KUALA LUMPUR, IPC Shopping Centre and Alliance Bank today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to kick-off the IPC Little Eco-Heroes Awards.
Open to students from the age of 7 to 17, the initiative aims to ignite creativity of young minds, encouraging them to craft innovative, eco-friendly solutions to solve environmental challenges using recycled and recyclable materials.
IPC Shopping Centre in a statement said the awards that will take place from today until March 3, 2024, will feature several award categories, and challenge students to build either functional or non-functional prototypes aimed at addressing waste-related issues.
It said to participate in the Little Eco-Heroes Awards, students are required to first form a group comprising of three to five members according to their age categories, namely 7-12 years old and 13-17 years old.
“Subsequently, they are to submit a video presentation of no more than five minutes covering the introduction and inspiration of their invention as well as a description of how recycled materials will be incorporated in their invention process.
“The top 20 finalist teams will then get the opportunity to develop and showcase their prototypes and poster boards at IPC Shopping Centre from 17 Feb to 2 March 2024 for public voting via the official Facebook page of IPC Shopping Centre as part of the judging process,” read the statement.
The top 20 finalist teams will be invited back to IPC Shopping Centre to attend the Little Eco-Heroes Awards Grand Final on March 3, 2024 where each team will be allocated 10 minutes for their live presentation and QandA session with the panel of judges.
The winning teams will receive 120,000 Tack Points (valued at RM1,000 ) and will be awarded to the nominated Tack Club membership accounts), RM500 cash (credited to the Alliance Bank bank accounts of the nominated team), a trophy and certificates.
IPC Shopping Centre general manager Karyn Lim in the same statement said the shopping centre wants to provide a platform for the future generation to showcase their green ideas and creativity.
“We hope that this inaugural award will spark interest and curiosity about green innovation and solutions among children and youths so that they will not only feel inspired but also empowered to take on environmental challenges around them,” she said.
Meanwhile, Alliance Bank Group chief strategy, marketing and business development officer Dr Aaron Sum said the partnership with IPC Shopping Centre is in line with the brand purpose of ‘The Bank for Life’ and its endeavours to build on environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives.
“With the introduction of this award, we hope that more Little Eco-Heroes will rise up and work together to transform our community into a better, more sustainable home for all,” he said.
Source: BERNAMA News Agency