World expertise firm and main conservation group accomplice to advertise consciousness of pressing climate-related points by the brand new interactive digital museum Museo Kalikasan
Recognizing the pressing want to lift the notice amongst Filipinos of their position in preventing local weather change, Epson and the World Large Fund for Nature (WWF) Philippines have teamed as much as launch a digital museum referred to as “Museo Kalikasan,” an interactive platform that may assist deepen the Filipinos’ understanding of local weather and environmental points.
Anchored on Epson’s “Flip Down the Warmth” marketing campaign, the digital museum raises consciousness in regards to the influence of local weather change in several ecosystems and encourages motion about lowering every particular person’s influence by significant methods comparable to sustainable consumption and transitioning to cleaner sources of power.
Museo Kalikasan goals to make the educational and discovery of the present state of the planet by a enjoyable, easy-to-digest, and interactive expertise for all. The digital museum tackles local weather change by a three-dimensional simulated expertise, offering illustrative and immersive explanations on vital themes and matters.
The three-dimensional on-line museum, beneficial to be run on net browsers on desktops or laptops for optimum expertise, additionally highlights the position human beings play within the steady destruction of the surroundings.
With Filipinos as the primary viewers, Museo Kalikasan makes use of a singular and extremely visible but easy interface that anybody can comply with. Akin to many on-line video games, registered customers can customise avatars to their liking earlier than beginning their digital journey, free to discover three academic biomes—the Arctic, the Tropics, and the Metropolis. The thematic biomes focus on a mess of matters starting from biodiversity within the ecosystem to the science of local weather change, in addition to supply digital experiences and views distinctive to their themes.
‘The battle towards local weather change may be gained by conquering the hearts and minds of individuals, beginning with the youth, who stand to lose most if the local weather disaster is inadequately addressed.’
The Arctic biome—engulfed in planes of ice and scenes from the polar area—showcases the Arctic habitat and biodiversity current within the ecosystem for the person’s appreciation, brings to gentle the results of world warming within the Arctic, particularly on endangered species, and emphasizes the necessity for motion towards local weather change.
The Tropics biome—all huge dryland and deep our bodies of water—provides a glimpse of the distinct biodiversity in each the tropical terrestrial ecosystem and the tropical marine ecosystem. The biome goes in depth on the impact of local weather change on the assorted tropical habitats and organisms the world over, and the way the problem continues to pose as an ideal risk to the tropics.
The Metropolis biome—filled with metropolis skylines and fashionable expertise that customers could also be aware of—calls consideration to the significance of sustainable residing as a part of the One Planet Life-style. The biome illustrates waste administration and air pollution as a number of the most persistent world issues, and supplies customers with examples of various and sensible options that may be carried out of their every day lives
On the finish of the digital journey, customers are inspired to signal a pledge board the place they could select numerous sustainable way of life practices and advocacies they will decide to. It’s a small however vital step in direction of making a giant change.
“The battle towards local weather change may be gained by conquering the hearts and minds of individuals, beginning with the youth, who stand to lose most if the local weather disaster is inadequately addressed. This partnership with WWF Philippines furthers Epson Philippines’ dedication to constructing a sustainable future by tasks that educate the youth on the urgency of local weather change and empowering them to take an energetic position in defending the surroundings and the planet,” stated Ed Bonoan, common supervisor of promoting division at Epson Philippines.
“Expertise performs an important position within the implementation of environmental schooling within the Philippines. Particularly in the course of the pandemic, venturing into the digital house has considerably helped us proceed our work on selling environmental consciousness and spawning consciousness of sustainability amongst college students, lecturers, and residents alike,” stated Dino Calderon, WWF Philippines venture supervisor for schooling for sustainable growth. “Due to our partnership with Epson Philippines, we now have Museo Kalikasan, a brand new three-dimensional digital museum designed to carry an immersive expertise to customers from anyplace on the planet. With Museo Kalikasan, guests can find out about local weather change and its impacts on the surroundings, and uncover methods of lowering their carbon footprint, in a enjoyable and interactive approach.”
The digital museum is built-in into Camp Kalikasan, a web based portal with academic supplies in easy-to-understand codecs comparable to tales, comedian strips, video games, puzzles, and movies about environmental matters, together with habitat conservation, masking marine protected areas, biodiversity conservation, watersheds, rivers, lakes, mangroves; local weather change mitigation, masking renewable power, low carbon cities, local weather dangers; and sustainable consumption and manufacturing, masking meals waste, plastic, and finance.
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