MS Humanities: Sustainable Cities: Sustainable Resources

AeroFarms is at the cutting-edge line in agricultural science, but are its green credentials undermined by high electricity use?

EDITT Tower (“Ecological Design In The Tropics”) is being built in Singapore with the financial support of the National University. The 26 story tower will have over half its surface area covered by organic local vegetation. Solar panels will generate up to 40% of the building’s energy demands, and human waste will also be converted into an energy source via an on-site bio-gas facility. The Architecture firm TR Hamzah & Yeang is constructing the building using recycled and recyclable materials when possible!

Sustainable Table celebrates local sustainable food, educates consumers about the benefits of sustainable agriculture and works to build community through food. Our new site offers brand new content, updates to many of our pages, and tried-and-true tools like Eat Well Guide and The Meatrix movies.

The GRACE Water Program began in 2007 with the creation of our H2O Conserve Water Footprint Calculator. The program has since grown into a significant source of tools, tips and information that help make water conservation a daily part of our lives. Focus on how water is used in energy production, agriculture and consumer products, and on improved management of our water resources and systems is also provided.

The GRACE Energy Program promotes clean energy, focusing on renewable energy, distributed generation and energy efficiency, and describes the environmental effects of conventional power generation. We also highlight the way energy use and production impact and are affected by food and water systems. GRACE is a founding partner on the Freeing the Grid campaign which promotes small scale renewable energy generation.

Under the Sustainable Singapore Blueprint, we have set out to achieve a cleaner, greener and more convenient transport system by 2030 in the following ways:
Enhancing public transport to meet the commuting needs of a growing economy and population;
Improving resource efficiency by reducing fuel consumption and adopting fuel efficient technologies; and
Achieving cleaner transport through cleaner diesel vehicles and cleaner forms of commuting.

What’s the only thing rarer than a labor strike in Singapore? Coming across an all-electric vehicle! No, I’m not talking about hybrids – I mean vehicles that run entirely on electricity without the need for petrol.

The Secretary General has made transport one of the six building blocks for sustainable development In the Five Year Action Agenda for his second term and announced his intention to convene aviation, marine, ferry, rail, road and urban public transport providers, along with Governments and investors, to develop and take action on recommendations for more sustainable transport systems that can address rising congestion and pollution worldwide, particularly in urban areas

Various types of sustainable land, air, sea and space transport are described and illustrated with links to further information.