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Engaging Students in the Movement to Stop Global Warming
By Singapore News Group (Originally in English)
Following the presentations, enthusiastic and caring groups of students
crowded around the lecturers, eagerly asking more questions. Those who
talked to our Association members were delighted to receive the SOS flyers
as well as additional materials on climate change and the benefits of
a plant-based diet. Dr. Khoo’s inspiring speech led to two invitations
to speak on the same topic! This successful NWSP event marked the beginning
of more seminars in the near future, to enable scientists to share with
the young generation the planetary emergency message, “Be Veg, Go
Green, and Save the Planet.”
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[Singapore] The Singapore National Weather Study Project (NWSP) was launched in 2005 by Senoko Power, the nation’s biggest power producer and recipient of the 2008 President’s Award for the Environment. The primary aim of the project is to raise awareness among students in Singapore on how climate change and shifting weather patterns impact the environment and their lifestyles. On April 16, Golden Year 6 (2009), the NWSP Preliminary Assessment Briefing was held at Singapore Polytechnic’s Auditorium. Around 350 bright and eager students and teachers from 90 different schools participated in the event. Two of our Association members, especially invited to attend this grand occasion, took the opportunity to distribute SOS flyers at the entrance.
During the briefing, various distinguished guests delivered presentations on topics relating to changing weather and environmental solutions. Dr. Khoo Hsien Hui from the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, has been gaining recognition for her contributions to climate change related research studies and was selected by the British Council to be part of the International Networking for Young Scientists for Climate Change in 2007. In addressing the causes and consequences of climate change in her speech, she explained to the keen students that the major factors contributing to global warming are not just from energy generation, industrial activities and transportation alone, but mainly from livestock. She highlighted that more actions have to be taken to inculcate the awareness of climate change, as well as the main causes of it. She ended her speech with a short video produced by Supreme Master Television, featuring quotes from famous people stressing the urgency for action to end global warming catastrophes and the need to switch to a vegetarian diet. The awe-inspiring video, that also displayed the Supreme Master TV website link, received a warm round of applause from the audience.
