Do you want to be part of a Singapore Record in the making? Show Singapore that we can make it  BIG through collective efforts? Have your names etched on a plaque and placed on a tree in SP?

SP Environment Club is embarking on a 9-month project, from December to July, together with PAYM Nee Soon Central to conduct Recycling Drives throughout this period to collect as much clothes as possible from households. Clothes collected will be sold and reprocessed to other forms of fabric. Proceeds from the sale will go towards a SP Needy Fund. The project will culminate in a huge community event in August to celebrate this record-breaking feat.

To participate, form a team of 4 or 5 (from any course/year) and send your team name and member’s particulars (full name, admin no, mobile no, email) to spenv@cca.sg. For individuals, you are most welcome to help in this cause too!

Come down to any of our Recycling Drives to start collection. The more you go, the better your chances of winning. Please inform us of your attendance 3 days before the scheduled dates. We will send out reminders to you via email. CCA Points will be awarded.

Our scheduled recycling drives:

• 14 January (Bukit Batok) (Meeting Point: Bukit Batok MRT Station)
• 10 March (Choa Chu Kang)
• 24 March (Choa Chu Kang)

All sessions are on Saturdays, 9.00AM – 1.00PM. A records form will be given to each team to record the weights of the items collected before each recycling drive. Forms will be validated and kept by the organisers.

For enquiries, email to spenv@cca.sg and we will respond to you appropriately. Thank you for your participation! Fabulous prizes awaits you!

Written by Loi Yong Hwee

On 30^th November 2011, when exams were less than a week away, a group of enthusiastic students put aside their studies for a while and set off on a journey to Pulau Semakau.

Despite heavy downpour, our moods were not dampened and continued on a bus tour around the landfill to learn how the island operates on sustainability and preserve its diverse wildlife and beautiful scenery. Semakau Landfill has activities such as bird watching and star gazing as well.

We were delighted to have Dr. Yoram Bauman, an environmental economist, who is working as a lecturer at University of Washington, to join us on the bus tour and share his views of the environment with us. After the tour, we were invited to a briefing on the solid waste management in Singapore. We also get to know about the design and operation of Pulau Semakau.

We shared much laughter together.  It was a memorable trip. We hope to organise more of these outings to broaden everyone’s environmental knowledge.

We would like to thank officers from NEA for facilitating our trip.

Event Photos: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2241732971854.2101669.1503977665&type=1&l=de0d993313

Ever been to Pulau Semakau? Know what it is? Once in a life time trip that cannot be missed! 

The Semakau Landfill is Singapore’s first and only landfill situated offshore among the southern islands of Singapore. It covers a total area of 3.5 square kilometers. o create the required landfill space, a 7 km perimeter rock bund was built to enclose a part of the sea between Pulau Semakau and Pulau Sakeng. It is currently estimated that the landfill, which began operations on 1 Apr 1999, will last till 2045. The Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, along with the National Environment Agency which manages the landfill, hopes this deadline will be extended through various waste minimisation and resource conservation initiatives.

Details are followed:

Name of event: Pulau Semakau Trip
Date: 30 November 2011, Wednesday
Time: 1pm to 6pm
Meeting place: TBC
Meeting time: 12:30pm
Contact Person: Yong Hwee @ loiyh92@hotmail.com
Deadline: 26th November 2359hrs (This Saturday)

If interested, please fill in the particulars as follows
1) Full Name:
2) Admin Number:
3) School and Class:
4) Contact Number:
5) E-mail:

***Limited slots available***

Written by Nay Myo

Win attractive prizes by simply wearing Green!

From 14 – 18 Nov 2011, in line with our Clean & Green Week, members from SPENV will be roaming around the campus to spread environmental awareness and at the same time, look out for you!

So remember to put on your favourite green attire, and do not be shy when you

It’s already the 5th week of this Semester.

Make your fifth week Clean and Green Week! Please support SPENV

Written by Ng Rui Qin

On Saturday, 5 Nov 2011, a group of us woke up early in the morning to Island Landscape & Nursery Pte Ltd on a knowledge journey about indoor plants and their hydroculture technology. We were led by Mr Ivan Wee, the Retail Manager of the company.

Mr Wee led us around the nursery and explained all of the landscaping items, from water fountains to rocks to the pots suitable to be used, and the plants that can be grown indoors that they use to landscape such as the yellow palm.

The company has also used hydro culture to grow plants. Using the Lechuza pots from Germany that they sell, they use leca (lightweight expanded clay aggregate) together with nutrient solution and the water level indicator to grow plants. At first this method seemed hard, but thanks to Ms Zin Nwe Min, the Horticultuist, we were able to learn how to grow plants using hydroculture.

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Meeting point would be at Bishan MRT station. Do sign up with your name, admin no., contact details to elaine.10@ichat.sp.edu.sg by Thursday.

Please be informed that the “Walk along Old Jurong Line” Event scheduled to be on this Saturday, 22 October, had been cancelled due to safety reasons. An email has been sent to members who have previously shown interest for the event

We regret the decision and we hope for your understanding.

Written by Lim Xin Ying

On 15 October, a Saturday afternoon, 15 students gathered at Fort Canning Park for a learning journey to the world of spices.

Can you differentiate the smell of curry leaves and laksa leaves? We use our sight, smell and touch to feel and understand the different types of spices at the garden. There are spices such as candle nut, lemon grass and butterfly pea. Do you know that butterfly peas flowers are used to colour glutinous rice in Nyonya Chang? The difference between using butterfly peas flower and artificial colouring is that, when using butterfly peas flower as colouring, the glutinous rice will have some patches of white between the uneven shades of blue; on the contrary, artificial colouring creates even shades of blue on the glutinous rice.

After the 2 hours guided tour by Paul, the experienced guide who shared his knowledge selflessly, we believe we gain plenty of knowledge on spices and learn to appreciate them. The spices are part of our cultural and natural heritage.

We would like to thank Ms Asyiqin, an officer from NParks, and Paul, the volunteer guide for the Fort Canning Spice Trail.