Category: Events

When we talk about wildlife in Singapore, a few examples that many of us have encountered include otters, wild boards, macaques, and even pythons in our urban environment. However, incidents have occurred where Singaporeans have been attacked by native wildlife. According to CNA, 8 wild boar attacks and numerous otter attacks have occurred in the year 2022 alone. It is […]

Despite enjoying its status as one of the world’s richest countries, Singapore heavily relies on overseas food imports to reduce food insecurity. Being a small island nation where land is scarce, Singapore is unable to provide her population with an agricultural food supply chain. Being NTU’s biggest environmental group, we organised the Gardening Straits Agriculture Farm Tour on 4th November […]

Facing the continuous growth of the global population, it is becoming increasingly challenging to produce meat products to meet the growing demand, given the substantial land requirements for livestock rearing and the carbon footprint it leaves. This land could be more efficiently utilized for cultivating crops for direct human consumption. Thus, the Proveg Innovation Challenge Launch was held at NTU […]

  On the 5th of October 2023, 34 participants from Earthlink NTU were graced with the opportunity to visit the Senoko waste-to-energy plant in northern Singapore. This tour was meant to create awareness among the students on the environmental benefits of waste-to-energy facilities in waste management in Singapore.   Upon arrival at the facility, we were greeted by a warm […]

Once again, NTU BioBlitz 2023 commences as part of a continued efforts to  expose the masses to a multitude of diversity hidden in our midst.​​ This event was highly successful in 2022 and was awarded the Mr & Mrs Kwok Chin Yan Award in recognition of the students’ initiative at a community level. The primary objective of this event is […]

Fig 1. Gathering of the communities The Singapore Green Plan charts Singapore’s path towards becoming a City in Nature. An important part of this plan is the OneMillion Trees (OMT) movement helmed by the National Parks Board (NParks), which aims to plant one million trees nationwide by 2030. At NTreeU, we proposed that NTU contribute to the national environment strategy […]

On the 28th of January, the Community Engagement portfolio organised a tour to ACRES Singapore. This visit consisted of an educational talk and a subsequent tour of the rehabilitation facilities. Participants were given a talk by the Co-CEO of ACRES about animal welfare and rehabilitation, as well as the illegal wildlife trade in Singapore. The latter is especially relevant here […]