17 Sep 2010
1. Young NTUC is the youth wing of the National Trades Union Congress. Catering to working people below 35 years old, Young NTUC currently has about 150,000 members. Over the years, it has found relevance for its members to identify with, and these are not based on mercantile benefits.
2. Young NTUC activists join in because they want to make a difference. Making a difference be they to themselves, their families, society or the world, they are given the platform. Creating 350 Singapore fulfills one of these dreams. Young NTUC organised Run 350 at Pulau Ubin on 20 March to raise funds for the Garden City Fund’s Plant-A-Tree (PAT) programme Other programmes include environmental awareness advocacy work and activist training.
3. There is increasing interest in environmental advocacy work in Singapore. Young NTUC hopes to contribute by bringing its 150,000 members in to support. The 350 Public Boardroom allows members and their friends to join in the process.
4. “Young NTUC is glad to be able to support the 350 movement. Whilst we are conscious that the issues involved are usually complex and not easy to resolve, by raising the level of salience, we believe more people will know the issues better,” observed Steve Tan, Executive Secretary of Young NTUC.
5. To this end, Young NTUC has invited speakers from various non-profit organisations championing environment causes to come together on 17 September 2010 to discuss ways to slow down effects of climate change, thereby establishing 350 Singapore's presence in the local environmental advocacy landscape.
6. This forum will be held at the stage area of Chevron House in the heart of the financial district at lunch time from 12pm to 2pm. This is so to outreach to an all-inclusive workforce, particularly professionals, managers, executives and technical people (PMETs), and to raise public awareness on environment issues amongst young working adults aspiring to make a difference to their environment.
7. The plenary discussion will be chaired by Jessica Cheam, a correspondent with The Straits Times who reports on property, the environment, energy and climate change. The panel will comprise the following stakeholders:
