Earth Awareness Week @ Facebook Singapore (Oct)

Ms Denise Fung, Admin officer in Facebook Culinary Team, invited Earth Society to participate in their Facebook Earth Awareness week (14 to 18 Oct) event. The event was spearheaded by Mr Michael Muller, the Head chef of Facebook Culinary team.

Mr Michael is well aware of the environmental degradation of our planet and the global health crisis. His vision is to introduce the health and environmental benefits of a vegetarian / vegan diet to the Facebook staffs. (1200 staffs)

Facebook has a Café (Cafe30) that serves food/drinks to their staffs. All Facebook staffs have the privilege to eat breakfast and lunch at the Café for free.

During the Earth Awareness week (14 to 18 Oct), 70% of the food served at Cafe30 are Vegetarian / Vegan! Facebook cooks and culinary staffs really worked hard to create many vegetarian /vegan versions of eastern and western food to offer the 1200 staffs during the week.

As part of the Earth Awareness week program, Facebook invited various Veg speakers to conduct talks for their staffs during the lunch hour every day in the week. Speakers included Mr Luke Tan (Vegan Strength Athlete/ personal Trainer), Mr Vikas Garg (CEO of Abillionveg), Ms Rebecca Cappelli (Director of Singapore Vegan Documentary “Let us be Heros”) and Mr Low CK (Vice-President of Earth Society).

During the Earth Awareness week, Facebook also invited various Veg companies and NGOs to set up booths at Cafe30 to educate the staffs on how to go plant based,

Booth vendors included Animal Allies, AbillionVeg, Green Monday, Quron, Kroodi, Tempeh Culture, Earth Society etc

Earth Society supported the Earth Awareness week by setting up and manning a booth in Cafe30 from 16 Oct to 18 Oct, 9 am to 3 pm daily. At our booth, we showed the participants a video clip on Climate change and distributed Eco-websites leaflets, ‘Green and Healthy Monday’ leaflets and Climate change booklets. We also set up an Exhibition Panel to showcase the Climate Crisis and encourage the participants to go Veg to reduce Green House gas and curb Climate change.

On 17 Oct, we conducted a Global Warming talk at the staff canteen. We presented on how Global Warming is affecting the world and showcased various solutions to curb climate change. (Plant trees, Eat less meat, Green energy and 3Rs). We also engaged Facebook staffs with interactive Quizs during the presentation.

Feedback from Staffs

The facts and information showed via the presentation was helpful and direct in deliverance. The videos that show the impact of climate change helps to drive the messages well. – Ms Gloria, AV staff, Facebook.

It was a great presentation. The speaker engage the crowd really well through Quizzes and lots of interactive videos.. - Ms Angela, Staff, Facebook

Speaker was very enthusiastic and animated! Videos and slides help to engage the audience. - Ms Belle, Photographer.

Earth Society volunteers are pleasantly surprised that there are lots of vegan options in Cafe30 during the Earth Awareness week. There are vegan pizzas, vegan chappatis, vegan fired rice, vegan chicken rice and even vegan ice-creams (non-dairy ice-creams) during the week. Our volunteers gladly enjoyed the delicious vegan food available and acknowledged Facebook as one of the most vegan-friendly company in Singapore. :>

We are glad that more companies are recognising the environmental and health benefits of the plant-based diet and are taking the initiative to promote the message to their staffs. We hope the plant-based movement will spread far and wide and encourage everyone to join in to bring Health to the people and usher in a Sustainable Future for the planet.

Assembly talk @ Yu Hua and Oprea Estate Primary (Oct/ Nov)

Mdm Jean Wong, a teacher in Yu Hua Primary, invited Earth Society to conduct an Assembly talk for the school cohort on 10 Oct.

On 10 Oct, Earth Society team reached Yu Hua Primary at 12.45 pm. We conducted a Global Warming Assembly talk for the P1 to P6 students from 1 pm to 1.30 pm. We presented on how Global Warming is affecting the world and showcased various solutions to climate change. (Plant trees, Eat less meat, Green energy and 3Rs). The students and teachers listened attentively to the talk.

Mdm Manickam Sumathi, Lead Teacher (Science) in Oprea Estate Primary, invited Earth Society to conduct an Assembly talk for the school cohort on 06 Nov.

On 06 Nov, Earth Society team reached Oprea Estate Primary at 7.15 am. Ms Lim Ching Ching escorted us to the school hall to prepare for the Assembly talk. We conducted a Global Warming Assembly talk for the P1 to P6 students from 7.45 am to 8.15 pm. Students listened attentively to the talk and participated actively in the Quiz at the end of talk. After the talk,Ms Lim Ching Ching helped us to compile some feedbacks from the teachers and emailed us the feedbacks.

Teachers’ Feedback

Very engaging talk with powerful visuals. The children will have a better understanding of their daily actions and how they too can play their part to reduce Global Warming. Thank you. 
- Mrs Nain, Teacher, Oprea Estate Primay

Informative and relevant to students. Analogies were relatable also. Great job!

- Shirleen, Teacher, Oprea Estate Primay

Clear, informative. Engaging with videos and current update. Therefore it is very timely for the pupils.  
- Nuraihan, Teacher, Oprea Estate Primay

Company talk @ Swiss Re Asia and Energy Market Authority (Oct/ Nov)

Ms Norelle Neo, Human Resource officer in Swiss Re Asia Pte Ltd, invited Earth Society to conduct a company lunch talk for their staffs on 09 Oct.

On 09 Oct, Earth Society team reached Swiss Re Asia at 2.45 pm. We conducted a Global Warming talk for 30 staffs from 3 pm to 4 pm. We presented on the effects of Climate change on the world and showcased various solutions that scientists recommended to curb climate change. (Plant trees, Eat less meat, Green energy and 3Rs). We also touched on issues such as world hunger and water shortage.

Swiss Re Asia staffs listened attentively to the talk. Many staffs came forward to provide some feedback after the presentation.

Ms Shaine Lim, Engineer in Energy Market Authority (EMA), invited Earth Society to conduct a company lunch talk for their staffs on 21 Nov to increase their awareness on Climate Change and environmental protection.

On 21 Nov, Earth Society team reached EMA at 12.15 am. We conducted a Global Warming talk for 40 staffs from 12.30 pm to 1.30 pm. The staffs listened attentively to the talk. Many staffs came forward to get more info on Climate change after the talk.

Feedback from Staffs

Very enthusiastic, clear message and impactful presentation on the impacts of Climate change and Solutions to it. - Ms Andeline Neo, staff,  Swiss Re Asia

Very informative and good presentation. Now I know how much Methane emissions come from eating meat! I support No Meat Day on Mondays! - Ms Corina Quah, Executive Assistant, Swiss Re Asia

The talk shows the importance of changing our habits for a sustainable future. Very happy to hear this talk. I’ll suggest to add 1 or 2 slides on the Health benefits of eating less meat. – Neryn Schenk, Risk Manager, Swiss Re Asia.

Thank you for the presentation! It was very informative. I’m sure all our staff benefited greatly and learnt much to do their part to help the environment. - Ms Shaine Lim, Engineer, Energy Market Authority.