Youth Speak Up - Dunk It

OBJECTIVES

1. To act as enforcers during the shows to remind the public to take ownership and dispose off their own litter

2. To do a ground littering survey and access the conditions of the environment

REASONS FOR LITTERING

reason one
by accident

Many people drop their trash with a slip of hand.

reason two
mindset

When one person throws on the floor, the others will follow, and soon people will think that it is okay to litter since everyone else did.

reason three
Filled rubbish bin/ No rubbish bin in sight

Rubbish bins may be filled but no cleaners are around to clear, therefore trash spills out of the bin and dirtying the area around. When no bins are in sight, people also tend to throw their trash on the floor because of convenience

hey people. face the fact.
should there even be excuses
for your litter on the floor? dont kid us.
do your part. STOP LITTERING.
SAVE PLANET EARTH
(and yourself in the process)

BACKGROUND INFO

At almost every major outdoor event in Singapore, spectators and performers alike generally do not consider maintaining the cleanliness of the event venues as one of their top priorities. Often, after the show or the activity has ended, Singaporeans leave the event premises in filthy and unsightly conditions, leaving the cleaning up to ‘someone else’. To redress such attitudes, ECO Singapore has identified Singaporean youth as key agents in cultivating proper environmental behaviour in Singaporeans.

As the future stakeholders of Singapore, our youths should and would want a clean and green future in which to live, work and play. Such motivation should make them concerned about the current state of cleanliness of Singapore’s public spaces. To help Singaporean youths crystallise their environmental concern into meaningful actions, ECO Singapore has developed the “ECO Youth Champions”(EYCs) initiative. This initiative will mobilise Singaporean youth to make sure that their family members and the public dispose of their trash properly in major outdoor events. The EYCs initiative will thus empowered our youth to directly influence their families and the public to do their part in protecting our environment.

PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS

EYCS from St Anthony's Canossian Secondary School

Sunday, July 12, 2009 8:10 PM

here are some important dates to take note:

25th july: dry run
1st and 9 aug: preview & actual NDP

What will happen on 1st August and 9th August:

- If there’s extra manpower from the EXCO side, the EXCOs will split into 2 groups for the 2 different days (1/8 and 9/8)

- The circuit has been modified such that there are 5 games for each circuit. Out of the 10 games, 2 games have been modified to better suit the message of SMRT

- EYMs will become the station masters, with 2 at each station.

- Some EXCO will be allocated to look after the SMRT mascot

- The photos taken with the public will be sent to their email.

- Meeting time will be at 130pm. Venue TBC

NOTE! There will be an EXCO meeting on 18th July 2009 (Saturday), 2PM at ECO office.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009 4:50 PM

Latest Update!
note EYC workshop has changed to 11 July

1) EYCs' workshop
Date: 11th July, Sat
Reporting Venue: St Anthony's Canossian Secondary School (Bedok MRT, bus 17)
Reporting Time: 8.30am
Dismissal Time: 1.30pm
Duration: 5hrs

2) Dry Run at Padang
Objective: to familiarise volunteers & students with the operations and surroundings
Date: 18th July, Sat
Reporting Venue: The Arts House
Reporting Time: 1.30pm
Dismissal Time: 6pm
Duration: 4.5hrs

3) Preview at Padang
Objective: full dress rehearsal for NDP
Date: 1st Aug (Sat)
Reporting Venue: The Arts House
Reporting Time: 1.30pm
Dismissal Time: 6.30pm
Duration: 5hrs

4) Actual Event at Padang
Date: 9th Aug (Sun)
Reporting Venue: The Arts House
Reporting Time: 1.30pm
Dismissal Time: 6.30pm
Duration: 5hrs

attendance is compulsory :D

Saturday, June 20, 2009 8:24 PM

heads meeting today. H1N1 is currently screwing thw whole schedule up.

note: school might be closed for 2 weeks. therefore schedules could be pushed back. which means EYCs training day will be pushed back.

anyway. Co chair L is currently still MIA. statement: dont touch her until july.

more updates soon.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 8:34 PM

Dunkit! @ NDP '09!

kicked off for quite awhile already.:D we have started on our programmes for the 2 NDP days, (which will definitely be better than before:D), brainstormed in our discussion for making of souvenirs and came up with new items,( zone cards, bookmarks, and photos!), and redesigned our teeshirts!
currently, we have recruited our EYC(Champions!) and our EYM(Mentors!)
apparently attendance for the EYM briefing was quite bad. out of the 30, only 11 turned up:/ hopefully we will get to see the whole EYM team soon:D must bond!

latest news update:
■ number of EYCs have increased from 150 to 200
■ design for bookmarks is out:D(will upload picts soon!)
■ plans for a "non-work" gathering
■ please bring any unwanted magazines, colour paper, markers during EYC workshop

to those M.I.A members: come back like real soon? LOL

if you havent been in tune with dunkit @NDP, join us with this anti littering campaign!

Tuesday, June 16, 2009 10:27 PM

General meeting:D 06.06.09

Co chair zhikai with his newly shaved head:D

prog. team:D

prog. team again LOL.

Friday, February 27, 2009 11:51 AM

I am the bearer of good news. I bring good news to everyone. With Volunteers' Appreciation Night out of the way and the delivery of the certificates yesterday and the finishing of DunkIt@Chingay2009 report today, Dunkit@Chingay2009 account is declared closed by me lol.
By the way, DunkIt@NDP09 is recruiting now. If you are interested to join us, please email us at ndp@eco-singapore.org or call Zhikai, the chairman for this event @ 92335936. We look forward to hearing from you. Guaranteed a truly memorable experience for you as you take on a large scale event, together with the rest of the organising committee.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009 7:24 PM

I received a call today from the certificate printer company to inform me that the PA logo is too pixelated. Thank God I am good in Photoshop. I solved the problem and sent it back to them on the same day. I hope it will be okay. I just grabbed the logo from the net. Argh, this means that the delivery will be pushed back and closing account will be pushed back. zZZz I think everyone's having a break and not doing reports. Enjoy now when you can, NDP09 is coming up. Shall chase them once my exams are over. Meanwhile, readers pls dont expect me to update everyday. I am going to be very busy.

This is Keshia in mugging mode.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009 12:54 PM

Today, there was a one-page article on littering printed in The New Paper. Sadly, all our efforts will go to waste if people dont start using their brains. We are only one small group. We cannot do it alone. I wish I have the power to brainwash the public too. If only. I wrote a 579 word article about the environment. Apparently, the one major cause is littering and wastage of electricity. Why can't people think? It's not as if they are not educated. Is the advance of technology a good or bad thing? Earth is a place we call our home and everybody has the responsibility to protect it. Technology has allowed us to be lazy - too lazy even to walk to the nearest bin and throw litter. There was one incident where I spotted a kid littering on the ground. The plastic flew as the wind blows. I looked around for the parents to reprimand him. And I was kinda sick when the parents pretend that nothing's happen and I am willing to bet the kid is following the parents' example. What is the world coming to? I dont blame the kid at all. He's too young to discern right from wrong. Parents have the responsibility to teach their kids. I believe I mention responsibility a few times. If one person litters, the rest will follow. No doubt people think that if they dont litter, the cleaners would have nothing to do and it wont be worth their pay. What kind of stupid logic is that? For the future generation's sake, we'd better do our part in saving the Earth.

This is kesh hoping that the world would one day wake up.

Sunday, February 8, 2009 8:08 PM

Saturday, February 7, 2009 11:56 AM

I have completed the evaluation form which JWS sent me. I rated A* cos I was very happy at the way the event went. Wouldn't have missed it for anything. Now it is time to concentrate in school. NDP09 is coming up in March!
Videos and photographs will be posted when I am very very free, which I am not now. After the event, the org team went crazy and did limbo rock right in front of Arts House. I filmed the entire thing. In actual fact, we were like doing a peaceful demonstration on the both days after events when we carry the billboards and walk all the way from Arts House to ECOsphere. And someone was singing CNY songs. And another one was too high and imitated 'bama. Change - YES WE CAN! I think we've all gone nuts after the event. I have yet to collect photos from other photographers so stay tuned.
This is Keshia hoping that her Freshmen Orientation Camp will be as fun.