Championing the Continuity of Biodiversity in Singapore: The Biodiversity Collective (TBC)

Protecting the continuity of our local biodiversity for our future generations

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The Transmutation Principle Newsletter
April 02, 2025

About The Biodiversity Collective

TBC stands for The Biodiversity Collective series. TBC plays on "To Be Continued" as we believe that biodiversity must be continued for generations, and that it's also not just something for experts/researchers to understand. But the learnings must continue for everyone because biodiversity is the bedrock of society!

☕The Biodiversity Kopitiam: Sip & Learn @ Ahimsa Sanctuary (8th May)

Kopitiam Edition: The Biodiversity Kopitiam allows attendees to Lim Kopi (Drink Coffee), and learn about various topics of biodiversity through 3 main segments.

The Biodiversity Kopitiam is hosted at a local cafe, to sip & learn about our local biodiversity, over small group coffee chats with a leading Biodiversity expert.

Topics can range from specific wildlife, research papers, nature experiences, advocacy and much more! Each TBC Kopitiam has its own unique theme.

Ahimsa Sanctuary, our venue for our first Biodiversity Kopitiam!

Stall 1: Biodiversity Expert

It will be a round-table Kopitiam style where attendees rotate between Kopitiam stalls / tables, to listen to an expert sharing on Biodiversity Insights & Knowledge, before moving to the next Kopitiam-stall.

Stall 2: Ecosystem Game

Featuring the Ecosystem game from the Biodiversity Collage - to explore the local ecosystems in SG and SEA and what happens with human/climate disturbances to biodiversity!

Stall 3: Sustainable Origins

Finally, at the last stall we will also invite a coffee expert to share about ethical and sustainable coffee, as a moment of appreciation of how biodiversity provides for us.

Our first Biodiversity Kopitiam will be happening on 8th of May at Ahimsa Sanctuary, we focus on local biodiversity in Singapore both on land and oceans!

Keynote Speakers:

Saravanan Sinniah, Conservation International (CI).

Kopi Topic: Biodiversity Hotspots in Singapore/Regional, and Sustainable Agriculture. Featuring the sustainability work for coffee that CI does.

Cheng Puay (Fellow) and Samuel (Env Studies Year 1 student), Ridge View Residential College (RVRC, NUS).

Kopi Topic: Biodiversity within our intertidal spaces in Singapore.

Muhd Nasry, Singapore Youth Voices for Biodiversity (SYVB)
Kopi Topic: Local and international biodiversity policies, SYVB's Policy Recommendations

Toh Ee Ming, Singapore-based freelance journalist and author
Kopi Topic: Her experiences of reconnecting to nature through her immersive journeys

☕The Biodiversity Kopitiam: Sip & Learn @ Foreword Coffee (24th June)


Tiny Creatures, Big Impact

In this Biodiversity Kopitiam edition, we’ll zoom in on the incredible world of insects, from the buzzing pollinators in our parks to the beetles hiding in plain sight across our city.

We do a round-table kopitiam style where attendees can choose up to 2 tables to rotate around and hear a speaker share their Biodiversity Insights & Knowledge for 20 minutes at a time, and rotate to your next table.

Whether you're a nature lover, art enthusiast, or just bug-curious — this is your chance to sit, sip, and rediscover the small lives that make our world work.

Crawlies & Insects symposium with Foreword Coffee at Esplanade Mall

Keynote Speakers:

Angelica See | PHD student on insect biodiversity

Wendy Zhang | Insect Researcher & Nature Illustrator

Foo Maosheng | Entomology and Entomophagy (Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum)

Ong Xin Rui | Dung Beetles (SEA) , Tropical Ecology & Entomology Lab, NTUs

SG60 special: Immersive Nature Walk @ Alexandra Woodlands | Guided walk by Singapore Youth Voices for Biodiversity

About the walk:

Led by our community partner, Singapore Youth Voices for Biodiversity, for an immersive outdoor experience that blends science, imagination, and movement — as we explore Alexandra Woodland, a rare gem of rewilded green space in central Singapore. Once a freshwater swamp, this area was transformed through human development and canal construction… only to slowly return to its wild form, revealing the resilience of urban nature.

The Lost Ark of Singapore at Alexandra Woodland

Located across the Rail Corridor from Alexandra Hospital, the site is approximately the size of 36 football fields is an important ecological link between the nature reserves in central Singapore and the Southern Ridges.

This session is designed to be reflective, informative, and collaborative — reminding us that biodiversity isn’t just out there in untouched forests. It’s right here, reclaiming space beside us.