Our university’s flagship sustainability festival, NUS Sustainability CONNECT, has wrapped! With over 40 events highlighting the depth and breadth of our green initiatives, this year’s festival showcased the passion and commitment of our NUS community. Thank you to everyone who joined us and made the festival a success. But if you've missed out on the action, the momentum doesn't stop here. Scroll down to discover our upcoming event lineup for October, and don't forget to check back regularly on our main NUS Sustainability website for the latest sustainability happenings across campus.
Events line-up
Career talks, online and hybrid programmes
Affiliated events
7 Oct Wed 3pm-5pm
NUSOne x CFG Trash to Treasure Creative Recycling Workshop
Centre for Future-ready Graduates (CFG)
DETAILS
| YIH Lumina Room Level 5 | |
| Undergraduates | |
| Free |
Got a pile of old paper bags, used greeting cards/gift wrappers, festive angpaos, or beautiful boxes/cardboards that are too pretty to throw away? It’s time to give them a second lease of life with your creativity! Join this workshop for a hands-on, therapeutic, tech-free break from studying!
9 Oct Fri 10am-10pm | 10 Oct Sat 10am-2pm
SDG Open Hack@NUS 2026 - Campus Edition
NUS Climate Analytics & Technology Club / Social Impact Catalyst / Gobal Green Economic Foundation (GGEF)
DETAILS
| ACE Ideation Centre 29 Ayer Rajah Cres #01-13 JTC Launchpad@one-north S139955 | |
| NUS students | |
| Free |
Ready to tackle global challenges (no coding experience required)? Join this 24-hour challenge to transform bold indeas into impactful solutions for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)! You get to work on meaningful sustainability challenges, receive guidance from experienced mentors and stand a chance to win an overseas experiential sustainability trip. More info on the GGEF website.
10 Oct Sat 8.30am-11.30am
Thomson Nature Park
RV FoRestore
DETAILS
| Thomson Nature Park (Meet at Casuarina Curry) | |
| Open to public | |
| Free |
Join student group RV FoRestore as they carry out weeding at their previously planted site at Thomson Nature Park! They will be working at their reforestation site at Thomson Nature Park where they had previously planted 150 trees during their Buffer Parks restoration series which started since August 2024. Don't miss this great opportunity to spend your morning outdoors, learn about forest restoration, and contribute to Singapore’s biodiversity efforts!
10 Oct Sat 9am-12pm
Kent Ridge Park Guided Nature Walk
BES Drongos
DETAILS
| Kent Ridge Park (Meet at Kent Ridge MRT Exit B) | |
| Open to public | |
| Free |
Join the knowledgeable NUS environmental student group, BES Drongos, for a guided nature walk to spot some wildlife at Kent Ridge Park!
12 Oct Mon 12.15pm-1.30pm
A Pro-market Framework for Driving Decarbonisation
Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES)
DETAILS
| Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy Mannaseh Meyer Building Seminar Room 2-2 | |
| Open to public | |
| Free |
Corporate decarbonisation policy is stalled by geopoltical and ideological divisions. Hear from Professor Karthik Ramanna from the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, as he proposes a new approach: an economy-wide system of reliable and comparable accounts of the embedded emissions i products to allow customers and invetsors to make more informed descisions aligned with underlying beliefs.
13 Oct Tue 6pm-8pm
Workshop on Carbon Footprint Calculator
NUS Climate Analytics & Technology Club
DETAILS
| S2-0414/S17-0512 (Venue to be confirmed upon registration) | |
| NUS staff and students | |
| Free |
How much are your grab rides, meals, shopping and everyday choices contributing to your carbon footprint? Learn how to calculate your carbon footprint from sustainability practitioner and climate educator Thibaut Meurgue-Guyard, who is also co-founder of AlterCOP.
14 Oct Wed 6pm -9pm
Climate Fresk Workshop
1.5degreeNUS and Climate Fresk Singapore
DETAILS
| CJ Koh Law Library Seminar Room 1 | |
| NUS students | |
| Free |
Find out more about climate change through play! Join this interactive card game and explore real-world reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate (IPCC) in a fun, hands-on way.
14 Oct Wed 8pm-10pm
Sustainable Investing in Practice: AI and Transition Finance
NUS Sustainable Finance Club
DETAILS
| BIZ2-0413B | |
| For NUS students | |
| Free |
Join NUS Sustainable Finance Club for its fireside chat with Mervyn Tang, investment director at Schroders. The sharing will cover sustainable investment models, ESG risks across the AI lifecycle and investment approaches to transition finance.
19-21 Oct Mon-Wed 9am-5pm
Sixth World Conference on Floating Solutions
Technology Centre for Offshore and Marine, Singapore (TCOMS), Society of Floating Solutions Singapore
DETAILS
| Singapore EXPO | |
| Open to public | |
| Fees apply |
Themed Marine Infrastructure for Energy, Food, Climate Resilience and Ocean Space Utilisation, the conference champions integrated marine solutions, bringing together academia, industry, class societies and regulators to advance innovation and shape the next generation of floating infrastructure.
21 Oct Wed 6pm-8pm
Investing in the Transition: Financing Asia's Decarbonisation
1.5degreeNUS
DETAILS
| Central Library, Collaborative & Active Learning Room Level 1 | |
| NUS students | |
| Free |
Join 1.5dgreeNUS for an interactive evening exploring the role of private capital in driving the energy transition! Featuring Mr Harold Au, investor and senior principal in the Green and Bio-economy team at EDB.
21-23 Oct Wed-Fri 9am-5pm
CFI Annual Symposium 2026
Coastal Protection and Flood Resilience Institute (CFI) Singapore
DETAILS
| SIT Campus Punggol | |
| Open to public | |
| Free |
Through the theme Adapting Cities for Coastal and Flood Resilience, CFI Singapore aims to highlight practical strategies, showcase pioneering research and foster collaboration among stakeholders. The symposium, a complimentary event, is held in conjunction with the Asia Tsunami Workshop and the 6th International Symposium of Water Disaster Mitigation and Water Environment Regulation, which are paid events.
23 Oct Fri 4pm-6.30pm
Sustainable Data Centres: A Conversation with Prof Lee Poh Seng
NUS SAVE x NUS ECE Club
DETAILS
| YIH MPR 4, Illuminate | |
| NUS students | |
| Free |
Don't miss this chance to hear from Prof Lee Poh Seng, Programme Director of the Sustainable Tropcial Data Centre Testbed (STDCT) on the future of sustainble data centres. Find out how we can keep our digital world running without costing the Earth!
24 Oct Sat 9am-11am
Invasive Species Management Session
NUS SAVE
DETAILS
| Rifle Range Nature Park | |
| NUS students and staff | |
| Free |
Join NUS SAVE for a meaningful morning of environmental conservation. Get hands-on experience in removing invasive plant species to protect Singapore’s native biodiversity and keep our local ecosystems healthy and thriving!
24 Oct Thu 9am-12pm
Sort and Pack with Re:Nue by The Salvation Army
NUS SAVE
DETAILS
| Re:Nue, 4 Defu South Street 1 #06-14/15, JTC Defu Industry City S533756 | |
| NUS students | |
| Free |
Do your part to give pre-loved items their second life! Take part in this hands-on Sort & Pack session at Re: Nue and find out what goes on behind the scenes at a thrift store.
24 Oct Sat 3pm-6pm
Speak for Sustainability: Sustainable Advocacy & Public Speaking Workshop
NUS Climate Analytics & Technology Club
DETAILS
| NUS College of Design and Engineering LT422 | |
| NUS students and staff | |
| Free |
Have great green ideas but struggle to get people to listen? Learn how to craft compelling sustainability stories, win over sceptics, and deliver persuasive speeches with confidence..
27 Oct Tue 7pm-8.30pm
Crosswinds Climate Chat
RV Climate Cafe
DETAILS
| Ridge View Residential College Block G Level 3 MPR 2 | |
| NUS students | |
| Free |
Come explore the crosswinds of climate policy, communication and practice with Ms Ashley Perez, Sustainability Project Manager for the Office of Sustainability, Resilience, and Future-Ready at the City of Orlando.
28 Oct Wed 4.30pm-5pm
Circularity Carnival Panel
1.5degreeNUS
DETAILS
| Ridge View Residential College Block G Level 3 MPR 2 | |
| NUS students | |
| Free |
Hear from sustainability experts as they talk about the crucial role students play in recycling and circularity. From 6pm-8pm, there will also be interactive booths on textile repair, compost building and recycling from various sustainability groups.
Exhibition
Till Apr 2027 Mon-Fri 9am-8pm
NUS Libraries Digital Sustainability Exhibition
NUS Libraries
DETAILS
| Central Library L4 | |
| NUS staff and students | |
| Free |
Special promotion
Our Partners
Bezos Centre for Sustainable Protein, NUS
Energy Studies Institute (ESI), NUS
Heat Resilience & Performance Centre (HRPC), Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES)
International Universities Climate Alliance (IUCA)
Landscape Architecture Collective (lac.ollective)
LRF Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk (IPUR)
NUS Centre for Future-ready Graduates (CFG)
NUS Centre for Hydrogen and Carbon Innovations (CHCI)
NUS Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions (CNCS)
NUS Centre for Governance and Sustainability (CGS)
NUS Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), CDE
NUS Climate Analytics and Technology (CAT) Club
NUS Coastal Protection and Flood Resilience (CFI) Singapore
NUS College of Design and Engineering (CDE)
NUS Department of Architecture, CDE
NUS Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science
NUS Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE), CDE
NUS Environmental and Sustainability Engineering Students' Club (ESESC)
NUS Environmental Research Institute (NERI)
NUS Institute of Systems Science (NUS-ISS)
NUS Office of Student Affairs (OSA)
NUS SAVE (Students' Association for Visions of the Earth)
NUS School of Continuing and Lifelong Education (SCALE)
NUS Social Impact Catalyst (SIC)
NUS Sustainable Futures (NUS SF)
Office of University Communications (UCO)
Reproductive Evolution Lab, Department of Biological Sciences, NUS
Ridge View Residential College (RVRC)
Singapore Nuclear Research and Safety Institute (SNRSI)
SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute (SDGHI)
Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS)
Sustainable and Green Finance Institute (NUS SGFIN)
Technology Centre for Offshore and Marine, Singapore (TCOMS)
Tropical Marine Science Institute (TMSI)
University Campus Infrastructure (UCI)
University Health Centre (UHC)
Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA)
UTown Residence (UTR) Sustainability Committee
