Theme: #RealGreenLiving

#RealGreenLiving- One Part TEDx talks, one part Citizen Hackathon

Have you ever looked at the green living instagram posts and thought to yourself "there's no way I can do that".
Metal straws, apartment farming and organic soy lattes. Is that what green living looks like?

Just how achievable are these sustainable lifestyles that we keep seeing in social media? Not all of us have the time (or desire) to become urban farmers. Not all of us want to carry our entire kitchen with us just for an afternoon out. Not all of us are ready to completely uproot and restructure our lives and become ecowarriors.

Is there really only ONE way of green living? And is sustainable living truly sustainable if it's so hard and takes this much effort?

At this salon we challenge you to design a sustainable lifestyle YOU think is realistic and achievable for the average person (aka yourself). No idea is too crazy. (In fact we strongly encourage crazy creative ideas)

1245-1300: Check-in
1300-1400: Talks + Panel Discussion
1400-1430: Tea Break
1430-1530: Hackathon
1530-1600: Sharing of prototypes
1600-1630: Closing + Connect with new humans!

Citizen Farm Penjara
60 Jalan Penjara Singapore
Singapore, Central Singapore, 149375
Singapore

Chun Yeow Ong

The Environmental Defender

As a pro-environmental and social justice advocate, Chun Yeow has been putting on different hats and participated in activities and campaigns in the hope to leave the world a better place than he found it. Professionally, he can be identified as a part-time urban farmer and full-time heritage technologist.

Darren Ho

Head of Citizen Farm

Mr. Darren Ho is the Head of Citizen Farm, Singapore’s first and only closed-loop urban farm. After completing his studies in Natural Resource Management and Economics (BSc) at the University of Western Australia focusing on the Agri-track, Darren gained a wealth of industry exposure through work stints in a variety of farms around the world. Over the course of 8 years in agriculture, Darren has been featured in local and international news for his role in leading the sustainability and urban farming cause in Singapore. As part of the leadership team in Edible Garden City and a champion of the “Grow Local, Eat Local” movement, Darren is inspired to scale up urban farming in Singapore to share the benefits of agriculture with our community. With his entrepreneurship in his bIood, it is his dream to see humanity live in perfect harmony with nature, empowered by technology.

Li Seng Heng

Founder of Green Nudge

Li Seng first realised the impact of human actions when he encountered a plastic wristband thousands of kilometres away from the nearest town during an overseas field trip. He subsequently took a leap of faith and joined the social enterprise sector after spending 4 years in the government sector. Combining his interests in behavioural science and sustainability, Li Seng hopes to pay it forward so that the next generation can thrive in a safe and sustainable environment.

Raye Padit

Founder of The Fashion Pulpit

Raye’s mission is to bring awareness around the social and environmental impacts of fast fashion, while offering a sustainable, easy and fun solution through clothes swapping. He is also a budding fashion designer and he uses waste fabrics in his pieces. His works have been featured in different media platforms: Straits Time, Business Times, Honey Combers, Channel News Asia etc and invited to speak in different events and institutions.

Stephanie Dickson

Founder of GITNB

Stephanie Dickson is on a mission to make sustainability mainstream and sexy. She’s a marketer, event organiser and avid connector of conscious individuals and brands. She founded Green Is The New Black, Asia’s first conscious festival and media platform for people who want to #LiveMoreConsciously by improving the way they think, work and consume while doing more good in the world. Stephanie has been organising events and experiences for as long as she can remember. Previously she spent four years working for an international events and marketing agency, planning luxury events and fashion weeks around the region. That is until recently when the entrepreneurial life beckoned. She is regularly asked to conduct talks on designing meaningful events, the conscious movement and is a 2 time TEDx speaker. And was named one of Prestige’s 40 Under 40 in 2018.