Saturday, May 7, 2011

The Green Festival

This is a festival for all.

The public is free to visit bringing their children, because this arena also provides a learn-as-you-play arena about the environment.

Visitors are first greeted by a model red earth made of steel showing how hot the planet can get. A virtual ice floor, where the ice cracks when someone steps on it, brings a sense of how fragile the ice in the North Pole is. The experience was heightened by screens showing flooding, the melting glaciers and storms. Cartoonists Benny and Mice put on a playful show about Jakartans' wasteful habits, with Mice watching three television sets, with the radio, fan and air conditioner on, and Benny talking about buying new cars that will only add to the pollution and long traffic jams. Bad habits related to global warming were highlighted in cartoons and pictures, depicting leaving the AC and TV set on when not in use and letting the water run when brushing teeth.

The free-of-charge event was collaboration of Kompas, MetroTV, Female Radio, consumer goods manufacturer PT Unilever Indonesia and state oil and gas firm PT Pertamina.

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