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 and seagrass sex

Thanks to Jose Hong for sharing the work by Dr Siti Maryam Yaakub, Samantha Lai and volunteers of TeamSeagrass, to better understand why seagrasses are dying off at Pulau Semakau and other shores. It appears our seagrasses need to have more sex!

TeamSeagrass in 2008 when seagrasses were still lush.

Data from TeamSeagrass and observations by TeamSeagrass volunteers have been vital to observing this trend. Thanks to all our dedicated seagrassers for your time and effort in helping conserve our natural heritage.

What is seagrass sex? And how YOU can make a difference for our seagrasses.

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.

Mark Your Calendar for Ubin Day and Festival of Biodiversity

The month of June is an exciting time for TeamSeaGrass as we look forward to be part of two major events that celebrates some of our most favourite things in the world: Pulau Ubin and biodiversity conservation. That’s right folks. TeamSeaGrass will be taking part in Ubin Day on 13 June and Festival of Biodiversity on 27 and 28 June. More information about these two events, including volunteering opportunities can be found below.

 Ubin Day 13 and 14 June 2015

Ubin Day is a time where we all celebrate every bit of Ubin: its culture, kampung life, nature and wildlife, Ubin land and sea. Through these events, we hope to also raise awareness of Pulau Ubin and issues facing Pulau Ubin.

Ubin Day will be happening this weekend (13 and 14 June 2015). TeamSeaGrass will be setting up a booth on 13 June. More information about our booth can be found here. We will be there from 7am to 6pm at the Assembly Area opposite the HSBC Volunteer Hub and if you would like to join us to help out at our booth, please email us at teamseagrass@gmail.com and indicate the duration you would be helping out. We will get back to you with more details.

Otherwise, come visit us and say hi or join in the many activities offered by other groups and get to explore different sides of Ubin.  

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Festival of Biodiversity 27 and 28 June 2015

The Festival of Biodiversity is back for the 4^th year will be held over the weekend of 27 and 28 June at VivoCity.

The Festival is organised by NParks in collaboration with the Biodiversity Roundtable, a group of about 20 key representatives from various sectors of the biodiversity community which TeamSeaGrass is part of.

This year, learn more about local biodiversity through a display featuring 50 species of interesting flora and fauna closely linked to Singapore, a marine exhibition that brings the ocean to you, nature-themed craft workshops and booths showcasing the causes, research and activities of environmental groups!

The Festival is also adding a new element that will add variety and a new level of interactivity with the public: the Festival of Biodiversity Concert at the Amphitheatre (Level 3). The free concert will be played on both evenings. More information about the local musicians who will be performing at the concert can be found here.

For those of you who would like to be involved in the Festival, NParks is calling for volunteers to help them out in various activities such as running the booths, exhibition and children's art and craft workshops! Some of the TeamSeaGrass members have already signed up to help out. If you would also like to volunteer your time to help out at the event, please sign up at http://tinyurl.com/FOB2015Volunteer by 19 June 2015. You can indicate your preferred date, time slots and activities/roles in the form, and more details will be sent to you after you sign up.

See you at the events!

2015 TeamSeaGrass Monitoring Trips Are Up

Hi TeamSeaGrass,

A great 2015 to all. Hope everyone had a great year end break.

The 2015 monitoring dates have been finalised. As usual, they will  also be posted on the blog if you need to refer back.  A really good news is that we can finally return to Pulau Semakau (YAY!!), so we are back to our normal programme once again. Will need to point out that due to really lousy weekend tides this year, there will be 2 weekdays trips. These are CR01 and CJ03. Really sorry about this. Would really appreciate anyone’s effort to come join us for these weekdays trips. Other than that, the trips are actually pretty well spread out this year, with an average of 1 trip per month.

Here's how this year's monitoring dates look like

21 Mar (Sat): Chek Jawa (CJ01) 4pm - 8pm

22 Apr (Wed): Cyrene Reef (CR01) 6am - 10am* (Weekday trip)

9 May (Sat): Pulau Semakau (PS01) 6am - 11am


6 Jun (Sat): Chek Jawa (CJ02) 6am - 11am

5 Jul (Sun): Cyrene Reef (CR02) 6am to 11am*

2 Aug (Sun): Pulau Semakau (PS02) 6am to 10am


28 Oct (Wed): Chek Jawa (CJ03) 3pm to 7pm (Weekday trip)

28 Nov (Sat): Cyrene Reef (CR03) 4pm to 8pm*

12 Dec (Sat): Pulau Semakau (PS03) 4pm to 8pm

The first 3 trips of the year are up for sign ups. I will upload and announce the other sign up dates closer to the trips. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ teamseagrass/database Looking forward to seeing you guys soon.

Festival of Biodiversity, 12 and 13 July 2014

If you're looking for something different to do on a weekend, why not visit the Festival of Biodiversity?

TeamSeaGrass will be participating together with other local blue groups. We'll be at the marine section so do pop by to say hi!

We're also looking for volunteers from among TeamSeaGrass members to engage with the public at the marine section. This section will showcase Singapore's marine biodiversity as well as highlight local marine research and the initiatives of local blue groups. Please sign up here or email Nor Aishah for more information.

See you at the Festival!