2 days ago, TPL created the google document for editing our proposal.
1 night ago, there was a chunk of text in point form summarizing our project outline
Problem:
TPL didnt typed it
Adeline didnt type anything
Karyen, Xinyuan and Jia Ying only saw google docs today
so this is something weirld
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Then we sidetrack and didnt do much to the proposal.....
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Then we went to make recycling boxes.
On Tomorrow and Friday, NUS High will be having the P4 math carnival our school campus. We predict that the drinks being given out to the P4 students will be bottles of water.
So we made recycling boxes for plastic bottles. This will be an extension to our project jobscope. We should be doing this for most school activities in the future, operating under both worldview and NEA.
Signs to be pasted on the boxes
Box #1
"Bottles goes into our recycling bin" Box # 2
Environmentalist (14degrees) Blogged:11:08 PM
Monday, May 26, 2008
UPDATE!!! Again, please be reminded that there is a meeting with the mentor in school this wednesday at 2 o clock. I forgot about this in the previous post:
On the 24th May meeting, we came up with an idea of proposing to set up a green portal on the school website or something.
PURPOSE:
Update on the school progress on environmental issues and upcoming environmetal activities coming up in school etc.
Put up interesting related (youtube) videos or other media to make the portal more interesting
Stir up the interest of the school population about environmental issues: raise awareness
I'm still going through the youtube videos we saw on the 24th meeting, give me some time to go through them again and sort them out because i cant really use the computer often. sorry!
Here is a video i took of one of the faulty taps in the canteen. i've counted, there's 3 such taps in the canteen alone. This can serve as an evidence. We will need to find more of such evidence and take pictures or videos of them. =)
This is the tap we are talking about for the idea for the water poster. As you can see, the water DOES NOT STOP coming out from the tap until somebody pulls it.
If somebody do not know that the tap is faulty or he/she does not care about it and leave the water flowing, the water can really flow for very long and thus a lot of water would be wasted.
So, we really need to do something about it.
Environmentalist (14degrees) Blogged:5:02 PM
Saturday, May 24, 2008
JOB ALLOCATION POSTERS: xinyuan will draw. not sure if karyen will be free to help.
LETTERS: karyen can draft out =)
PROPOSAL: jia ying + tpl + adeline
to karyen: we need a letter to the principal telling him about the policies that we proposed: - encouraging staff to print double sided - make the staff off the air-con of the classrooms when their lessons end. - check previous posts for more information =)
Environmentalist (14degrees) Blogged:4:03 PM
24th May POSTERS discussion!
today we discussed & brainstorm for ideas for the posters! (here we are discussing using Bryce's Laptop. Photographer: TPL. Sadly Karyen was unable to make it)
for each category(water, electricity and waste management), there is a theme, which is also a slogan.
the poster(s) for the category will revolve around the theme. at the bottom of each poster, the theme(slogan) will be stated.
FOR WATER!!! H20
theme(slogan): save water. save life. save the earth
How much water is wasted from leaky taps: -water flow per minute X number of leaky taps X school population -what can the amount of water wasted be used for: eg, can support the life of a family for.... (give ppl an idea that the water wasted from leaky taps is really alot! and it can save life...)
FOR ELECTRICITY!!! Energy
theme(slogan): conserve electricity for the future
If electricity is suddenly cut off... what will happen - first part of the comic shows electricity wastage - second part of the comic shows that the electricity is suddenly cut off (something funny happens) - shows the importance of electricity and so we should conserve! - can make a series, of different actions of wasting electricity and different outcomes of electricity being cut off
intersesting ways and uncommon ways to conserve electricity/interesting or shocking facts about conserving energy - people will find conserving electricity can be a interesting process =)!
FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT!!! 3Rs
theme(slogan): reduce waste. youths can play a part! (tentative to change)
get a short word to do with waste management. the letters of the word will make up actions or tips to help in waste management! (needs expansion of this idea) - can make a series, different words to do with waste management can make up different posters
anymore ideas please add on especially for WASTE MANAGEMENT!
make sure the ideas are EASILY EXPRESSED ON PAPER.
Environmentalist (14degrees) Blogged:3:26 PM
Friday, May 23, 2008
Meeting with Mentor: Discussion Summary this is a rough outline of what we are going to cover:
WATER
create cartoon posters to attract more attention (something like those in public toilets telling people to not stand on the toilet bowls)
create educational posters
come out with a system plan to let people inform the estate department fast enough when taps, pipes, toilet etc are damaged
propose to the school to get half-flush toilets and water efficient taps - calculate budget
ELECTRICITY
create cartoon posters to remind people to reduce electricity usage
encourage (or set a a policy to make) teachers turn off the air-con when the class ends (air con will not be on when there are no lessons)
ENERGY-STAR - set the computer terminals to auto-shutdown after 15 minutes of inactivity
WASTE MANAGEMENT
posters!
get the NEAs of each class to throw all plastic bottles to the proper recycling bins at the end of each day
check how often the recycling companies come down to collect the recyclables and the requirements for plastic needed for be recycled
maybe set up additional small recycling bins around the classroom areas for convenience
collect unwanted paper from school or also can have a monthly, termly, semester-ly or yearly collection from nearby blocks.
send most of the paper to recycling factories
rest of the paper we can recycle on our own. make it a school activity. can increase awareness.
system to resale of textbook from higher levels to lower levels -make a portal?
set default setting of photocopy machines to double sided
encourage teachers to print notes double sided
Others
get the school to show us the bills then every month we can make morning announcements to tell the school how many percent have the bills increase or decreased the past month so that they will know that their efforts have turned out good or they have to continue working hard.
make posters about interesting facts about environmental issues to draw people's interest
what we can start doingNOW:
brainstorm ideas and start creating the posters (water + electricity + waste management) -everybody brainstorm. any ideas communicate through email, blog or tagboard -xinyuan and karyen will be in charge of the posters
resale of textbook -ask nicholas leong according to tpl
find out details about sending paper to recycle -where -how often -rate $$
find out about how often recycling company come to collect the plastic
recycle our own paper -we try out on our own first. we need to know exactly how to do it.
notices or letters to encourage staff to reduce electricity and paper usage
what we need?
statistics -about current state of recycling in school -school electricity bills and water bills
PICTURES and VIDEOS -related to our project to put up here. more interesting
we also came out with the outline of the proposal:
Aim of project
Problem in the school
Evidence of problem (from Ms Sim's Notes) -Explanation (research) -Hypothetical instances -Figurative comparison -Fables, sayings, poems and rhymes -Demonstration -Statistics -Factual instances (pictures, videos) -Literal instances -Expert opinions
Solutions -long term solutions -short term solutions - actions that we can take NOW
Justification of solutions
Timeline of solution
Bibliography
Environmentalist (14degrees) Blogged:1:52 PM
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Meeting With Mentors
We would be meeting our mentors (Karen and Gavin) on Thursday 2pm.
Please meet at 11 outside staffroom for group meeting.
The agenda should (tentative) be: 1) clearing up and clarifying the job scope of our group and other groups 2) plan out we would be doing and proposing
3) Getting opinions from mentor on the job scope and feasibility of ideas 4) Getting mentor's advice on how to write to proposal and blogs
Thanks Jia Ying for initiative :)
Environmentalist (14degrees) Blogged:11:25 PM
Plastic Bottles collected from ECP
Today, Adeline, Xinyuan, me and few other people went cycling today at East Coast Park.
Background info The bicycle rental shop provide freebottles of water if you rent their bicycle
Happenings We collected 12 such bottles of water (our own included) and 3 soft drink bottles after returning the bicycles. I would be keeping the bottles in usual "green comm area" in school to prepare for the recycling drive.
Thought... 1) Is there such a bicycle rental shop that provides free bottles of water in West Coast Park? 2) Is West Coast Park under the South West CDC?
3) If above statement 1 and 2 is true, can we do a proposal for a recycle bin beside the dust bin of that shop? 4) Also, anyone interested in cleaning up the drains and beaches as part of waste management... XD
Environmentalist (14degrees) Blogged:9:22 PM
Monday, May 19, 2008
Discussion with Bryce Okay... I was on the phone with Bryce. This is his insightful opinion:
1) Our scope is huge. We might not be able to cope with it
2) Water This clashes with with bryce's group. Bryce group is doing water conservation and ecosystems. He would be installing water-efficient taps in school toilet.
3) Waste Management Byorn's group is doing food waste monitoring. So we can do plastic bottle recycling and paper recycling. By The Way, Bryce wants the plastic bottles for his Youth For Causes project.
4) Electricity conservation Yong Qin group is doing electricity ONLY.
So what is left is "back to square 1". We will be doing paper and plastic bottle recycling. What is left now is to decide on the system of collection of platic bottles and paper. Next we must decide on what to do to the bottles and recycled paper. For the bottles, we would be using it for "a good cause" (Youth for Cause).
So do we want to reduce our scope of the project? Pls comment on the taggy...
Environmentalist (14degrees) Blogged:10:05 PM
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Worldview 360 Briefing: Group Discussion Summary This is what we discussed yesterday at the briefing:
Firstly, we are going to scrape the outline we had before the briefing.
Ideas we discussed yesterday:
We are intending to focus on more than one point.
Firstly about water:
Stagnent water in various part of the school. We can try to eliminate stagnant water, although the school still fog the area regularly.
Water wastage. We can put up posters in the toilet and around the tap areas to remind people to save water. Also, we can propose to the school to change all the faulty and leaking taps and toilets in the school (there are quite a number of such taps and toilets).
Research! We need to find out more about the system in the school like what the cleaners do and spot out all the parts where water is wasted and propose changes to minimize the water loss and conserve more water in school.
Next, about waste management, which we are most likely going to focus on paper usage and paper recycling.
Unwanted paper. We can collect unwanted paper from people in school especially from the staff room. we can recycle these paper, some of which we recycle ON OUR OWN (& maybe we can involve the school to do this together) on a monthly or termly basis and send the rest for recycling at factories (it is definitely impossible to recycle all on our own)
Printing. Encourage people (both staff and students) to print and photocopy double-sided.
Lastly, about energy conservation.
Conservation. conserve energy regarding air con, lights, fans and computers.
Lights, fans, Air con. can put up reminder notices near the switches of the rooms.
Computer. Encourage people to shut down the computer terminals instead of logging them off and leave it there when nobody is going to use them.
Policies. Maybe we can propose to the school to set a rule that the aircon in classes can only be on during lesson times.
Monitoring. We can try asking the school to show us the bills so that we can monitor and keep track whether our plans are working well (we need them for green audit too).
Okay, thats about it. there are some considerations that we have to take note when planning:
can we monitor the progress?
the plan need to be long-term, which means the green committee can continue taking it up.
it has to be related to global climate, but it can be an indirect relationship.
when our plan is fixed, we will have to justify on this blog how our plan/proposal is related to the environment and the theme.
anymore ideas can communicate through email (on the blog), or can also directly post it up here! tagboard can also be used but it may not be that efficient.
Conclusion:
we need to research on how to recycle paper.
brainstorm of more ideas and hopefully some special enough that nobody else can think off.
update this blog very often. so any ideas just put it here!
Environmentalist (14degrees) Blogged:2:14 PM
Details from Participants' Booklet Okay, this time round the information is taken from the participants' booklet. About the blog a.Document research and progress of the projects over a 4-week period (17 May - 17 June) b. The publicwill have the opportunity to vote for their favourite project/blog online at the worldview 360 website c.NO PLAGIARISM! d.inform mentors of the blog address by 24th May
About submission of proposals a. submit a short proposal of how we will be presenting the project, if selected b. should be accompanied by any visual aids, if applicable c. should not exceed a length of FOUR pages d. submit viaemail (worldview360youths@gmail.com)
About A2 board presentation a. Do up 2 A2 boards showcasing their project ideas to the public b. This is regardless of whether we make it to the finals c. There will be a selection for the Best Display
About the GRAND FINALE (if selected) a. Will be notified of the selection by 20th June b. Finalists will need to prepare for their actual presentation on the 10th July c.5 minutes of presentation followed by a round of Q & A by the panel of judges d.No restriction for forms of visual aids used e. There will be a selection for the Most Engaging and Most Creative Presentation
WORK ON ALL THREE PORTIONS SIMULTANEOUSLY FROM THE START
Judging criteria
Proposal: a.Originality and Idea of the project (40%)
did the idea of the project display creativity?
does the project involve a sizable population of the school?
b.Content of the project (60%)
is the overall project sound, viable and sustainable in the long run?
does the projectincrease awareness about environmental issues?
is the project well-researched? (statistics etc)
Most Engaging and Creative Presentation: a.Strength of presentation (50%)
did the presenters communicate their ideas confidently and clearly?
do the visuals used by participants enhance their presentation?
b.Creativity of presentation (40%)
does the presentation capture the attention of the audience?
is the project presented in a creativemanner?
c.Question andAnswer (10%)
do the teams have a good understanding of their project?
are the teams able to answer the questions confidently?
Best Blog: a. Is the project idea communicated clearly on the blogsite? (25%) b. Is theprogress of the project charted clearly? (25%) c. Is the project presented creatively? (25%) d. Is the blog well-maintained? (25%)
Best Overall Project: a.Proposal (40%) b.Most Engaging and Creative presentation (30%) c.Best Blog (20%) d.Best Visual Display (10%)
Environmentalist (14degrees) Blogged:1:48 PM
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Competition Details following is the details of the competition taken from the notice from the NE notice board:
Process of Competition 1) Setting up of their respective blog 2) Start of research and discussion itself -->teams are expected to seek help from their respective mentors assigned to them --> Mentors will be introduced to their teams on the briefing day on 17 May 3) Creation of the possible visual aids needed for presentation 4) Crafting of the proposal of how they are to go about doing their 5 minute presentation 5) Submission of visual aids and proposal by 17 June 6) if selected, preparation and rehearsals to be carried out for the presentation during the GRAND FINALE
Notes 1) Only relevant project materials should be displayed on designated blog site 2)Standard English should be used and profanities are prohibited 3) Only 1 blog is allowed per team
Mode of Competition Preliminary Round- Blogs 1) Students are to document their research and progress of their projects, over a 4-week period from 17 May to 17 June 2008. --> The team can decide the design of their blog and the information placed on their blog. 2) Teams are to submit their visual aids (videos, PowerPoint, etc) and a short write-up of how they are going to present their ideas by 17th June 2008, before the grand finale. 3) The public would have the opportunity to vote for their favorite project/blog online, at the Worldview 360 website: www.worldview360.org Final round - Presentation 1) The best 5projects will be selected based on the judging criteria below. 2) Each team would be required to give a five minute presentation on the day of the grand finale. 3) Following each presentation, each team will undergo a question and answer round, in which teams would have to answer questions, raised up by the panel of judges, relating to the project.
Prizes
Prizes will be awarded for the following categories:
-->best project $2000 worth of prizes -->most participative school -- (with most number of projects) $1000 worth of prizes -->most creativepresentation$800 worth of prizes -->most creative blog$500 worth of prizes -->best booth presentation $200 worth of prizes
Environmentalist (14degrees) Blogged:9:43 AM
THE.ENVIRONMENTALISTS
GROUP MEMBERS
tan.ping.liang @ tpl2go@gmail.com
hong.xinyuan
adeline.cheong
chai.karyen
goh.jia.ying
17th May, Saturday
- briefing @ science centre 22nd May, Thursday
- meet up with facilitators in school at 2pm 24th May, Saturday
- inform mentors of blog URL 28th May, Wednesday
- 2nd meeting with facilitators in school at 2pm
- 1st draft of proposal, posters, letters to principal
- finish research (recycling factories, ways to recycle paper 30th May, Friday
- completion of posters 4th June, Wenesday
- 3rd meeting with facilitators in school at 2pm
- completion of proposal 17th June, Tuesday
- submission of proposals, blog, and any visual aids 18th June, Wednesday
- fourth meeting with facilitators in school at 2 pm (tentative) 20th June
- notification of selection 10th July
- GRAND FINALE
This blogskin's graphics and concept is solely done by R.wan.F Design. No materials should be taken without permission.
With the help of Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Black1e google, notepad, photobucket,blogspot and of cos, blogskin.
(here we are discussing using Bryce's Laptop. Photographer: TPL. Sadly Karyen was unable to make it)
