- Sara goes carbon footprinting
- Free Chek Jawa boardwalk tour with the Naked Hermit Crabs
- Clean and Green Singapore 2010 Carnival
Walks in wild places
- Mangrove walk at Sungei Buloh on Saturday and Sunday.
- Tour at the HortPark Butterfly Garden.
- Nature and heritage walk at Fort Canning Park.
Other events
- Green Drinks with ACRES, Food for All and the Vegetarian Society.
Talks this week
- 27 Oct (Tue): WWF's Coral Triangle Photo Expedition Slide Show.
- 27 Oct (Tue): "Biodiversity: A Fundamental Determinant of Human Health?" by Dr. Aaron Bernstein.
- 29 Oct (Thu): "The Influence of Climate Change on Maritime Australia and Pacific Islands: Biology and Business" by Prof Michael Kingsford.
Announcements
- The Kampong Melayu trail going into Chek Jawa Wetlands from Kelichap Hut to Punai will be closed for repair and improvement works from 9 Oct to 30 Nov. Access to Chek Jawa will be via the Quarry trail from Berberek Hut to Punai Hut.
- Kusu Island pilgrimage season 18 Oct - 16 Nov: road to Pier closed, regular ferries to St. John's suspended.
- 8 Nov (Sun), 15 Nov (Sun), 20 Nov (Fri): MAD lessons on monkeys with Cicada Tree Eco Place
- 25 Nov (Wed): Nature Bloggers 2.0 - Level Up! by the Leafmonkey Workshop.
- 8 parks fully connected in western Singapore Channel NewsAsia 25 Oct 09;
- Gun Club roped in to keep birds out of Changi airport Kimberly Spykerman, Straits Times 26 Oct 09;
- Cities can be the death of plants: Study Grace Chua, Straits Times 24 Oct 09;
- More Singaporeans willing to adopt clean and green practices: NEA survey Lynda Hong, Channel NewsAsia 20 Oct 09;
- Beauty is all around in Singapore Former MP and artist Ho Kah Leong says inspiration for his paintings is close to home, akshita nanda, Straits Times 20 Oct 09;
- Mammal sightings in Singapore from Habitatnews
- Wildfacts updates: dolphins, dugongs and other verts from wild shores of singapore
Photo of the week is this decorator crab on a pink sea fan, shared by Debby Ng on her Hantu Bloggers flickr. Our shores are alive in even the unlikeliest of places!
IMG_1458, originally uploaded by Debby Ng, Hantu Blogger.
