2006 Clean & Green Week campaign targets climate change

Climate change will be the focus of this year's Clean and Green Week. Now into its 17th year, it will see youths as the target group. To raise awareness on the importance of recycling and conserving resources, students of Republic Polytechnic - one of the National Environment Agency's (NEA) partners in this year's campaign - are hoping to collect some 10,000 of plastic bottles. The plastic bottles will eventually be turned into installation art to give a visual impact on the extent of wastage if they are not recycled. It is also to impress upon students that every small individual effort will collectively have an impact on the environment.

The NEA also plans to rope in youths in curbing energy consumption and therefore the emission of carbon dioxide, especially at home. Over the last 10 years, the rate of carbon dioxide emission here has risen by 25%. NEA says the biggest culprits in energy consumption are air-conditioners and refrigerators, which take up about 40-65% of the average household's electricity bill. By taking simple steps like setting the air-conditioning from 21 to 25 degrees Celsius, households can cut down electricity use and subsequently carbon dioxide emission. This year's Clean and Green Week will be officially launched on November 5 by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

- It is good that gov.sg is reaching out to educate the younger ones. It will act as a counter to the culture of wasteful consumerism.

One of the highlights of last year's campaign was a photo exhibition along Orchard Road. That was interesting. This year, there are multiple events happening in this timeframe : this year's Clean & Green Week campaign, the opening of Al Gore's movie An Inconvenient Truth in local cinemas, and an Eco-Products Fair next week.

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