Greening @ ITE College East

Greening @ITE College East

Date: Thursday, 15 July 2010
Time: 0930 hrs – 1130 hrs
Venue: The Amphitheatre, ITE College East
10 Simei Avenue Singapore 486047

Greening @ITE College East aims to create an ECO Lifestyle in our organization and our communities. This event will announce the launch of an ECO Portal for ITE students, staff as well as the public. The Mayor of South East District will be presenting ITE College East an inaugural Green School Certificate in recognition of the efforts taken by a school in the South East district in greening the environment. Greening @ITE is organized in partnership with South East Community Development Council (SE CDC) and National Environment Agency (NEA).

About the Green School Initiative

The South East District believes that schools, as an organisation, and as a part of the community in our District have an important responsibility to take a leadership role in environmental awareness and sustainability issues.

The “Go Green @ South East” Environmental Action Plan which is initiated by the South East Community Development Council and the National Environment Agency aims to engage schools in the district to be part of the Green Schools @ South East Challenge.

Under Green School @ South East, schools can choose to self initiate (based on a stretch target concept), establish their own reachable targets and challenge themselves to think out of the box to effect change through day-to-day, action based education or get involved in environmental initiatives such as recycling programme; in-house recycling opportunities and other programmes or initiatives by other partners. Examples of programmes that schools can be involved in: Green Homes @ SE where the schools can support as voluntary home auditors in the programme as well as the 10% Energy Challenge and 10% Water Challenge and taking care to minimise the environmental impact when organising events (Green Events @ South East) and in engaging staff and students in environmental themed CIP projects be it a collaboration with other partners or a self-initiated one.

The involvement process helps students to recognise the importance of environmental issues and take them more seriously in their personal and home lives which inevitably impact the community.

The Green Schools @ South East Challenge is also a synergistic platform for schools to consolidate and share positive experiences / initiatives with other schools in South East.

Event Exhibits (The Atrium, ITE College East from 9.30am to 3pm)

Greening activities themed: Green Education, Green Organisation and Green Earth.
1. ECO Portal
The key features of the ECO Portal and Green Collar Worker Training portal will be demonstrated. Visitors can also get to know more about the ECO idea contest for all students (Primary, Secondary and ITE).

2. PowerClean
Powerclean is a bio-degradable, environmental friendly detergent made of enzyme produced from fruit waste. It is created by the College East Environmental Club students and marketed jointly by the College East Environmental Club and Entrepreneur club students. So far more than 200 bottles have been sold. Powerclean is for sale at the booth for $2 per bottle.

3. Green Fashion
This booth show case Green Fashions made from recycled materials. They are the creative and unique fashion designed by nursing students from the School of Applied Health Science in ITE College East, made in celebration of Nurses Day 2010.

4. College East Environmental Club
An exhibit of the activities and event held by the student club in ITE College East that is actively promoting environmental care in ITE College East. College East students can also sign up as member in this recruitment drive.

5. Anti-Littering
An exhibit and game booth set up by NEA on its new anti-littering campaign “Do The Right Thing. Let’s Bin It!”. The new campaign seeks to instill a sense of responsibility in individuals to keep Singapore clean and beautiful and to encourage them to take action to bin their litter.

6. Recycling
An exhibit and game booth set up by NEA to create awareness on the process of recycling and to learn the right way to recycle through fun games.

7. Go Green with SMRT
As part of SMRT’s commitment to the environment and sustainable development, Go Green with SMRT is a four-month (5 June – 30 September 2010) public education campaign aimed at raising awareness on green issues and promoting public transport as a greener travel alternative.

8. Toner/Ink Cartridge Recycling
An exhibit setup by Cartridge World to share on the process involved in recycling of cartridges. There will be video on carbon footprint on cartridges, flyers and brochures on refilled cartridges and components on re-manufacturing.