Eco Youth Collective

## Summary

Eco Youth Collective is made up of a group of Singaporean youths brought together by a shared vision of creating solidarity between the pre-tertiary institutes (JC, Poly, ITE).

With the idea of wanting different schools to collaborate and form a firm network in the environmental scene, a Telegram chat group was created, which included youths who have graduated and who are currently studying. Ever since then, we sent out a sign-up form for students who are interested to join our collective. Today, we have around 83 participants from 19 schools!

## Mission

They hope to create an environmental space conducive for collective action, collaboration, and mutual aid to take place. Advocating strongly for youths to have ownership over a resounding and inclusive voice, they seek to inculcate in them an acute sensitivity towards the existence of a larger ecosystem with different actors, disciplines and crises that are ultimately intersectional.

## Initiatives

**Eco Drive:**

Eco Drive is a shared Google Drive folder among all EYC members. They aim to provide a good platform for the exchange of ideas and resources amongst themselves, tapping into each other’s strengths to grow a rich resource bank. With the information shared, members can make use of relevant materials to carry out events, initiatives or campaigns in their own schools, and nurture themselves in the environmental advocacy space.

It consists of the Information Bank and Event Bank.

**Mentorship Programme:**

Not sure how to start your environmental advocacy project? The EYC Mentorship Programme aims to link up fresh alumni and current students to coach the latter on their personal journeys through environmental leadership. Mentees can expect a series of workshops that will guide them through the changemaking process and an opportunity to develop your own voice.

**Green Conversations:**

They come together once every few months to share updates and upcoming programmes. Members can facilitate interaction, opening doors to valuable connections and exchange of experiences.

Within each buddy group, members exchange experiences, knowledge and ideas, and explore possibilities for collaboration. This fosters closer ties and mutual learning between paired schools, pushing environmental movements to greater heights.

Green conversations consist of Mass Meetings and a Buddy System

Mass meetings: Members of EYC will be actively engaging with everyone else, not only those whom they met through induction sessions, buddy groups and mentorship groups. We come together once every few months to share our updates and upcoming programmes. At the same time, members can facilitate interaction, opening doors to more meaningful connections and exchange of experiences.

Buddy System: Within each buddy group (of three to four schools), members are free to exchange experiences, knowledge and ideas, and explore possibilities for collaboration. While participants are encouraged to also familiarise with schools from other buddy groups, we hope that this system fosters closer ties between paired schools, creating an environment for mutual learning, pushing new and existing environmental movements to greater heights.

**Curated Curriculum:**

Given the intersectional nature and complexity of problems that define our time, it is imperative that we seek to broaden possibilities through collaborations (both within and outside EYC) and enable different stakeholders to bring in their voices, perspectives and insights. Through webinars, programmes, and workshops, we hope to empower both youths and beyond to work towards reimagining the systems that we reside in and what a just future truly means.

The curated curriculum is made up of both external collaborations and internal collaborations (self-initiated by EYC members)

**Eco Youth Festival**

Register here for EYF, an inter-school green event open to all regardless of one's knowledge or involvement in environmental issues, where anyone with even the slightest bit of curiosity can join their student organisers in games and discussions

## Get in Touch

Email Address: ecoyouthcollective@gmail.com

Join Page: https://ecoyouthcollective.wixsite.com/home/ge

Contact Form: https://ecoyouthcollective.wixsite.com/home/contact-us

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 About Us, Eco Youth Collective, https://ecoyouthcollective.wixsite.com/home/about-us, Accessed on 22 Nov 2020
2. ↑ Eco Drive, Eco Youth Collective, https://ecoyouthcollective.wixsite.com/home/eco-drive, Accessed on 22 Nov 2020
3. ↑ Mentorship Programme, Eco Youth Collective, https://ecoyouthcollective.wixsite.com/home/mentorship-programme, Accessed on 22 Nov 2020
4. ↑ Our Initiatives, Eco Youth Collective, https://ecoyouthcollective.wixsite.com/home/our-initiatives, Accessed on 22 Nov 2020
5. ↑ Curated Curriculum, Eco Youth Collective, https://ecoyouthcollective.wixsite.com/home/curated-curriculum, Accessed on 22 Nov 2020
6. ↑ Green Conversations, Eco Youth Collective, https://ecoyouthcollective.wixsite.com/home/green-conversations, Accessed on 22 Nov 2020