Friday 10 June 2011

GREEN VOLUNTEERS UPDATE

FREE GUIDED NATURE WALK

Saturday 11th June, 4 pm SHARP meet Fort Canning visitor’s centre. There are some really beautiful old tree at Fort Canning Park. Come join us for this interesting and relaxing walk. Email your name, mobile number and number of people attending if you want to come.


MAKING YOUR OWN ENZYMES

Saturday 18th June 3.00 pm @ Katong Flower Shop, Changi Road. We meet 2.30 pm SHARP Tanah Merah MRT station control and take a 5 minute walk to KFS.

Come and learn how to make this useful enzyme (can be used for household cleaner and plant fertiliser) made from everyday kitchen waste. Places limited to 20 people so please book early, first come first served.


FREE GUIDED NATURE WALK

Saturday 25th June 4.00 pm @ ECO-PARK TAMPINES. This is the newest NPARKS that’s probably the most “natural” park around. They used the natural contours of the land and the existing ponds to create this beautiful park. We meet 3.30 pm SHARP @ Tampines MRT station control and take a 10 minute walk to this park. If you and your friends want to attend this walk, please email your booking.


GARDENING VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

For our butterfly garden at Pasir Ris Park every Saturday (10 am – 1 pm). Email if you can help and want to know more about gardening and meet other green volunteers.


FREE BURMA POSTERS (A3 SIZE)

These posters still available, if you need some please email me.


NORTHERN THAILAND TRIP

Planning this for Nov/Dec 2011, about 10 days to do reforestation projects, help build a school dining room at a Karen village about 6 hours from Chiangmai. Also to visit Elephant Nature Park, Prosthesis Foundation, Golden Triangle, trekking/rafting and some free time to explore beautiful Chiangmai.

Prices being worked out, only 10 places available for this trip. If you’re interested in a volunteering vacation, please email me. As the prices are being worked out, there will be no obligations on your part, if you email your interest, please be serious about this trip.


ALUMINIUM CAN TABS
 Many of you are aware that for the last few years the Green Volunteers have been collecting can tabs for the Prosthesis Foundation in Chiangmai. We are now taking our project one step further and intend to use these can tabs to make into walking sticks. These walking sticks will be given away FREE to old folks home, the elderly both in Singapore & the ASEAN region and areas that need them (conflict and natural disaster areas). We are working out details and looking for a sponsor (if you have any idea of possible sponsors please let me know). You can also help by starting to collect can tabs at your office/schools but you will have to keep them for us until we need them.

Here’s your chance to do something simple to help the less fortunate.


TERRARIUM MAKING CLASSES

We have plans to conduct these classes soon (on a Saturday afternoon) price being worked out, if you are interested in this, please email.


SCHOOL/COMPANY TALKS AVAILABLE

Want to learn more about our environmental/global warming or the volunteer work or projects that the Green Volunteers do? I am available to give these talks/presentation. There will be a $50 charge to offset transport and other expenses. Email if your company or school needs this talk.


THE GREAT SINGAPORE SALE

Is now on, so let’s have a “BUY NOTHING MONTH”. For the whole of the June, let’s not buy anything that not absolutely necessary. Everything manufactured that we buy contributes to global warming so let’s cut down our consumption for the month of June.

Hope to see you on one of our many activities and a belated greetings for World Environment Day.


Cheers,
Grant W. Pereira
The Green Volunteers

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The considerate man changes himself to suit the world,
the inconsiderate man changes the world to suit himself.
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MARCUS AURELIUS