27 Dec 2017

20 Jan 2018 (Sat): "Our Mangroovy Mangroves" - FREE Workshop at Pulau Ubin

How do mangroves give us durians and chilli crabs? Singapore got mangroves, meh?
Perepat (Sonneratia alba) at Ubin Jetty


Find out at this FREE workshop at Pulau Ubin! Join a guided walk through Pulau Ubin's amazing mangrove forest with experienced community volunteers. Followed by a workshop for YOU to share your ideas to design a unique ground-up effort to restore mangroves at Pulau Ubin! The Restore Ubin Mangroves (R.U.M.) Initiative team will lead the walk and discussions.

Date: 20th January 2018 (Saturday)
Time: 9.30am - 3pm
Venue: Pulau Ubin Assembly Area. More on how to get to Pulau Ubin

While the Workshop is FREE, do note that you will have to bring along $6 for your 2-way boat ride to Ubin and about $5 for lunch at Pulau Ubin. Delicious home-cooked food available at shops near Ubin Jetty: Chinese as well as halal Malay food. Let's support the Ubin villagers!

Register for Sea Our Shores - Our Magnificent Mangroves for a day filled with fun and insight!

This is the first time R.U.M. volunteers organising a visit to the actual site where they hope to carry out Ecological Mangrove Restoration! After this guided visit, join a workshop to brainstorm YOUR ideas on how we should design the restoration of mangroves at Ubin!
Abandoned aquaculture pond at southeast Pulau Ubin
Visit an actual R.U.M. site!

Restore Ubin Mangroves (R.U.M.) Initiative field trip
Meet the volunteers behind the project.

Free mangrove walk with Restore Ubin Mangroves (R.U.M.) Initiative
Meet other mangrove lovers and brainstorm ideas!

This workshop is organised by youths of Lepak In SG for International Year of the Reef 2018 with the support of the National Parks Board and Restore Ubin Mangroves (R.U.M.) Initiative.


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