Month: March 2012

This is a new effort to reach out to the NTU population to convince them to play a part in the reduction of usage of plastic bags in the campus. We feel that informing students through the print media about the campaign is not necessarily enough; we need to show them why it should be done.

This event will focus on the informing the students how important their contribution can be. We would do that by informing them about the results of the previous BYOB campaigns and how the campaign could be taken forward if the same support is given again. We also would be restating the reasons how the Bring Your Own Bag Campaign can make a change. As we all know, reduction of plastic usage can take place on a much larger scale.

Hence, it is importance for us to do something as the only environmental club in NTU to make a difference in the conservation of the environment. The BYOBD campaign is Earthlink s step in making the change.

Event Organizer

This event is organized by the Campaign Management portfolio. For more information, you may contact Chia Pei Shan here.

Save That Pen @ NTU is about environmental sustainability and aiding the community at the same time. Noting the pen wastage culture pervasive in today?s society, we wish to spread the message of sustainability by calling for people to give us their unwanted and refillable pen-bodies. This is a joint venture with NUS. Both Earthlink NTU and NUS would be collaborating and working together towards the success of the  Save That Pen . This has been implemented in NUS for 2 years now, and Earthlink wants to bring it to NTU.

Objectives

– To create an avenue for NTU students to donate used pens to non-profit organisations that is involved in educational projects for students in need.
– To encourage the reuse of pens by putting into place a long-term, sustainable system that promotes the use of pen-refills instead of consuming new pens.
– To translate the sustainable message into the daily lives of both NTU students and recipients of the donated pens.

Event Organizer

This event is organized by the Recycling portfolio. For more information, you may contact Ananth Krishnan here.

This event aims to foster the bond among the subcommittees as well as team building for the newly formed subcommittees of each portfolio. The main committee will take this opportunity to achieve cohesion and facilitate communication among the subcommittees. For subcommittees, they will get to know their team members better and hopefully this event will instil a sense of belonging within the team.

In addition, this event aims to educate the subcommittees on the rich biodiversity within The Southern Ridges, a soothing sanctuary of greenery that is steeped in history and home to some of nature’s greatest gifts of flora and fauna.

Click the following links to view Subcommittees Outdoor Trip 2011 photos:
Album 1, Album 2, Album 3, Album 4

Event Organizer

This event is organized by the Education and Welfare portfolio. For more information, you may contact Ng Yi Xuan here.

Earthlink gatherings have always served to bring people together, forming a platform for people to interact with each other and discuss environmental issues that are close to their heart. At the same time, the gathering is also an opportunity for the learning and broadening of ideas and views regarding environmental issues.

For this gathering, we have screened  Wall” E , a 2008 American computer-animated science fiction film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and directed by Andrew Stanton. The story follows a robot named WALL” E, who is designed to clean up a waste-covered Earth far in the future. He falls in love with another robot named EVE, and follows her into outer space on an adventure that changes the destiny of both his kind and humanity. WALL” E has been met with overwhelmingly positive reviews among critics, scoring an approval rating of 96% on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. It grossed $521.3 million worldwide, won the 2008 Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film, the 2009 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form, the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature as well as being nominated for five other Academy Awards at the 81st Academy Awards. WALL” E ranks first in TIME’s “Best Movies of the Decade”.

The aim of this weekly gathering is to educate the members about the effect of post consumerism. The lesson taught is that we, as a society, must become less wasteful. Our habit of tossing aside old things in preference for new and more exciting things is already causing our garbage rates to rise dramatically. At this rate, there will be more garbage than our dumps and landfills can handle and, eventually, if this keeps up, we will end up destroying Earth just like the humans in this film. Recycling and re-using items to their fullest are the lessons WALL” E teaches through his collecting. Nothing is wasted in WALL” E home.

Event Organizer

This event is organized by the Education and Welfare portfolio. For more information, you may contact Ng Yi Xuan here.

Unique to Singapore, the nation has established two separate systems to collect used water and rainwater.

Rainwater is collected through rivers, streams, canals and drains and stored in 17 reservoirs, which MacRitchie Reservoir is one of them. Various reservoirs are linked by pipelines so that excess water can be pumped from one reservoir to another, thus optimising capacity.

This aim of this event is for participants to gain more in depth knowledge pertaining to the Singapore Water Story through MacRitchie Reservoir, Singapore s first reservoir. The event also provides an opportunity for members to appreciate some of the challenges and constraints faced by Singapore where she has succeeded.

MacRitchie Reservoir was selected out of the 17 reservoirs in Singapore due to several reasons. As the oldest reservoir in Singapore, apart from the Singapore Water Story, MacRitchie s provides a rich history and heritage which dates back to the 1800s.

It is one of the four reservoirs that bound the nature reserves besides Lower Peirce Reservoir, Upper Peirce Reservoir and Upper Seletar Reservoir.

In addition, the reservoir now boasts a green two-storey car park and I believe that it will be an insight to many who has not seen one.

Click the following links to view Learning Trail at MacRitchie Reservoir photos:
Album 1, Album 2

Event Organizer

This event is organized by the Nature Guiding portfolio. For more information, you may contact Lok Xun Feng here.

This year, the initiative was taken to kick-start awareness about electronic waste accumulation in Singapore. To do so, it has targeted the secondary schools in Singapore because the best way to spread awareness is to start at the grass roots.

It is believed such an initiative was important since the amount of E-wastes in Singapore is rapidly increasing but not many initiatives are being taken towards their recycling. Also, among all urban wastes, E-wastes are the most toxic form of wastes. Also, we truly believe that  E-waste is not waste considering the amount of precious minerals like gold, platinum, etc. that can be extracted from them.

Click here to view E-Waste Campaign 2012 photos.

Objectives

” To publicize among students the need to safely dispose and recycle e-wastes.
” To install an electronic waste bin at the school premises to regularly collect e-wastes.
” To form a strong tie-up with the school s green club to ensure sustenance of the objective.

Event Organizer

This event is organized by the Event Executive External portfolio. For more information, you may contact Shuhul Kaul here.

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Date: 31st March 2012
Time: 9:00am – 4:00pm
Venue: Jurong West HDB
Earth Hour is a global event and is held on the last Saturday of March annually, asking households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change. CDC Singapore has been organizing this event over the years and has been successful in their undertakings. In 2009, they arranged Earth Hour all over Singapore with participants from schools all over pooling in support and helping in achieving their goal.
This year Earthlink NTU has been invited by CDC to volunteer and show our support for their cause. This year Earth Hour will be held on 31st March and we will be sending volunteers from Earthlink, joined by volunteers from Singapore Polytechnic Environmental club, to Jurong West HDB flats. Volunteers from other JCs and polys will be sent to HDB flats all over and the aim is to cater to 100,000 households with our combined effort.
Volunteers will go door to door asking the people to sign a pledge the volunteers will present to them, which will require them to switch off their main lights for one hour during the Earth Hour. So, the main aim of this event is to actually make a difference by saving energy and also educate people about the importance to conserve energy.These pledges will be collected at the end of the day and there will be a final counting of the total number of pledges collected through a combined effort of students all over Singapore and if the required 100,000 pledges are met, the goal will be completed.
Event Organizer
This event is organized by the Event Executive External portfolio. For more information, you may contact Shuhul Kaul here.

Date: 24th March 2012
Time: 8:15am to 10:30am
Venue: Jurong Lake
World Water Day has been celebrated by many countries around the world for more than 17 years now. The international observance of World Water Day is an initiative driven by the UN Water Group. Here in Singapore, PUB as the National Water Agency, has been organising World Water Day celebrations annually and this year, PUB will be expanding it to a nation-wide celebration across fifteen reservoirs and waterways.
As part of this year celebrations, a series of fun and exciting activities will be taking place at Marina Barrage on 24 March 2012, which is the anchor site. The WWD Celebrations will also be concurrently celebrated at 15 other locations this year and they are Kallang River at Ang Mo Kio Bishan Park, Lorong Halus, Punggol Waterway, Yishun Pond, Kranji Marshlands, Marina Barrage, Alexandra Canal, Jurong Lake, Sengkang Floating Wetland, Lower Seletar Reservoir, Bedok Reservoir, MacRitchie Reservoir, Kolam Ayer Waterfront and Pandan Reservoir.
The highlight of the event is a hands-on educational water treatment exercise, specially catered for the school children. It is hoped that this activity will also allow the school children to reflect about the significance of the water bodies within their vicinity, raise the awareness of the lake and water as a precious resource, especially in Singapore.
The Guest of Honour for this event is the Deputy Prime Minister, Tharman Shanmugaratnam.
Event Organizer
This event is organized by the Event Executive External portfolio. For more information, you may contact Shuhul Kaul here.