Online GW talk for NEA (Nov)

Ms Sindhusha, from Vector Control, Environmental Public Health Ops Group, in National Environment Agency (NEA), invited Earth Society to conduct an online Global Warming/ Zoonotic disease Talk for their staffs on 17 Nov. This is the 3^rd time NEA invited us to conduct a talk for their staff in 2020-21.

On 17 Nov, Earth Society team joined Mr Sindhusha online (via MS Teams platform) at 2.45 pm. We conducted a Global Warming / Zoonotic disease talk for about 50 staffs from 3 pm to 4 pm. 

We presented an update of the Disasters that happen due to Climate change (e.g. 6 months of forest fires in Australia in 2020, 1 month of rain fall on 01 Jan 2021 in Singapore etc ) We touched on SG Green Plan, Meatless Monday and reduce meat consumption to reduce Climate change and preserve the forest, food and water resources on the planet.

For Zoonotic diseases, we show that 75% of emerging diseases are Zoonotic diseases (transmitted from animals to human).

We showed that the World need to reduce animal factory farm to reduce diseases from farmed animals (such as Bird flu and Swine flu).

We shared that COVID-19 was spread from bats to pangolins and then to humans.

To prevent future pandemics, the World should stop wild life trade, stop eating wild animals and preserve the Natural habitats of wild animals. (e.g. Forest, Oceans)

NEA staffs listened attentively to the talk.

Feedback from NEA Staffs:

1) Enriching, interesting and educational talk .

2) Thought provoking. Inspires me to go meat free as much as I can.

3) The talk was really an eye opener. Very informative and useful, a timely reminder for us to take heed of the threat and warning on Global warming. Must start now to go green and adopt Meatless Mondays. Everybody should play their part. Eat more vegetable and less meat. The Talk should be a must for all staffs for a start. The staffs should show strong support and walk the talk.