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SINGAPORE: Staying in a perspex room with little entertainment is hardly a way to spend your weekend, but three people did just that.
And 24 hours later, one emerged as the most Gaia-friendly person of the year.
They were taking part in the MediaCorp Gaia Life Challenge 2010.
The winner is 42-year-old Christina Hardie.
She said: "I read all the Hemisphere magazines that were in there (the room), did all the crossword puzzles and word searches. You feel a little bit like a hamster in a cage. Some chaps came up and asked me to turn the fan on, and I said, 'I'm good, I'm all right'. I think a lot of people are very amused by all this."
The idea is to use as little electricity as possible, which means no TV watching or using of the computer.
The contestants also took on challenges that tested their knowledge on topics like water consumption, recycling and energy reduction.
These questions were no trouble for Ms Hardie.
She said: "If you've been living this sort of life for quite a long time, it comes naturally to you, so you don't really need to think about it."
Being environmentally-friendly is almost second nature to Ms Hardie, who runs a cafe selling organic food.
"I recycle, use my own shopping bags.... We eat organic (food), not much meat either," she said.
All three contestants were handpicked from some 200 applicants.
Ms Hardie won $5,000 cash and some household appliances.
The other two contestants also won household appliances.
- CNA/ir
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