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GREEN
GIFTS
Have a Green Festive Season
As the year end festive season approaches
and we are sucked into the frenzy of gift giving, why not consider these
green gifts?
Gifts for free | Under $5 |
$10 | $20 | $40-$100 |
Where to buy?
These
gifts either contribute to a better understanding of our nature places,
or profits from their sale goes towards our nature places, or both!
Gifts
around $40
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$36.05
Chek Jawa Discovering Singapore's Biodiversity by Chua Ee Kiam
Chek Jawa is a coastal part of Pulau Ubin, an island
belonging to Singapore near Peninsular Malaysia. This area was recently
discovered to contain a rich community of marine corals, fish and
invertebrates, it has now been protected from reclamation. This book
is a coffee table-type of photographic account of the area's diversity
and importance. Beautiful photography and passionate text. More
on the Simply Green website. Sold at
Nature's Niche |
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$40
Annual membership for one person with the Nature Society (Singapore)
The NSS offers fabulous free trips for members
to all kinds of special wild places, their full-colour quarterly magazine
NatureWatch
packed with interesting articles, and lots of opportunites to
learn about our natural heritage and interact with other nature lovers.
More details about the Nature Society
(Singapore). To join the NSS, email contact@nss.org.sg
or call 6741 2036. |
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$41.10
Pulau Ubin: Ours to Treasure by Chua Ee Kiam This
is the first book about a rural island just 10 minutes by boat north
of Singapore's main island. Ubin still has that laid-back village
atmosphere of overgrown plantations, orchards and fish farms. The
book is a tribute to the island's lifestyle and environment, both
the human and the natural. It is excellently produced in large format
and with stunning photography of people, landscapes and all forms
of wildlife. More
on the Simply Green website. Sold at
Nature's Niche |
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$41
Rhythm of the Sea: The Life and Times of Labrador Beach by
S.S.L. Lim, P.K.L. Ng, L.W.H. Tan & Y.C. Wee Labrador
Park holds the only remaining rocky coastline of mainland Singapore.
Written by 4 prominent scientists, all experts on different aspects
of Indo Pacific marine flora and fauna, this attractive large format
book provides a full account of the habitat and the lifeforms of this
area. Illustrated throughout with splendid habitat and close-up colour
photographs.Sold at Nature's
Niche |
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$46.35
Birds: An Illustrated Field Guide to the Birds of Singapore by
Lim K.S. & D. Gardner There are several bird books that include Singapore
but this is the only field guide on the market that identifies all
the species occurring in this country only. It is written by maybe
the most knowledgeable field ornithologist in the country, includes
info on extinct and probable species and is the perfect tool for local
birdwatching. Sold
at Nature's Niche |
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$48
Birds Seen at the Istana
by Gan Wan Ming, James & Aileen T. Lau This book was commissioned
in late 2003 by President SR Nathan to celebrate the presence of the
community of birds in the Istana; a recorded bird count of 67 species
from the last count. A Portion of the book sales goes towards the
President's Charity fund. Sold at the Green
Volunteers Network. |
Gifts
for $50-100
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$51
Singapore Waters Unveiling Our Seas by K. Lee You
wouldn't think that there could be such a diverse and colourful marine
life along the beaches and in the offshore waters of the Republic
of Singapore. But this amazing coffee table book is a testimony to
the rich biodiversity still to be found. Packed on every page with
beautiful above- and under-water colour photography. The text is by
leading experts on marine and coastal habitats and wildlife. Sold
at Nature's Niche and at
the Nature Society (Singapore) $45 NSS Member, $49.90 non-member |
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$95
Annual membership for a family with the Nature Society (Singapore)
The NSS offers fabulous free trips for members
to all kinds of special wild places, their full-colour quarterly magazine
NatureWatch
packed with interesting articles, and lots of opportunites to
learn about our natural heritage and interact with other nature lovers.
More details about the Nature Society
(Singapore). To join the NSS, email contact@nss.org.sg
or call 6741 2036. |
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