by envirolab | Mar 22, 2016 | Clinic, Dam, Indigenous Communities, Research Cluster, Southeast Asia
On March 21, 2016, it was announced that the proposed Mega Dam, which would have flooded indigenous villages and altered the ecosystem of the Baram River, had been halted due to the activism of indigenous communities. Elizabeth Weinlein, an Environmental Policy and...
by envirolab | Nov 23, 2015 | Palm Oil, Research Cluster, Southeast Asia
In November 2015, award-winning composer and environmental activist Yii Kah Hoe led three events at the Claremont Colleges: • the Nov. 1 “Awakening to the Environment” Concert where Kah Hoe’s piece “Forest Threnody” was performed by the Claremont Concert Choir and...
by envirolab | Oct 27, 2015 | Research Cluster
“Through EnviroLab Asia, I hope to shape the national and regional conversations of Singapore and Southeast Asia respectively by elevating the environmental aspect while nurturing an environmental consciousness in the minds of the people through the arts and...