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Recent Posts
- I’ve moved!
- The last of the Greater Patagonian Trail update.
- Part 3: Puerto Ibañez to El Chaltén – Heading south in search of Mount Fitzroy
- Part 2: El Bolsón to Puerto Ibañez – hitching down the Carretera Austral, Patagonia proper & experiencing English weather
- Part 1: Coñaripe to El Bolsón – when we came close to starvation and started changing our plans
- The end of our expedition
- A month on trail
- Rekindling natural curiosities
Tag Archives: Education
Keeping hopes high -valuing Singapore’s nature reserves over more infrastructure
It’s been 4 years since I left home to further my studies in the UK, and if I’m honest, I can feel the emotional connection to the place I call home getting weaker every year. In spite of advances in … Continue reading
Nature in Singapore
It’s the official opening of the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum in Singapore tomorrow (18 April 2015)! The first and only natural history museum in Singapore, I’m gutted I won’t be around/be able to visit till many months later, … Continue reading
Posted in Natural history, Opinion, Talk
Tagged ACRES, activism, Animals, AVA, Biodiversity, Conservation, Ecolit, Education, Governance, JGIS, LKCNHM, Macritchie, NParks, Outreach, RMBR, Singapore, Team Seagrass, Toddycats, UK
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To eat or not to eat.
I decided to stop eating seafood about 2 years ago, after attending a talk by The Black Fish early in Michaelmas term in my first year. Since then, I’ve eaten some fish occasionally: salmon in the couple of weeks after … Continue reading
Posted in Opinion
Tagged action, activism, Animals, Conservation, Consumerism, Education, Environmentalism, Marine environment, ocean, overfishing, sustainability, wildlife
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A Sand County Almanac
For some reason or other, I always thought almanacs were associated with superstition and though I’ve seen A Sand County Almanac being mentioned before, I always thought it was some fiction novel about superstitious rites in Sand County (or something … Continue reading
Posted in Natural history, Opinion
Tagged A Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold, Books, Conservation, Ecology, Education, Environmentalism, wilderness, wildlife
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Spending summer vacation in the New World Tropics
Or, what you probably don’t want to do in your penultimate year vacation if you’re interested in a research career. I’m going into my third and final year in Natural Sciences (going to be specialising in Zoology) here in the … Continue reading
Posted in Natural history, Opinion, Outdoor activities, Walk
Tagged Animals, Bilsa, Biodiversity, Conservation, Ecology, Ecuador, Education, Fieldwork, Peru, Plants, South America, Villa Carmen, wildlife
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Outreach and education.
It’s been a long while since I last updated this blog. I realise back home, I would blog my outreach experiences, whether they were participation in citizen science projects (TeamSeagrass, Comprehensive Marine Biodiversity Survey) or guiding or booth outreach; I … Continue reading
Posted in Opinion, Outdoor activities
Tagged Cambridge, Conservation, Education, Outreach
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The Tropical Marine Science Institute – a starting point that may soon be coming to an end?
Back from an unexpected hiatus (I’ve got a pile of drafts that never made it out), and only something this drastic would spur me to put blogging here a priority. The news came out a couple of weeks ago that … Continue reading
Posted in Opinion
Tagged Conservation, Education, Fieldwork, Marine environment, Mega Marine Survey, NParks, NUS, Outreach, RMBR, St John's Island, TMSI
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Conservation here and there.
Haven’t really been blogging here for quite a while. After the two field trips before the last university term, I’ve just been preoccupied with revision and exams, and now I’m on my next field trip at Juniper Hall, Surrey (England), … Continue reading
Posted in Opinion, Walk
Tagged Biodiversity, Cambridge, Conservation, Ecology, Education, Fieldwork
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Of memories and changes
Note: This post was first drafted on 6 May. (Clearly it takes a long time for me to draft a post to publish :/) It was a very lovely day last Saturday (5 May). It thunderstorm-ed in the night, so … Continue reading
Posted in Opinion, Walk
Tagged Conservation, Education, Fieldwork, Labrador Nature Reserve
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A month of diving in the Philippines
I just got back from the Philippines where I volunteered for a month with Coral Cay Conservation (CCC), a UK-based organisation that uses citizen science to gather scientific data, and works with the local community to protect ecosystems. CCC has … Continue reading
Posted in Walk
Tagged Biodiversity, Conservation, Coral reefs, Education, Environmentalism, Fieldwork, Marine environment
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Nature rambles. 