16 Mar (Sat): TeamSeagrass joins Celebrating Singapore Shores at Berlayar Creek

Save the date! A chance to win plenty of great prizes! Join fun games as TeamSeaGrass volunteers share about Singapore's seagrass and the important role they play in our marine ecosystem.

The event is FREE, no registration required. Specially for kids and the family, there will be lots of other community groups offering games and prizes, nature walks and films. Come and join us!

3 Jun (Sat): TeamSeaGrass at Balik Chek Jawa

FREE, no registration required, just come to Chek Jawa! As part of Pesta Ubin, TeamSeaGrass volunteers will be at this Chek Jawa Open House.

Fun for the family: Seagrasses and more!

Volunteer guides will be stationed all over the boardwalk to share about Chek Jawa's amazing wildlife. Fun for the whole family, there will be free colouring sheets and kids activities too!

TeamSeagrass colouring sheet for Pesta Ubin!

Specially for Pesta Ubin 2016, TeamSeagrass is offering this colouring sheet. Have fun and learn more about seagrasses and how you CAN make a difference for Singapore's seagrass meadows.

To get your copies of this colouring sheet, come visit TeamSeaGrass on 4 Jun (Sat) 2016 at the Assembly Area at Ubin Town, or on 5 Jun (Sun) 2016 at Chek Jawa.

Pulau Semakau (28 February 2014)

2014 marks TeamSeagrass's 8th year in monitoring! Woo hoo! Our very first monitoring trip brings us to Pulau Semakau. It is also unfortunately our last trip to Pulau Semakau for the next year or so, as NEA is starting works on the construction of Phase 2's cells to accommodate future waste disposal.

Nevertheless, we managed to gather a team of 20 volunteers - firstly a BIG THANK YOU for coming to join us, especially since it is a weekday. With the recent hot dry spells, we urged our volunteers to protect themselves and hydrate! We also conducted our usual briefing in the NEA building prior to departure onto the seashore...
   

Captain Siti briefing everyone

TeamSeagrass at the Festival of Biodiversity 2013

The President visited the Festival! Nor Aishah took the opportunity of her brief meeting with him to share about TeamSeagrass.

Meanwhile, Pei Yan managed to get a smile out of him by showing him how the dugong leaves a feeding trail in our seagrass meadows.

TeamSeagrass were also out in force to help reach out to families in the shopping centre.

Siti shares about seagrasses at Green Drinks

Last night, Siti shared about our awesome seagrasses!

She spoke at Green Drinks, a monthly gathering organised by the tireless Olivia Choong.

30 Aug (Thu): Siti to speak on seagrasses at Green Drinks

Seagrass is more than just green stuff in the sea!

Seagrasses at Changi Beach!

Learn about the vital role seagrasses play in maintaining the health of marine ecosystems, the changing face of seagrass landscapes in Singapore and it’s potential for combating climate change.

TeamSeagrass at the Festival of Biodiversity (26-27 May 2012)

The Team was busy at the Marine Exhibition during the Festival of Biodiversity last weekend.

We are fortunate to have Sankar to share about our seagrasses and the work of TeamSeagrass with the President, who graced the event.

10 Dec (Sat): Talk on "Forests of the Sea" by Siti M. Yaakub

Seagrass meadows are one of the most productive ecosystems on earth, but no one knows what they are! Are they algae? Are they seaweed? Can they be eaten? Is it true you can find mermaids frolicking in seagrass meadows?

Our very own Siti M. Yaakub will teach us about these underwater forests! Find out more about Singapore's fascinating seagrasses and why everyone should hug a seagrass today!

TeamSeagrass at the Biodiversity of Singapore Symposium III (24 Sep 11)

Jocelyn Sze shares about our work with Brigadier-General (NS) Tan Chuan-Jin, Minister of State (MOS) for National Development and Manpower. He is the Guest of Honour at the Biodiversity of Singapore Symposium III.

How nice to be able to share what we do with the more than 300 people who attended the Symposium!

Siti's seagrass poster at the Biodiversity Symposium

Siti's work on seagrasses in Singapore is being featured at the Biodiversity of Singapore Symposium III to be held tomorrow 24 Sep 2011!

Siti at work on Chek Jawa.

Here's a brief introduction to her poster...

16 Jul (Sat): Sharing about Singapore's seagrasses

Today, Wei Ling gave a talk about our seagrasses as part of NPark's “Forests, People, Environment” Exhibition which runs until 24 Jul at the Singapore Botanic Gardens.

There are many reasons why seagrasses are fascinating and important, among which is that much of our favourite seafood depend on seagrasses!

16 Jul (Sat): Talk on "Seagrass meadows of Singapore" by Lim Wei Ling

Wei Ling, one of the stalwart managers of TeamSeagrass, will be sharing about our awesome seagrass meadows and of course about TeamSeagrass!

Wei Ling finds a dugong feeding trail
on the seagrass meadows of Chek Jawa
during the first TeamSeagrass field session

Come for the talk to learn more about our seagrasses and our work. Bring your friends along!

14 Nov (Sat): "Colours of the Sea - An Underwater Fiesta!"

Siti is giving a talk this weekend. It's for kids! Bring your friends and family to find out more about our marine life!

Think Spanish Dancers are only found in Spain? Think again! Is everything really boring and blue under the water? Not quite! Yummy crabs, sea grapes, star-studded sands and more - our seas have it all!

Join Siti as she brings you a feast of colourful critters and fantastic flora that inhabit Singapore's waters. Learn about the importance of marine diversity and how you can do your part to save it.

Suitable for children between 5 - 12 years old!

Siti Maryam is a marine biologist. In her spare time, she swims with fish, reads and counts seagrass. Like any other Singaporean, Siti enjoys the occasional chiili crab and sashimi, but her hope is for Singaporeans to see more than seafood when she talks about the sea.

Brought to you by the 'Community in Bloom' Programme, in collaboration with the National Library Board and National Biodiversity Centre (NParks)

Time: 3-4pm
Venue: Marine Parade Public Library, Activities Room
Website and contact: http://www.nparks.gov.sg/

Seagrasses and dugongs - what happened at Prof Marsh's talk

Siti gave a great presentation about our seagrasses yesterday!

Photo from the Hantu Blog

Seagrass beds are worth about ten times more to the global economy than rain forests! Siti’s enthusiastic presentation made learning about seagrasses fun and fascinating!

Thanks to Debby Ng of the Hantu Bloggers who attended the event and posted about it!

Siti gave the presentation about our seagrasses, as a prelude to Prof Helene Marsh's talk on "Dugongs: Mysterious Mermaids or Meat?"

Read all about the event on the Hantu Blog.

8 Oct (Thu): "Dugongs: Mysterious Mermaids or Meat?"

Prof Helene Marsh is giving a talk about dugongs later this week!
Prof Marsh has led the global effort to study and protect dugongs for a long time.
And a prelude to Prof Marsh's talk is our very own Siti Maryam Yaakub. She will share about seagrasses of Singapore and the efforts being made to better understand manage these valuable ecosystems. Yay Siti!

TeamSeagrass at Youth Eco-Fiesta 2009

The Team is back out to share about our seagrasses and shores at Youth Eco-Fiesta 2009. Held in the heartlands of Tampines, the Fiesta celebrates World Environment Day with a festival of youth talents. The NPark Biodiversity Trail was also invited to participate.Wei Ling put together a great booth of TeamSeagrass and the Coral Nursery for the Trail.
Since Minister Mah Bow Tan was the Guest of Honour, there was lots of media too!Part of the Trail was a Quiz which lots of people participated in.
They had some questions to answer which they could find out by looking at the exhibits and talking to the volunteers.
The Quiz is a big hit! Some get a little help from mum.While others do it gamely on their own.
We had various interested visitors too with lots of questions about our seagrasses and our shores.
Even the youngest ones dropped by the booth.
Of course it was a delight to welcome Minister Mah to the booth and share with him the work being done on our seagrasses.

Thanks to everyone who came to help out! Andy, Ivan, Robin, Shufen, Kevin and of course Wei Ling as always taking care of everything.

More about the Fiesta on the wild shores of singapore blog.

TeamSeagrass at Envirofest 2009 - Day 1

TeamSeagrass had lots of work to do at Envirofest 2009! The booth was always crowded with people wanting to learn more about seagrasses.

TeamSeagrass on Nature Blog Network

"What is it about that tiny island in the Southeast Asia? That a small island, only 274 square miles, could be a nature blogging juggernaut seems odd." asks Nature Blog Network "But there are a few clues here and there. 23% of the nation consists of forests and nature preserves. The wetlands surround the main island and the 60 odd other islands are famous for their marine diversity. So the nature is there, even if intuitively it doesn’t seem possible for a city famous for both its size and density." they continue.

"And, importantly, there’s a nascent environmental movement that seeks to use new media to get information out to like-minded people with an interest to conserve those unique places."

And in their second feature on Singapore blogs, they have kindly highlighted the TeamSeagrass blog and our work for our seagrasses. Thank you!

Go check out their blog entry and visit the Nature Blog Network for lots of nature blogs from Singapore and around the world!

Volve Race marine outreach (16 Jan 09)

TeamSeagrass spent a very windy day at 1degree15 Marina at Sentosa for the Volvo Race special Scouts' marine outreach programme.With lots of posters and even our monitoring gear, the TeamSeagrass booth seems to fascinate the visitors.
TeamSeagrass shared about our wonderful seagrass meadows and what ordinary people can do for them.
Thanks to Kok Sheng who collected the seagrass specimens on our last trip to Pulau Semakau, we had a nice tank of live seagrasses.This came in handy for showing features like the fact that they are flowering plants, as Siti Nurbaya explains here.And Wei Ling also puts the tank to great use to point out features. Later on, Siti had a great idea of asking the Scouts to match the seagrasses in the tank to the photos on our species poster! The visitors are great at it!
Siti is great with the kids, who enthusiastically clamour to answer her questions.One gives really wacky answers to the delight of his friends.
Marcus Tay rushed in from his earlier appointment just so that he could help out at the event.
We get loads and loads of scouts of all colours and sizes who are really keen to learn about our seagrasses.And this group from Bartley are very keen to join us on our trips!This fantastic opportunity to share about seagrasses is all thanks to Tan Sijie, who looks so snazzy in his Scouts uniform, don't you think? He worked very hard to put the show together and I think it was a great success in reaching out to a wide range of people.
He even arranged for us to have lunch and free ice-cream! Here's the team taking a short, well-deserved break in a long day of selling seagrasses.

Thanks to Kok Sheng for the seagrasses, Colin for setting up the tank, Siti Nurbaya, Marcus Tay and of course Siti and Wei Ling for being there to share about seagrasses.

More about the event

• Volvo Race outreach with the Scouts on the wild shores of singapore blog
  
• The Hantu Blog at “Race to Save the Environment” event at Sentosa Cove
  on the Pulau Hantu blog