globe, map and geographical informa...

Social media "double-edged sword" for firms

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Imelda Saad Channel NewsAsia 21 Sep 11; SINGAPORE: More companies now have a social media presence, but experts have said technology is a...

A smart way to save wildlife: the internet

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Ella Davies BBC Nature 24 Jun 11; Modernity is often the enemy of conservation, as our 21st-Century lifestyles put ever greater pressure on...

How next-generation broadband network can cut energy use in Singapore

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Some 4,500 customers to get energy meters that monitor usage in real time Today Online 30 Sep 10 SINGAPORE - The Next Generation National B...

Bloggers come together for Malaysia's tigers

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WWF Malaysia 31 Mar 10; Tiger BlogFest 2010 - from 19 April to 22 April Petaling Jaya, Selangor – Bloggers will unite to help wild tigers a...

Coal Fuels Much Of Internet "Cloud", Says Greenpeace

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Peter Henderson, PlanetArk 31 Mar 10; The 'cloud' of data which is becoming the heart of the Internet is creating an all too real c...

Facebook groups for the environmental and other causes in Malaysia

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Striking up a group Louisa Lim, The Star 30 Jan 10; Welcome to the world of Facebook, where the number of hobbyist groups is astounding, an...

India Unveils Rules To Boost Green Power Investment

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PlanetArk 20 Jan 10; NEW DELHI - India has crafted rules for trading of certificates aimed at rewarding producers of clean energy, a move e...

App in the hand finds birds in bushes as you roam

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Mary Esch, Associated Press Yahoo News 9 Dec 09; ALBANY, N.Y. – When Jory Langner finds time for a field trip during an upcoming visit to W...

Google spyware will help vigilantes save rainforests

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Ben Webster, Times Online 20 Nov 09; Environmentalists across the world are to be enlisted as armchair detectives to monitor satellite imag...