News

RV FoRestore organised a tree planting session on 3rd September, as part of the NUS Cares initiative. NUS Cares is a university-wide movement encouraging the NUS community to volunteer in initiatives that give back to society. Under the guidance of forest ecologist and Honorary RVRC Fellow Dr Chua Siew Chin, RVRC FoRestore raises awareness of Singapore…

The first Kayak and Clean trip was organised by RV CIP IG on 5 September 2022 when 21 RVRC students went with Fellow Eunice on a 7.5km kayaking trip from Pasir Ris to Pulau Ubin to clean the mangroves and waterways. With Kayakasia as their partner, the students learnt how to kayak before eventually setting out on…

A group of RVRC students came together to form RV XinChao, which is a self-initiated overseas community involvement project in partnership with a Vietnamese non-profit organisation, Evo Vietnam Group (EVG). With support from the National Youth Council Youth Expedition Project and RVRC, the team recently completed their five-day virtual classes with a group of children aged between 9-15…

On 23rd August, RVRC hosted 3 RVRC Alumni for an evening of sharing and networking with a number of current RVRC students. Today Wee Li Shuen, is a Client Account Coordinator at Twitter, Samuel Ong is engaged as a Cybersecurity consultant at PayPal, and Benn Tay works as a Software Engineer at Grab. The evening…

The URA is Singapore’s land use planning authority that works towards creating a vibrant and sustainable city using a forward-looking planning framework incorporating economic, social, and environmental considerations. Participating students on the Industry Visit on 16th August enjoyed a guided tour of the Singapore City Gallery, led by a volunteer docent. The tour enabled students…

RVRC kick-started the academic year with an industry visit to Innovate 360 Innovation Hub held on 12th August 2022. Innovate 360 is Singapore’s first food accelerator with facilities recognised as a technical partner by Asia Pacific Economic Corporation (APEC) Policy Partnership on food security. Today it helps and supports more than 50 food startups in deep tech, agri-tech, sustainability, and consumer packaged goods. Organised…

RV CIP club aims to instil the spirit of volunteerism and raise awareness of various community needs to RVRC residents. To kickstart the series of volunteering events, the RV CIP Club went for their very first CIP event on 20 July 2022. The CIP Exco members participated in a Bread Walk Distribution under Yong-En Care Centre, which offers elderly care and family…

On the 18th of June, RV FoRestore held their annual Forest Restoration Workshop in conjunction with the National Parks Board (NParks), bringing together participants ranging from schools, to NGOs and NUS students interested in forest restoration work. The workshop started off with an introduction of forest restoration in Singapore by Mr. Lim Jiang Jim from…

RVRC Climate Cafe hosted its inaugural virtual Human Library session on 18th June! The session had 23 participants and was led by Lee Wan Xin (Y2), Andrew Lam (Y2), Kimberly Aw (Y2), Natalie Ong (Y3) and advised by Dr Eunice Ng. To begin, two of our RVRC faculty members, Sadaf Ansari and Graham Wolfe, graciously highlighted how sustainability is pertinent to…

On the May Day long weekend the RV Green Rangers organised a gardening weekend, to which RVRC students were invited to try their hands on working the soil. The event comprised two days of experiential learning. On the first day students went to Patricia’s garden to learn about Gardening for Wildlife, which is one focus of the RV Green Rangers. Gardening for…