Date: 19th of January 2014
Time: 0800 – 1200
Venue: Hong Kah Town Council
With the development of Singapore, an inevitable product of advancement is air pollutants. Increased urbanisation and industrialization could pose a threat to the air quality of any living environment. A recent case would be the transboundary smoke haze from Indonesia which has significantly affected Singapore s air quality during the South West monsoon. Hence, in view of a growing concern of Earthlink NTU’s aim to raise awareness about air pollution and its harmful effects, South West Eco Day Out 2014 would be used as a platform for such education purposes.
Steadily total waste generation growing is also a serious problem faced with by Singapore. Despite the growing population and the gross domestic product, total waste generation every year has already been more than 7000 tons per day. In order to solve this, the implementation of several waste management initiatives such as volume reduction, waste recycling and waste minimization have been carried out to reduce the pressure brought by waste generation. Hence, to further encourage the awareness of 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle), Earthlink NTU also aims to educate the daily actions and importance of 3Rs in the coming South West Eco Day Out 2014.
The objective of this event is to raise awareness about the importance of taking up an environmental lifestyle in Singapore. Many aspects of promoting such lifestyles will be covered by the different agencies and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and Earthlink NTU will play her part through focusing on the themes of both 3Rs and raising awareness of the potent effects of air pollution and methods to protect oneself from it.
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