Year-end note for the JGIS community
December 28, 2017
Hi everyone, I hope this email finds you well and winding down for the year. What a year it has been for JGIS! The highlight would obviously be Dr Jane’s visit in...
Citizen Science Surveys of Raffles’ Banded Langurs
December 28, 2017
Despite having three species of non-human primates in Singapore, most people are only familiar with the long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis). The small and nocturnal Sunda slow loris (Nycticebus coucang) and...
Dr. Jane’s Peace Day message and my reflections
December 28, 2017
Listening to Dr. Jane made me aware that while my life is peaceful, many people are suffering, particularly the refuges that are fleeing from warzones. There needs to be lot...
Charismatic Primates of Malaysia Event Recap
December 28, 2017
It was a wet Sunday afternoon as our counterparts from across the CauseWay graced our UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Heritage Site by giving a public talk...
Waste-not Want-not Part II: New Year… New Me?
December 20, 2017
In Part 2 of this 3-part series, Ren Min writes on fashion waste that we unconsciously generate and what we can do, as individuals, to protect the environment we all...
Roots & Shoots Awards and Gathering 2017
December 17, 2017
By Heather Pong Yen Ting The Roots & Shoots (R&S) Awards was organised to celebrate the green efforts of young people in Singapore. To commemorate the efforts of these youths, the...
A tribute to ‘The Hearty Ones’ – JGIS’s (comic book) heroes at the 2017 Singapore Marathon
December 10, 2017
By: Matthew Foo Every year, the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon (SCSM) Race Village - an annual and well established marque running event - turns the Padang into a sea swarming with...
SAVE Club
November 11, 2017
Every Thursday after school, high school members of SAVE (Students Against Violation of the Environment) and GIN (Global Issues Network) at the Singapore American School (SAS) make their way to...
Expert panel set up to develop SOP for monkey problems
October 22, 2017
Long-tailed macaques, a common sight in Singapore's parks, have been making headlines for their antics in neighbourhoods such as Bukit Batok and Segar Road - entering homes, stealing food and...
Coastal Clean-up by Creative O Preschoolers’ Bay
October 22, 2017
On 21 October, a group of 32 parents and children together with 4 staff from the Creative O Pre-schoolers’ Bay conducted a coastal clean-up in Sembawang Park as part of...
Roots & Shoots Conference 2017
September 6, 2017
Held at the Singapore Chinese Girls school on the 8th of the August, the Roots & Shoots Conference 2017 that took place in the school’s auditorium during the 10th anniversary...
Time with Jane: Volunteer appreciation
September 6, 2017
Culminating Dr. Jane Goodall`s 8th trip to Singapore during the 10th Anniversary of the founding of the Jane Goodall Institute Singapore (JGIS), was a Volunteer Appreciation dinner that was held...