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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 

October
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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!

Registration has ended

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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.

Registration has ended 

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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!

Registration has ended 

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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!

Registration has ended

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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.

Registration has ended

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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.

Registration has ended

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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.

Registration has ended

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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. 

Registration has ended

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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.

Register

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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.

Register

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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.

Registration closes on 14 Oct

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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!

Register

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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!

Register

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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.

Register

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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..

Register

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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.

Register

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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.

Register

Exhibition  

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Till Apr 2027  Mon-Fri 9am-8pm

NUS Libraries Digital Sustainability Exhibition

NUS Libraries

DETAILS
  Central Library L4
  NUS staff and students
  Free
This exhibition explores the emerging theme of digital sustainability – a topic that focuses on how digital technologies can be managed, used, and sustained responsibly over time. Building on ideas of preservation and stewardship as well as lifecycle thinking, you are invited to look beyond the convenience of digital life and consider the environmental trade-offs behind everyday digital habits. The exhibition by NUS Libraries is in partnership with the SG EcoFund, the Institute of Systems Science (NUS-ISS), NUS University Campus Infrastructure (UCI) - Sustainability Strategic Unit and Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS) - NUS.

No registration needed

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1.5degreeNUS

Asia Research Institute, NUS

BES Drongos

Bezos Centre for Sustainable Protein, NUS

Duke-NUS Medical School

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)

National Parks Board (NParks)

NUS Bitscraps

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

NUS College of Design and Engineering (CDE)

NUS Co-op

NUS Department of Architecture, CDE 

NUS Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science

NUS Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE), CDE

NUS Enterprise

NUS Environmental and Sustainability Engineering Students' Club (ESESC)

NUS Environmental Research Institute (NERI)

NUS Institute of Systems Science (NUS-ISS)

NUS Libraries

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 Finance Club

NUS Sustainable Futures (NUS SF)

Office of University Communications (UCO)

Reproductive Evolution Lab, Department of Biological Sciences, NUS 

Ridge View Residential College (RVRC)

RV FoRestore

RVRC Green Rangers 

RV Photography

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)

Temasek Foundation (TF)

Tropical Marine Science Institute (TMSI) 

University Campus Infrastructure (UCI)

University Health Centre (UHC)

Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) 

UTown Residence (UTR) Sustainability Committee

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