ITE Youth ECO Ambassadors Award is to recognise ITE students who have achieved outstanding contributions and efforts towards environmental sustainability awareness and conservation. Congratulations to the 6 award recipients of the Inaugural ITE Youth ECO Ambassador Award 2011.

Hakim is actively involved in environmental projects.  He participated in a number of Environment competition such as the SERO Green Stories Competition by NEA and Tanjong Katong Girls School, Greenwave Environmental Project Competition by Sembawang Shipyard and Young Entrepreneurs’ Skills Competition creating plants on recycled bottle for sales.

Hakim is a green advocates who participated in actively in environmental activities such as the Youth for Environment Day, preparation and launched of recycling bins in ITE College East and as Litter Free Ambassador.  As a Litter Free Ambassador, he contributed his time to regular community patrol in ITE College East campus and at public hotspots in the college’s vicinity.

Keith’s involvement in environmental activity spanned across different nature with a strike balance of key and supportive appointments. He participated in the ITE International Student Seminar 2011 in Hong Kong with a seminar theme “Environmental Sustainability and Protection”.

Keith is also a group leader of litter free ambassador (LFA) whom leads in the community patrol on a regular basis.  During the Youth for Environment Day, Keith is appointed as a team leader leading 10 LFA and students from MOE schools in the community patrol. He patiently explained to the MOE students the importance of keeping Singapore clean and how to prevent dengue.  He is also a logistics lead in preparation and launched of recycling bins in College East. Keith’s other involvement in Environmental activities includes setting up ECO IT project booth during iDigix event in ITE CE Oct 2010, helping teacher in the collection of the used textbook from class to class and sort out the textbook in a mannerly order.

Dereck led a team of students to run the South West CDC Litter free event.  He has also participated in global education through video conference with overseas higher learning institution in the topic of Eco car. Derek has also helped to get his classmates to participate at Youth for the Environment Day and Love the Choa Chu Kang Day. During the Eco week he helped to organised workshop for the students. On top of these, Derek has also led his peers in project such as Tetra Pak School recycling project, Green Schools@ South West 2011 and Green Wave Project by Sembawang Shipyard.

Hedy led a group of 8 students to design and construct an electric vehicle (iTErbo) to take part in the Shell EcoMarathon Asia 2011 to showcase the viability of using creative engineering to create a low carbon emission alternative transportation platform that is able to serve a community in a urban start-stop environment. The team has won 3^rd place in the competition category and was awarded overall 3^rd place in safety award at the Shell Eco Marathon Asia 2011 held in Sepang, Malaysia, July 2011. Hedy is the winner for the outreach program implemented by iTErbo team – in spreading environment awareness message through the conventional and new social media platform by Shell Singapore. In additional, Hedy volunteered himself to train a new batch of students on electric vehicle related topics.

Chee Hui is the main organiser during Youth for Environment Day, he organised a beach clean up. He also led the MOE schools students during the clean up. He is also the main organising committee in Enviro-Cyclthon, a committee promoting a greener way of travelling by cycling around. Chee Hui volunteered in the Grains of Hope project where he delivers food to the elderly by bicycle. Currently, he is involved in selecting and improving the designs of lift door stickers for the Ang Mio Kio – Hougang Constituency. The purpose of these stickers is to spread environmental message to the residents.

Mikial Riduan is the President of ECO Club in his college. He is the main organiser in Youth for Environment Day leading 20 ECO members to visit the Envision Gallery Highlights and Climate Change Exhibition at Science Centre Singapore. Mikial Riduan has also set up a booth to promote environmental awareness at Community Center Roadshow for Jan and Apr intake students. He also led 24 ECO club members to attend the ITE ECO conference,. Mikial Riduan has also organised environmental related exhibition and talk for the students in MacPherson campus.