Plastic Pollution: Greenest Countries in Asia
By Terence Koh
Plastic pollution is one of the most challenging environmental problems afflicting the world today. With most of the fastest growing economies located...
Sea Cemetery: The Visible Face of an Environmental Disaster
(Text and photos: Boaz Rottem)
EARLY MORNING. A clear autumn day. The arid climate is palpable. Seated in the back of a brand new Uzbek-made...
A Particular Primate: Saving the Rare and Ancient Slender Loris
(Text by Dr Craig Turner)
IF you want to see primates in Asia, then Sri Lanka may not immediately come to mind. But if it’s...
5,000 Years of Pepper
THE pepper belongs to the Solanaceae family, from which we have also acquired the tomato, the potato and the eggplant. The variety of peppers...
Integrating Architecture with Landscape
Captions: Left: Ken TTDI, Malaysia: An exemplary low energy commercial development that uses the Green Plot Ratio to evaluate the amount of the existing greenery...
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
By now, most of us are aware that there is a large patch of plastic floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. What...
E-Wasteland: An Aesthetic Perspective on a Deadly Issue
TWENTY TO 50 MILLION TONNES* of e-waste is generated annually worldwide. In Europe and the US, we throw away an old computer, on average,...
Natural Gems of Thailand
The land known for its hospitality, multiple temples and great food has a host of natural wonders that beckon.