The 19th AIM International Workshop December 13-14, 2013 NIES Tsukuba, Japan

Development of low carbon educational programs
towards low carbon society for future generation in Asia
Maiko Suda1, Fatin Aliah Phang2, Wong Wai Yoke2
1National Institute for Environmental Studies, 2Universiti Teknologi Malaysia‘Iskandar Malaysia Eco-Life Challenge‘ program, applied by educational program for prevention of global warming ‘Children’s Eco-Life
Challenge’ in Kyoto

Pupil who is studying EcoLife Challenge at SJK(C)Pulai , October, 2013
(Suda, 2013)‘Iskandar Malaysia Eco-Life Challenge‘ Workbook(UTM, et al 2013)

In 2012, Iskandar Malaysia Eco-Life Challenge program was kicked off as a research activity on‘Development of Low Carbon Scenarios in Asian Region’, supported by JST/JICA (SATREPS). This program
was developed by UTM, JPNJ, IRDA, KIKO Network and NIES. At the same time, situation of environmental
education in Malaysia such as schools’ activities on 3R and low carbon in Iskandar Malaysia, view point toapply good practice on low carbon society in Japan to Iskandar Malaysia, issues for LCS BP low carbon
educational program was reported. In September 2012, the delegation from Malaysia observed reflection
session of Children’s Eco-Life Challenge in Kyoto Suzaku Daihachi primary school and exchanged theexperiences and visions with experts. After that, the discussion about workbook, training kits, frameworkand Malaysian contexts have been continued among experts from both countries. UTM, JPNJ, IRDA, KIKO
Network and NIES have produced the work book and considered to collaborate with Unesco school as anelement of ESD since May 2013. Currently, the program is improving for all 189 primary schools in IskandarMalaysia.
Kyoto City
Study methodLanguage
Number of pages
StepAbout Low Carbon
SocietyChallenge Eco-Life in home
Japanese
22Reduce, Select/Choose, Change
Case study, progress of global warming, causes, reduction ofGHG with photos and graphs, etc

Find our in hone and group working (about 5 pupils)
English and Malay
22
Reduce, Select/Choose, Change
1 case study and progress, group working about the other casestudies, causes, LCS,

Non

Introduction of LCS

Eco-Life check

13 checks

17 checks

Number of challenge
Hint of CO2 reduction
Greeting

4The bottom of each page from page7-21
To pupils and parentsPolicy

Do you Kyoto Day, ‘Arukumachi Kyoto’

Step1: Reduce
Topic3
NonTo pupils and teachers
40 % reduction of its GHG emission by 2020 based on 2005 emission
baseline

Electricity, waste

About global warming‘Eco-Life Check’ in workbook(UTM, et al 2013)【Challenge 1】

To record electricity and gas bills (copies) for same month oftwo years

VehiclesNon

Eco cooking
Waste
Step2: Select/ Choose

In Step 2
Idea to reduce waste, recycling- markTopic
Eco-cooking

Observation of environmental education in Japan(NIES, 2012)

The target is standard 6 (12 years old) inIM (standard 4 (10 years old) in Kyoto).
The facilitator is NPO in Kyoto but
school teachers in IM and the programof IM was conducted in science class in2013.

Iskandar Malaysia

Drinking package, Environmental labels, season and production
area vegi and fruit【Challenge 2】
Check of shopping, cooking, washing
How to choose seasonal and domestic products
Record of eco-cooking, comments and recipe

Electricity, Water, Waste, Vehicle, Eco-cooking, Environmental labels
To paste electricity and water bills (copies) for two months
To record electricity and water usage (for two months)
To calculate usage and payment difference【Challenge 2】
To record vehicles in home and moves around using a vehicle
Checklist for low carbon lifestyle in meal preparation
Idea to reduce waste, how to separate waste
Environmental labels
In Step 1

Environmental ravel

Eco-mark,Green-mark, R-mark, Find mark and write

Environmental labels, Energy labels, FSC, Find mark and write

Step3:㻌 Change
Topic

Natural energy, rising and setting of the sun, living hours

Eco-Life

Diary

Renewable energy, nature
Drawn what’s eco-life, how to save energy in home and school, howto tell eco-life to family

EnergyNatureInformation【Challenge 3】 Find nature energy in Kyoto, natural energymapping【Challenge 4】 Solar cooker
NonDo you Kyoto?
Miyako Ecology Centerlinks to relevant sites【Challenge 3】 Draw renewable energy in school
Plants name, photosynthesis and LCSRAMSAR sites in Iskandar Malaysia

Comparison of ‘Eco-Life Challenge’ workbook 2013 between Kyoto-city and Iskandar Malaysia (NIES 2013)‘Iskandar Malaysia Eco-Life Challenge project: Final Presentation Competition’
IRDA launched 10 pilot projects to lead from 2013. ‘Iskandar Malaysia Eco-Life Challenge’ is one of the projects and started a pilot project in 23 primaryschools in Iskandar Malaysia from September 2013. On 13 November, ‘Competition of Iskandar Malaysia Eco-Life Challenge’ was held at Iskandar
Information Center and 19 schools participated. The schools had group presentations themed ‘How can we make low carbon society in Iskandar Malaysia’.
With the judges, the No.1 to No.3 was announced.

Winner: SJK(C) Chee Tong
13 November 2013
(UTM, 2013)

Final presentation by SJK(C) Chee Tong , 13 Nov ember2013 (Chee Tong Primary School, 2013)‘Kyoto’s Children’s Eco-Life
Challenge was introduced atthe venue (Wong, 2013)