Discount for Water Bottles During YOG
The Youth Olympic Games in Singapore is starting tomorrow and we hope that many of you will be joining the games and cheering the athletes. Do remember to drink lots of water and use your own refillable water bottles.
If you need to get a water bottle, we are offering a $2 discount off the regular price for the Nalgene bottles if you buy them during YOG from 14 – 26 Aug. Choose your bottle today!
Image credit: Singapore 2010
LEAN Walk-a-Jog by Singapore Soka Association
July 20, 2010 by admin
Filed under Blog, Events Showcase
The Singapore Soka Association is organising LEAN Walk-a-Jog, a walk-a-jog event where participants can also bring their own water bottles for refill at water points.
Here are the event info from the organiser:
Date and Time: 22 Aug 2010, 8am
Venue: West Coast Park (Grand Lawn)
As part of Singapore Soka Association (SSA) Young Women Division’s on-going efforts to promote healthy lifestyle and meaningful activities, we are organising a walk-a-jog event in the lush greenery of the West Coast Park on 22 August.
As the theme “Nurturing nAture, Embracing Life” implies, this walk-a-jog event simply means that nurturing a healthy body and mind goes hand in hand with the inherent nature of women in embracing all lives.
To help convey the message that everyone plays a part towards caring for the environment, the newly curated exhibition “Seeds of Hope” will be featured at the event.
We also encourage all participants to “Bring My Own Waterbottle” for fill-up at waterpoints during the event.
Contact Person Name: Stephanie Quan
Organisation: Singapore Soka Association
Email: stephanie@ssabuddhist.org
Telephone: 6513 7823
Event Website: http://leanwalk2010.blogspot.com/
The Tap Water Challenge #2 – Hwa Chong Institution
We conducted our second Tap Water Challenge on 24 May at Hwa Chong Institution. 54 students were asked to taste 2 types of water (without knowing which is which) – one is tap water from the venue, the other is bottled water (Ice Mountain from Malaysia).
The results show:
41% of the students think that tap water tastes better.
33% of the students think that Ice Mountain bottled water tastes better.
26% of the students think that there is no difference in taste between tap water and Ice Mountain bottled water.
The Tap Water Challenge shows that 67% of the students prefer the taste of tap water or could not taste the difference between tap and bottled water. Why drink bottled water imported from Malaysia when you can have clean drinking water from the tap in Singapore?
Support mywaterbottle campaign and start using your refillable water bottles, instead of buying or taking single-use bottled water. Sign our pledge or buy a water bottle today!
The Tap Water Challenge #1 – NTUC Centre
We conducted our first Tap Water Challenge on Earth Day 22 April during the movie screening of Tapped at the NTUC Centre. 40 participants were asked to taste 2 types of water (without knowing which is which) – one is tap water from the venue toilet, the other is bottled water (Evian from France).
The results show:
42.5% of the participants think that tap water tastes better.
35% of the participants think that Evian bottled water tastes better.
22.5% of the participants think that tap water and Evian bottled water tastes the same.
The Tap Water Challenge shows that 65% of the participants prefer the taste of tap water or could not taste the difference between tap and bottled water. Why drink bottled water imported all the way from France when you can have clean drinking water from the tap in Singapore?
Support mywaterbottle campaign and start using your refillable water bottles, instead of buying or taking single-use bottled water. Sign our pledge or buy a water bottle today!
Want to help with mywaterbottle campaign?
mywaterbottle is a non-profit campaign to encourage more Singaporeans to use their own refillable water bottles, instead of buying or taking single-use bottled water.
We are currently looking for volunteers to help us with the campaign. Here’s how you can help if you have time to commit:
2 – 5 minutes
- Share the campaign with your friends on Facebook – www.facebook.com/mywaterbottle
- Tweet about the campaign via Twitter – www.twitter.com/mywaterbottle
- Tell your friends and colleagues about the campaign via email or over lunch
- Recommend a person or organisation who can help the campaign, or a food and beverage outlet who can be a refiller
2 – 5 days
- Help out with The Tap Water Challenge at schools, organisations or events in terms of manpower, photo-taking, and explaining the campaign to the public
- Find the location of water coolers in your school or public places, and take photos
- Design marketing material such as posters, banners, logos, infographics, web banners, etc
2 – 5 months
- Identify food and beverage outlets for refillers, and liaise with them
- Explore opportunities to sell the refillable water bottles through student clubs, NGOs, social enterprises, etc
- Explore locations and events to organise The Tap Water Challenge, and liaise with partners
- Write blog articles for the website and manage the Facebook and Twitter accounts.
Ready to volunteer? Email us to discuss further. Thanks!
