Posts by Hafsah Begum

RVRC Resident Assistant and Year 4 resident Sankar Ananthnarayanan was awarded the HSBC/NYAA Youth Environmental Award in the Merit category. Congratulations Sankar! Sankar’s passion for conservation and nature education has resulted in him co-founding the Herpetological Society of Singapore and Campus Creatures.   The HSBC/NYAA Youth Environmental Awards are presented to recognise youths between the ages…

Congratulations to RVRC Alum Gao-Fei Yu – the Founder of Learnseeker and Year 3 student at NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, who clinched the gold medal at the Quest Ventures – EDGE National Youth Entrepreneurship Awards (NYEA) 2018 . This is a national award that celebrates the achievements of outstanding students  who have displayed entrepreneurial qualities and…

This year’s Walk For Rice took place on 20th October 2018. 270 RVRC students and staff completed the 10 km hike from RVRC to Mt Faber. This was done in conjunction with the NTUC Fairprice pledge to donate 2 bowls of rice to needy families for every 200m walked by any individual. Team RVRC, lead by their Resident Fellows and Resident Assistants walked together along Kent Ridge Park, Southern…

Tropical peatswamp forests are estimated to store approximately 5% of all terrestrial carbon. Conversely, as much as about 5.6% of global anthropogenic CO2 emissions are from drained peatlands (IUCN 2017 Peatlands and Climate Change) and peatland fires are notoriously difficult to extinguish. Just how are peatland fires different and more severe than typical non-peatland fires? Using an inquiry…

On 19th October 2018, 23 RVRC students visited the Micron fabrication plant – known as Fab10X, owned by Micron Technology. Micron is a global semiconductor manufacturing company with a strong local presence – they employ more than 7,000 people in Singapore.   RVRC students received an exclusive guided tour of Micron’s state of the art manufacturing facilities. Students also learnt how Micron’s Fab10X leverages an innovative design…

The Challenge Cubes is an outdoor-indoor experiential activity for RVRC Year One students as part of the WR1401 curriculum. Students had to navigate through a cave-like maze in total darkness, allowing them to hone and apply interpersonal skills learnt in class. The activity is a unique application of classroom concepts and forms part of the students’ learning journey in the module. Several students were nudged…

This forum uses place-based pedagogy for students to witness and observe the tensions between conservation and development in Singapore with a series of discussions and hands-on mangrove habitat enhancement activity in Singapore. After a short classroom introduction on the importance of mangroves, the class visited Pulau Ubin on 24 Sept to see for themselves how mangrove rehabilitation…

On 19th September, RVRC hosted Mr. Steven Chia, editor/presenter at Channel NewsAsia (CNA). Mr Chia is well known for CNA’s highest rated show AM LIVE!. He currently hosts CNA’s show on Singapore’s hottest issues, Talking Point. Being in the media industry for over 20 years, Mr Chia was able to shed light on the industry…

On 19 September, 24 RVRC students accompanied by 2 RVRC staff, visited the Singapore Airlines Engineering Company’s (SIAEC) facility adjacent to Changi Airport. After making it through the tight security, the students were first briefed on the corporate structure of the SIAEC by their Executive Vice President of Operations, Mr Ivan Neo. Students learnt about…

RVRC hosted the closing session for this workshop with more than 35 youth in attendance. The session included sharing by Nor Lastrina (SYCA & PMHaze) who staged an intervention at COP2015, and RVRC alum Goh Jialin who attended the COP21 to share her GEQ1917 project tackling the problem of goodie bag waste. Participants shared their learning, showcased actionable proposals for Singapore to promote meaningful…