Tag Archives: sustainable development

Keeping hopes high -valuing Singapore’s nature reserves over more infrastructure

Posted on February 27, 2016 by Jocelyne Sze

It’s been 4 years since I left home to further my studies in the UK, and if I’m honest, I can feel the emotional connection to the place I call home getting weaker every year. In spite of advances in … Continue reading →

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Sustainable intensification?

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Jocelyne Sze

I attended a debate organised by the Part II students at Plant Sciences yesterday evening, entitled Sustainable intensification: an oxymoron? I couldn’t stay to the end of the Q&A session, but I think overwhelmingly the panelists were of the opinion that … Continue reading →

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Inspiring closing keynotes are key – Cambridge Climate & Sustinability Forum 2014

Posted on February 1, 2014 by Jocelyne Sze

So once again I found myself in the organising committee of the Cambridge Climate & Sustainability Forum 2014 (Theme: The Heat is On! Innovations Now.), a student-run conference on climate and sustainability issues support by Cambridge Hub. I was involved … Continue reading →

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Happy Earth Day (:

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Jocelyne Sze

It’s the last hour of Earth Day (here in the UK anyway), and I thought I should post something just to commemorate the day. I’ve spent most of my whole day trying to finish my Earth Sciences vacation work (going … Continue reading →

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Thoughts from organising Cambridge Climate and Sustainability Forum

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Jocelyne Sze

This post comes a bit late, almost a month since the Cambridge Climate and Sustainability Forum was held on 15 March. But as always, better late than never. Most first year undergrads don’t get involved in such “heavy” organising, being … Continue reading →

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Tales from Rimba 5: Give them (us) a break

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Jocelyne Sze

Note: This post is rather jumbled and rambly, I think. Just that I’ve been hearing so much about so many different things that my mind is all kind of jumbled up and difficult to organise. And it’s not happy things … Continue reading →

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Tales from Rimba 3: Whose land is it?

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Jocelyne Sze

Warning: this is probably gonna be a long read. Being here in Malaysia, I see intact forests and deforestation happening all at the same time. And lots of questions surface in my mind. The question of land ownership is probably … Continue reading →

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20 years ago, there was the first Earth Summit…

Posted on June 23, 2012 by Jocelyne Sze

20 years ago, I was born. I’m glad the world starting thinking about environmental protection and sustainable development then. Because it’s going to affect my generation, and the future generations. And now, my generation is starting to stand up and … Continue reading →

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More updates from Rio+20

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Jocelyne Sze

From what I’ve read, it seems as though most of text has already been agreed upon and there will be little change, unless the heads of countries now present in Rio call for it. But what’s the chance they will, … Continue reading →

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Rio+20 Earth Summit

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Jocelyne Sze

Today’s the first day of the Earth Summit. I’m only following through whatever tweets and blogs I catch while online, but there’s so much info coming in and it all gets confusing, I thought I’d just post the articles I’ve … Continue reading →

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