Travelling sustainably in Singapore

sustainably

in Singapore

Big experiences come with small footprints in smart and sustainable Singapore.

Clean, green Singapore has sustainability in its DNA. With scarce natural resources, Singapore was an early adopter of sustainable development, and continues to refresh, reimagine, and evolve as it works towards its vision of becoming a City in Nature.

Guided by the Singapore Green Plan 2030 – a whole-ofnation movement that seeks to rally bold and collective action to address climate change over the next decade – the city’s sustainability vision is making Singapore a vibrant, urban destination of choice for environmentally conscious travellers.

Integrating more sustainable practices and technology, the city’s innovative lowcarbon attractions, green accommodation, sustainable retail outlets, and farm-to-table dining experiences are just a few ways the city is embracing new possibilities.

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1 Supertree Observatory, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore

2 Flower Dome, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore

Gardens by the Bay, Singapore

At just 10-years young, Gardens by the Bay is already a global sustainability superstar. One of the city’s most beloved attractions, having welcomed more than 50 million visitors and tourists from around the world, the dazzling Gardens by the Bay is an urban oasis of magnificent conservatories, lakes and themed gardens, including a grove of steel Supertrees, some standing 16 storeys high.

Behind the towering tangle of green are groundbreaking technologies that are blazing a trail in sustainable urban design. Ahead of its time, Gardens by the Bay followed an ecologically oriented approach to ensure sustainable cycles in energy and water. Horticultural waste is collected and reused as energy for cooling the conservatories, solar energy is used to bring the Supertrees to life and rainwater is captured in the lakes, cleaned by aquatic plants, and used for irrigating more than one-million plants on site.

Restaurants are doing their bit too with hip urban farm and restaurant, Open Farm Community leading the pack. Showcasing mostly plant-based food, locally sourced or harvested directly from the establishment’s edible garden,

Gardens by the Bay, Singapore

the glasshouse-style urban farm and dining concept aims to do right by the planet. After you’ve eaten, join an Open Farm Community tour for urban farming inspiration.

Green Common is a one-stop plantbased eatery and marketplace encouraging mindful consumption. Committed to sustainable and responsible products, the cruelty-free, fair-trade eatery believes that every meal provides an opportunity to inspire a more holistic and healthier mindset towards food. Kausmo is another eatery challenging guests to make more conscientious choices. Under the helm of award-winning Chef Chew Shian, Kausmo is crafting creative cuisine with thoughtfully sourced ingredients such as seafood from small farming

Gardens by the Bay, Singapore

communities, overlooked cuts of meat, over-ripened and oddly shaped fruits and vegetables, and native greens and florals.

Even shopping gets a green tick at Funan Mall, in the heart of the CBD, where you’ll find eco-friendly retailers including The Green Common, a bright, airy space with more than 35 green vendors offering a range of products ranging from home gardening and composting to sustainable fashion. There’s also a 1670-square-metre rooftop urban farm operated by Edible Garden City with dozens of types of fruits and vegetables.

Changi Airport, Singapore

You can sleep sustainably too at PARKROYAL COLLECTION Pickering, Singapore, an iconic hotel that is literally green, thanks to the 15,000-square-metre tropical high-rise garden that envelop it. Designed as a hotel-in-a-garden, 50 different plant varieties – from ferns and palms to overhanging creepers – cling to its every wall, absorbing heat, shading surfaces and naturally improving air quality. But the hotel’s cuttingedge environmental practices don’t end there. Clever open-sided design and high-performance glass invites in an abundance of natural daylight, while the short building depth also maximises the amount of daylight reaching internal spaces. The hotel’s restaurant does its bit too with a plant-based a-la-carte menu, biodegradable napkins and potato starch straws. Another state-of-the-art retail gem in Singapore’s sparkling sustainability crown is Jewel Changi Airport. Awarded a Green Mark Gold Award by the government of Singapore, at its sustainable centre is a spectacular fivestorey Rain Vortex waterfall, fed by rain. Inviting visitors to breathe in nature, the water is reused to maintain its inside forest and lush terraced gardens, and its vapor repurposed to ventilate and cool the interior. It is another one-of-a-kind example of Singapore’s smorgasbord of sustainability solutions.

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PARKROYAL COLLECTION Pickering

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