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12 reasons why you should buy local produce in Singapore

What is the deal with local produce? If you've been wondering why some people are rather vocal about eating local, we've put together a list of reasons why!

Urban Origins

May 25, 2022

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8 min read

Sustainable Living

The Nutty Carbon Footprint

According to a study by the University of Oxford, food production is responsible for a quarter of all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, contributing significantly to global warming. But do you know what food product results in one of the least carbon footprint? It's nuts!

Lee Kia En

Oct 28, 2021

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2 min read

Community Highlight

Inside Singapore’s Only Goat Farm

Even though you may never get to see cows or sheep grazing great green fields in Singapore, you may be surprised to find that Singapore has plenty of farms open to the public where you can get to see many animals up close.

Lee Kia En

Oct 27, 2021

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5 min read

Sustainable Living

How to: Be a farmer in Singapore

With the Singapore government aiming to develop the capability and capacity of the local agri-food industry, perhaps it is time to finally pursue your childhood dream of being a farmer in the technologically advanced, concrete jungle of the 21st century.

Lee Kia En

Oct 15, 2021

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6 min read

Sustainable Living

Singapore’s gardening community and growing your own food

If you’ve ever walked around your neighbourhood, you’ve likely seen a community garden teeming with lush green plants. However, have you ever wondered just how many of such community gardens there are in Singapore?

Jiang Kai Jie

Oct 15, 2021

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6 min read

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Featured Project

JLL organises used textiles collection drive at One George Street

JLL selected a used textile collection drive as an initiative to encourage sustainable habits among their tenants. This project was piloted at their One George Street building, with over 500kg of textiles collected in a month.

Urban Origins

Dec 17, 2022

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5 min read

Featured Project

Oatly's team building fun day out!

Oatly Singapore were looking to organise a team building day that focused on sustainability. Instead of attending seminars and workshops in the office, the team engaged in experiential learning about plastic waste, food waste and eco-enzymes. Some of their own empty oat drink cartons were also upcycled in the process.

Urban Origins

Nov 30, 2022

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5 min read

Featured Project

Great Eastern Earth Week 2022

Great Eastern Life Singapore wanted to engage their employees with sustainability activities during Earth Day 2022. We curated a week of sustainability pop-ups, quizzes and collection drives across their offices, and upcycling workshops where participants upcycled used milk cartons into lamps.

Urban Origins

Apr 30, 2022

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5 min read

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Community Highlight

Community Spotlight: The Young Maker

The Young Maker seeks to build a positive and fun learning culture that engages and nurtures students, while instilling in them a passion to learn and excel. They've recently worked with Archisen on an educational workshop in urban farming.

Urban Origins

Apr 8, 2022

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3 min read

Community Highlight

Partner Spotlight: Yilina Leong of Fossa Chocolate

Yilina is the co-founder of Fossa Chocolate, Singapore's first and award winning bean-to-bar craft chocolate maker.

Urban Origins

Mar 10, 2022

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3 min read

Community Highlight

Partner Spotlight: Florence Leong of KosmodeHealth

Florence is the co-founder of KosmodeHealth, a foodtech startup using plant extraction technology to enhance human nutrition. They have also created W0W® noodles – a starchless protein fibre noodle specially formulated to meet the nutritional needs of the ageing and diabetic population.

Urban Origins

Mar 8, 2022

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4 min read

Community Highlight

Brand Spotlight: The Better Milk

"The company has a couple of values so in addition to being plant-based, we are also very conscious about the environment. We advocate zero-waste packaging. Everything that we have comes in glass jars which allows for reusability."

Urban Origins

Dec 14, 2021

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6 min read