Dear friends, hope you enjoyed the 2 induction activities we had. We got more lined up for you.

So please sign up here!

Looking forward to seeing you’ll there

Dear friends, here’s our 1st round of activities of the Induction Program:

R2E demo (registration closes 19th August)
Date: 27th Spetember 2010

Time: 6 pm onwards

Venue: TBA

0waste demo (registration closes 26th August)

Date: 04th Spetember 2010

Time: 9.30 am onwards

Venue: Science

F4T cooking session (registration closes 17th August)

Date: 21st August 2010

Time: 10 am onwards

Venue: Engin

Sign up here!

SAVE welcome tea was a grand success! It was great to see so many new, passionate environmentalists with us. You now have a better understanding of SAVE and hopefully our presentations inspired you to take on a more active role in saving our planet.

Thanks for the overwhelming support, hope you enjoyed the Kacang Putih!

As was mentioned, we have a range of activities organised for you.. So keep the following dates free. Its going to be a lot of fun!

It is time to reaffirm your passion for saving the earth..

Sign up here!

Want to save the earth?

Wanting to do something for the environment? Come to SAVE welcome tea to find your own way to save the earth! The exciting journey is about to begin!

Date: 12th August 2010, Thurs, 6.30pm
Venue: Faculty of Science, LT26

To round up the session, 7 representatives from SAVE showed our appreciation to Prof Flannery for his time by bringing him on an trip to Bollywood Veggies! What a way to end the day as we were treated to a meal of local dishes with vegetables grown from the garden behind the bistro! Our dinner talk with both Prof Flannery and Dorjee Sun were interesting and engaging, and our conversational topics varied from serious topics of environmental sustainability to even talking about our dream jobs!

SAVE is honoured to have the opportunity to organise  the inaugural NUS Distinguished Climate Lecture Series with Prof Tim Flannery as an invited speaker to present to us updates on climate change. Tim Flannery is one of Australia’s leading thinkers and writers. A scientist, explorer, and conservationist, he has published more than 130 peer-reviewed papers and many books. Currently Professor in the Faculty of Science at Macquarie University, he is Chair of the Australian Government’s Coasts and Climate Change Group. From 2006 to 2009, he was Chair of the Copenhagen Climate Council. In 2007, he was named Australian of the Year.

He is also the author of “The Weather Makers”, and SAVE is glad to have been able to invite him to stop by NUS after his trip to Sabah to give a public lecture to an audience of about 300 people from all backgrounds on updates to climate change followed by a lively Q&A session. Organised by SAVE and strongly supported by the NUS Geography Department, the lecture ended with positive feedbacks from our participants. Hopefully the talk will be as inspiring to them as it was for us!

SAVE hosted the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources second NGO Networking Session for 2010 at the Student Lounge on 1pm, 15th May . Facilitated by MEWR 3P Network Department and aimed at bringing the various environmental groups in Singapore together to share our ideas and synergize our programmes, the last NGO networking session held on 23 Feb 2010 saw National Youth Achievement Award (NYAA) Council, SYINC and ECO Singapore (ECO) sharing their Copenhagen experiences and post-COP 15 plans. Waterways Watch Society (WWS) also shared their workplans for this year.

For this session, we were pleased to have Dr Geh Min, past president of Nature Society (Singapore) and Mr Dorjee Sun, CEO of Carbon Conservation and Times Magazine Heroes of the Environment for 2009, share with us their experiences in building up NGO capabilities. Dr Geh Min’s talk provided insights into the workings of environmentally concerned groups and civil society while Mr Dorjee led an animated discussion of how NGOs can work together.

SAVE has been a participant in past such sessions along with groups like Nature Society Singapore, NUS Geography Society, ECO Singapore, WWF, Waterways Watch Society, NTU Earthlink, SMU Verts, SYINC and many more, and our members have benefited tremendously through our exchanges with our counterparts in other NGOs. This time round, green groups of the Halls of Residences in NUS were also invited to share their experiences and challenges faced with environmental advocacy in NUS. Hopefully we can see more sessions that bring everyone together like this in NUS more often!

NUS joined numerous other individuals and organisations worldwide in observing Earth Hour by switching off all non-essential lights in its participating halls of residence, offices and other premises around the campus on 27 March 2010. This is the second consecutive year that NUS participated in the global movement aimed at creating mass awareness of the need to conserve energy and take action against climate change. This time, NUS’ initiatives in conjunction with Earth Hour went beyond merely creating awareness of environmental issues.

For more exciting details head over to:

www.nusearthhour2010.wordpress.com

Save3s’ first ever nature guiding programme, in collaboration with National Geographic Young Explorers!

We had our first training at Sungei Buloh with Robert, a professional nature guide. After the trip, we did our research on the flora and fauna and practised on our guiding techniques. It was a rather intensive preparation; however, all of us had much fun as we gained new insights into Singapore’s biodiversity.

Finally, it was our turn to show our guiding skills and pass on our knowledge! The first tour was held on 15^th March while the second was on 19^th March, during the primary school March holidays. We are honoured to have the chance to be big brothers and sisters to the primary school and teach them about the wonderful flora and fauna of Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve.

The guided tour was centred along the theme of exploration where the children were giving the mission of spotting 5 organisms while learning about the mangrove habitat and the ecosystem. The tour ended off with a classification activity where they could show what they learnt about the characteristics of plants and animals in the mangrove.

Overall, it was indeed an eye-opener and a new experience for many in Save3s. We look forward to more of such sessions and hopefully, to get the NUS community to participate in our guided tours in future.

Last but not least, we would like to thank National Geographic for inviting us to pilot this programme and for guiding us through the process!