UNEP 2010 Jun report Summary

In Jun 2010, UNEP (UN Environment Program) published a report
““Accessing the Environmental Impacts of Consumption and Production:
Priority, Product and Materials”. The report studies how our
consumption patterns impacts the Environment.

The UN panel gathered many scientists to provide science-based
assessments of how products, materials and economic and lifestyle
activities, impacts the planet. It is the first global assessment to
determine which type of consumption activities have the biggest impact
on the environment.

The purpose of this U.N. Environment Programme-sponsored study was to
identify the "hot spots" in terms of environmental impacts so that
policy makers can use this information to reform policies
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Summary of UNEP Jun 2010 report:
· Two broad areas are currently having a disproportionately
high impact on people and the planet's life support systems-these are
1) Energy in the form of fossil fuels and 2) Agriculture, especially
the raising of livestock for meat and dairy products.

· A doubling of wealth leads to a 60% to 80% increase in CO2
emissions. (In emerging economies, increase in CO2 emissions are even
higher.)

· Rising affluence had triggered a shift in diets towards meat
and dairy products- livestock now consumes much of the world's crops
and by inference a great deal of freshwater, fertilizers and
pesticides linked with that crop production in the first place

· Agricultural goods, particularly products from animals,
which are fed more than half of all world crops, have a huge impact on
the planet. Agricultural production accounts for 70% of the global
freshwater consumption and 38% of the total land use. Food production
accounts for 19% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions and 60% of
the phosphorus and nitrogen pollution and 30% of toxic pollution in
Europe

· In most countries, household consumption, over the life
cycle of the products and services, accounts for more than 60% of all
impacts of consumption.

The report recommends the following:
· “Decoupling growth from environmental degradation is the
number one challenge facing governments. “ However, the report shows
that this decoupling is not happening, and it will not happen in the
future without strong policy interventions.

· “A Substantial reduction of impacts would only be possible
with a substantial worldwide diet change away from animal products.”
The report calls for a significant shift in diets away from animal
based proteins towards more vegetable-based foods in order to
dramatically reduce pressures on the environment.
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The following is a youtube video on the UNEP report:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB3kfaomWs0

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News article on the UN Report:
The Guardian: UN urges global move to meat and dairy-free diet:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jun/02/un-report-meat-free-diet

The Telegraph: Eat less meat to save the planet - UN
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/7797594/Eat-less-meat-to-save-the-planet-UN.html

More info can be found in the following websites:
http://www.stwr.org/climate-change-environment/the-environmental-impacts-of-consumption-and-production.html

UNEP “Accessing the Environmental Impacts of Consumption and
Production: Priority, Product and Materials”Full report (112 pgs) :
1. http://www.unep.fr/scp/publications/details.asp?id=DTI/1262/PA
2. http://www.unep.fr/shared/publications/pdf/DTIx1262xPA-PriorityProductsAndMaterials_Report.pdf
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The report shows that globally, we (as consumers) should adopt a diet
change, away from animal products, to reduce our impact on the
environment.

Perhaps, we can start by adopting meatless days to help the planet:
www.veggiethursday.sg
http://www.meatfreemondays.co.uk/

Let’s do all we can to help the planet.

SPRING Singapore GW lunch-talk (01 Dec)

Ms Ariel Lee, Senior Officer from Textile & Apparel Department of SPRING Singapore, invited Mr Low to conduct a GW company lunch talk on 01 Dec to 30 staffs from SPRING.

For this special event, Ms Ariel Lee catered vegetarian food from Loving Hut (a local Vegan restaurant) for the staffs.

The lunch talk was held at Solaris building, an elegant white-and-blue building with space-age design. While looking at the building, Mr Low felt that humans who are capable of designing and building such elegant structures should be able to work together to halt global warming and secure a future for mankind.

The following are some Feedbacks for the GW talk:

Mr Low is a good speaker, friendly and interactive while conducting the talk. The talk creates an awareness of the seriousness of global warming and provided solutions to reduce global warming. It encourage people to eat more veg / less meat and promotes a “Go Green” environment. Comprehensive materials such as handouts and DVDs are given out to participants after the talk.
– Jeslin Yee, Admin staff, SPRING

Very informative talk, speaker is very passionate. We’ll try to change to eat more vegetable. Videos shown are an eye-opener, we never realise there are so many hungry people around. - Susie/ Juan / Gerard, SPRING

The talk was interesting. Creates awareness about the present global warming situation. Really impresses upon going veg! Keep the good work going, Good Luck!
- Saliha/ Thana, SPRING

Pro-teach Event @ 8 treasures (25 Nov)

On 25 Nov, Pro-teach CEO, Ms Peggy Ong, invited Mr Ganga (Chief Editor of VegeVibe Magazine), Mr Low & Dr Priya to 8 Treasures vegetarian restaurant to speak to 50 Pro-teach staffs.Mr Ganga presented on Kindness to animals, Mr Low spoke on Global Warming & Solutions to climate change and Dr Priya discussed with the staffs about the Health benefits of a Vege diet.

Pro-teach staffs enjoyed a 9-course veggie lunch as they learnt about the environmental and health benefits of a plant-based diet from the various speakers.

Pro-teach management team gave the following comments on the GW talk:

This is a powerful talk that wakes all of us up from our complacency. It empowers us with clear knowledge of how regular people like us can take charge of our destiny and our children's future just by choosing our food responsibly. Since the quickest solution to global warming is by reducing the consumption of meat, Pro-Teach pledges do our part by offering at least twice weekly plant-based lunch to our students across 29 branches! Thank you Mr Low for your generous and selfless sharing! - Ms Peggy Ong, CEO, Pro-Teach Education Group Pte Ltd

The talk strikes into the heart of the whole climate change problem. It reveals the truth which certain industries doesn't want the world to know about. The danger is clear and present: act now or it'll be too late!"
- Mr Aden Gan, Branch Head, Pro-teach Education Group

GW Booth & Seminar @ Singapore Polytechnic (16 Nov)

On 16 Nov, Singapore Polytechnic Environment club invited GW study group to set up a booth @ SP to promote environmental awareness to SP students. We set up a booth from 10am till 3:30pm. Mr Low conducted a GW presentation to 25 students from 3:30 till 5pm. SP students listened very attentively during the seminar.

Feedbacks for the seminar includes:

This talk was awesome! It raises awareness of climate change and the factors that causes it. I really urge all of you to attend the seminar too! Cheers! Go Green, Be Veg, Save the planet! - Jocelyn Lim, SP student

It was really eye-opening and inspiring. I enjoyed it a lot as the speaker is very passionate in conveying the message. Thanks for everything. – Gan Bee Li, SP student

Speech is given clearly and understandable. Able to provide easy-understanding information regarding the impact of human activities on Earth. – Raymond Sim, SP student

The talk is very informative and I believe that it benefits all walks of life. It is a talk which will raise people's awareness ! - Lai Hong Chern, SP student

Republic Polytechnic Technology Day (16 Nov)

Dr Amy Choong, a lecturer in Republic Polytechnic, invited Mr Low to attend a series of talks at Republic Polytechnic on RP’s “Environment & sustainability Cluster Technology Day 2011” held on 16 Nov. Mr Low attend the talks from 9 till 12pm and learnt about the development of green energy such as Photovoltaic cells & Biofuels in Singapore.

GW Booth @ Woodlands Ring Primary school (15 Nov)

GW study group was invited by Ms Mazlindah to set up a booth at Woodlands Ring Primary School’s Science Carnival on 15 Nov. Neighbouring Primary schools such as Innova Primary, Admiralty Primary, Sembawang Primary also set up booths to display their science projects. We networked with the teachers of various schools during the carnival. Many teachers showed concern for the environment and some school were interested to invite us to conduct assembly talks for 2012.

Feedback for Assembly talks @ Northland Primary (11 Nov)

Feedback for Assembly talks @ Northland Primary on 11 Nov
Attendance: 1200 Students + 100 teachers

On behalf of the school, thank you once again for taking time to set up the booths and giving two environment talks to the pupils on 11 Nov. Your talks were certainly powerful and informative. We look forward to working with you and your group next year.
- Mrs Prema Suresh, Environment Coordinator, Northland Primary School

Teachers’ feedback
- The talk was interesting and educational. The pupils were captivated by the funny antics of the speaker. Keep up the good work!
- The talk was a wake-up call for many including myself. We have been living in the comfort zone for too long, like a frog in the well. I agree it has to be a collective effort to save the earth. Will reiterate this message to my pupils during lessons.
- Good presentation and choice of medium. Video was impactful.
- The talk was certainly an eye opener for all pupils and teachers present.
- The message behind the video was shocking, glad that I was present for the talk.
- I want to share what I have learnt during the talk to my family and friends not just to my pupils.
- Hope that pupils are more aware of the environment and do not take the Mother Earth for granted.
- Can we have more of these talks regularly? So informative.
- The talk for the lower primary was interesting and easy to follow. Pupils will certainly get the message on global warming.
- Very interesting presentation. Good rapport with the children.
Collated by Mrs Prema Suresh
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Students’ Feedback:
I like the talk as now I realize that eating more vegetables/ eating less meat can help save the planet from Global warming. I also learnt what is happening to other countries due to GW. Many people go to bed hungry and one child dies every 5 seconds. I hope people will Go Veg, Be Green and Save the planet !
– Celyn Tan, NLPS student

We had fun listening to the talk. We like the talk as it was entertaining and we learned about how we could save the earth more efficiently. We also learn about the harms of global warming. – Janesh, NLPS Student

The cartoon is very funny. The video is very interesting and teaches us how to save the earth. – Praiselyn Tan Tshi Kim, NLPS student

We must save our Earth. The teacher is very kind to teach us all this information about our Earth. – Brenda Tan Shin Ytian, NLPS student

It’s very important for us to save Mother Earth. We should save her by reusing, reducing
global warming and recycling materials including paper. We should stop cutting trees.
– Vrashali Sharad Hosur, NLPS student.

The talk was very interesting and fun. I learnt from the talk that we should not waste things around us. - Sarah Ang Jia Wen, NLPS student

Assembly Talks and Booth @ Northland Primary School (11 Nov)

Mrs Prema Suresh, Environment co-ordinator in Northland Primary School, invited GW Study group to conduct Assembly talks and set up a booth in the NL Primary on 11 Nov.

At the request of the school, Mr Low conducted 2 Global Warming Assembly talks:
- A primary school version for P3 to P6 students from 11 to 11:30am &
- A simplified version for P1 & P2 students from 1:30pm to 2pm.
Both talks are followed by a quiz, where students had a chance to win prizes when they answered questions correctly.



Students and teachers enjoyed the assembly talks & the quiz very much.

GW team set up a booth to distribute Eco-Kid websites and climate change information to students and teachers. We manned the booth from 9am to 2:30pm.
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Some feedbacks from teachers & students on the Assembly talk are as follows:

Teachers’ feedback:
- The talk was interesting and educational. The pupils were captivated by the funny antics of the speaker. Keep up the good work!
- The talk was a wake-up call for many including myself. We have been living in the comfort zone for too long, like a frog in the well. I agree it has to be a collective effort to save the earth. Will reiterate this message to my pupils during lessons.
- I want to share what I have learnt during the talk to my family and friends not just to my pupils.
- Can we have more of these talks regularly? So informative.
Compiled by Ms Prema Suresh.

Students’ Feedback:
We had fun listening to the talk. We like the talk as it was entertaining and we learned about how we could save the earth more efficiently. We also learn about the harms of global warming. – Janesh, NLPS Student

We must save our Earth. The teacher is very kind to teach us all this information about our Earth. – Brenda Tan Shin Ytian, NLPS student

I like the inspiring speech as we know what is happening in other countries, not only Singapore. I learn a lot of things in the speech. I learn how to save the earth by eating less meat / eating lots of vegetable. I am grateful for the inspiring speech.
– Preethija, NLPS student.

Assembly Talk and Booth @ New Town Primary school (09 Nov)

Ms Janice Lum Jia En, Teacher-in-charge of Environment in New Town Primary School, invited Global Warming Study Group to NTPS on 09 Nov 2011.

Mr Low conducted an Assembly talk to the school from 1:00 to 1:30pm. The talk was well-received.

Our GW team set up Exhibition panels and a booth in New Town Primary. We distributed leaflets on ‘Eco-kids websites’ & MRT card holders to students and played some SOS climate change videos on TV. We manned the booth from 11am to 3pm.

Some feedbacks from teachers and students on the assembly talk are as follows:

Very comprehensive and children were made aware of Global Warming and its repercussions. Thank you. – Krishna, Teacher

Informative, Easy illustration for pupils to understand. Videos are useful for pupils to understand big terms like global warming - Mdm Sum, teacher

Very informative. Good exposure on the realities of Global Warming and how to help - Mdm Karen Mohan, teacher

Good talk with engaging videos – Ee Chin Siang, teacher

Terms used are too difficult for lower primary. Good for upper primary, related to P5 & P6 science syllabus. – Keavlie, teacher

Students’ feedback

I found the presentation really interesting and fun. Now I want to help to save Mother Earth! - Nur Hajir, NTPS student

I like this talk very much, I have learn how to save the earth and this talk tell me how serious is Global Warming. - Cai Zi Wei, NTPS Student

I learn that a lot of trees have been cut down and a lot of ice is melting
– Nurul Farah, NTPS student

Thanks for the talk, it was very useful for global warming
– April Leong Jia Yi, NTPS student

GW Workshop at NTU (09 Nov)

On 09 Nov, NTU lecturer, Professor Patrick Chan, invited Mr Low to NTU to conduct an evening Global Warming Workshop to 50 undergraduates. These undergraduates are working adults who are taking a 5-year evening course to complete their EEE degree.

These intellectual adults pay full attention to the workshop and interacted very well with Mr Low. Some of the undergraduates express interest in inviting Mr Low to their company to conduct lunch talks after the workshop. : )

The following are some feedbacks from the participants:

Well presented! Very encouraging to go green and save the planet. Very informative! Thanks for all your sharing and info.
- Theis Nandar Soe, Lab Executive

Excellent presentation. I will feedback to others.
- G.N. Murthy, technician

This seminar is really useful in terms of understanding Global Warming.
Better to add some solution in terms of Renewable energy.
- R. Baskarran, Electrical Engineer


Mr Low giving off a SOS bag to a participant |||| Prof Partick Chan with Mr Low

Vegan Burg Discussion 2 (04 Nov)

After the well-received GW talk in Oct, Mr Alex ( Vegan Burg CEO) invited Mr Low to Vegan Burg restaurant for an environmental discussion session with another group of his friends (about 14 people). We had a lively discussion and many of the friends express wishes to adopt one meatless day a week to help the environment. : )

Feedback for GW Seminar @ NTU (01 Nov)

Feedback for GW Seminar @ NTU (01 Nov)
Attendance: 180 EEE Students + 1 Lecturer

I have learnt a lot in the presentation slides. It gives me a very good idea of the big picture of the causes of Global Warmin. Jia You! I would be willing to help if there is a need to bring the message across to more people.
– Chee Zhun Yu, EEE undergraduate

The session is very informative and has become an eye-opener for most of us. I think we should make it a habit to think of the impact of our actions on the environment! - Yeang Zhong Wei, EEE student

The presentation was very informative and interesting. It helps to bring the critical message about Global Warming to the students. Good Presentation! - Priscilla

The message that reach me is that we, as an individual, have to take actions to save the earth each day. By Eating less meat, saving water, taking public transport, we have the responsibility to “Go green & Save the Earth” - Nicole Liu, EEE student

Good presentation on the worldwide issues. Provides more solution for everyone which can be applied in our daily lives. - Wei King, EEE student

Really impressed by the info delivered. Should maximize the availability of those information to more and more people. Thanks so much!
- Han Aigno, EEE undergraduate

Nice presentation. This presentation really brought about environment awareness to all of us. I will do my part to help. – Ng Yao Hua, EEE student

This seminar is interesting. Through this seminar, I know that eating more veg and less meat, human beings has more food to consume. Therefore, it is vital to promote this seminar to everyone. – Toh Li Fang, EEE student

GW Seminar at NTU (01 Nov)

NTU lecturer, Professor Patrick Chan, invited Mr Low to NTU to conduct a Global Warming Seminar to 180 undergraduates. The undergraduates are year 4 students for EEE (Electrical & Electronics Engineering) course at NTU.

Students are especially attentive when Mr Low showed various short videos on Global Warming, food shortages, solutions to GW etc.

Below are some feedbacks from the EEE undergraduates:

I have learnt a lot in the presentation slides. It gives me a very good idea of the big picture of the causes of Global Warmin. Jia You! I would be willing to help if there is a need to bring the message across to more people.
– Chee Zhun Yu, EEE undergraduate

The session is very informative and has become an eye-opener for most of us. I think we should make it a habit to think of the impact of our actions on the environment!

- Yeang Zhong Wei, EEE student

The message that reach me is that we, as an individual, have to take actions to save the earth each day. By eating less meat, saving water, taking public transport, we have the responsibility to “Go green & Save the Earth” - Nicole Liu, EEE student

Really impressed by the info delivered. Should maximize the availability of those information to more and more people. Thanks so much!
- Han Aigno, EEE undergraduate

Green Drinks NCCS Climate change Strategy Discussion held at TAB, Orchard Road. ( 27 Oct )

On 27 Oct, Green Drinks Singapore, a famous local green group, organized a large 10-member panel discussion forum to gather feedback from business/ community/ academia/ NGOs on Singapore's National Climate Change Strategy 2012. The discussion was specially organised in consultation with the National Climate Change Secretariat (in the Prime Minister's Office).

The panel members include representatives from Biosphere Foundation, A*STAR, NUSDNV Clean Technology Centre, Halcyon Group, Alpha Biofuels, evHUB, Low Carbon SG / Green Future Solutions & Singapore Environment Council.Ms Jessica Cheam from Straits Time is the moderator of the forum.

Global Warming Study group attended the meaningful public forum to join in the discussion.

During the discussion, Mr Low posed a question on Green Diet:
“A lot of the time, the debate (on climate change) is centred around the energy issue. There’s another side of the issue, which is agriculture. The green and sustainable Economy needs green energy, but also a green diet. Meat production causes a lot of greenhouse gases and it is an inefficient way of using the world’s resources. Meat production causes about 20% of Global Green house gas emissions. Climate scientists like the Director of NASA, Dr James Hansen, and UN IPCC Chairman Dr Rajendra Pachauri have asked people to adopt a plant based diet, saying it is the fastest action each individual can do to make an impact. Meat production also uses a lot of water, food and land. Meat production uses 20 to 80 times more water and 2 to 8 times more food compared to vegetable production. 1 hectare of land can feed 1 omnivore or 80 vegans. Thus, a lot of people are adopting Meatless Monday or Meatless Thursday to help reduce green house gas and reduce resource consumption. I would ask the panel your views on that.”

Mr Eugene Tay from Low Carbon SG/ Green Futures Solutions, answers:
“Going vegetarian should be a personal choice. It cannot be forced top down, but bottom up, and so we’ve seen movements like Meatless Monday or Veggie Thursday. Beef is the most carbon intensive of them all. If you can’t go vegetarian, just don’t eat beef.”

Feedback for GW talks @ Bedok Green Sec Sch (25 Oct)

Feedback for GW talks @ Bedok Green Secondary School (25 Oct)

Attendance: 35 Students + 2 teachers

Very clear, interesting power point presentation with captivating graphic videos. Good strategy to stop after a few slides to interact with the audience. Emphasize on the last slide – Action to be taken. Challenge them to accept the challenge / pledge. Will promote go Green in school / canteen.
- Mrs Tang-Lee, Bedok Green secondary school, Env Club teacher-in-charge

Very motivating and an eye-opener. It will encourage me to do my part in protecting our environment.
- Mr Kamaruddin, Bedok Green secondary school, Design & Technology teacher

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Students’ feedback

Very inspiring and I hope that I would be able to share this with my church and other organization that I am in charge of. This presentation really hit me very hard and I believe that the whole of Singapore should know about this. – Loke Boon, student.

Now I know more about Global Warming and that I should also take efforts to reduce it. I would try my best to save the Earth from now on! I really enjoyed the presentation a lot as there were interesting videos. This talk is really meaningful as I learnt many things in detailed. -Vaeertacyey, BGSS Env Club student

I think I learnt useful information on how to save the fragile earth. It was interesting to see the videos relating to global warming. I learnt useful information which I would probably apply in my daily life. After the seminar, I would try to save the planet.
-Nikhila Saku, student

I learnt what are the cause and effects of Global warming. I also learnt what are the various useful ways to improve the current situation of Global warming. The videos shown are interesting. – Audrey Chiah, student.

Wow! It is interesting, I’m loving it. Learnt a lot of stuffs and I start changing my diet sooner or later. I always thought that global warming was caused by people instead of animals. Be Veg, Go Green, 2 Save the planet! : )
- Linus Lim Jun Guang , student

I learnt how to prevent Global warming from increasing. I learnt that meat is one of the cause that Global warming is increasing. I learnt that by eating vegetables I can help in preventing global warming little by little – Celine Goh, student

It was interesting! I get to know more about the Earth and how to save it. The teacher is very interactive and kind. – Liyana Bte Yusri, Student

I like his talk. He speaks clearly and talks interestingly. I think they should do more of this and spread out. – Lim Jun Han

Bedok Green Sec Sch Env Club GW presentation (25 Oct)

Mrs Tang-Lee, teacher-in-charge of Environment Club in Bedok Green Secondary school, invited Mr Low to give a GW presentation to club members on 25 Oct.

Club members paid full attention to the presentation as they have to answer some Quiz questions by the end of the presentation. : )

Mrs Tang sent Mr Low a nice letter after the GW presentation:

“Thank you for the interesting and enriching talk. Although the students have some knowledge about global warming, your talk definitely added much depth to their understanding. Your clear and interactive presentation was well received and the students were attentive throughout the hour long talk. They enjoyed your quiz and captivating graphics and videos. They are now more convinced of the need to GO Green to save the Earth. We may propose to the members to adopt a Go Green Day on our CCA Day in 2012 as a follow-up action.

We hope to invite you for our assembly programme next year so that more students and teachers will be aware of the effects of global warming and take practical steps to reduce the problem.

Thanks again for sharing your passion and we really appreciate your time spent to share and motivate the students towards caring for the earth.”
- Mrs Tang-Lee, Bedok Green secondary school, Env Club teacher-in-charge

Vegan Burg Talk 1 (19 Oct)

CEO of Vegan Burg, Mr Alex, invited Mr Low to Vegan Burg restaurant (walking distance from Eunos MRT station) to give a GW talk to a group of friends. Mr Alex showed his friends (abt 20 people) the movie “Meat the Truth” before the talk. Participants enjoyed the movie and the talk.

"Meat the Truth" movie can be found in youtube [1hr 15 mins]:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uTJsZrX2wI

裕华民众俱乐部《爱护地球，了悟健康》晚会（10月15日）

全球暖化研究小组成员受邀参加裕华民众俱乐部《爱护地球，了悟健康》晚会。组员伟滔和婷婷全权负责策划晚会节目内容和筹备晚会的各个事项。组员李绕和刘先生参与环境短剧《小孩与大树》的演出。

《爱护地球，了悟健康》晚会在10月15日举行。筹备工作/戏剧排练在8月中就开始了。组员每个星期都到裕华民众俱乐部和一群志同道合的大学生一起排练短剧。环境短剧《小孩与大树》讲述一个小男孩从小受到苹果树的恩惠，长大后却从事养牛场的工作（破坏了环境），但后来悔改，从事保护环境/种植蔬菜水果的工作的故事。组员和大学生们都用心排练，希望能把环保讯息传达给民众。



《爱护地球，了悟健康》晚会当天，350位民众出席晚会。晚会节目非常丰富，有环保舞蹈表演、环境短剧、传统戏剧、健康讲座、幸运抽奖等等。晚会当天的晚宴是由“爱家”餐馆提供的9道美味素食。大家都对色香味俱全的素食晚宴赞不绝口。



晚会嘉宾新闻、通讯及艺术部兼环境及水源部高级政务部长傅海燕女士（Ms Grace Fu）非常喜欢《爱护地球，了悟健康》晚会的主题内容，并提议每年都举行类似的环保晚宴。裕华民众俱乐部，乐龄委员会的会长王先生也认为今年的环保晚宴办得朝气蓬勃、青春活力，极俱特色。他还邀请我们明年再和裕华民众俱乐部一起联办环保晚宴呢。

Feedback for Assembly talk @ CHIJ Kellock Primary School (14 Oct 2011)

Feedback for Assembly talk @ CHIJ Kellock Primary School (14 Oct 2011)
Attendance: 1200 Primary students + 100 teachers

Teachers’ Feedback :

Well done! I enjoyed the videos too! - Vice-Principle, Mdm Christina Seow

Definitely an excellent way to create more awareness among our pupils about Global Warming and how it can never be too late to start helping Mother Earth, stop depleting/ deteriorating her resources and improve living conditions such as hunger. Perhaps more emphasis on students to adopt the 3R and friendly environmental habits when young and to continue throughout their life.
- Ms Angelina Kee, Allied Educator (Teaching & learning)

Excellent presentation! An important message for our next generation! I’m going to eat less meat and encourage others to do so. See you next year!
- Ms Pavri Goritti-Ann, Environment club teacher-in-charge

Very informative seminar. A lot of information was disseminated. Am now more aware of the harmful effects of global warming. Keep it up.
- Mdm Sarah Siddiqin, teacher

There was a lot of information provided. The videos were well-incorporated into the seminar.
– Junie Lim, Teacher

Meaningful and interesting talk, able to capture the pupil’s attention. Keep up the good job. : ) - Ms Koh, teacher

知识性强，如果能多一些与学生互动的活动，效果会更好！
- Ms Lin Qiu Yan, Chinese Teacher

讲得非常好，能够感染到听众，对全球暖化有了更新的认识。
- Mdm Liu Shi Wei, Chinese Teacher

The talk was informational, good and interesting. However, there are some slides that are too detailed that the lower primary students may not understand. But it was good as a whole.
- Mrs Adeline Goh, teacher

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Students’ Feedback :

The talk made me think about what is happening to Earth. The talk was very interesting too. I will try my best to stop global warming. – Insyiran Zakariah, Student

The talk was very interesting and I enjoyed it very much. I believe that all my friends were convinced as the videos and explanation was clear. – Rebecca Tan, student

The talk was informative. I learnt to not waste food and water as others are suffering from hunger. We also must not cut trees. – Shafigah Adzirah, student

The videos presented were very interesting and we can learn many information about saving Mother Earth. – Nicole Chua, student

This talk was very useful to me. I learnt to reduce, reuse and recycle. I wish that many will co-operate with me to do this good deed. – Thamizharasi, student

I like the talk just now as it tells us to eat more vegetables and fruits and eat less meat. I will do my part to save water and save food for people who do not have food to eat. – Ruqzana Binte Ismail Shaik, Student

I have learnt that chopping down trees from the forest there will be less oxygen for us. And I have learnt to Be Veg, Go Green to Save the Planet! – Michelyn, student

Assembly talk @ CHIJ Kellock Primary School (14 Oct 2011)

Ms Pavri Goritti-Ann, Teacher-in-charge of Environment club, invited Global Warming Study Group to CHIJ Primary school on 14 Oct 2011.
Mr Low, dressed as Professor Amjit, conducted an Assembly talk to the school during 7:20 am. The talk was very well-received.

As 14 Oct was a CCA day, Ms Pavri invited Mr Low to give an ‘extra’ session to the CHIJ Environment club. : ) Mr Low showed some environment videos and gave the club members some quiz questions where they can win some prizes. Club members loved the environment session.

Our GW team arrived at 9.30am to set up Exhibition panels and a booth. We distributed leaflets on ‘Eco-kids websites’ & MRT card holders to students and played some SOS climate change videos on the TV. We manned the booth from 9.30am till 2pm.
Our booth was swamped by the students as many of them like the assembly talk we delivered. We are quite overwhelmed by the enthusiastic response from the students. : ) Team members heartedly commented that we should do more talks in schools. : )



Below are some feedbacks from teachers and students on the assembly talk:

Well done! I enjoyed the videos too! - Vice-Principle, Mdm Christina Seow

Excellent presentation! An important message for our next generation! I’m going to eat less meat and encourage others to do so. See you next year!
- Ms Pavri Goritti-Ann, Environment club teacher-in-charge

Meaningful and interesting talk, able to capture the pupil’s attention. Keep up the good job. : )

- Ms Koh, teacher

讲得非常好，能够感染到听众，对全球暖化有了更新的认识。
- Mdm Liu Shi Wei, Chinese Teacher

The talk was very interesting and I enjoyed it very much. I believe that all my friends were convinced as the videos and explanation was clear. – Rebecca Tan, student

I feel it is very interesting. I will start eating fruits and vegetables every Friday. This was the best talk I ever heard. – Sindhu, student

The talk was informative. I learnt to not waste food and water as others are suffering from hunger. We also must not cut trees. – Shafigah Adzirah, student

Feedback for ITE Tampines GW Seminar (11 Oct)

Feedback for ITE Tampines GW Seminar (11 Oct)
Attendance: 120 ITE students, 4 ITE lecturers

The Talk was very informative, inspiring and had really reacted awareness to the audience. The pictures and videos show very clear statement of the current situation.
- Mr Timothy Leong Kim Soon Section Head/Visual Communication, School of Design & Media

The Talk is very informative. It awaken us the enormous danger we are going to face.
- Mrs Tan-Lee Kwi Lin ITE Lecturer

Informative drives across the various age group. Interesting video clips shown; could expand on the length of the clip. Social media platform could be used to further engage the younger generation. - Mr Andy Chua ITE Lecturer

The GW talk changes me whereby I realize now that we should do something to save the world. - Nurul Bait Aidaya ITE Student

The talk was very meaningful and useful as it motivates us to save the world as well as the human beings. Overall it was a healthy talk. - Nor Farhana ITE student

The talk was very informative. I learn a lot more about global warming. There was a lot of stuff that most people don’t know about and it’s important to be educated regarding this. – Nurhayati, ITE student

After the talk I have decided to consume less beef. The talk also let me aware more about global warming.
– Joelle ITE student

The talk is meaningful and gave me awareness to my surrounding.
- Aisyah Mahmud ITE student

The talk reminded me of judgment day. So basically I need to work real hard for my life and my future. Thanks GW talk for waking me up. - Solihin Chua ITE student

It updates me what really happened to earth right now. Told us quite a lot of shocking facts.
- York Koon ITE student

I like to thank you and your group for coming to ITE Tampines to give the talk to our students. It was a rare occasion that the students were attentive to the talk as commented by the teachers. It was commented by 2 teachers that we should have such talks for students.The talk definitely cause awareness to the problem and urgency of climate change and how they can help to reduce global warming.
- Ms Gan Geok Hong, ITE Lecturer

GW Seminar @ ITE Tampines (11 Oct)

Ms Gan Geok Hong, a lecturer in ITE Tampines, invited Global Warming Study group to conduct a GW seminar and set up a booth at ITE Tampines to promote environmental awareness among the students.

120 ITE students attended the Global Warming seminar. They listened attentively to the 1 hr presentation. Many of them signed up for more information at our booth after the presentation. [Some lecturers later commented that it is rare for the students to be so attentive during lectures. :) ]

Some feedback for the lecturers and students are as follows:

The Talk was very informative, inspiring and had really reacted awareness to the audience. The pictures and videos show very clear statement of the current situation.
- Mr Timothy Leong Kim Soon Section Head/Visual Communication, School of Design & Media

The Talk is very informative. It awaken us the enormous danger we are going to face.
- Mrs Tan-Lee Kwi Lin ITE Lecturer

The talk was very informative. I learn a lot more about global warming. There was a lot of stuff that most people don’t know about and it’s important to be educated regarding this.
– Nurhayati, ITE student

I find the talk useful as we are able to understand the effects of global warming and the disasters that had happened around the world. - Yeo Wei Qiang

I find the talk is interesting as I learnt more about what is happening to mother earth. And how we, as human can help to protect it before it’s too late.
- Daina Sofi Bte Razali ITE student


Ms Gan Geok Hong with ITE students, Ms Gan with GW Study Group volunteers

Feedback for GW talk @ Singapore Polytechnic (07 Oct)

Feedback for GW talk @ Singapore Polytechnic (07 Oct)
Attendance : 22 Singapore Poly Env Club students

It was great having your workshop for our committee members at our Sub-Committee Camp 2011. All of us from SP ENV felt your strong passion & the need to let more people know about your efforts as well as the environmental message that you and your team are spreading. We would like to invite you again to spread the message to the rest of Singapore Polytechnic not just to SP ENV club.
- Miss Elaine Sam, Committee Member of Singapore Polytechnic Env Club

I understand the seriousness of Global warming and rising sea levels. This talk is very detailed and informative. I will reduce the consumption of beef/meat and involve more in Saving Earth events to put in an effort in helping the Earth.
- Li Ying Nan, SP student, Env Club member

Very informative, especially with the numbers and statistics provided. Speaker was well prepared and versed in the relevant topic.
- Ng Jian Ming, SP Student

It is very interesting because I didn’t know that having a meat diet will affect the Earth and cause global warming. Now that eating have a part to play with the environment, I will try to eat more veggies and fruits, to save water as well. - Vincent Tok, SP student

This seminar was engaging with the speaker. Content was filled with videos which shows illustration to the presentation. –Mohamad Faris, SP student

Yes, it is engaging and informative. However, I just feel that going all veg is not possible for everyone yet. I agree that meat consumption should be reduced and we should all live together in harmony with the animals and the natural environment. Thank you for your time today, it’s good to feel inspired in what we believe sometimes.
– Tay Sai Kiat, SP Env Club student

Informative, eye-opening, quite interesting, learn things that I never heard of before. Overall very good. – Chris Thng, SP student

Very enlightening highlight of problem – gives inspiration. Vocal presentation could be better in terms of language and flow.
- Yeo Jia Xiong, SP Env Club student

Very interesting & informative talk. Know a lot more now. Well-prepared. Thanks for the interesting talk ! - Isaac Chua , SP student

The Global Warming Seminar was very informative and detailed. It can be improved by shortening the time as the main points and problems have been addressed in the beginning.
- Li Min, SP student

Singapore Polytechnic Env Workshop (07 Oct)

Singapore Polytechnic Environment Club leader, Miss Elaine Sam, invited Mr Low to give a 1hr presentation + Q&A to 20 SP Env club students on 07 Oct. SP environment club is having a 3 day event to teach club members on the environment & survival skills such as trekking, topography, outdoor cooking etc.

The students are very interested in the talk. They asked many questions on Global Warming & how to help the planet. The session was extended for another 20 mins due to the lively dialogue session with the students. : )

Some feedbacks from students are as follows:

I understand the seriousness of Global warming and rising sea levels. This talk is very detailed and informative. I will reduce the consumption of beef/meat and involve more in Saving Earth events to put in an effort in helping the Earth.
- Li Ying Nan, SP student, Env Club member

Very informative, especially with the numbers and statistics provided. Speaker was well prepared and versed in the relevant topic.
- Ng Jian Ming, SP Student

I have learn quite a number of facts. I will play my part more effectively after the seminar
- Oi Jun Hong, SP student.

It was great having your workshop for our committee members at our Sub-Committee Camp 2011. All of us from SP ENV felt your strong passion & the need to let more people know about your efforts as well as the environmental message that you and your team are spreading. We would like to invite you again to spread the message to the rest of Singapore Polytechnic not just to SP ENV club.
- Ms Elaine Sam, Committee Member of Singapore Polytechnic Env Club