from the ground Up

Recently, I met an old church friend at a wedding that I haven’t seen in ages and he remarked to me he still remembered a story I wrote - all those months ago - about reducing one’s carbon footprint, by making some little changes to one’s daily life.

I told him my interest in the environment was a fairly recent thing and after some light bantering, and he asked me how that was going, I told the group of friends present I now drive very slowly to assauge my guilt of driving a car. We all laughed.

SINGAPORE’S sunrise solar industry welcomed a new player yesterday, as Swiss firm Oerlikon Solar unveiled plans for a $39 million facility that would serve as its Asia headquarters.
The Switzerland-listed company, which makes equipment for the solar industry, is recruiting 100 staff this year, with plans to expand its workforce by 50 per cent in the coming years.