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
  1. "Green Drinks Singapore".
  2. "Green PR founder".
  3. "EcoFriend awards for 8 green champions". AsiaOne.
  4. "Avelife". Archived from the original on 2012-03-07. Retrieved 2012-05-07.


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