Month: December 2019

Earthlink Sub Comm Bonding Day 2019 happened on the 26th of October! Thank you guys for coming to this bonding session. Hope you guys met some lovely friends, who always have the heart for our precious environment ??

They were a variety of games and activities throughout the bonding sessions♟?? Even though we were not able to go to the botanic garden due to the rain, we went to the Singapore National Museum instead!

Thank you for joining us!

On the 2nd of November 2019, our team of nature guides went on a journey to uncover the plants and animals of the mangrove at the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve. Thank you so much for joining us!

One of our Nature Guiding co-director, Phoebe said: “It was really heartening to see so many of you eagerly asking questions, getting hyped up about the crocodiles and snakes, and taking pictures of everything.” Some of the interesting things they saw were the Mangrove pit viper and 2 Estuarine crocodiles.

Mangroves are useful to both humans and nature in many ways. Firstly, they serve as a form of shoreline protection by acting as a natural barrier to incoming winds and waves, thereby decreasing the intensity at which they hit the shoreline. Mangroves are also able to, as part of the carbon storage mechanism in plants, store up to five times more carbon than an equal area of rainforest. Furthermore, mangrove forests are home to hundreds of species of plants and animals. The roots can serve shelter for many underwater animals, while the forest itself is a food source for other animals. Therefore, in order to protect such a valuable asset, we should contribute to the protection and conservation of mangroves worldwide, starting with our own mangroves right here at home.

We hope you have enjoyed yourself and learned a lot from the walk! This event could not have been possible without you guys! See you guys in future Earthlink events!

International Coastal Clean-up Singapore 2019 happened on the 19th of May. Our Nature Guiding team from Earthlink NTU went to Lim Chu Kang Mangrove to help out with the coastal clean-up. Despite many changes in the plan due to haze conditions, and also the muddy and tough conditions there, they managed to collect a whopping 302.5kg of trash!

The data that they have collected diligently was sent to the International Ocean Conservancy. The data will be used to aid policy-making and improve the understanding of human impacts on marine and coastal environments. A huge thank you to everyone who has participated in this event!