By a group of girls from Nanyang Girls’ High School. In a quiet corner at the basement car park of Nanyang Girls’ High School, you will find two cats having an excited tête a tête while another sits silently beside, apparently uninterested in the gossip session. These three cats...

By Iman Bibars of Egypt, a globally revered veteran social entrepreneur, women’s rights activist, and an Ashoka Vice President and Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa. Her passionate mentorship of fellow social innovators ranges from one- on-one guidance for young...

By Lim Tanguy, Director of the Law Society Pro Bono Services Office. Prior to joining the Law Society, Tanguy was a practising lawyer for 12 years. He currently serves on the policy committee of “The Light”, Singapore’s cross sector non profit leadership network. Law a calling. Pro...

By Chris Tobias, Managing Director and Lead Strategist at Forward, and Guest Lecturer at National University of Singapore School of Geography. The “S” word: the omnipresent concept that references striking a balance between environmental, economic, social, and cultural outcomes. It...

By Bhavani Prakash, a sustainability writer, speaker, trainer and consultant at ecowalkthetalk. Climate change, peak oil, biodiversity loss and scarcity of natural resources, such as water, metals and productive soil, are multiple challenges facing businesses today. Smart companies do not...

By David Berman, a Canadian designer and thought leader. He is a board member of Icograda, the world body for graphic design, a Fellow of the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada, and the Ethics Chair for graphic design in Canada. David has recently be named a special advisor to the United...

By Claire Miranda, who recognises that Good Paper is the right place to be at the right time. Steve Wozniak, who co-founded Apple with Steve Jobs in 1976, shares his thoughts on innovation, creativity, and exploration as education in a talk sponsored by Next U® latest initiative by...

The recently published book, The World That Changes The World: How philanthropy, innovation and entrepreneurship are transforming the social ecosystem with 21 international authors and edited by Willie Cheng & Sharifah Mohamed, has been hailed by reviewers as “a comprehensive primer...

By Eunice Tay, NKF’s CEO since 2006. Eunice Tay was in legal practice before joining the healthcare industry in 1991. Among her posts was Special Assistant to the managing director of Parkway Group Healthcare and COO at the National Neuroscience Institute. As a fifth generation...

By Sophia Eliza Rossman, who is currently studying in Singapore Chinese Girls’ School. She is the project manager of the “Open Little Eyes” Conference and believes in helping others in need. Started in 2009 as a student-initiated project at Singapore Chinese Girls’ School (SCGS),...

Submit a report on a waste offender, invent a solution or gadget, and win a trip to Vietnam! Hemispheres Actions for Earth ‘Waste Watcher’ Challenge aims to emphasise how a wasteful lifestyle adds greenhouse gases to our atmosphere. By changing lifestyle habits, young people can...

Two artists, social entrepreneur Adeline Yeo and filmmaker Nicholas Chee, express their views on why change is good and why passion is the key ingredient. What is change? Change is the only constant. Change is necessary. Change is growth. Change is progress. It is the ability to recognise...