Assembly Talk @ Green View Secondary (30 Jun)

Ms Noraini Ibrahim, from Green View Secondary, invited Earth Society to conduct a Global Warming Assembly talk for the Sec 1 and Sec 2 students on 30 Jun.

On 30 Jun, Earth Society members reached Green View Secondary at 12.15pm. We conducted an Assembly talk for the lower secondary students from 12.30 to 1.10pm. We presented on how global warming is affecting the planet and showcased various solutions that scientists recommended to curb climate change.

The talk was well-received by the students and teachers.

After the talk, we set up a booth at the canteen from 1.20 to 2.20 pm to pass more info to students and teachers. We left the school at 2.30 pm.

Green Monday Event @ Kampung Senang (21 Jun)

Mr George Jacobs, co-founder of Veggie Thursdays, organized a Free talk by Mr David Yeung, co-founder of Green Monday Campaign in Hong Kong, @ Kampung Senang (Aljunied) on 21 Jun evening.

The Green Monday Campaign encourages Hong Kong students and working adults to adopt a Meatless Monday to reduce Carbon footprint, protect the environment and improve personal Health. The campaign works with schools, restaurants, companies and others. The Green Monday School Program covers over 800 primary and secondary schools with more than 600,000 students. The program has seen primary and high school students opting for vegetarian school lunch choices (on Mondays) increased from 4% to 42% within a year.

Mr George invited Earth Society members to attend the event.

On 21 Jun, about 30 people from various organizations attended the event from 6.30 to 9pm.

Mr David Yeung presented on how Green Monday started in Hong Kong and how it gathered the support of various schools, companies and celebrities. His idea is to put the message across to the influential people (such as school HODs, company CEOs, and celebrities), gather their support and let them help to spread the message to the students, the employees, their fans etc.

More info about Green Monday can be found at their website:

www.greenmonday.org.hk

It was an interesting presentation and discussion. We hope that Green Monday can make a splash in Singapore and encourage more Singaporeans to Go Veggie on Monday and adopt a Green way of Living.

Global Warming talks @ Student care centers (Jun)

During the Jun holidays, 2 student care centers invited Earth Society to conduct GW talks at the centers.

Ms Jess Soh, Division Director of Learning Studio by Zenitant, invited Earth Society to conduct a talk at the school-based student care centre in Farrer Park Primary School on 11 June. She had personally attended one of our talks at Nanyang Primary and was motivated by the talk to help the planet and thus arranged for the students at Learning Studio to learn more about how they can do so too. 30 students attended the talk.

Ms Ayu, Vice Head of Student Care, had the following to say about the talk, “The talk was very educational.  It gave the children a good understanding of why we should be aware of the effects that global warming can impact on us. It is an interesting idea to have Meatless Monday every week. We may embark on this initiative during the school holidays.”

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Ms Karen, Manager of Proteach Student Care center at Chua Chu Kang, invited Earth Society to conduct 2 talks to her students on 22 Jun.

On 22 Jun, we conduct a Global Warming talk (lower-primary version) to 25 P1 to P3 students, followed by a GW talk (upper-primary version) to 25 P4 to P6 students. Students listened attentively to the talk and participated actively in the Quiz after the talk.

Feedback from Students:

I like this talk. It is motivational. It taught us about how to prevent global warming. I am sad that Global warming affects the animals and cause harm to humans.

- Andre Tan, P6, Proteach CCK

I think the way it was explained helps us to understand better. This was a great lesson.

- Ramnivas Pranavan, P4, Proteach CCK

I like this talk as it taught us about Global Warming. I learn how to reduce global warming.

- Atheekh, P3, Proteach CCK

Company Lunch talk @ AXA Assistance (10 Jun)

Ms Katherine Lim, HR Admin Executive of AXA Assistance, invited Earth Society to conduct a company lunch talk for 30 employees on 10 Jun.

On 10 Jun, Earth Society members reached AXA Assistance at 10.50am. We conducted a Global Warming talk for AXA staffs from 11 to 11.45 am with a 15 min Question and Answer session after the talk.

AXA staffs listened attentively to the talk and asked a few questions on environmental protection after the talk. Many staffs sign up on our email list after the talk.

Feedback from Staffs:

Great talk with valuable information about climate change. Eye-opener! Thank you for the great presentation.     
– Cher Tan, HR Manager, AXA Assistance

Very engaging presentation, super informative, Thumbs up!

- Katherine Lim, HR Admin Executive, AXA Assistance

The session was very informative, good to know that there are ways and means where we can be agents of change – simply by changing our diet.  - Ms Shiri Yecho, AXA Assistance