Roving interactive exhibition on climate change to launch in January

May Wong, Channel NewsAsia 18 Feb 10;

SINGAPORE: Singaporeans can soon learn more about climate change through a roving interactive exhibition.

The Singapore Environment Council hopes the initiative will get the young thinking about what they can do to save the earth.

The S$70,000 project is a collaboration between the Singapore Environment Council, Club 21 and Toshiba.

From January next year, schools and organisations can loan the mobile Earth Stations for a two-week period through this website: http://www.climatechange.sg

"It's really to provide outreach and to make learning a bit more fun and less dry for our young," said Howard Shaw, executive director of the Singapore Environment Council.

"We find that they are so much more receptive to the content when it's something that they think is cool, it's fun to play with, and there's an element of competition in it too."

The interactive exhibit has a database of information ranging from pollution to the global warming process, and even the solar system.

The roving exhibition hopes to engage children about climate change issues through games and quizzes.

"Educating our young is really the foundation for a greener society and it's a long term investment," said Shaw.

"We noticed that education is there these days but perhaps the young are getting a bit jaded because they hear it too many times... they're maybe even a bit bored of hearing. So it's a matter of repackaging your education programme and bringing it up another notch to a level where they regain their interest."

The exhibition, in the form of an Earth Station, is aimed at educating students aged between six and 16 by using simple explanations and interesting graphics.

For a start, the stations will be loaned to schools, but organisers also plan to place them temporarily at community clubs and shopping malls in the future.

The stations will soon be available in Chinese.

Singapore's roving eco exhibition: Fun, games and competition
It's the fun, fact-filled interactive way for kids to learn about climate change
Larry Loh CNN GO 22 Feb 10;

The S$70,000 project is a collaboration between the Singapore Environment Council, Club 21 and Toshiba.

It's the roving interactive exhibition with a green message -- climate change is important. Mobile Earth Stations will be making their rounds around Singapore as part of a nationwide initiative to get the young thinking about what they can do to save the earth.

With fun facts ranging from pollution to the global warming process and even the solar system, the climate change exhibition aims to engage children about climate change issues through games and quizzes, as well as using simple explanations and interesting graphics.

"Educating our young is really the foundation for a greener society and it's a long-term investment," said Howard Shaw, executive director of the Singapore Environment Council, to Channel NewsAsia. "[The exhibition is] really to provide outreach and to make learning a bit more fun and less dry for our young. We find that they are so much more receptive to the content when it's something that they think is cool, it's fun to play with, and there's an element of competition in it too."

For a start, the stations will be loaned to schools, but organizers also plan to place them temporarily at community clubs and shopping malls in the future. If you're interested in borrowing the mobile Earth Station for a two-week period, take a look at www.climatechange.sg.