Environmental Talk

I spoke to an audience of about 50 people in Paradigm Mall last Sunday on the Sustainable Living in Malaysia: Towards A Low Carbon City. It is an environmental talk in conjunction with the Lions Environmental Photos Display. As it is an open court with many public walking by and onlookers, I made my 20 minutes presentation in a simple, graphical and easy to understand format. The best practices and examples are taken from daily routine and can be done by even ordinary man on the streets so that the audience can relate the talk to their own experiences and living environment. In order to keep the audience focus, questions with prizes are also offered along the presentation. Questions like which day is the World Environment Day, the three different colour code for recycling bins, examples of impact of climate change, CO2 emission for walking and etc were asked. While many responded well, there are questions unanswered. Perhaps it is due to capacity building, level of understanding and knowledge acquisition. I reckon that effective public awareness and education programmes are urgently needed.