Have you ever had to throw away books in good condition or a half empty bottle of detergent because you had no further use for them? The general trend of discarding items in good condition after a user has no need for them is prevalent in NTU “!s Halls of Residence, which is even more noticeable towards the end of […]
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Pioneers of several campaigns have stressed that facts and figures drive people to pay attention to several practices that could result in dire consequences. In accordance with this well established practice, I would like to state the following statistics. Each year, an estimated 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide which comes out to over one million […]
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REDUCE, REUSE and RECYCLE are essentially three simple ways we as students can contribute towards managing waste efficiently while preserving the environment. An average person in Singapore generated 1,330 kg of waste which summed up to a whopping 6,898,300 tons in 2011 according to the National Environment Agency. However only 59% of this waste was in turn recycled which is […]
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EarthLink NTU “!s members went on a recreational trip to Bukit Timah Nature Reserve on Saturday, the 27th of October. We gathered at the EarthLink outing headquarters-the Chinese Heritage Center, at 8 30 am, only to be surprised by being handed indemnity forms to sign, making the imminent trip feel as thrilling as scaling Mount Everest. It was a magnificent […]
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EarthLink NTU “!s newly recruited Subcommittee members were welcomed to the club with an excursion to HortPark on Saturday, 29th September 2012. The trip was to familiarize the new members with members from other portfolios, as well as members of the Main Committee. But even by the lowest definition, everyone went home with more than just a few new friends. […]
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25 people from different cultures, schools and ideologies but with a common passion for the environment were elected as the office bearers of the 20th Management of Earthlink NTU. Thus, an outing was organized to create and foster a bond of trust, friendship and co-operation among the members of the newly formed committee. The outing to Gardens by the Bay […]
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SI want to be an Earthlinker . These were common words heard during the recently held Sub-committee Recruitment Drive, spread over two days, the 5th and 6th of September 2012 in the North Spine. The main objective was to call out to environment enthusiasts in NTU and provide them with avenues to voice out their opinions and ideas which would […]
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Shouts of SBYOB! pierced the silence of a Monday afternoon at study benches along the North Spine. No one so much as lifted his or her head from studying. That did not deter 13 Earthlink members from shouting to raise awareness for their cause. Such was their perseverance as they marched from Canteen B to Canopy K near LT1A wearing […]
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260 million tons. The amount of plastic used worldwide every year. 1 trillion. The number of plastic bags consumed. 1000 years. The time it takes for a plastic bag to degrade. 180. The species of marine wildlife affected by ingestion of plastic waste. These numbers are not merely statistics but the indicators of a problem of massive proportions. The International […]
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