On the topic of The Sustainability Project (TSP), tell us more about what your team does!

J: At The Sustainability Project, we believe that everyone can be an advocate for a better planet. We aim to transform everyone to be an advocate for a better planet by

Educating what sustainability truly means

Inspiring you to take small steps

Doing good and being changemakers in the community

What inspired you to start TSP?

J: It was during my second internship that I started TSP as a blog in 2017. I love writing and I wanted to share with people more about sustainability and spread awareness through my own experience. Never did I plan to start a business from TSP actually.

I wrote articles whenever I had the passion to share about a topic and I am so happy that people were actually reading it.

Fun fact: Why the name The Sustainability Project? Because the nature of a project is that it occurs in many phases. Like how I transited into a sustainable lifestyle, I saw the adoption of sustainable living as a step-by-step process, very similar to a project.

In August 2017, I went to Norway for my university exchange program. Norway is a beautiful country and I really miss the amount of free time I had over there 😉 The free time I had on hand propelled me to start the retail arm of TSP.

I knew that the zero-waste movement was starting in other parts of the world and it was slightly slower in Singapore. I was also thinking about what my life would be like after graduation. So I took a leap of faith, incorporated TSP, did up my website, and purchased some essential zero-waste products. I planned everything before coming back to Singapore because I wanted to launch TSP at the start of 2018.

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY: INTERVIEW WITH THE SUSTAINABILITY PROJECT’S JO

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY: INTERVIEW WITH THE SUSTAINABILITY PROJECT’S JO