Australia's future generation

Students of Pembroke High School in Adelaide, Australia

“Climate Change: Our century’s challenge, our Pacific response”, was one of the topics presented to visiting students from Pembroke High School in Adelaide, Australia, in July.

14 secondary school students and their accompanying staff spent time with staff at SPREP while on a cultural visit in Samoa for two weeks. They learnt more about the environmental issues which are affecting the Pacific region, in particular Climate change with Espen Ronneberg, the 2009 Climate change campaign with Ewan Cameron and Sea Turtles with Anne Trevor.

The session with Espen Ronneberg saw the students ask interesting questions ranging from the importance of renewable energy in Australia to sea level rise in the Pacific. They were also given 2009 Pacific Year of Climate Change stickers and were welcomed into the Information and Resource Centre where they collected environmental information to return to Australia with.

L-R Anne Trevor SPREP Associate Turtles Database Officer presenting a power point slide show on Sea Turtles.

L-R Espen Ronneberg SPREP Climate Change Advisor addressing the students of Pembroke High School