PW 1SC2 Group 5Group members: Shirlyn Yap Hillary Goh Lim Kim Aerin Jacomus Lim Rachel Tay

Singapore Environmental Council (SEC)

Partnering Organisation

ArmsIndustrialEducationalCommunity

Aims of SEC To set new sustainability standards for urban

development To educate and empower communities to lead

green lifestyles To conserve biodiversity in the urban

environment

Past Projects of the SECSchool’s Green Audit AwardECO-OFFICEEarth Helpers

Project Title

So Environmentally Conscious

About the projectRubbish/recycling bin decorating competition!

Project Objectives Raise awareness about the plight of our crumbling

environment and how it will affect Singapore tourism

Help to spread the importance of keeping Singapore clean to all parties involved

Produce some aesthetically-pleasing rubbish bins, a stark contrast from the commonplace plain green bins

Engage passers-by to do their part in keeping the environment clean

Description Students across Singapore can get into groups of 3

to 4 and sign up for the competition. Groups must submit an outline of their design

along with the names and schools of all participating members to organisers. Deadline will be on 30th March

Their drawings must be based on the theme of everyone playing a part in keeping Singapore clean and green.

Description 40 shortlisted groups will be informed and be told

to prepare their own art materials and supplies. Groups will come together to a certain venue to

start their embellishment of the bins 3 weeks after the submission, on the 15th of April.

Description Judges will then judge the decorations according

to different criteria such as creativity, originality and its relevance to the theme.

These bins will then be placed in public places to be used and also to alert passing Singaporeans of their need to play a part in being environmentally conscious.

Permissions At least one teacher per school for each group (for adult

supervision). Permission from the schools would be required. Permission from the Singapore Botanical Gardens, for it to be

used as the venue where students will decorate the bins at. Permission from the NEA to provide the bins for the

competition.

Financial Issues

• Bins (clean and new ones) required for the students to work on.

As the bins used for the competition would be the current 100 out of the 1500 bins in Singapore, there will not be any cost incurred for the bins.

Recycling Bin to be decorated

Financial Issues

• Basic environmentally friendly art supplies such as paints will be provided for each group.

However, sponsorships can be obtained from Singapore’s various Art shops (eg Artfriend, Paper Market, Typo, etc) to supply the students with basic art materials.

Human ResourcesFacilitators from SEC and the 3 judges, Chairman of

SEC, Ms Isabella Loh, the two vice-chairmen, Prof Leo Tan Wee Hin and Dr Teo Ho Pin.

Each facilitator will brief 5 groups and supervise the activity with the help of the teachers from each group (giving out the paints etc).

Student participants themselves!

Physical Resources The Botanical Gardens must be contacted to get permission

to execute the large-scale event there. The Botanical Gardens will be scouted to ensure enough

spaces for the bins to transported and decorated without disturbing the public at the Botanical Gardens.

Potential Problems Not enough publicity of the event Not enough student participants

Resolving the problem of:Insufficient Publicity Schools can be informed via email of this

competition. Students can then be alerted of this competition through their schools.

Distribution of leaflets Online campaigning (through facebook, twitter,

etc)

Year 2007:

Singapore Postbox Decorating Competition

Theme: Celebrating the Sg Spirit

Potential problem of:Insufficient student participation

Year 2011:

YOG themed postbox design competition

FeasibilityPermissions required should be generally easy to

attain as the good publicity of the event would reflect well on the supporting companies as it is for the environment.

Financially possible as a it is not relatively expensive for such a large project and costs can be covered with donations from exterior organisations.

Human resources will not be difficult to arrange for the event. As seen by above examples, students are very willing to participate.

Conclusion Let’s keep our environment green!