Online GW talk @ Canberra Secondary (Apr)

As part of the Earth Day event, Mrs Lim Suet Peng (HOD CCE/ VIA) from Canberra Secondary, invited Earth Society to conduct 2 online Global Warming talks for the school cohort on 23 Apr. Mrs Lim also invited a speaker from Singapore Botanic Gardens to conduct a Heritage Talk for the students during the online Assembly event.

On 23 Apr, Earth Society joined in the online Zoom meeting at 7.45 am. We conducted a Global Warming talk for Sec 1 and 2 students from 8 am to 8.30 am. We conducted another Global Warming talk for Sec 3 and 4 students from 9 am to 9.30 am  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). Students and teachers listened attentively to the talk.

After our talk, Ms Soon from Botanic Gardens presented on the history of Botanic gardens. She introduced the Swan lake and various attractions in Botanic gardens to the students. Ms Soon also featured NParks’ “Heritage Tree Scheme” in her talk. This scheme allows a person to nominate a Heritage Tree to conserve Singapore’s mature trees. More info of the Heritage Tree Scheme can be found in NPark’s website (https://www.nparks.gov.sg/gardens-parks-and-nature/heritage-trees)

We are glad that many schools are engaging Green organizations to speak to the students on Conserving Nature and protecting the planet for the young generations.

We hope more students will adopt an Eco-friendly lifestyle to preserve the Ecosystems in Nature, reduce green house gas emissions and conserve the Natural resources on our planet.

Online GW talk @ Rivervale Primary (Apr)

Mdm Azrina, a teacher in Rivervale Primary, invited Earth Society to conduct an online Global Warming talk for the school cohort on 12 Apr.

On 12 Apr, Earth Society joined in the online Zoom meeting at 7.15 am. We conducted a Global Warming talk for P1 to P6 students from 7.30 am to 8 am. 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).

The teachers used Kahoot online tool to create a Kahoot Quiz for the students.

After the talk, students participated actively in a Kahoot Quiz session to answer questions related to the talk. Many students paid attention to the talk and answered the Quiz questions correctly.

Bishan North Zone RC Earth Hour event (Mar)

Mr Tan Hoe Sing, Chairman of Bishan North Zone 1 RC, invited Earth Society to participate in their “One Earth, Save it” Earth Hour event on 27 Mar.

Due to the pandemic situation, the “One Earth, Save it” event was held online via the Zoom platform. The event was hosted by 2 volunteers wearing the WWF Earth hour logo. Marymount residents were invited to join the event online from 8 pm to 9.15 pm.

Mdm Gan Siow Huang, Minister of State in both Ministry of Education and Ministry of Manpower, MP for Marymount SMC, gave an opening address entitled ‘Speak up for Nature’ during the Zoom event.

Earth Society conducted a 5 mins presentation on Global Warming during the event. We gave a brief overview of how Climate change is affecting the world and encourage our citizen to reduce meat consumption, support Meatless Mondays to reduce Climate change.

Marymount residents shared on their Eco-efforts such as conducting up-cycling workshops, supporting NEA’s ‘Cash for Trash’ program, recycling electronic waste and collecting recyclables (e.g. plastic bottles, cardboards etc).

Music Heart Band group provided online live singing to entertain the residents. Children from PCF Sparkletots provided online performance for the residents.

After the event, Mr Tan Hoe Sing requested Earth Society to record a 15 min video presentation on Global Warming. The video was placed in 'Bishan North Zone 1' Facebook page to provide more info for the residents:

https://www.facebook.com/BishanNorthZone1/videos/790815288224523

We are glad that more grass roots organizations are organizing Green events online to spread the Eco-message to the residents. We hope the green message can spread far and wide among the residents in Singapore.

Online Biodiversity Loss talk @ Infineon Technologies (Mar)

Mr Bernard Koh, Senior Engineer in at Infineon Technologies, invited Earth Society to conduct an online Biodiversity Loss Talk for their staffs on 26 Mar. The talk is part of the Earth Hour event that the company organized. This is the 2^nd time Infineon Technologies invited us to conduct a talk for their staffs.

On 26 Mar, Earth Society team joined Mr Bernard (via Webex platform) at 9.45 am. We conducted a Biodiversity Loss talk for about 200 staffs from 10.20 am to 11 am. We presented on Overfishing, Deforestation, Climate change, Loss in Biodiversity and Factory farming. We featured WWF 2020 Living Planet Index report which shows that 68% of wildlife are lost from 1970s to 2016. We touched on issues such as reduce Fish consumption, reduce Factory farming, Veggie days and UNEP ‘Planetary Health Diet’. We also showed that if everyone on the planet consumes resources as Singaporeans do, we will need 3 planets to sustain our consumption habits. We need to reduce our consumption pattern to keep it within the limits of 1 planet.  

Infineon Technologies staffs listened attentively to the talk and participated actively in the Quiz at the end of the talk.

Mr Apple Toh, Infineon Cares Committee member, email us the following comments after the event:

“On behalf of the Infineon Cares Committee, we thank Earth Society very much for giving us the utmost support to host this talk session on Environment conservation topics. It had been a great impactful morning and the response we received was overwhelming. 50 mins into the session, we still have 197 participants with us.”

During this pandemic period, we are glad that more companies are organizing Green events online to promote Environmental awareness and encourage their staffs to adopt a more sustainable way of Living.