SIA SIN WEI
NATURALIST
OTHER PROJECTS
SINGAPORE NATURALIST​​
I am the founder of the Singapore Naturalist content creation project. Hosted on Facebook and Instagram, its aim is to keep its community of readers updated on the content posted and give quick tidbits about the natural world, conservation, and sustainability.
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Currently offering infographics uploaded semiregularly every week (with shorts on Instagram), each infographic aims to inform its subject matter as visual and engaging as possible. A series is a collection of infographics, based on a common theme.
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The first series - Season 1 of Plant Stories is now complete, featuring various nature areas in Singapore while profiling some plants that can be found in them. It ran from October 2021 to March 2022.
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Season 2 of Plant Stories will launch in May 2022. Currently, 50 plant profiles are being planned. While it will focus on individual plant species, it also aims to shed light about what they have to say about plants in general.
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Another series about concepts in biodiversity, ecology and conservation is under planning. Tentatively, it has a 2023 launch date.
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Follow it on Facebook and/or Instagram for quick bites about our natural world and how each of us can be better custodians for our environment.
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In the longer term, I hope to diversify into other short-form and longer form content, like Medium blogs, videos and photo essays.
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This project. together with Season 1 of Plant Stories, was set up while attending the We Got This incubator, which you can find out more below.
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Thank you very much in advance.
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COMICS x NATURE
I was part of the group of participants that attended Comics X Nature, a workshop for anyone who wishes to make comics with sustainability themes offered by NLB (National Library Board). Guided by the artist and illustrator Alan Bay, and comic artist Sonia Yeo, this workshop was divided into six sessions held between July to August 2021, covering basic drawing techniques, storytelling and the elements of comic design.
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At the end of the workshop, all participants were asked to draw a complete comic, which was collected into an anthology. You can find it here, and my contribution is Langur Rendezvous (pg. 99 - 113)
WE GOT THIS (WGT)
The We Got This was an incubator was offered by WWF Singapore in collaboration with Temasek Foundation and other collaborators, offering support and training for youths to launch and own their own sustainability campaigns. Participants were offered masterclasses, a 5-day intensive bootcamp and other sessions on various skillsets to run our campaigns such as subject knowledge for sustainability issues, social media and content creation. Each participant was paired up with a mentor for six months
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I was a part of the inaugural cohort from Sep 2021 to Mar 2022. The Singapore Naturalist was the content creation project, launching with the Plant Stories Season 1 campaign during the incubator.
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WGT is an accessible incubator for everyone from all backgrounds interested in picking up important skills for being an advocate for sustainability and conservation so check out their website here if you are interested.
GREEN BUDDIES LTD
The Green Buddies is a community that aim that supports sustainability and the SG Green Plan in Singapore. Its mission is to raise awareness of the public about sustainability issues and the actions they can take to contribute to a green planet. It is also an offshoot of the Conscious Planet Movement, which aims to Save Soil
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Green Buddies educate and embark on outreach efforts to raise awareness to support Singapore’s sustainability efforts and its Green Plan. It focuses on raising awareness of climate change and food security - issues that affect every Singaporean whether they are aware of it or not.
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Green Buddies runs the 1-3-5 Campaign to promote the adoption of environmentally friendly habitats - adopting plant-based diets (Mon), being car free (Wednesday) and reducing consumption (Friday)
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Currently, I write copy for a variety of purposes, such as social media for 1-3-5 Campaign. I also did some copy for the website and translated news articles for the media page.
