Environmental Challenge Organisation (Singapore), or ECO Singapore, is a not-for-profit social enterprise. ECO Singapore aims to establish a voluntary environmental movement, thereby creating opportunities for active involvement by Singaporean youths, instilling a sense of commitment and awareness of environmental issues and global hazards. By providing youths a holistic approach towards environmental issues, ECO Singapore's mission is to encourage youths to take initiative and choose to live environmentally sustainable lifestyles.

ECO Singapore was registered in 2002 under the Registrar of Societies, Singapore, and is run solely by volunteers. However, it was only in December 2005 when ECO Singapore began operationalising herself. ECO Singapore's main differentiating factor is its promotion of environmental issues in a more holistic manner. It achieves this by sharing its expertise, resources and volunteer pool with existing local and regional environment groups.

To attract and instill a sense of responsibility as a global citizen among youths, ECO Singapore consistently seeks to repackage environmental issues to make it more youth-oriented. It conducts environmental forums and produces its in-house magazine on a quarterly basis to keep youths, corporate partners, and environmental groups and organisations abreast of environmental developments on both local and global scales.

ECO Singapore represents Singapore as a member at — and is also the Secretariat of — the Asia Youth Environmental Network (AYEN), which was formed in 2003 together with seven other Asian countries (Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, India, Malaysia, Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) and is supported by the Commonwealth Youth Program.

ECO Singapore is also a founding member of the ASEM Youth Network for Sustainable Development. ECO Singapore was also recently nominated to be the National Focal Point of South East Asia Youth Environment Network (SEAYEN).

Eight Issues

At ECO Singapore, we categorise global environment issues into eight areas. They are:

1. Agriculture
2. Biodiversity
3. Climate Change
4. Energy
5. Health and Water Sanitation
6. Pollution
7. Population, and
8. Poverty.

We believe that environmental issues should be viewed in a holistic and global perspective by our youths. Youths should not be limited to issues and problems concerning their own countries. In fact, this allows youths to appreciate their surroundings and actions better.

The four-leaf clover is known to represent luck and uniqueness. It was chosen to represent our uniqueness in our capabilities to present and engage youths to be empowered making sound decisions to adopt a sustainable lifestyle.

Our Logo

The four leaves also represent a heart for SELF, a heart for FAMILY, a heart for COMMUNITY, and a heart for the WORLD. ECO Singapore aims to create this chain-reaction touching the individuals in Singapore, who will spread the awareness to their family, and this will in turn shape the community to care for our fragile Earth.

Primary colours were chosen to reflect our vibrancy and originality. Our rationale for the colours are:

• Red — our passion in environment.
• Green — our engagement in global environmental advocacy.
• Yellow — our vibrant youths who are empowered to make sound decisions to adopt a sustainable lifestyle.