Environmental activism

Sumadi Ibrahim, 51, roams the suburban fairways of Selangor state outside Kuala Lumpur, splashing into ponds as he hunts for balls sliced astray by day.

Malaysian veteran dives water hazards for sunken golf treasure

After two decades plunging Malaysian seas to defend his country, navy frogman Sumadi Ibrahim has retired to the golf course – diving water hazards to retrieve mis-hit balls to make a living.

From left: Dr Shawn Lum, senior lecturer at Nanyang Technological University’s Asian School of the Environment; Dr Jane Goodall, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute; Dr Sylvia Earle, founder of Deep Hope and Mission Blue; and Esther An, chief sustainability officer of CDL.

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TAKING HEART

CDL dialogue features Jane Goodall and Sylvia Earle to raise awareness of climate action

Besides being a fundraising event, it also aimed to engage and educate attendees

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🌏 COP29 or cop-out? Here’s what young adults can really do to achieve environmental change

If there’s something that sets the tone of where the world is on environmental action – it’s the Conference of the Parties (COP).

Joshua Spodek packing up his solar panel after four hours of charging in Washington Square Park in New York on Oct 22, 2024. In May 2022, Spodek disconnected his Greenwich Village apartment from the electrical grid to see if he could live unplugged for a year.

Lifestyle

Who says you can’t live off the grid in Manhattan?

It takes dedication, solar panels and lots of vegetables. And it probably means putting dating on hold

Just Stop Oil is one of the groups that embrace more controversial forms of protests.

Lifestyle

Airports, Wall Street and Olympics in crosshairs of climate activists

CLIMATE activists in the United States and Europe are planning protests at airports, banks and the Olympic Games in a summer of stunts they have defended as necessary even if their tactics differ.

Two environmental activists from the collective Riposte Alimentaire hurling soup at Leonardo Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" on Jan 28, 2024.

Opinion & Features

The attack on the Mona Lisa’s smile

No harm came to the masterpiece after a liquid assault, but the language of outrage is increasingly destructive

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