We are recruiting a Festival of Biodiversity Team who will head to ONE Punggol on the weekend of 25-26 May 2024 to mesmerise the public about nature in Singapore, alongside other nature groups!
Training is provided for team guiding and you will be partnered in a shift so our voices don’t ger hoarse! It’s factual story-telling with the help of specimens of vertebrates and invertebrates and and ome interactive activities. Join us!
Sign up at: http://tinyurl.com/toddycats-fob2024
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Visit the Festival of Biodiversity 2023 in the east this year – enjoy stories about nature and conservation at booths, with games, workshops & talks and opportunities to sign up for nature activities by Festival partners. It is a very good one stop event to meet the nature groups in Singapore.
Sat & Sun 27 & 28 May 2023: 10am – 8pm at Heartbeat @ Bedok, 11 Bedok North Street 1, Singapore 469662.
NUS Toddycats will be there along with many other nature groups.
Learn more at: https://fob.nparks.gov.sg/
And look out for announcements soon about the following:
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Update (4th May 2023): Thank you for your enthusiastic responses. We have met our recruitment targets early, and closed off registrations. See you at FOB!
FOB will be held on 27 & 28 May 2023 at Heartbeat @ Bedok and the Toddycats Organising Comm have started preparations!
Sign up by Mon 8th May 2023 at https://tinyurl.com/toddycats-fob2023recruit to join the team who will be prepared by an enjoyable workshop on Sun 21 May 2023. That training will prepare you for a 2.5 hour guiding slot during FOB!
Two optional field trips are also being offered to prepare the team. This a lovely way to learn about nature – share stories with the the public right in the heartland 🤩
See you at FOB’23!
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The Festival of Biodiversity is anchored by a physical exhibition et up at the Botany Center in Singapore Botany Gardens (at the Tanglin entrance), and is a good way to learn about the various nature programmes offered by National Parks Boards and nature groups who are part of the Biodiversity Roundtable.
NUS Toddycats is a founding member for this festival which was first launched in 2012, and we will set up a static booth there for the weekend. It will be unmanned due to pandemic mitigation but will be part of a series of informative booths to learn about nature programmes in Singapore. 
25 & 26 May 2019 – Festival of Biodiversity (FOB) is Toddycats’ main outreach event and this year was a return to action! NParks had secured the FOB2019 venue at Toa Payoh Hub, and we knew to expect a large crowd over the two days. Indeed NParks would later report that an estimated of 25,000 people visited the Festival which featured 22 booths, 19 workshops and 46 partners over the two days.
In addition to our usual booths on biodiversity, Toddycats included our International Coastal Cleanup Singapore (ICCS) project this year. Collectively we showcased the rich terrestrial, coastal and marine biodiversity to be found Singapore. Toddycats’ volunteers had trained through walks and workshops prior to the festival, also shared with the public the threats faced by wildlife in Singapore, and the everyday action we can take to make our environment a more liveable place for all living organisms.
If you missed out on the action, view the photos here.
Over the course of the two days, you might have met some of our awesome 40+ volunteers who were at the two-day event – Amanda Lek, Beatriz Fernandez, Benjamin Chew, Catalina Tong, Cherry Goh Pei Shan, Chong Siew Men Choo Le Min, David Yeo, Elizabeth (Liz) Lim, Emily Ng Qi Ying, Erin Tan Hie, Ho Lijean, Jharyathri Thiagarajah, Julianne Thu Kwa Kee Lang, Liew Fui Lian, Ling Chyuan Liang Benedict, Magena Yeo, Miguel Loh Wai Tong, Nicole Lai Yun-Ki, Olivia Tay, Ong Yue Qi Quek Yew Hock, Samuel Chan, Spencer Yau, Tan Tee Kheng, Tang Li Hua, Toh Meng Hai Victor, Xu Rui Hua Jeff, Yee Zhi Wei Daniel Rebekah Susserott, Nafisah Md Ismail, Marcus Tay Guan Hock, Charlene Goh, Xinlei, Srishti Arora, Sherilyn Wong Jo-Yin, Olivia Lee, Kang Li Xin Sim Hong Jhun, Yu Chew Peng, Phoebe Lim Zhixuan, Joelle Lai, Fung Tze Kwan, Joleen Chan, Theresa Su and Xu Weiting
Special thanks to our volunteers and let’s do this again next year at FOB2020!
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