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AWARE is hosting a fundraiser dinner 19 Nov to celebrate Mrs Hedwig Anuar - who turns 80 that day - and all Singapore women. Do support! Some info in Happenings. Contact: aware [at] aware.org.sg

Monday
01Jun

Back in Sg - and about to invade schools

Yes, we're back safely, with no swine flu (w00t!). We're now consolidating our learning and our experiences, and gearing up to invade schools with our slightly exploded worldviews on sustainable development and social change!

Schools/institutions: If you are interested in having us speak (or run a workshop) at your school, drop us a note at  speaking@syinc.org  with the usual details and any course objectives/requirements we should take note of (if any). We don't (yet) charge for our talks, but you are more than welcome to offer a (optional) donation!

Tuesday
05May

We're in New York!

Syinc is participating in the 17th session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (or CSD-17) for short. May 4th - 15th. It's only day 2 today, but things have already been a whirl! 

We've got a small team here: Darren from NYP who's in NS, Kevin from ACS I who's also in NS, Cuilin from Columbia Uni, and me (Bernise). A shoutout to Shaun who was meant to join us too, but (quite unfortunately) got quick sick and is in hospital - get well soon!

You can follow the action through our blog: www.syinc.org/blog

Feel free to get in touch! contactus [at] syinc.org

Monday
01Dec

Dream It. Do It.

Ashoka's Youth Venture, who was involved in bringing you the Staples Youth Social Entrepreneurship Competition (news entry here), has now teamed up with MTV Switch Campaign. They are launching the Dream It Do It Challenge in search of the most innovative and creative youths that are working to create a cooler or greener planet. The competition is open to young people between the ages of 12 and 24.

To learn more about the competition and enter your idea for a chance to win $1000 to get your project started and possibly be featured on a new MTV show in 2009: http://mtv-venture.org/switch

And, if you also know of any young environmental entrepreneurs who may be interested in this, please pass this on!

Dream It. Do It.

Get in touch with James Bach: jbach@youthventure.org

All the best!

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Monday
01Dec

Global Social Innovators Forum

The Global Social Innovation Forum is here in Singapore! Organised by Social Innovation Park, it will feature Jet Li as keynote. (For those who don't yet know, he's setting up One Foundation in Singapore to train and groom leaders for the future. See an ST article here)

Do check out the Open Forum on 30 Nov, which is free. The organisers welcome people from all sectors and students of all institutions to attend.

 

Details

30 November 2008 | 9am - 2:30pm | Fusionopolis                                                   Program | Registration | Venue

Curious? www.socialinnovatorsforum.org

See you there!

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Thursday
23Oct

A Blueprint for Sustainability?

Hear ye! There's a public forum happening on sustainable development 28 October.

Yes, yes, we know... "yet another consultation" and all that. But here's what's interesting: This effort is being spearheaded by an entity called the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Sustainable Development (or the IMCSD), that's pulled together from different government agencies. Policy analysts sometimes call this a "whole-of-government" approach, and it's quite a rare opportunity that this much coordination effort has been put in for something like sustainable development.

And we know this is for real - we were one of the (approx) 8 representatives from academia, private and non-government sectors involved in one of the consultations. So thumbs up for the effort taken to engage other folks!

 

Details

28 October 2008 6:45 - 9pm | URA Auditorium, 5th Floor 45 Maxwell Rd

More info and sign-up here

 

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