Love Green Event

By Jean Cheng, Third Year Student

As the title suggests, the event organised revolves around the notion of being environmentally friendly. It was a successful collaboration between our senior students of Temasek Polytechnic, Diploma in Retail Management and CHOOSE. by Olive Ventures. The event aimed to raise awareness of going green either by utilising the vermicompost bins or selecting from a range of eco-friendly products.

Everyone was given a role and each individual had an important part to play. Shifts were being rotated and there was one Event Manager per class for every session. They led the team towards our common objective as mentioned earlier. To help profile the event, we publicised it on social media websites like Facebook and Twitter.

In the morning of 16 July 2011, we geared up for the commencement of LOVE GREEN Event at VivoCity. Most of us were apprehensive about the crowd we would expect and the performance we could achieve. After all, we had hardly any experience in running an event. However, the crowd began to pick up and our engines started rolling.

The first booth offered Eco-Chic merchandise featuring fashion apparel and accessories and they ranged from organic cotton t-shirts to upcycled hairpins. There is no denial to the possibility of being fashionable and eco-friendly at the same time.

Next to it was a booth that provided energy-saving electronic gadgets which were fascinating. One of the more popular products was the Dynamo Powered Flashlight which does not require batteries.

Following that was a booth displaying household items such as the Bamboo Chopping Board Set and Lavender Fields Laundry Powder. Opting for these products is already a step closer to being environmentally friendly.

The last booth exhibited vermicompost bins which educated the public on how disposal of household waste can be an act of going green.

Surrounding the event venue were posters done by us and they helped to inform the public on the numerous ways to be more conscious of our environment.

Although the LOVE GREEN Event was held over a weekend, preparations for the event had begun way before. Lecturers and the senior students were all mobilised to ensure the event was a success. Being just students, we were greenhorns as far as organising an event was concerned. To our surprise, we managed to overcome the many doubts and obstacles we had initially faced and gained a tremendous sense of accomplishment from the event.