PHILIPP KAUFFMANN

War, Gorillas and Great Chocolate

Awarded one of the best dark chocolates of 2011, Cru Virunga 70% from war-torn Eastern Congo helped double incomes for thirteen-thousand farmers, halve deforestation, and plant three million trees. Business Week calls Original Beans a company that “makes the world better through chocolate”. Get a taste of their most challenging project yet…

TIERNEY THYS

Stories of Hope from the Sea

Guess how much of the Ocean is actually protected? Like Jacques Cousteau, Tierney Thys speaks as a powerful voice for the Oceans. Better than most, Tierney knows of the challenges in protecting the oceans. All the more encouraging are her stories of hope from the sea…

CARINE SEROR

Sustainable Seafood Served

Want to taste nasty, unsustainable fish? Then go on to Today's Special fish menu as served by the global fishing industry. If you prefer instead a yummy, sustainable fish dinner, look at what Carine Seror of WWF is serving us. Her main advice: Know where your fish comes from!

DORJEE SUN

Engage Economies, Change Ecologies

“I’m stuck in a box…”, says Dorjee Sun, “and I’m tired.” What? Here is one of the most out-of-box and energetic environmentalists claiming just the opposite! What on earth has happened? “Not enough,” says Dorjee. Until one finds ways to engage huge corporations, all conservation is but a drop in the bucket.

CATHY HENKEL

Project Borneo 3D

aQivers are making waves all over Asia!

Cathy Henkel (Director and Producer of “The Burning Season”) was recently in Singapore together with Project Borneo 3D’s co-producer Mark White to share their latest movie teaser with us and the media.

Project Borneo 3D now has more than 200 young ambassadors championing the cause and campaigning for support to save the Borneo rainforest and orang utans!

ANDRÉ CHIANG

Rainforest Cuisine

Qi speakers Cathy Henkel and celebrity chef André Chiang are collaborating to showcase the rainforest’s hidden culinary gems.

Later this year, Cathy will be documenting André's trek through the rainforest with a leading botanist as he inspects and uncovers hidden rainforest foods, turning them into delectable morsels in his signature haute cuisine style.

The resulting rainforest cuisine will be committed to sustainable harvesting, and will enable the indigenous Dayak tribe to continue safeguarding the precious habitat they share with orang utans.

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SPEAKERS MANAGEMENT

Radhika Dhall

Radhika Dhall is part of the management team focusing on event co-ordination and management. She started her career in FMCG Marketing and worked with Unilever in India in Marketing and Brand Management. Thereafter, she moved to Capital One Financial Services in Washington DC, USA as a Business Analyst. She has lived in many countries around the world, including India, USA, Japan and now, Singapore. She is currently pursuing a Masters in Sustainable Development at the Harvard University Extension Program. She previously has a Masters in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics, New Delhi, India.

WEB DEVELOPER

Liza Ng

Liza is currently helping out at Qi GLOBAL as a front-end web developer. She joined Qi almost immediately after learning about it on the Internet because she wanted to help to make “human progress in harmony with nature” a reality. Liza graduated from Hwa Chong Institution in 2009 and will commence her undergraduate education at the Singapore University of Technology & Design in 2012. Her interests primarily lie in the fields of design, web development and computer programming, but she also enjoys picking up completely irrelevant skills like bread-making, singing and juggling, and once represented Singapore Schools as a high jumper.