Fun with R.U.M. on Ubin Day 2018

The Restore Ubin Mangrove Initiative (R.U.M.) had a real blast at this year's Ubin Day!

The star of the day was our youngest volunteer, Martell. Thanks to papa Freddy for introducing him to us.

24 Jun (Sun): R.U.M. at Ubin Day, Pesta Ubin!

Come for a FREE mangrove walk, FREE booth and FREE film screening of Restore Ubin Mangrove (R.U.M.)! Get FREE colouring sheets, hear mangrove stories, take photos with our awesome Mangrove Photobooth! Only for Ubin Day, Pesta Ubin.

Want to volunteer at these R.U.M. activities? Please join us via this form. No previous experience required.

Wild ideas for mangrove restoration at Pulau Ubin

We had an awesome workshop about mangrove restoration! Thanks to enthusiastic participants who came to Pulau Ubin to visit the mangroves and share their ideas.

Missed the workshop but have ideas for mangrove restoration? No worries, just share your ideas on our online survey! https://tinyurl.com/restoremangroves

20 Jan 2018 (Sat): Our Mangroovy Mangroves - R.U.M. Walk and Workshop

For the first time, we are organising a visit to the actual site where R.U.M. hopes to carry out Ecological Mangrove Restoration! After this guided visit, join a workshop to brainstorm YOUR ideas on how we should design the restoration of mangroves at Ubin! Registration now open, places are limited.

This workshop is organised by youths of Lepak In SG for International Year of the Reef 2018 with the support of the National Parks Board and Restore Ubin Mangroves (R.U.M.) Initiative.

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.

17 Dec (Sun): FREE Sea Angel R.U.M. Monthly Ubin Mangrove Walk

"Nature's beauty awaits us, rain or shine"

Come join the community of Sea Angel and the folks at R.U.M. (Restore Ubin Mangrove) for this FREE morning walk along tranquil Kampung Tracks and visit the majestic Mangrove of Pulau Ubin.

19 Nov (Sun): FREE Sea Angel R.U.M. Monthly Ubin Mangrove Walk

"Nature is not just a place to visit, it is home"

Come join the community of Sea Angel and the folks at R.U.M. (Restore Ubin Mangrove) for this FREE morning walk along tranquil Kampung Tracks and visit the majestic Mangrove of Pulau Ubin.

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!

22 Oct (Sun): Free R.U.M. Ubin Mangrove Walk

"Let's take our hearts for a walk in the woods and listen to the magic whispers of old trees" ...

The community of Sea Angel and R.U.M. volunteers bring to you a special monthly mangrove introductory walk at Pulau Ubin.

16 Jul (Sun): R.U.M. at Ubin Day

All day at Ubin, FREE mangrove walks, FREE mangrove photo booth, FREE kids activities and MORE!

The RUMblers at the R.U.M. mangrove photo booth!
Photo by Lisa Lim.

Simply come to Ubin on 16 Jul (Sun) as R.U.M. joins the fun for the Grand Finale of Pesta Ubin.

Awesome April with R.U.M.

This month, the RUMblers (as R.U.M. volunteers call ourselves), cleaned up R.U.M. sites, checked R.U.M. sites for plant health, did the monthly R.U.M. walk and also contributed to conversations about Ubin. Rachel Quek and her team continue their dedicated work filming R.U.M. and Ubin.

Thank you Chen Xi, intern for the Restore Ubin Mangroves (R.U.M.) Initiative. Her ideas, talent and support had made this an awesome April!

29 April (Sat): FREE Ubin Mangrove tour with R.U.M.!

Want to know more about the amazing mangroves on Pulau Ubin? Interested in learning about kampung culture? Come join the volunteers of the Restore Ubin Mangroves (R.U.M.) Initiative as they share about Ubin's awesome mangroves and culture with you on this free tour!

A fun walk for everyone!

This leisurely walk starting from Ubin Town introduces nearby mangroves and its wildlife, as well as Ubin people and kampung culture.

All are welcome! The event is free, but registration is required as there are limited slots. Register online now!

Date: 29 April (Sat)
Time: 10.30am to about 12.30pm
Meeting point: Gather at No. 42, Uncle Lim's shop at Ubin Town, 3min walk from the Ubin Jetty.
Do support him by getting your supplies at his shop (drinks, repellent, sunblock, etc)!
More about Uncle Lim's shop. How to get to Pulau Ubin

Uncle Lim's shop has many colourful umbrellas in front of it!

Please read on for more details about the walk.

Mangrove madness in March with R.U.M.

Volunteers were hard at work in March at Pulau Ubin. Cleaning up the mangroves, doing mangrove mapping,  filming R.U.M., and sharing about Ubin's awesome mangroves at our free monthly walk.

Here's a glimpse of our mad March in the mangroves at Pulau Ubin!

Focused on the oil spill in February

In February, the Restore Ubin Mangrove (R.U.M.) Initiative joined hands with NParks to work on a community effort for long-term monitoring of Ubin mangroves following the 300-tonne oil spill in the East Johor Strait in January 2017.

Phillip Lim organised a boat survey of the entire Pulau Ubin coastline, while Prof Dan Friess shared advice on how we can  monitor the impact on mangroves. Sea Angel volunteers and Rachel continue to document and check on oil spill impacts. The February R.U.M. walk was fabulous!

4 Mar (Sat): FREE Ubin Mangrove tour with R.U.M.!

Celebrate World Wildlife Day and join the volunteers of the Restore Ubin Mangroves (R.U.M.) Initiative as they share Ubin's awesome mangroves with you on this free tour.

Awesome visitors at our last R.U.M. walk!

This leisurely walk starting from Ubin Town introduces nearby mangroves and its wildlife, as well as Ubin people and kampung culture.

All are welcomed! The event is free but registration is required as there are limited slots. Register online now!

The UN has designated 3 Mar as World Wildlife Day! This year's theme is “Listen to the Young Voices” and young R.U.M. volunteers will be gladly speaking during this walk.

4 Feb (Sat): Celebrating World Wetlands Day with R.U.M.'s free Ubin mangrove walk

World Wetlands Day which falls on 2 Feb and volunteers of the Restore Ubin Mangroves (R.U.M.) Initiative will celebrate by sharing Ubin's awesome mangroves with you on this free tour.

This leisurely walk starting from Ubin Town introduces nearby mangroves and Ubin people and kampung culture.

All are welcomed! The event is free but registration is required as there are limited slots.

December RUMbles: kayak surveys, cleanup, walks and more!

The Restore Ubin Mangroves (R.U.M.) Initiative volunteers had a very busy year end.

Record turnout for the R.U.M. walk!
Photo by Tammy Wong.

With a kayak survey of mangrove Mother Trees, a mangrove clean up, a sold-out tour, and sharing about Ubin with the Straits Times too!

11 Dec (Sun): Merry Mangrove Mapping with R.U.M. at Pulau Ubin

Specially for December only! Our free monthly walk includes a chance to try out mangrove mapping.

A slow walk through Pulau Ubin, Singapore's last kampung.

Join the R.U.M. volunteers on a leisurely walk from Ubin Town to learn about nearby mangroves and Ubin people and kampung culture.

Stop at a mangrove area to try your hand at mangrove mapping! Learn more about the science behind mangrove restoration.

This is what mangrove mapping looks like!

All are welcomed! The event is free but registration is required as there are limited slots.

Awesome October RUMbles

Another busy month for the RUMblers! Earlier in the month, R.U.M. volunteers conducted the first flora surveys.

Photo by Ria Tan

Meanwhile, R.U.M. Researchers have been furiously mapping the restoration sites. While volunteers have been helping out with mapping and sharing with the public about R.U.M.

Super September RUMbles

It has been a very busy month for R.U.M.! In addition to daily mapping surveys, the Researchers did an exhaustive (and exhausting) GPS survey.

The awesome volunteers at the Mangrove Flora ID workshop.
Photo by Mohammad Juhari

We also had our very first mangrove workshop with enthusiastic volunteers to learn about mangrove flora ID. And Rachel Quek has started filming R.U.M. for the Singapore Eco Film Festival, where the RUMblers hope to have a booth as well! Thanks to Phillip Lim and Ah Yong, the R.U.M. posters in three languages are now up at Pulau Ubin Town.