Green Future Solutions is the Official Curator for TEDxGreen

TEDxGreen is an independent TEDx event operated under license from TED, and is curated by Green Future Solutions with the theme: Ideas for a Green Future. Our mission is to share, discuss and spread ideas for a green future through monthly salons and annual conferences in Singapore. At our TEDxGreen events, TED Talks videos and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group.

Green Future Solutions is a Singapore-based business that promotes environmental awareness and action for a green future, through our network of green websites, events, presentations, publications and consultancy. We are the publisher of Singapore’s leading websites on the environment, including AsiaIsGreen, Green Business Times and Zero Waste Singapore. Read more

Dark Green and Bright Green Environmentalism

During the Q&A session for the In Conversation Forum organised by the Raffles Girls School, a student mentioned that talking about the environment has become cliche and gives the feeling of “not again”. We replied that this is partly our fault, partly the fault of environmentalists who turns people off with our Dark Green environmentalism.

We have been focusing on the Dark Green mindset for too long and it’s time to embrace the Bright Green mindset. Our mindsets shape our actions and it is important to adopt the right mindset. There’s nothing wrong with both mindsets except that Dark Green tends to inspire fear and denial while Bright Green tends to inspire creativity and action. Read more

Why We Do What We Do

We gave a brief presentation on Why We Do What We Do at the In Conversation Forum organised by the Raffles Girls School. The forum discussion is on environmental actions and we thought it would be good to share with the students 4 typical mindsets behind Singapore’s environmental actions. Our mindsets shape our actions and it is important to adopt the right mindset.

A grid was used to show the 4 different mindsets. The horizontal axis ranges from local actions to global or regional actions. The vertical axis ranges from passive actions to active actions. Read more