Online Save Water talk @ NLB CCK event (Mar)

Ms Melissa Lim, Associate Librarian at National Library Board, invited Earth Society to be part of their Green Market: World Water Day Event held at Chua Chu Kang Library. NLB requested us to conduct an online talk on 20 Mar on the topic of “Climate change and Saving water”. Thus, we designed a “Climate Change, Water Shortage and Ways to save water” talk for the event. 

NLB published the event in Eventbrite and invited library members to attend the online event. (https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/green-market-climate-change-water-shortage-and-ways-to-save-water-registration-274539935337 )

 

On 20 Mar, Earth Society joined Ms Sarannya Anil (another Associate Librarian) via Zoom at 2.45 pm. We conducted a “Climate Change, Water Shortage and Ways to save water” talk from 3 pm to 4 pm for about 50 participants.

We presented on Climate change causing water shortage in the world. We showed PUB’s ‘5 tips to save 140 lts of water per day’. We introduced the concept of Water Footprint to the participants and showed them how to use a Water Footprint Calculator. We also showed that an ave Singaporean uses 150 lts of water at home per day (for bathing, washing etc). Going Veg for 1 day will save 1610 lts of water, equivalent to saving 10 days of water we can use at home.

The participants listened to the talk attentively and participated in the Q&A after the talk. 

NLB recorded the online presentation and placed it in their website.

NLB Green Market “Climate Change, Water Shortage and Ways to save water” talk :

https://nlb.ap.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=52c63487-7e2a-41b3-a4fd-ae7c00380aac

We are glad that NLB is now actively seeking out NGOs to promote green messages in the Library. We hope that the green messages will spread far and wide.

Online GW talk @ NTU Earthlink (Mar)

Ms Aileen, from NTU Earthlink Green PEAS invited Earth Society to conduct an online Global Warming talk for NTU students on 09 Mar. NTU Earthlink organized this talk as part of their Green for Good event.

On 09 Mar, Earth Society joined Ms Aileen (via Zoom) at 5.15 pm. We conducted a Global Warming talk for about 25 NTU students from 5.30 pm to 6.45 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 touched on the issue of deforestation and world hunger.

We also touched on the topic of Zoonotic diseases and COVID-19. We shared that the World need to reduce animal factory farms to reduce diseases from farmed animals (such as Bird flu and Swine flu). The World should stop wild life trade, stop eating wild animals and preserve the Natural habitats of wild animals (e.g. Forest, Oceans) to reduce Pandemics (such as COVID 19)

NTU students listened to the talk attentively and participated in the Q&A after the talk.

We are glad that University student groups are now actively spreading the Green messages in their campus. Let’s hope the Eco-message spread far and wide among University students.

Online GW talk @ CMC Materials (Feb)

Mr Suresh, from CMC Materials company, invited Earth Society to conduct an online Global Warming talk for their staffs on 11 Feb. The company was organising the EHS event as part of their goal to increase EHS awareness.

On 11 Feb, Earth Society joined Mr Suresh (via MS Teams) at 1.15 pm. We conducted a Global Warming talk for about 50 staffs from 1.30 pm to 2.30 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 the issue of deforestation and world hunger. CMC Materials staffs listened attentively to the talk.

Mr Suresh compiled and emailed us some feedback after the event.

Feedback from Staffs:

- Very educational. Need similar session in the future. Thanks.

- The most important thing about Global warming is this. Whether humans are responsible for the bulk of climate change is going to be left to the scientists, but it's all of our responsibility to leave this planet in better shape for the future generations than we found it.

- Good to know that starting with one Veg day a week can help to save the Earth. 

Online Talk @ NTU Binjai Hall (Jan)

In Jan 2022, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Binjai Hall hosted a Meatless Monday event in the hall.

Ms Tracy Chow, Head of the Environmental Awareness division of Binjai Aware, wrote an email to invite Earth Society to conduct a 30 mins talk about the impact of eating meat on the environment and the health benefits of eating a balanced diet.

The initiative aims to instil habits that allow Binjai residents to make conscious decisions to reduce meat consumption and cultivate long term healthy eating habits.

On 17 Jan, Earth Society joined Ms Tracy Chow (via Zoom) at 6 pm. We conducted a “Impact of Meat / Health Benefits of Veg Diet” talk for about 40 students from 6 pm to 6.40 pm.

We presented on the detrimental effects the meat diet has on the Environment (Deforestation/ Green house gas emissions/ Depletion of food and water resources) and showcased the Health benefits of adopting a more plant-based diet. (Reduce cholesterol, Reduce risk of Cancer and Heart disease etc). The students listened attentively to the talk.

After the talk, Ms Tracy Chow helped to gather some feedback from students and email us the feedback.

Feedback from Students:

1. Better than expected, because the speaker has a lot of interesting facts. Feel more motivated to eat vegan food

2. Quite informative, didn’t know there was an Happy Cow app for Veg food.

3. Amazing talk, learnt a lot. Now I’m more AWARE of the types of food I consume. Looking forward to more of such events! :)

4. Thanks for the sharing, it was very informative. Really enjoyed the infographics of various degrees of harm to the planet, and about which
vegetables are high in protein.

5. Food was amazing and I loved the facts and statistics regarding the
current context. Numbers help get a sense of how critical the situation is.

6. The talk is very educational. It is far from boring, since there were a lot of interactions happening. This also help
further raise awareness on a topic which is widely known. I have
learnt a lot from it, like rearing cattles/cows produce massive amount
of CO2 and greenhouse gas, and there are a lot of wastages when
raising them. Overall, it is an enriching and educational experience.