Olivia Choong
Olivia Choong Way Sun (born 13 February 1979) is an environmental activist from Singapore. She founded Green Drinks Singapore in November 2007, a non-profit movement that actively raises awareness on pertinent environmental issues, and connects businesses, academia, government, media, Non-Governmental Organisations and individuals for knowledge sharing and collaboration opportunities.[1] She also founded a public relations consultancy Green PR in April 2010, focusing on environmental small and medium enterprises.[2]
In 2013, she received the EcoFriend award for her environmental contributions to Singapore.[3]
Prior to Green Drinks, Olivia was with then Hill & Knowlton (now Hill+Knowlton Strategies - a global public relations consulting company) office in Singapore. Her portfolio included financial communications, consumer PR and corporate communications. In recent years, Olivia has also taken a keen interest in urban farming and hobby farming, and started The Tender Gardener to document her sustainable living journey, and now teach gardening-related workshops.
In addition, Olivia contributes articles to Eco-Business.com, InTheLoop, LOHASIA, Public House and Green Kampong. She also serves on the board of Avelife, a youth environmental Non-Governmental Organisation.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Green Drinks Singapore". 10 December 2008.
- ^ "Green PR founder".
- ^ "EcoFriend awards for 8 green champions". AsiaOne.
- ^ "Avelife". Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012.