“What a waste of a perfectly good planet.” Rae Knightly. We are done with exploring some of the problems, impacts and potential solutions for the case study on Southeast Asian transboundary haze pollution over our past few posts! I hope that you managed to find some connections between the concepts introduced in my first few …
Category: Series 4: Southeast Asian Transboundary Haze Case Study
Green Fingers – Can House Plants Be the Solution to Remove PM2.5 and VOCs during Transboundary Haze Pollution in Southeast Asia?
“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.” John Muir. This has been one of the questions that I was curious about when I was researching for content to write on this blog, and I found some interesting videos that (surprisingly) showed some differing views! I will link some of them below, …
Full Steam Ahead – Inspecting Regional Cooperation during Transboundary Haze Pollution in Southeast Asia
“Merely by living, man becomes degraded and loses in purity what he gains in power. However clear a spring may be, when it becomes a river it cannot help being polluted by mud and slime.”Maurice Druon. For today’s post, we will be examining the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution, which is a legally binding …
Every Dark Cloud Has a Silver Lining – Inspecting Approaches Taken by Local Governments during Transboundary Haze Pollution in Southeast Asia
“We are walking along the path to extinction.” Steven Magee. Now that we have seen how haze pollution can affect the outdoor and indoor air quality, along with associated health problems, I will be discussing more on some of the local approaches taken by Indonesia and the neighbouring countries. In General Different countries have their …
A Head of Steam – Inspecting Health Problems Arising from Transboundary Haze Pollution in Southeast Asia
“We harm our environment when we feel like harming ourselves, but not immediately.” Mokokoma Mokhonoana. Personally, I feel that this quote is very apt in describing the transboundary haze pollution relatively well! In my past few posts, I have introduced some of the aspects relating to the Southeast Asian haze pollution – from its causes …
Lonely as a Cloud – Inspecting Indoor Quality Affected by Transboundary Haze Pollution in Southeast Asia
“Global pollution is in the process of making places outside of the tropics hazardous to human health.”Steven Magee. From my past few posts, we investigated some of the causes of transboundary air pollution in Southeast Asia and the impacts of outdoor air pollution on Indonesia and its neighbouring countries. For today’s post, we will be …
Fog of War – Inspecting Outdoor Air Quality Affected by Transboundary Haze Pollution in Southeast Asia
“The internal combustion engine, one of the greatest technological advancements in history, has an unfortunate downside, namely air pollution so thick that, very soon, sixty-four packs of crayons will include the colour Sky Brown.” Cuthbert Soup. I have discussed some of the causes that have led to the seasonal transboundary haze pollution in Southeast Asia, …
Blowing off Steam – Inspecting the Causes of Transboundary Haze Pollution in Southeast Asia
“Until society can be reclaimed by an undivided humanity that will use its collective wisdom, cultural achievements, technological innovations, scientific knowledge, and innate creativity for its benefit and for that of the natural world, all ecological problems will have their roots in social problems.” Murray Bookchin Before we begin, let us take a look at …
Under a Cloud – A Prelude to Southeast Asian Transboundary Haze Pollution Case Study
"A mountain seen in the haze of distance must nevertheless look a solid heavy mountain." Robert Henri. Wow, look how fast time flies! We are already done with the first 3 introductory series on some of the contributing factors to air pollution and also learnt how indoor and outdoor air pollution can be measured. I …
Air Pollution 