Anti-environmental values revealed in Singapore’s history textbooks Singapore’s history textbooks have presented the non-human environment as a reservoir of natural resources, something to be feared or something to be controlled and tamed in the service of progress,.....

A #Casestudy from Xiaoyun Neo revealed a pervasive message of #utilitarian #dominionistic and #negativistic #worldviews of the #naturalenvironment in 2ndary school #history texts in #Singapore (1984-2015). Congruent w/societal #wastepollution outcomes?
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Asia and the Pacific Plastics play a critical role in maintaining food quality, health and safety - and are cheap to produce. On the flip side: 8 million tonnes of plastics end up in our oceans every year and 50 percent

#SDGintegration. #UNDP has initiated collaborative pilot programmes with #Maldives #Vietnam #Philippines #SriLanka to tackle #plastics #wastepollution from an #integrated #systems perspective that considers both issues of #waste generation and management.
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Upcycling: Growing sustainability and diversity in Cambodia’s garment sector With Cambodia's garment industry badly hit in recent months, does a circular economy offer the sector potential for diversification and sustainability?

#slowfashion.The #pandemic has hit the #cambodian garment industry hard. #upcycling may offer opportunity to reduce #wastepollution and bring a return of some semblance of #economic health for garment manufacturers, workers, and clothing sellers.
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Graphic with an image of chemical waste in barrels at a sea port. The text around it says:New Paper, Global Environmental Change, Rethinking the science-policy interface for chemicals, waster and pollution: Challenging core assumptions

New #research challenges traditional science-policy approaches to #chemicals & #wastepollution. Instead of copying existing panels, we need context-specific, community-focused solutions with stronger governance and real-world impact.
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Under Delhi’s mountains of waste lie buried a grim social reality The focus of Delhi’s existing solid waste management policies is not on curtailing ever-increasing consumption and production but making waste invisible or incinerating it for profit.

Under Delhi’s mountains of waste lie buried a grim social reality

#LandfillFail #WasteManagement #Sustainability #EnvironmentalImpact #ZeroWaste #EcoFriendly #GreenLiving #ClimateAction #CircularEconomy #WasteReduction #LandfillCrisis #WastePollution #PlasticWaste #Ewaste #LandfillAlternatives