Congratulations to all Five Finalists

All semi-finalist teams impressed with their energy, self-belief and drive to reach the project pitching stage. The pitching event on Friday, 17 Jul 2020, again brought out the best in them as they presented innovative solutions to various problem statements. At the end of the day, five finalist teams were selected to progress to the next phase of the competition.

Our heartiest congratulations go out to:

1. Team Jelly Farmers from Cedar Girls' Secondary
2. Team Mazi from Cedar Girls' Secondary
3. Team The Fanplastic Five from Cedar Girls' Secondary
4. Team Cereal Killer from Loyang View Secondary
5. Team C₂H₄ Filter Feeders from Nanyang Girls' High

Jellyfarmer, Cedar Girls’ Secondary School
Singapore is exposed to the volatilities of global food market as 90% of its food supply is imported. In order to grow more local produce, we need more lands that are suitable for agricultural purposes. With land scarcity as one of Singapore’s problem, most lands are used for housings and accessibilities, making it harder to find land for agricultural purposes which leads to higher farming costs, reliance on foreign nations as well as faces threat to food security.

MAZI, Cedar Girls’ Secondary School
Food waste is inevitably everywhere.. instead of fully resolving the root cause of food waste, how can we use innovation to create a way to minimise its prevailing impacts, with a solution that’s both environmentally and economically-friendly.

The Fanplastic Five, Cedar Girls’ Secondary School
“Plastic will be the main ingredient of all our grandchildren’s recipes”, Anthony T. Hincks. Indonesia is the second largest producer of plastic and food waste in the world. Plastic enters the seawater when there is improper disposal, polluting it, and affecting aquatic ecosystems. People consume water and food from these waters, affecting their health. A lot of energy is required to remove plastic from these water bodies.

CerealKiller, Loyang View Secondary School
Food waste is the one of the biggest waste streams in Singapore. The amount of food waste generated in Singapore has augmented by about 40 per cent over the past decade. This is a missed opportunity to improve Singapore’s food security and also mitigate environmental impacts. We offer a two-pronged approach to tackle food wastage in Singapore which reduces food wastage and process necessary wastage for alternative use.

C₂H₄ Filter Feeder, Nanyang Girls’ High School
Studies have shown on average, people could be ingesting up to 5g of plastics every week – equivalent to a credit card, in the air they breathe, the food they consume and especially in the water they drink. Urgent action at all levels was needed to tackle this crisis at a worldwide scale: “Microplastics in the water we drink”.

 

Snapshots of the pitching event.

 

 

NXplorers 2020

NXplorers 2020 is championed by Science Centre Singapore and Shell Singapore. It is a platform for young people to develop sustainable solutions to food, water and energy challenges. Through the process, students learn systems thinking, scenario planning, and develop change management skills - all highly relevant skill sets that inspire and equip students to be positive agents of change.

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