After Action Report: November 2019 R.U.M.Beach and Mangrove Cleanup

Volunteers with Nature Society Singapore for Restore Ubin Mangrove Initiative (RUM) were at RUM Site 1 for a beach and mangrove cleannup last Saturday afternoon (16 November). A total of 51kg of marine trash consisting of mostly plastics and styrofoam pieces were removed from the site during the one hour cleanup.

Photo by Vincent Choo

Bravo and thanks to our participants (new and returning) for your wonderful energy and effort!! Thanks to Cheryl Lao for leading the cleanup, and thanks to our regular helpers As Ma. Yan, Pip, Vincent and Shu Ying. A shoutout to Lisa Lim who is recovering from a leg injury and organized the event from behind the scenes.

This cleanup is an effort to clear marine debris accumilation from the site in preparation for mangrove restoration. At the same time, participants get to visit the site and learn about RUM and the ecological mangrove restoration method. (What is Ecological Mangrove Restoration?)

Keep following us on this blog or our facebook page for future cleanups and other activities.

16 November (Sat): R.U.M. Mangrove Cleanup

Join Lisa Lim and volunteers from R.U.M. and Nature Society Singapore (NSS), Marine Conservation Group to clean up this site in preparation for mangrove restoration!

Photo by Lisa Lim.

Date: 16 November 2019 (Saturday)
Time: 4.00pm - 7.00pm

Please register at http://www.tinyurl.com/ubinrum16nov2019.

More details will be email to volunteers upon successful registration. (Please check your spam folder.)

Due to limited transportation and site capacity, we can only take a limited no. of volunteers. Please only sign up if you are keen. Registration closes on 08 November or earlier once we met our required no. of volunteers.

After Action Report: September 2019 R.U.M. Beach and Mangrove Cleanup

Volunteers with Nature Society Singapore for Restore Ubin Mangrove Initiative (RUM) were at RUM Site 1 for a beach and mangrove cleannup last Sunday evening (15 September). A total of 113.2kg of trash and marine debris were removed from the site. This cleanup is an effort to clear marine debris accumilation from the site in preparation for mangrove restoration. At the same time, participants get to visit the site and learn about RUM and the ecological mangrove restoration method. (What is Ecological Mangrove Restoration?)

Last Sunday's cleanup is also held in conjunction with International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) which is an annual coastal cleanup event held around the world in the month of September.

15 September (Sun): R.U.M. Mangrove Cleanup (International Coastal Cleanup edition)

Join Lisa Lim and volunteers from R.U.M. and Nature Society Singapore (NSS), Marine Conservation Group to clean up this site in preparation for mangrove restoration!

This upcoming cleanup is also organised in conjunction with International Coastal Cleanup (http://coastalcleanup.nus.edu.sg/aboutcleanup.html) in September.

Come visit Ubin, learn more about Ubin mangroves and R.U.M., and make a difference for them!

Date: 15 September 2019 (Sunday)
Time:  4.00pm - 7.00pm

Only registered participants may join us as we have limited capacity for both ferry and van transport. Please register here: https://www.tinyurl.com/ubinrum15sep2019

21 Jul (Sun): R.U.M. mangrove cleanup

Join Lisa Lim and volunteers from R.U.M. and Nature Society Singapore (NSS), Marine Conservation Group to clean up this site before we start restoration.

Come visit Ubin, learn more about Ubin mangroves and R.U.M., and make a difference for them!

25 May (Sat): R.U.M. mangrove cleanup

Specially for Pesta Ubin, join Lisa Lim and volunteers from R.U.M. and Nature Society Singapore (NSS), Marine Conservation Group to clean up this site before we start restoration.

Come visit Ubin, learn more about Ubin mangroves and R.U.M., and make a difference for them!

30 Mar (Sat): R.U.M. mangrove cleanup

Join Lisa Lim and volunteers from R.U.M. and Nature Society Singapore (NSS), Marine Conservation Group to clean up this site before we start restoration.

Come visit Ubin, learn more about Ubin mangroves and R.U.M., and make a difference for them!

Happy New Year with R.U.M.!

Join the next R.U.M. site cleanup on 19 Jan (Sat)! Registration now open at http://tinyurl.com/ubinrum19jan2019

Meanwhile, here's a look back at what the RUMblers were up to at the end of the year: a clean up, supporting a Kampong Homecoming and sharing about R.U.M. at Clean and Green Singapore.

10 Nov (Sat): R.U.M. mangroves and coastal cleanup

Join Lisa Lim and volunteers from R.U.M. and Nature Society Singapore (NSS), Marine Conservation Group to clean up this site before we start restoration.

Come visit Ubin, learn more about Ubin mangroves and R.U.M., and make a difference for them!

15 Sep (Sat): R.U.M. mangroves and coastal cleanup

Join Lisa Lim and volunteers from R.U.M. and Nature Society Singapore (NSS), Marine Conservation Group to clean up this site before we start restoration.

Date: 15 Sep (Sat)
Time: 8am - 11am

Only registered participants may join us as we have limited capacity for both ferry and van transport.

More details on the NSS website.

Register online http://tinyurl.com/ubinrum15sep2018

7 Jul (Sat): R.U.M. mangroves and coastal cleanup

Join Lisa Lim and volunteers from R.U.M. and Nature Society Singapore (NSS), Marine Conservation Group to clean up this site before we start restoration.

6 May (Sun): R.U.M. mangroves and coastal cleanup

Join Lisa Lim and volunteers from R.U.M. and Nature Society Singapore, Marine Conservation Group to clean up this site before we start restoration.

Photo by Lisa Lim.

Date: 6 May (Sun)
Time: 8.30am - 11.30am

Only registered participants may join us as we have limited capacity for both ferry and van transport.

Register online http://tinyurl.com/ubinrum06may2018

What happened ...

Here's a glimpse thanks to Lisa Lim

24 Mar (Sat): R.U.M. mangroves and coastal cleanup

Join Lisa Lim and volunteers from R.U.M. and Nature Society Singapore, Marine Conservation Group to clean up this site before we start restoration.

Photo by Lisa Lim.

Date: 24 Mar (Sat)
Time: 8.30am - 11.30am

Only registered participants may join us as we have limited capacity for both ferry and van transport.

Register online http://tinyurl.com/ubinrum24mar2018.

December RUMbles and beginning the next phase in restoration!

Volunteers of the Restore Ubin Mangroves (R.U.M.) Initiative ended the year with our last free monthly walks, and a good cleanup of Ubin mangroves.

Photo by MJ Photography.

We also launch into the next phase: gathering community feedback and ideas for designing the restoration of Ubin mangroves. Please help by doing and sharing our online survey of what YOU would like to see and do in restored Ubin mangroves. The survey is also available in Chinese.

18 Nov (Sat): R.U.M. mangroves and coastal cleanup

Join Lisa Lim and volunteers from R.U.M. and Nature Society Singapore, Marine Conservation Group to clean up this site before we start restoration.

Photo by Lisa Lim.

Date: 18 Nov (Sat)
Time: 4pm - 7pm

Only registered participants may join us as we have limited capacity for both ferry and van transport.
Register online http://www.tinyurl.com/ubinrum18nov2017

Outreach October with the RUMblers

R.U.M. volunteers had a busy month reaching out about Pulau Ubin's mangroves and cleaning up the mangroves too!

Here's more of what happened!

15 Oct (Sun): R.U.M. clean up and 28 Oct (Sat): R.U.M. at the Parks Festival

This October, join R.U.M. to help clean up a restoration site or join us for FREE nature booths and other activities at the Parks Festival!

Volunteers cleaning up R.U.M. restoration site.
Photo by Lisa Lim

Loving Ubin mangroves in September

Highlight of the month was the private screening of "Ubin, Sayang", the much-anticipated film by Rachel Quek and her team. This gorgeous film speaks eloquently about Ubin, and the screening was graced by Minister Desmond Lee.

Rachel and her team with R.U.M. members
Photo by Liz Lim.

RUMblers also lovingly cleaned up the mangrove restoration site this month with an 'international' team of volunteers!

RUMbles in July and August

The RUMblers (as R.U.M. volunteers call themselves) did two clean ups at the R.U.M. site!

They also shared about R.U.M. through kayak tours at Ubin, as well as at Mangrove Speaks at Sungei Buloh.

22 Jul (Sat): R.U.M. mangrove clean up and Mangrove Speaks@Sungei Buloh

Two great activities on 22 Jul (Sat) for R.U.M.! A gathering of experts to speak on mangroves plus R.U.M., followed by cleanup at a R.U.M. site.

Please register with the organisers as indicated below.