Past Event
2024-07-11
Climate Fresk X Ebenezer School
On July 11, 2024, CarbonCare InnoLab organized a "Climate Fresk Puzzle Game" for the visually impaired students of Ebenezer School. Using a card game introduced by France, the students were able to understand how human behaviors contribute to the climate crisis. Ebenezer School is currently the only school for the visually impaired in Hong Kong, providing comprehensive and quality education services to the blind and disadvantaged.
In each round of the game, we distributed a set of cards to the students, and they had to sort the cards into cause-and-effect order after understanding the meaning of the key words. Due to the special needs of the visually impaired children, we would like to thank Ebenezer School for their support in making the Braille version of the cards for us.
The participating students were relatively young; most of them were primary school students. Some of the key words on the cards might be a bit difficult for them, such as climate refugees and water cycle disorder, etc. However, they still actively asked us questions, and our colleagues patiently explained to them. Students with low vision would read the explanations on the back of the cards and read them aloud to the other students; blind students would also read in Braille and engage in heated discussions. Many students raised their hands to answer the questions asked by the host, which proved that they had learned a lot about climate change during the game.
As a disadvantaged group, visually impaired people face more difficulties than the general public when it comes to climate change. A lot of climate change information, such as weather forecasts, is transmitted visually. The visually impaired do not have direct access to this information, making it difficult for them to cope with extreme weather. It is also apparent in the game that visually impaired children are much slower readers than normal people, and they need more time to understand what the key words on the cards mean. A normal person looking at a picture may easily understand the meaning of drought, river flooding, climate refugees, etc. However, a visually impaired person can only rely on words to describe these key words. This means that the visually impaired need help from outside to understand the impact of climate change. We should also pay more attention to the needs of the visually impaired in the face of climate change and ensure that their interests and rights are better protected.
As an organisation that cares about climate justice, CarbonCare InnoLab hopes to help more disadvantaged groups learn more about climate change, make climate education available to everyone and improve their ability to adapt to it.