30 Nov (Fri): Our Garden Kitchen Tour at Pasir Ris Park

Excite your senses with our Garden Kitchen Tour. Find out how vegetables are grown before it gets onto your plate! You will also learn about some natural remedies that our grandmothers might have planted in their own backyard.

Suitable for kids.

Pre-registration required.

Time: 9am
Venue: Pasir Ris Park, Pasir Ris Green (Carpark C)
Cost: $5/person
Website: http://www.nparks.gov.sg/
Contact: chong_wei_teng@nparks.gov.sg

30 Nov (Fri): Hantu Swamp Adventure at Pasir Ris Park

A different mangrove emerges upon nightfall. Join us into a night of adventure as we journey into the infamous location in Pasir Ris.... the Pasir Ris Park Swamp. An event for the brave-hearted, you will be on a mission to search for clues to solve a mystery question. The haunting stories we heard about the swamp may come alive for the night!

Time: 8-10pm (7.30pm registration)
Venue: Pasir Ris Park, Pasir Ris Green (Carpark C)
Website: http://www.nparks.gov.sg/
Contact: Wei Teng chong_wei_teng@nparks.gov.sg

30 Nov (Fri): Young Naturalist Passport Camp at Sungei Buloh

A one-day camp of fun-filled indoor and outdoor activities. Learn about the wetlands and conservation issues through worksheets, nature walks and hands-on activities. Children will earn a stamp for every completed activity, and a full collection of stamps will earn them a series of cloth badges.

Suitable for kids 6-10 years old

Pre-registration and booking fee required. Limited to 40 children.

More information about the YNP programme on the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve website

Time: 8.30am-5pm
Venue: Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
Website: http://www.sbwr.org.sg/
Contact: sbwr@pacific.net.sg or call 6794 1401

29 Nov (Thu): Highlights at Jacob Ballas Children's Garden

A talk on the newly opened Children's Garden at the Singapore Botanic Gardens! Hear more about plants of many colours, shapes and sizes, textures and feel in our Sensory Garden. Growing here are also plants for drinks, plants for dyes and plants that grow on other plants! Have fun at the fantastic forest which includes a tree house, a pond, a suspension bridge and a cave! Plenty to do here, plenty to see!

Suitable for K1 - P6 levels.

Pre-registration required. Registration closes two days before the event.

Time: 10-10.30am
Cost: $2.50 per child/parent
Website: http://www.sbg.org.sg/education/workshopchi.asp
Contact: Singapore Botanic Gardens 6471 9961

28 Nov (Wed): Green Drinks Singapore

An informal get-together for those involved in the environment. Because you want to engage in a greater conversation about the environment, and steer it towards a positive outcome for the world.

Hosted by Green Drinks International, a monthly get-together for those who work in the environmental field for informal sessions. It's a great way of catching up with people you know and also for making new contacts. Everyone invites someone else along, so there’s always a different crowd, making Green Drinks an organic, self-organising network.

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Time: 7-10pm
Location: Food #03 109 Rowell Road
Website: http://www.greendrinks.org/
Contact: olivia@greendrinks.sg or 96887449

28 Nov (Wed): The Role of Prevention in Sustainable Resource Use

A free talk by Kit Strange, Director of Resource Recovery Forum who will discuss the role of prevention in sustainable resource use, reflecting on current European policy drivers for sustainable resource use, developing tools for waste prevention, the need for effective communications, relevant case studies: food waste and plastic bags.

The talk is free but registration is required.

More details and registration on the Singapore Environmental Institute website

Time: 3pm to 5pm
Venue: SEI Training Room , Environment Building, #06-00, Singapore 228231
Contact: 67319208 or nea_seicustomer@nea.gov.sg

27 Nov (Tue): The Birthday Party

A story-guided tour for kids!

Sara is celebrating her baby brother's birthday party. At the last minute, she realizes she forgot the birthday present! Help Sara search for the perfect gift at the Children's Garden. Along the way, have a fun and memorable experience in this new Garden dedicated to children.

Suitable for K1 - P2 levels.

Pre-registration required. Registration closes two days before the event.

Time: 10-11am
Venue: Jacob Ballas Children’s Garden, Bukit Timah Core of the Singapore Botanic Gardens
Cost: $8.50 per child (includes $2.50 "The Birthday Party, Sara at the Children's Garden" workbook)
Website: http://www.sbg.org.sg/education/workshopchi.asp
Contact: Singapore Botanic Gardens 6471 9961

27 Nov (Tue): The Snail Story at the Library

Listen to a story, make a craft and discover the fascinating world of snails. An hour long programme full of fun activities and games for 7 - 9 year olds. Please bring along your scissors, staplers and colour pencil.

Limited to 20 participants only.

Please register at the Woodlands Regional Library Customer Service Counter.

Time: 3-4pm
Venue: Woodlands Regional Library - Everest Room
Cost: $2 per child
Website: http://www.nlb.gov.sg/
Contact: use contact page on the NLB website above

Latest update: 23 Nov 07

8-9 Dec (Sat-Sun): Kayaking Expedition in Singapore: from Pasir Ris to Pulau Ubin

Join this Kayaking-Camping Expedition and enjoy a unique weekend of fun and sun, as well as get to get know more about one of our natural treasures: Pulau Ubin!

Limited vacancies!

Registration required.

No kayaking certification is required, but participants are expected to be able to swim 50m confidently. No age limit, however, for participants younger than 18 years old, parental consent is required.

This event is organised by the Bukit Batok Youth Executive Committee and is supported by the South West CDC.

Time: 12noon 8 Dec - 12noon 9 Dec
Meeting point: WaterCross Centre, Pasir Ris Beach
Cost: $50/person includes ayaks Rentals, Food, Insurance, Rental Camping Equipment,Safety Boat Cover
Website: http://wateradventure.wordpress.com/
Contact: zhixian_tan@yahoo.com

19-25 Nov: Highlights of the week ahead

With the school holidays, there's plenty of activities for kids!

At the Singapore Botanic Gardens, kids can learn about water plants, get an introduction to the Jacob Ballas Children's Garden in general, or its plants. Or bring them for Recycling Day events for the family held at several locations.

Or get inspired by nature through art with Pui San's last-Sunday-of-the-month painting session at Sungei Buloh.

There are also walks at the Evolution Garden at the Botanic Gardens and Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve.

There's an intriguing event this weekend called An Ant's Endeavor To Move A Tree - A Holistic Health Green Carnival.

For the more active, join the Feet to Walk briskwalk activities at Punggol Park and Bukit Batok Nature Park.

Offshore island trips include the the Pulau Semakau birdwatching tour and Chek Jawa intertidal walk.

Other updates

A Herb and spice garden with special access has just been opened in Bishan more details

You CAN make a difference!

Want to enjoy a day exploring our mangroves AND make a difference? Join the Horseshoe Crab project outing this weekend to rescue the poor creatures from driftnets and learn more about them.

For the conservation minded, there's a Conservation Chat at Nature Society.

Want to make a difference for our islands?
Grant Pereira of the Green Volunteers Network has sent out a call for volunteers more details.

Now open for bookings:

2 Dec (Sun): Chek Jawa Boardwalk tour with the Naked Hermit Crabs. Let these enthusiastic volunteers introduce you to the shore at high tide!