http://blogs.channelnewsasia.com/rachel Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:52:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So the joke goes a little something like this. How many climate skeptics does it take to change a light bulb? The answer: None. It's too early to say if the light bulb needs changing. But seriously, if indeed something is changing, then it's company attitudes towards climate change. Now while it might ... http://blogs.channelnewsasia.com/rachel/2009/11/18/so-you-think-you-can-save-the-world/ This weeks eco ventures looks at green Green Data centres as part of sustainable green infocom technology efforts. Did you know that green ICT takes up about 2% of global energy usage. While 2% may not sound like much. But just as Singapore is a small country which can make a big impact ... http://blogs.channelnewsasia.com/rachel/2009/11/04/green-and-wired/ It’s been a while since we touched on this topic, and in the run up to Copenhagen I thought it would be a good idea to give an update on where industry players are and what’s happening on the ground. Quick recap, CDM projects or clean development mechanisms are a certification ... http://blogs.channelnewsasia.com/rachel/2009/10/28/all-up-in-smoke/ Ok so for last week's Eco Ventures we had a look at organic food… this week I took it a little closer to home… Right inside your home in fact. I found it interesting that despite the economic downturn - I've noticed a number of ads for green or eco cleaners ... http://blogs.channelnewsasia.com/rachel/2009/10/21/green-and-clean/ For this week's Eco Ventures I revisited the eco-car sector - but with more of a focus on electric vehicles. Governments around the region and the world are partnering with a number of companies to boost the technology within their respective economies. A few questions were raised during interviews which I ... http://blogs.channelnewsasia.com/rachel/2009/10/14/power-to-the-vehicle/ You know they say you are what you eat, and that we should take care of our bodies or we'll regret it when we're older. The topic of this week's Eco Ventures got me thinking. According to a study out not so long ago (a research collaboration between Spire Research and Consulting ... http://blogs.channelnewsasia.com/rachel/2009/10/07/food-for-thought/ For this week's Eco Ventures we took a look at Songdo in South Korea. Songdo is part of "Incheon Free Economic Zone" or IFEZ. Incheon's government describes a free economic Zone as an area of "minimised regulations and maximized business incentives and opportunities for foreign investment." Incheon spans an area of around ... http://blogs.channelnewsasia.com/rachel/2009/09/30/songdo/ For this week's Eco Ventures I had a chat with Valeria Maioli - the man behind the lights of Singapore's Formula One night race. Following last year's event - Mr Maioli told me that there were numerous enquiries into the amount of energy used by the race. So this year what the ... http://blogs.channelnewsasia.com/rachel/2009/09/23/moto-green-power/ I’m doing this week’s Eco Ventures from Incheon, SOUTH KOREA! One year after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, key economies across the globe are still struggling to get on a healthy growth path. But that’s not the only challenge facing them. Climate change is becoming an important issue – and this week, we ... http://blogs.channelnewsasia.com/rachel/2009/09/16/annyeong-haseyo/ For this week's Eco Ventures I took a look at the shipping industry, and more specifically at a technology one company has created to help shipping firms reduce not one, not two, but all three major gasses that are emitted from ships. (carbon dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, and sulphur dioxide) According ... http://blogs.channelnewsasia.com/rachel/2009/09/09/sail-away-with-me/