(17 April 2010)

Over 260 youth participants aged 15 to 25 covered 2,600 km using green transport via the inaugural CDL E-Generation Challenge 2010.

In celebration of Earth Day this year, CDL initiated the CDL E-Generation Challenge, an eco-themed "Amazing Race" style national competition targeted at youths. By utilising an eco-tainment platform in the form of a fun green rally, the competition is aimed at helping to raise the level of eco-consciousness amongst the youths in Singapore.

In celebration of Earth Day this year, CDL initiated the CDL E-Generation Challenge, an eco-themed "Amazing Race" style national competition targeted at youths. By utilising an eco-tainment platform in the form of a fun green rally, the competition is aimed at helping to raise the level of eco-consciousness amongst the youths in Singapore.

Over 260 youths from all over Singapore came together to pit their strength and wit - and overcome green challenges that were not only fun, but also showcased a range of environmental related issues, which included resource conservation, climate change and action. Following the flag-off at 8.00am from Singapore Polytechnic, participants were sent on various routes peppered with eco-challenges, which finally had them congregating again at Singapore's first eco-mall, City Square Mall.

For the inaugural competition this year, the focus was on Green Transportation. All travel during the competition was designed to be eco-friendly and each of the 22 teams covered some 105 km, totaling about 2,300 km. Beyond moving on foot and public transport, innovative electric and hybrid forms of transporters were included in the competition as an important message that our choice of transportation has a significant impact on the environment.

The CDL E-Generation Challenge 2010 is supported by the National Environment Agency and Clean and Green Singapore. Event partners include innovators of green transporters in Singapore: GoGreen Holdings (Segway and Sanyo Eneloop e-Bikes), The Green Car Company (electric car model NO More Gas or NMG), Greenlots (Electric Scooters) and Hybrid Motors (Prius and Estima hybrid cars from Toyota and the Insight hybrid cars from Honda), along with Singapore Polytechnic, Environmental Challenge Organisation (Singapore), Singapore Motor Sports Association and City Square Mall.

The BCA-CDL Green Sparks Competition is a first-of-its-kind initiative designed to raise awareness and engage tertiary students in the greening of the built environment. Launched for the first time this year, this public-private initiative was mooted to engage local tertiary students in the national effort to green the built environment and to raise awareness of best green building practices and solutions amongst future practitioners. For the inaugural competition, students are presented with the challenge of enhancing the environmental performance of Fuji Xerox Towers, an existing 38-storey office building owned by CDL. The building attained the BCA Green Mark Gold award in 2008 and students are invited to submit their retrofitting proposal for the building, which should be aimed at reducing its energy consumption and lower its carbon footprint. The retrofitted building should quality for the highest accolade under BCA’s Green Mark Scheme – the Green Mark Platinum status. The competition closes on 25 June 2010.

(3 April 2010 – Grand Finals)
CDL was the Presenting Partner for the NUS Geography Challenge 2010 jointly organised by the National University of Singapore (NUS) Geographical Society and the Department of Geography. Currently held for the 14th year, the theme of 2010’s national geography quiz for secondary school students focuses on "Sustainable Development". Through the competition, students from more than 80 schools nationwide are encouraged to engage their critical thinking skills to redefine limitations faced by our country and our planet to promote sustainable development.

(27 March 2010 – Grand Finals)
CDL was the Corporate Partner for the Chancellor’s Challenge Shield 2010, one of the foremost tertiary-level Current Affairs and General Knowledge Quiz competition in Singapore. Organised by the National University of Singapore (NUS) Students’ Political Association for the 18th consecutive year, the theme for the 2010’s competition is "Singapore 2061: What do you want it to be?", crafted in consideration of the Singapore Government’s upcoming Concept Plan 2011, which will give a broad visionary plan for Singapore’s Urban Development for the next 50 years. Beyond encouraging student participants to think critically and creatively about Singapore’s urban future, all ideas presented by the student teams were compiled and presented to the Ministry of National Development as a symbolic gesture of the Singapore Youth’s contributions to the drafting of Concept Plan 2011. Over 200 participants from educational institutions across Singapore participated in the three-part competition which culminated in the Grand Finals held on 27 March 2010 which was presided by Ms Grace Fu, Senior Minister of State (Ministry of National Development & Ministry of Education) as Guest-of-Honour.