Past Events

On 8th January 2024, SLL hosted 33 members from the International Science Youth Forum 2024, organized by Hwa Chong International, Singapore. As part of the visit, SLL members Dr Kenneth Lim and his research team, Asst/P Edward Park, Asst/P Jingyu Wang, A/P Diganta Das and NIE PhD student Mr Sonu Kumar gave presentations, flume demonstration, […]

On the 27th October 2023, SLL welcomed colleagues from the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) for a guest lecture in a Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) course, where Industry Partner Justin Chua and Principal Geospatial Consultant Megan Ann Pang shared on GIS in public sector agencies. Tasked to geo-enable Singapore in its journey to be

On 26th July 2023, Asst Prof Edward Park and doctoral scholar Sonu Kumar from NIE conducted a 2.5-hour session in the Geoinformatics Lab for 4 Ministry of Education (MOE) Geography teachers from the Academy of Singapore Teachers and Junior Colleges. The workshop facilitated professional development on sustainability and explored the integration of the Flume into

On 24 May 2023, Asst Prof Edward Park and Asst Prof Wang Jingyu from NIE hosted 25 students from the Singapore Chinese Girls School (SCGS) for a 1.5-hour field trip at the NIE Rain Garden. This place-based learning is part of the secondary school Geography curriculum. During the programme, the students immersed in hands-on field

SLL ran a workshop on making eco-detergents from recycled CNY mandarin orange peels, as part of NTU Service Learning Week 2023. Participants from NIE, NTU and even NUS listened to brief talk on sustainable consumer choices, followed by a lively hands-on session where they made eco-detergents. using either orange peels, sugar, water and yeast, or

SLL was invited to run a workshop for the Youth Environment Camp on 24 November 2022. A team of six facilitators, led by Dr Tricia Seow and SLL collaborator Ms Ng Wen Xin, carried out a workshop for 120 youth participants from ASEAN, where the centerpiece was SLL’s Getting to Zero (hyperlink to Getting to

Sustainability Learning Lab’s launch on the 26th September 2022 National Institute of Education (NIE) launched a new research centre called The Sustainability Learning Lab (SLL) on the 26th of September 2022. SLL has been set up to conduct and support studies on and practices in sustainability education, including outreach efforts. The in person comprised of

Learning about the environment – an interdisciplinary experiential camp at St John’s Island Complex 25 June 2022 A/P Tan Aik Ling and Dr Tricia Seow, together with the staff of the St John’s Island National Marine Laboratory, officers from CPDD, and a team of 10 NIE student-volunteers, ran a 3-day camp on the St John’s

SgK symposium on sustainability for PGDE cohort