Month: March 2014

On 15th March Earthlink NTU in collaboration with PUB organised an information and games booth at Jurong Lake to acknowledge The World Water Day. An array of three games had been rooted across the area, after the completion of which people were awarded goodie bags and potted cacti. The day was made quite eventful by the huge crowds that flocked towards each booth, celebrating the spirit of World Water Day. A large number of participants went one step further and were keen to learn more about Earthlink NTU itself, their achievements and activities. Overall, the Earthlinkers had done a splendid job at spreading the message of water conservation, in the most elegant and insightful way possible. Kudos to the Event Executive External Committee for designing this massive outing.

This year s E waste recycling campaign was conducted on 14th March at Canopy K from 10:30 am to 4:30 pm. The event was quite fun, the free polaroids with the Nokia Mobile Man that came with contributing e-waste and wining points at the game booth was the crowd puller of the day. The event also included exciting lucky draw prizes. There was also an information booth that displayed facts about E waste recycling and the recycling scenario in Singapore. The Weecycling booth had interesting activities even an Instagram competition! The event was conducted in collaboration with Nokia, Tes-Amm and Weecycling, and turned out to be a great success.Make sure you re recycling your e-waste too!

If you ve walked past Canopy N (next to Food Connection) last week, you definitely wouldn t have missed Earthlink NTU s booth and ever-enthusiastic volunteers. Titled  Greening NTU , the three day event from the 10th to 12th of March focussed on making the NTU student population more aware about the  Bring Your Own Bag (BYOB) campaign that encourages them to utilize re-usable bags instead of plastic bags. The event also propagated the BYOC (Bring Your Own Container) movement that promotes the use of using one s own cutlery and container set for take-away meals rather than using disposable cutlery. Not limited to just a booth but even had a Lucky Draw, sales of lunch boxes, giving away of reusable bags and interactive games. The highlight of the event was the signing of participants on the Lunchbox Action Board, pledging to contribute to the cause. Organized every semester, the Greening NTU event has always been successful in bringing the NTU students together for worthy environmental causes, and it definitely did this time round as well!

Sister s Island Trip was a breathtaking and jaw-dropping experience. The walk enriched and enlightened us about the coastal life in the most exemplary way possible. Who knew, learning about the organisms living at the shores and viewing them from a few centimeters apart would be so exhilarating and rejuvenating. Our nature guides knowledge and passion were laudable. Gaping at nature s play was truly a feast to our eyes. Not only the Sisters island, we got to view a lot of other islands like St. John in close proximity as well, thanks to the ferry ride. Kudos to the organizers!!! May people get to be a part of many more such events in the near future.