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The landfill which is a nature haven

View Larger Map Last Saturday, I visited Singapore’s one and only landfill. Yes, all our trash has to go somewhere, even though it is incinerated. Since we don’t have any space for landfills on the mainland, the incinerated waste is shipped to Pulau Semakau, which you can see in the map above (the island with [...]

Pasir Panjang Heritage Trail – Registration open!

Mark down Saturday 19 July 2008 in your calendar – that’s when the Pasir Panjang Heritage Trail is on! Held in support of Singapore HeritageFest, this year the Pasir Panjang Guides will be conducting two walks on that day. We’ll be focusing on the question: who’s your hero? We’ll start at the Raffles Museum of [...]

EnviroFest & NParks website redesign

The photo above shows Saving Gaia winner and fellow Toddycat Marcus Tay talking to kids about Pangolins this morning at EnviroFest. The pangolin was there, among other animals specimens, at the Toddycats booth. Most visitors to our booth are surprised to find out that all the specimens on display can be found in Singapore! The [...]

Envirofest 2008 this weekend

Envirofest 2008 is on this weekend. It will be held in the open area in front of Toa Payoh Community Library from 11am to 8pm on Sat 28 and Sun 29 June. Lots of nature and environment groups will be there! Me? I’m going to be at the Toddycats booth from opening to 2pm on [...]

M.I.A. Trail – Fully booked! (updated 29 May)

UPDATE – 29 May The M.I.A. Trail is fully booked! Thanks for your support. =) The ever-popular M.I.A. Trail (that’s Missing in Action), held in conjunction with International Museum Day, happens on Saturday, 31 May 2008. There are two tours, led by the Pasir Panjang Heritage Guides, at 5.15pm and 6.15 pm. The first tour [...]