13 March 2009
To: NUS Faculty, Staff Members and Students

Participation in EcoFriend Awards 2009, Green Wave Environmental Care Competition 2009 & Denso Youth for Earth Action: New Earthlings Project

Office of Environmental Sustainability (OES) will like to encourage you to support and participate in the following environmental programs. For more information on these programs, please see the attached PDF document and visit their dedicated websites.

A. ECOFRIEND AWARDS 2009
National Environment Agency (NEA) is pleased to announce that the EcoFriend Award is open for nominations. This prestigious award, in its 3rd year running, aims to recognize individuals that have contributed to the Singapore’s Clean and Green environment in their own way. If you have come across any individual(s) that you think deserves national recognition and appreciation, please do not hesitate to send in a nomination form to NEA. Details on the submission of nominations can be found at http://www.nea.gov.sg/ecofriend. The dateline for nominations is 28 March 2009.

B. GREEN WAVE ENVIRONMENTAL CARE COMPETITION 2009
Please refer to the Green Wave Environmental Care Competition website at www.sembship.com/greenwave for details on registration. The deadline for submission of proposal forms for this competition is 31 March 2009. If you have any queries or need assistance with regards to project submission, kindly contact Tan Yew Lee, pr@sembship.com / Tel: 6750 6689, or Rosilah, rosilah@sembship.com / Tel: 6750 6461.

C. DENSO YOUTH FOR EARTH ACTION – NEW EARTHLINGS PROJECT
The Denso Youth for Earth Action - New Earthlings Project – is an international on-site program that brings together young people who have a high level of environmental awareness and will actively tackle challenges to create a sustainable society. It seeks to educate them about humankind’s coexistence with the environment. This second year of the program will be held in Japan for students from Japan and six ASEAN countries so that they will come to know about the abundance of the natural world in Japan and about environmental projects. Through work-study in Shizuoka Prefecture, Shiga Prefecture and Aichi Prefecture, you will gain knowledge about our coexistence with the natural environment and will learn about various efforts to reduce environmental impact in cities. You will also acquire different values and a broad viewpoint while sharing issues for connecting what you learn to your own activities after the program.

Please visit www.denso-yea.com for more information. Expenses and fees are borne by the organizer. See the following link for the application guideline: http://denso-yea.com/en/application/2009_application_guideline.html. Application and brief essay for this program must reach Office of Environmental Sustainability (OES), NUS, by 27 March 2009, Friday, 1700 hrs. Please email to oesld@nus.edu.sg for enquiries.