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Environmental
Education Programme
Environmental Consciousness – this is the most critical element in laying the foundation for Singapore’s sustainable development into the future. An awareness and understanding of the environment must be cultivated among the general public, and the population must be encouraged to take an active role in protection and maintenance of the environment
Environmental education is a key direction of the Green Plan. Cultivating knowledge of the scientific and social significance of the environment is the first step in the founding of an environment-friendly society. It is through knowledge and awareness that positive values and attitudes emerge; values and attitudes that will prompt action to make the adjustments to lifestyles and consumption habits that will reduce the burden we place on the environment.
The Public Education Department is responsible for planning and organising educational campaigns, programmes and activities to educate the public on public health and environmental issues. Examples of public health issues are anti-littering, prevention of mosquito breeding, food hygiene and malaria. Examples of environmental issues are waste minimisation, recycling, care for nature, pollution and green consumerism
Environmental Education Programme
| i) Clean and Green Week |
| Aim : | To promote public awareness on environmental issues. |
| This annual week-long national campaign started in November 1990. Each year, different themes and messages are designed to raise public awareness on environmental issues. Activities are organised for specific target audiences each day of the week. Besides these activities, a Green Leaf Award is also presented to Singaporeans who were active in promoting environmental awareness in their organisation, school, tertiary institution or community. |
| Clean and Green Week 96 was held from 3-9 Nov 96. The theme for the campaign was ‘A Gracious Society Cares for the Environment and Its Neighbourhood'. The objective of the campaign was to emphasize the need to make care for the living environment a norm of a gracious society. The campaign focussed on local issues and the messages were kept simple and easy to relate to. The message was 'A gracious society keeps its neighbourhood clean. Be courteous to your neighbours by not littering the common property'. |
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TV commercials, radio programmes, posters, and transit link farecards. |
A beach clean up at East Coast Park
ii) Clean Rivers Education Programme
Aim : To let students know of the massive efforts and resources that went into the 10-year clean-up of the Singapore River and rivers that lead to the Kallang Basin.
About the programme : This programme started in Oct 1987 when former PM Lee wanted pupils to know about the tremendous effort that was spent in cleaning up the rivers. It is a three-and-a-half-hour programme conducted by teachers. In the programme, students view a multi-slide show on `Rivers Reborn’, tour the `Towards a Clean Environment’ exhibition on the 4th storey of the Environment Building, go on a field trip to a high rise building to have an aerial view of the cleaned rivers, the floatboom at the Kallang or Geylang River and the man-made sandy beach at the Kallang Basin.
Educational Materials : Teacher’s guide and pupil’s activity book
| iii) Waste Minimisation and Recycling Programme |
| Aim: | To promote the re-use and recycling
of materials among all sectors of society.
To encourage Singaporeans to cut down on unnecessary waste. |
