RECYCLE RED!
In 2025, We reached out to Geneco and started Recycle Red!, a Chinese New Year sustainability initiative which seeks to promote sustainable & eco-conscious habits during Chinese New Year by partnering with Geneco SG to bring Red Packet Recycling bins to Schools. Recycle Red! is also an inter-school competition, to motivate & reward youths that choose sustainability.
In 2025, we partnered with 13 Junior Colleges to recycle a total of 435 Kilograms worth of red packets. That's the weight of nearly half an elephant! Furthermore, Anderson Serangoon Junior College (ASRJC), recycled 80 kilograms worth of red packets and won a visit from the Milo Van. We thank the Milo Van, Geneco and all our partners for making Recycle Red! 2025 a success!
In 2026, Recycle Red! will be back for its second run. We are excited to see more youths embracing sustainability!
INFOGRAPHIC POSTS ON INSTAGRAM
As part of our mission to "Educate youths on the importance of today's issues", we post educational infographic posts on topics such as Food Insecurity, Pollution, Animal Rights & more. Through our posts, during the height of our activity in April 2025, we gained more than 230K views on our page!
THE BETTERING RUN
We partnered with Canberra Community Club to organise The Bettering Run, a 3.5KM Run + Post-Run Carnival supporting Health & Sustainability. Set against the picturesque backdrop of Canberra Park, we saw more than 200 participants of all ages show up in support of Health & Sustainability.
HOW WE CHAMPIONED HEALTH & SUSTAINABILITY:
- Event decor was largely either made out of recycled materials collected from the community OR personally sourced second-hand from carousell
- Our team came up with creative and engaging game booths that spread awareness about Health &/or Sustainability
-The run itself promoted mental & physical wellbeing as well as walking/running as an alternative to public transport!
Check out our event booklet linked below for more information)
Find the run website, made courtesy of BytePenguin here: https://thebetteringrun.vercel.app & the event booklet here: https://tinyurl.com/tbreventbooklet
ARTS & CRAFTS WITH KIDS
We organised arts & crafts workshops for kids to help develop their motor skills & creativity, as well as provide them an afternoon of fun and learning!
Some activities include...
- Making Slime (Boosts fine motor skills & improves dexterity)
- Making Stickers (Encourages creativity & fosters out-of-the-box thinking!)
- Making shrink art keychains (Promotes expression through arts)
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THE WASTELESS UTOPIA
We were invited to The Wasteless Utopia, an event organised by Fashion Parade, held @ SCAPE* in conjunction with the Global Fashion Revolution Week, to share about Fashion Sustainability Policies in Singapore! To tie in with this year's theme of “Think Globally, Act Locally”, we also shared comparisons between Singapore’s Fashion Sustainability Policies VS Other countries like the UK & US, as well as what we can do locally to embrace Sustainable Fashion.
MISSION LIGHTHOUSE
We collaborated with Project InspiringJoy to launch Mission Lighthouse, a weekly academic tutoring, mentorship and befriending programme for primary schoolers to aid their social & cognitive development
OUTREACH TO SCHOOLS
We visit schools to spread more about youth volunteerism & its importance, as well as to recruit more youths to join our cause!
Drop us an email at thebetteringbranch@gmail.com if you want us to visit your school for a talk/fair!
We have visited...
- Values-In-Action (VIA) fairs of TMJC & VJC
- JPJC's Green Bazaar
- PLMGS's VIA Exploration Day
SUSTAINABLE SINGAPORE GALLERY FLAGSHIP EVENT
We partnered with Mastereign and the Sustainable Singapore Gallery to faciliatate tours inside the gallery, conduct eco-friendly activities outside & provide on-site assistance with the event.
Furthermore, we had a booth during the event run by our team to share more about how Singapore can contribute to the global sustainable energy scene with its unique energy policies due to its export-dependent economy & small land size. We also posited the possibilties of Singapore adopting post-growth policies
COMMUNITY CLEAN UPS @ LOCAL PARKS/BEACHES
We organise Community clean ups to do our part to keep SG green & clean. Our clean ups also serve as a way for youths to destress in nature and meet new friends from different schools, supporting youth mental health!
FENGSHAN CC’s SENIOR LUNCHEONS
We organised and conducted activities for seniors during Fengshan Community Club’s Saturday Senior Luncheons!
Some activities include...
- Designing mini canvas bags
- Designing Fridge Magnets
- Bingo sessions
- Making DIY pen holders using recycled plastic bottles & yarn
We often try to integrate sustainable practices/use eco-friendly materials in these activities because we believe sustainability can be practiced anywhere, anytime!
FOOD DELIVERY TO HOMEBOUND SENIORS IN THE EAST
We partner with Bethesda Care Services to organise food delivery sessions to homebound seniors in the East! In 2024, our volunteers spent more than 900 minutes delivering food to homebound seniors.
FLEA MARKET FUNDRAISER
We sold handmade bracelets & preloved items like books & clothes in an effort to promote sustainability at the Sembawang GRC National Day Observance Ceremony & Fun walk!
All funds collected when to The Bettering Branch's future activities
STREET SALES FUNDRAISER
We collaborated with Youth For Causes (YFC) Project Joey to help fundraise for SHINE Children & Care Services by selling crochet flowers, coasters and ribbon flowers to the public. We raised more than 2.6K together!
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS
Our outreach goes beyond Singapore's borders! We collaborated with Pangea Kids Burbank from California, USA to create an informative instagram post in order to raise awareness for the current health, human rights and human trafficking concerns in Vietnam.
COLLABORATION WITH BYTEPENGUIN
We collaborated with BytePenguin to bring this website to life! We are incredibly grateful to everyone on the BytePenguin Team who has contributed their time, skills and effort to helping us build this site.
