Join ACRES in this special screening of EARTHLINGS and be inspired to make a difference.
Powerful, informative and thought-provoking, EARTHLINGS is by far the most comprehensive documentary produced on the relationship between nature, animals, and human economic interests.
The film, directed by Shaun Monson, is narrated by two-time Academy Award nominee Joaquin Phoenix and features music by the critically acclaimed platinum artist Moby.
All proceeds from this screening will be fully channeled to making a positive difference for the animals.
6:30pm - Registration at level 4
7:15pm - Welcome speech
7:30pm - Screening of EARTHLINGS
There are limited seats so make your bookings now by emailing leanora@acres.org.sg
Venue: Cathay Cineleisure, Level 4, 8 Grange Road
Price: $30
Website and contact: http://www.acres.org.sg/
8 Sep (Wed): Let’s Discover Plants & Animals - a guided tour for kids
Apart from plants, we often come across many animals in the Gardens, such as, birds, frogs, squirrels, butterflies, dragonflies, ants, earthworms. Be amazed by the many different types of animals in Jacob Ballas Children’s Garden! Learn fascinating facts about wildlife in the Garden and pick up tips on respecting them in nature and our environment. You may even have the chance to get up-close-and-personal with an oriental whip snake and a monitor lizard too!Suitable for children in K1 - P6 levels.
For enquiry and registration, please contact the Education at 64719961 or nparks_sbg_edu@nparks.gov.sg . Online registration is available on www.sbg.org.sg (under "Education")
Time: 10-11am
Cost: $6 per child and $6 per accompanying parent
Venue: Jacob Ballas Children's Garden, Bukit Timah Core of the Singapore Botanic Gardens
Website and contact: http://www.nparks.gov.sg/
7 Sep (Tue): "Our Home, The Rainforest" with Cicada Tree Eco Place
The rainforest is home to an incredible diversity of living things. Giant trees soar into the sky and the ground is thickly carpeted with a multitude of ferns, creepers, climbers, rainforest herbs and fungi. Colourful birds zoom from branch to branch high up in the canopy while the Mousedeer and Horned Frog live in the leafy undergrowth. Learn all about our rainforest friends in this lesson!Just as we treasure Singapore as our home, so too do many native (local) plants and animals call Singapore’s wild habitats their home. Sadly, most kids and grown-ups know very little about our natural areas like our forest, grassland, freshwater swamp, mangrove and seashore habitats, where many species of native wildlife live. Through “Our Home” lessons on Singapore’s natural habitats, kids will learn about animals, plants and ecology of Singapore’s wild habitats.
This environmental education program is suitable for kids aged 5 to 10, from kindergarten to primary school.
Five topics will be offered in a series of 5 lessons. Children who register for all 5 sessions will enjoy a discount of $15 (Attend 5 lessons, pay for 4). Registration is subject to space availability. More details on http://www.cicadatree.org.sg
Time: 2.30-4.30 pm
Venue: Bukit Timah Nature Reserve
Cost: $15 which includes a custom-made button-badge and information pamphlet will be given to all registered kids.
Contact: Celine Low at contact@cicadatree.org.sg
Website: http://www.cicadatree.org.sg
7 Sep (Tue): Talk on "Singapore’s Dragonflies" by Cheong Yu Jia
for Nature Society (Singapore) members only
Interested to know more about Singapore’s dragonfly and damselfly species? Yujia will share with us on the different families of the order Odonata, their identification markers, as well as their ecology and life history. This illuminating talk will be followed by a field trip on 11 September.
Time: 8pm
Venue: The Sunflower (NSS office). 510 Geylang Road #02-05,Singapore 389466
Website: http://www.nss.org.sg
Contact: email contact@nss.org.sg or call 6741 2036.
Interested to know more about Singapore’s dragonfly and damselfly species? Yujia will share with us on the different families of the order Odonata, their identification markers, as well as their ecology and life history. This illuminating talk will be followed by a field trip on 11 September.
Time: 8pm
Venue: The Sunflower (NSS office). 510 Geylang Road #02-05,Singapore 389466
Website: http://www.nss.org.sg
Contact: email contact@nss.org.sg or call 6741 2036.
31 Aug - 5 Sep: Highlights of the week ahead
For kids and the family: school holiday fun!
Walks in wild places
- Young Naturalists Passport Camp at Sungei Buloh
- Our Kitchen Garden tour at Pasir Ris Park
- HeART for Nature Workshop for kids
- The Art of Paper Folding at Sungei Buloh
Walks in wild places
- Guided walk at the Sensory Trail Pulau Ubin
- Mangrove walk at Sungei Buloh on Saturday with Marine Fish tour at 9.30am and Sunday with special Mandarin walk at 9.3ocm.
- Up Close and Personal @ Peirce a guided walk in the forest
- Edible and Medicinal Plants tour at the Botanic Gardens
- 3 Sep (Fri): Workshop for Nature Guides - Dragons and Damsels by the Leafmonkey Workshop
- 4 Sep (Sat): "The Human - Monkey conflict in Singapore"
- 6 Oct (Wed): "Our Home, The Mangroves" with Cicada Tree Eco Place
- 2 Oct (Sat): "Our Home, The Grassland" with Cicada Tree Eco Place
- 26 Sep (Sun): Dive Pulau Hantu with the Hantu Bloggers
- 15 Sep (Wed): "Our Home, The Grassland" with Cicada Tree Eco Place
- 7 Sep (Tue): "Our Home, The Rainforest" with Cicada Tree Eco Place
- Model city Singapore shows symptoms of urban stress Philip Lim (AFP) Google News 25 Aug 10
- Feels like the year-end wet season? You're right Victoria Vaughan Straits Times 26 Aug 10;
- 13 turtles released in waters off Big Sister's Island for conservation study Milton Sau Channel NewsAsia 24 Aug 10;
- YOG athletes on Pulau Ubin English.news.cn 24 Aug 10;
- ReefFriends Reef Survey Dive @ Pulau Semakau Instead from colourful clouds
- Learning outdoors survival skills @ ICCS Briefing? from News from the International Coastal Cleanup Singapore
- Life History of the Studded Sergeant from Butterflies of Singapore
- Encounter with a family of Dark-necked Tailorbird from Bird Ecology Study Group
- Videos from Pulau Hantu from wonderful creation
- Giant lizards from Life's Indulgences
- Parasouls from The annotated budak
- Fight fight fight! from Psychedelic Nature
- A group of ingenuous Little Terns from Life's Indulgences
- National Day Outing to Lornie Trail from Beauty of Fauna and Flora in Nature
- Sea turtle release at Big Sisters: will they make it? from wild shores of singapore
- It's all about increasing.... Numbers! from Psychedelic Nature
- Anatomy of a Coppersmith Barbet’s nest from Bird Ecology Study Group
5 Sep (Sun): Get Up Close and Personal with the Butterflies of Teck Whye
for Nature Society (Singapore) members only
Simon Chan leads this walk. Hidden behind the small backyard of Teck Whye Secondary School is a pretty butterfly garden fronted by a canal with a wooded area on the opposite side. Supported by NParks, this garden boasts no less than 20 species of butterflies including the Common Mime, Painted Jezebel, Striped Albatross, Lemon Emigrant, Common Grass Yellow, Plain Tiger, Leopard Lacewing, Peacock Pansy and more.
Time: 9.30am-12noon
Venue: Meet Simon Chan at the Park Connector between Blk 160A and Gracefield Kindergarten off Jalan Teck Whye.
Website: http://www.nss.org.sg
Contact: email contact@nss.org.sg or call 6741 2036.
Simon Chan leads this walk. Hidden behind the small backyard of Teck Whye Secondary School is a pretty butterfly garden fronted by a canal with a wooded area on the opposite side. Supported by NParks, this garden boasts no less than 20 species of butterflies including the Common Mime, Painted Jezebel, Striped Albatross, Lemon Emigrant, Common Grass Yellow, Plain Tiger, Leopard Lacewing, Peacock Pansy and more.
Time: 9.30am-12noon
Venue: Meet Simon Chan at the Park Connector between Blk 160A and Gracefield Kindergarten off Jalan Teck Whye.
Website: http://www.nss.org.sg
Contact: email contact@nss.org.sg or call 6741 2036.
5 Sep (Sun): Mangrove walk at Sungei Buloh
Free guided nature walk along the Mangrove boardwalk under shady mangrove trees. Spot mudskippers, crabs and other marine life, learn about our mangroves, enjoy views of the Johor straits.Suitable for young children.
Special mandarin guided walk at 9.30am
Registration is not required for small walk-in groups. But each walk is limited to 15 persons per guide and is on a first-come -first-served basis. The walks are weather permitting and may merge with other activities at the Reserve. Those coming with large groups are advised to pre-register.
More about the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve on the wildsingapore website and Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve website. This walk is conducted by the volunteer guides of NParks' Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve and is held every Sunday morning, subject to availability of guides.
Time: 9.30 am (subject to availability of guides) for walk in guests, register at the Visitor Centre.
Tour duration: One to one-and-a-half hours. Suitable for young children.
Entry charges: While the walk is free, admission fees to the Reserve apply: $1 per adult, 50cents per child/student/senior citizen.
Website: http://www.sbwr.org.sg/
Contact: info@sbwr.org.sg or call 6794 1401
5 Sep (Sun): The Art of Paper Folding at Sungei Buloh
Origami is not only fun, but is also an artistic way of interpreting animals, plants, objects, or basically anything you can think of! The focus of this origami workshop will be on animals that can be found in our nature areas.
For more details see the Purple Mangroves blog.
Time: 2-3.30pm
Venue: Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, meet at the Information Counter at the Visitor Centre
Entry charges: While the event is free, admission fees to the Reserve apply: $1 per adult, 50cents per child/student/senior citizen.
Website and contact: http://www.sbwr.org.sg/
For more details see the Purple Mangroves blog.
Time: 2-3.30pm
Venue: Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, meet at the Information Counter at the Visitor Centre
Entry charges: While the event is free, admission fees to the Reserve apply: $1 per adult, 50cents per child/student/senior citizen.
Website and contact: http://www.sbwr.org.sg/
4 Sep (Sat): Guided walk at Sensory Trail, Pulau Ubin
Experience Ubin's wonderful nature through your senses along our Sensory Trail, the trail will brought you to the patch of herbs and spices and a "Secret Garden" to feel the original garden used to be on the island. Much more along the trail for you to explore.
This walk is held every third Saturday of the month.
Booking now online until 28 Aug.
For more details about this walk, see the NParks website More about the Sensory Trail on the wildsingapore website and Ubin Volunteers blog
Time: Walks starts 9.30am and lasts for about 1.5 hours. Meet at the Pulau Ubin Main Information Kiosk next to the Ubin Jetty. More on how to get to Pulau Ubin.
Cost: $60 per group of 15 persons, maximum 6 groups
Website and contact: http://www.nparks.gov.sg/
This walk is held every third Saturday of the month.
Booking now online until 28 Aug.
For more details about this walk, see the NParks website More about the Sensory Trail on the wildsingapore website and Ubin Volunteers blog
Time: Walks starts 9.30am and lasts for about 1.5 hours. Meet at the Pulau Ubin Main Information Kiosk next to the Ubin Jetty. More on how to get to Pulau Ubin.
Cost: $60 per group of 15 persons, maximum 6 groups
Website and contact: http://www.nparks.gov.sg/
4 Sep (Sat): Plant Walk at Lower Peirce Reservoir
for Nature Society (Singapore) members only
Yap Von Bing leads this walk. Lower Pierce Reservoir is one of Singapore’s oldest water catchment areas. The site’s original rainforest that was cleared to make way for plantations has since regenerated. Today, it shelters some trees older than 100 years old. We will get to see a mature Brazil Nut tree, a mysterious but magnificent Cratoxylumn, Nibong, Rambai, figs, pitcher plants as well as remnant rubber trees and saplings. We will continue our plant stroll along the boardwalk and exit near Casuarina Road.
Time: 9am
Venue: Car Park of Lower Pierce Reservoir
Website: http://www.nss.org.sg
Contact: email contact@nss.org.sg or call 6741 2036.
Yap Von Bing leads this walk. Lower Pierce Reservoir is one of Singapore’s oldest water catchment areas. The site’s original rainforest that was cleared to make way for plantations has since regenerated. Today, it shelters some trees older than 100 years old. We will get to see a mature Brazil Nut tree, a mysterious but magnificent Cratoxylumn, Nibong, Rambai, figs, pitcher plants as well as remnant rubber trees and saplings. We will continue our plant stroll along the boardwalk and exit near Casuarina Road.
Time: 9am
Venue: Car Park of Lower Pierce Reservoir
Website: http://www.nss.org.sg
Contact: email contact@nss.org.sg or call 6741 2036.
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