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Uncover Through Film - Blue Planet II Coasts


Uncover Through Film - Blue Planet II Coasts
By Youth Corps Singapore

ABOUT
  • This is our inaugural session of our Uncover Through Films series where we seek to shed light and spark meaningful dialogue about pertinent social/environmental issues using film as a medium. This session would be themed around UNSDG 13 (Climate Action) & 14 (Life Below Water). The session will begin with a documentary screening of Blue Planet II: Coasts narrated by Sir David Attenborough that educates viewers on the coastal seas and the importance of these habitats and ecosystems. It highlights the need for these habitats to be protected and the perilous impact human activity can have on our coasts.

    Following this, we will have our guest speaker for the evening, Ms Cheo Pei Rong, Nature Conservationist and Environmentalist, to share more about marine biodiversity and conservation in Singapore and her own experiences working in marine conservation. This would provide the participants with a more contextualised understanding of the issue and how it relates to them in Singapore. 

    Programme Outline:

    • 7pm-7.30pm: Registration
    • 7.30pm-8.20pm: Film Screening
    • 8.20pm-8.30pm: Break
    • 8.30pm-8.45pm: Breakout session
    • 8.45pm-9.15pm: Sharing by guest speaker
    • 9.15pm-9.30pm: QnA 

    Guest Speaker:

    Pei Rong is a Manager of Biodiversity at the Coastal and Marine Branch of the National Biodiversity, National Parks Board (NParks), where she focuses on marine biodiversity conservation. She works closely in collaboration with different stakeholders for conservation. She has also developed a marine citizen science and outreach programme called Intertidal Watch to engage the public, students and park managers in marine conservation and collect biodiversity information that will be useful of conservation decision-making. Pei Rong completed an MPhil degree in Conservation Leadership from the University of Cambridge, where she founded the Cambridge University Marine Conservation Society. In her personal time, she is volunteering to set up the Sustainability Cluster at Youth Corps Singapore.

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Participant

Join us in our inaugural session of our Uncover Through Films series where we seek to shed light and spark meaningful dialogue about pertinent social/environmental issues using film as a medium. This session would be themed around UNSDG 13 (Climate Action) & 14 (Life Below Water). The session will begin with a documentary screening of Blue Planet II: Coasts narrated by Sir David Attenborough that educates viewers on the coastal seas and the importance of these habitats and ecosystems. It highlights the need for these habitats to be protected and the perilous impact human activity can have on our coasts.

Following this, we will have our guest speaker for the evening, Ms Cheo Pei Rong, Nature Conservationist and Environmentalist, to share more about marine biodiversity and conservation in Singapore and her own experiences working in marine conservation. This would provide the participants with a more contextualised understanding of the issue and how it relates to them in Singapore. 

Date: 31 October 2019

Time: 7:00PM - 9:30PM

Requirements

  • Age Range: 15 to 35 years old
  • Singapore Citizen , Singapore PR only

Skills

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Shifts

Date Time Location Registration open on Registration close on Available Slots Registration Status
Thursday, 31/10/2019 07:00 PM– 09:30 PM 113 Somerset Road The Red Box 238165, Learning Hub 11/10/2019 12:00 AM 28/10/2019 01:00 PM 6