Environmental Challenge Organisation (Singapore)

Founded in 2003, ECO Singapore aims to challenge youth of age 17-35 to adopt a sustainable lifestyle and embrace environmental issues holistically. ECO Singapore actively drives and supports local and global environmental initiatives involving other environmental stakeholders. The organisation is run and managed mainly by volunteers in five departments: Forum Planning, International Affairs, Marketing and Communications, Publications and Research, and Volunteer Management and Development.

Our Vision

To be the leading environmental body advocating sustainable lifestyle for youth.

Our Mission

1. To challenge youth of age 17-35 to adopt a sustainable lifestyle and embrace environmental issues holistically.
2. To drive local and global environmental initiatives.
3. To support environmental activities/initiatives as a resource platform involving other environmental stakeholders.

Our Activities and Projects

• Enrich! – education programme
• Express! – quarterly publication
• EcoHouse – model of sustainable housing
• Eco Shop – sale of environmentally friendly products
• Eco Packaging Movement – team-up with food sellers to use environmentally friendly packaging
• National Youth Environment Forum – youth-led dialogue
• DunkIt! – National Day Parade clean-up
• UN Commission on Sustainable Development – participant
• Asia Youth Environmental Network – secretariat
• Asia-Europe Foundation – country representative

Contact Us

Address: 87 Beach Road, Chye Sing Building #06-01, Singapore 189695

Fax: 6336 0959

Email: marketing@eco-singapore.org

Website: www.eco-singapore.org

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Young environmentalists to discuss how technology can harness the gifts of Nature

We love to hear news about youth being involved with the environment. Here’s one from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP):

Nairobi 24 August 2007 – More than 180 young people from 85 countries around the world will meet in Germany later this week to discuss ways in which technology can be used to promote environmental protection. ‘Technology in service of the environment’ is the theme of the third Tunza International Youth Conference, organized by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Leverkusen, Germany, from 26 to 30 August 2007. Read more