Daily Green Actions: 16 Dec 2007

• I'm leaving Singapore in a few hours on a 20 hours flight. Will not be updating for while. See you all in USA! about 11 hours ago
• Sharon Au was just on tv saying that she wants to be an environment ambassador. how nice. about 11 hours ago
• went to return projector at ECO just now and found that they've kept the electricity use to minimal. kudos! about 11 hours ago
• i refused sharks fin soup at the wedding dinner. still innocent sharks have died. got others to eat so it wldnt die to be flushed down drain about 18 hours ago
• unfortunately family coming over to my house tonight so no lights out but it'll be worthwhile. we try to minimize lights if we can. hard tho about 18 hours ago
• have been away from computer all day yesterday and spent lights out with family at my cousin's wedding is good way to celebrate lightsout about 18 hours ago

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Daily Green Actions: 14 Dec 2007

• i could write a whole essay on this but taking flights r harmful for environment, especially frequent flights to nearby places on budgetair 05:29 PM December 14, 2007
• Feeling less guilty for flying to California on Monday because @evehow says that long distance flights less harmful than short dist flight 05:28 PM December 14, 2007
• Pop quiz - which is the best way to travel to (for e.g.) Kuala lumpur - By flight? By Train? By car? By Bus? The ans could be by motorbike! 05:26 PM December 14, 2007
• A most interesting conversation with @evehow. Cld it be possible that 30 lightweight motorbike has less emissions than 1 bus carrying 30pax? 05:22 PM December 14, 2007
• i've stopped using air conditioning for about 2 months now. mainly fan or natural monsoon winds to cool the monkey down. how about you? 05:06 PM December 14, 2007
• spending lights out today at holland village, planning an environmental education eco-camp for the shortlisted potential BYEE candidates. 03:47 PM December 14, 2007
• what are you doing to combat climate change? 03:20 PM December 14, 2007
• Now my sister thinks I'm a climate change skeptic only because I'm sick of emissions talks when more real action needed to be done! RAWR! 03:20 PM December 14, 2007
• "Our blinkered focus on reducing carbon emissions has led us to look in the wrong place for answers to other challenges." - Lomborg 03:19 PM December 14, 2007

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Daily Green Actions: 13 Dec 2007

• Can we eliminate air travel altogether? What's worse? "flight sharing" or "single occupancy" lear jets? At what point do we draw the line? about 18 hours ago
• I'll be contributing to carbon emissions by flying across the pacific ocean on Monday. But it's not just a holiday. I'm visiting my husband! about 18 hours ago guilty of taking a taxi to driving school 2 days in a row. sin upon sin. sigh. public transport home of course. must stop being lazy about 18 hours ago
• moved my lounger to the balcony and spent lights out reading a book illuminated by the lights streaming in from the corridors. cooling too! about 18 hours ago
• Will I be doing more good for the environment actually spending lights out doing my "NGO" work instead of cutting emissions? What u think? about 22 hours ago
• Since ill, I drink a lot, pee a lot. Therefore I've been practicing selective flushing at home. Would you? Its been saving me gallons of H2O 11:23 AM December 13, 2007
• First there was free rice, play online game to donate food, and now there's Feed Bag http://tinyurl.com/38rg8f buy a bag and feed a child 11:21 AM December 13, 2007

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Daily Green Actions: 12 Dec 2007

• met the guys from SunTechnic again at CNN filming. When they heard about lights out, they were happy to give tips on solar alternatives! about 23 hours ago
• I do turn off the tap when I am brushing but instead of using a mug, i use running water to rinse. This is really bad. Must. Get. Mug. about 23 hours ago
• Do you leave the water running when you are soaping your hair, body or when you are brushing your teeth? Turn it off and you save gallons! about 23 hours ago
• i admit, when Richard Quest ask who leave the water running when brushing teeth, I was too embarrassed to raise my hand. I must get a mug about 23 hours ago
• On 18 Dec, you will see the monkey ridiculed on CNN as lights out 365 is being described as me "sitting for 2 hours in the dark everyday" about 23 hours ago

• spent lights out at the CNN Future Summit filming. Met the Skeptical Environmentalist, Bjorn Lomborg. Woot! about 23 hours ago
• i've been excessively taking the taxi recently. this. must. stop! 01:26 PM December 12, 2007
• what's the point of me doing lights-out when i then proceed to turn on the room lights from 9pm to 6am reading a book when I shld be asleep! 01:26 PM December 12, 2007
• going for the CNN Future Summit tonight. The theme this round is the environment. Maybe you'll see the monkey on CNN soon 01:18 PM December 12, 2007

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Daily Green Actions: 11 Dec 2007

• Instigated by ignorant attacks on conservation in general on the wildsingaporenews blog and wrote essays in reply http://tinyurl.com/2szl8x about 19 hours ago
• Spending lights out tonight with my cousin's wedding party, dinner outside. Hope I remember to turn off all electrical outlets before leavin about 19 hours ago
• Quoted in a straits times article about the charging of guided tours on Chek Jawa. Article will be out tomorrow. Hope it's good about 19 hours ago
• finally pin down on a description for my research interest - the social ecology of conservation & development dhttp://tinyurl.com/22r923 about 23 hours ago
• with the new uber taxi price hike, perhaps that will finally dissuade me from ever taking taxi again. even if it doesn't stop others from it 12:48 PM December 11, 2007

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Daily Green Actions: 10 Dec 2007

• how far should we go minimizing plastic use? just rejecting plastic bags or even rejecting products with multitudes of plastic packaging? about 13 hours ago
• refused useless plastic bags for just buying 2 lemons at the supermarket but got paper bag when buying clothes and vacuum packed bakwa about 13 hours ago
• lights out was spend outside the house watching movie, running errands at the mall. save energy but wasted on consumerism? about 13 hours ago
• running out of fun and interesting but practical things for a sick monkey to do during lights out. any ideas? Lights Out is 51 days old! 11:16 AM December 10, 2007
• having a flu results in excessive use of tissue paper. lucky we buy 100% recycled material-made tissue paper. still, hanky unhygienic lah! 10:54 AM December 10, 2007

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Daily Green Actions: 9 Dec 2007

• it's really not easy trying to enforcing an ethical lifestyle. while not practical, lights out 365 is really an exercise of self-regime about 14 hours ago
• i cheated. today's lights out was spent playing computer games. *sigh* about 14 hours ago

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Daily Green Actions: 8 Dec 2007

• spent lights out sleeping away my flu. sadly it's still with me about 10 hours ago
• yesterday at the ramen restaurant, i forgot to bring my new portable chopsticks so i asked for fork instead of using their disposable ones about 16 hours ago
• learnt a lot during the coral workshop. I think I can finally identify some of these corals! Very happy albeit being utterly sick with flu about 17 hours ago

• right now at the coral workshop at raffles museum, conducted by the blue tempeh who is visiting in town. learning a lot about 23 hours ago
• first thing i saw out the window this morning was a new set of recycling bins right outside my apartment! very excited! about 23 hours ago

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Daily Green Actions: 7 Dec 2007

• Potenco (makers of the pullcord generator) replied me that the PCG is not yet available for general distribution or purchase about 15 hours ago
• spent lights out with @evievie and @budak at the ACRES Wild Green and Rouge about 15 hours ago

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Daily Green Actions: 6 Dec 2007

• lights out ended early by 30 minutes today coz i got worried that coworkers was trying to access my office and would freak out abt the dark 11:14 PM December 06, 2007
• was hoping to spend lights out lazing over a cuppa tea but now retreated to my darken office. too bad no owls tonight. must be the rain 07:22 PM December 06, 2007
• met with Ria for dinner and tea at NUS arts canteen, overlooking the southern islands. She confirm that the island I always see is P. Jong! 07:19 PM December 06, 2007
• Crap forgot to switch off electrical sources at the house before leaving just now. Damn! 07:18 PM December 06, 2007
• finished designing the christmas cards and sending it out to friends on facebook and blogging it 03:48 PM December 06, 2007
• Triumph created a bra that is also a reusable shopping bag! http://www.triumphjapan.com... 11:26 AM December 06, 2007
• Making electronic christmas cards for buy nothing christmas. think i'll send some of this out via superwall on facebook 11:04 AM December 06, 2007

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Monkey's Yuletide Greetings

Dear Friends and Readers,

For Christmas this year, in support of Buy Nothing Christmas, I've designed a series of cards to send to each of my friends and of course, all of you.

Buy Nothing Xmas is really about remembering the true meaning of giving, sharing and spending time with friends family and loved ones. Instead of buying and lavishing meaningless gifts at the prompting of advertisements and retailers, how about just spending some quality time with your friends?

I will be out of the country from 17 Dec - 6 Jan so here's wishing all of you a very blessed yuletide season in advance. Happy Yuletide!

Much love,
November aka Monkey

Feel free to download and use the christmas cards for your own friends. There are 4 other designs for you to choose from.

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Daily Green Actions: 5 Dec 2007

• lights out today (5 dec) was spent at the driving school, attending theory classes. luckily i was able to take public transport mainly today about 12 hours ago
• lights out yesterday (4 Dec) was spent at my sisters home, having dinner then strolling outdoors with the kids in the cool night about 12 hours ago
• Just saw myself appearing on the wildlife stampede HSBC advertorial on arts central waving NHC flag! TV Coverage for Naked Hermit Crabs! about 12 hours ago

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Daily Green Actions: 4 Dec 2007

• please don't misunderstand that im not trying to replace power plants by regressing to human powered dynamos but it could be fun! 05:34 PM December 04, 2007
• @evehow suggest the hand powered generator probably couldn't power my laptop but i could use it for other things like charging batteries? 05:33 PM December 04, 2007
• Emailed Potenco to ask them if I could purchase the hand-powered generator. It will be good for lights out and field work! 03:59 PM December 04, 2007
• Walked around the campus with my guest from HongKong and now sweaty & stink but refused to turn on the airconditioning. Foolish or hardcore? 02:55 PM December 04, 2007
• Here's a hand-powered generator for my laptop so I can use it during lights out and get a workout! http://tinyurl.com/2uwu9e 02:54 PM December 04, 2007
• meeting a PhD student from HKU who is researching on SEA civil society groups and urban environment sustainability to give him the sg story 11:01 AM December 04, 2007
• i've been forgetting to turn off the electricity at the source because i'm always late and in hurry to go out. this really takes discipline! 10:45 AM December 04, 2007

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Daily Green Actions: 3 Dec 2007

• sadly i had to take taxi to class today because i couldn't tear myself away from the pc and was late for class. laziness is my #1 nemesis about 13 hours ago
• lights out today was spent at my basic driving theory lessons, bus ride home and reading in the cool breeze at the park bench downstairs about 13 hours ago
• Sunday lights out was spent sleeping. Was utterly exhausted after spending 2 days on ubin doing nature guiding and kayaking, etc. 07:40 AM December 03, 2007

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Daily Green Actions: 2 Dec 2007

• spent lights out yesterday on pulau ubin, a land with no streetlights. what a wonder. sadly light pollution kept the horizon bright 04:44 PM December 02, 2007
• despite being exhausted and my buses arriving, i walked home. this resolution of mine to not be a lazy urbanite takes lots of determination 04:43 PM December 02, 2007

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Daily Green Actions: Offline Edition

No updates on twitter for 1 December 2007 as I spent the whole day offline, away from technology, in "rural" Singapore. I spent the day (and night) on Pulau Ubin. Enjoying lights out in the moonlight. Alright, there was more light pollution than moonlight but relaxing nonetheless.


Sunrise on Pulau Ubin, 2 Dec 2007. Didn't even have time to take photos during lights out on 1 Dec!

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Daily Green Actions: 30 Nov 2007

• we walked from serene centre to 6th avenue along bukit timah road instead of taking the bus. it was very enjoyable. resisted taking cab too 07:20 PM November 30, 2007
• spending lights out with @evievie drinking wheat tea and playing scrabble 07:19 PM November 30, 2007
• after almost 2 weeks of lights out, i realize that im getting a hang of taking it easy, away from technology, relaxing, energy-use free! 12:48 PM November 30, 2007
• the wind is so strong these days that theres no need for even a fan to ventilate the room! awesome :) 11:57 AM November 30, 2007

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