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Have a Green Festive Season
(posted Nov 04)

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 under $20

$13.60 Discover Nature in Singapore by Grace Leng and Tat Small an activity book for kids packed with delightful drawings, facts, things to do, explore and learn! Sold at Nature's Niche. $14.90 10X magnifying
Hand lens
handy for studying plants, insects and other small creatures. It comes in an attractive green pouch. Sold at Nature's Niche.
       
$15 Mad About Green a collection of environmental essays written by famous personalities from all professions like Sir David Bellamy, Bernard Harrison, Mark Chan and Sivasothi. Printed on 100% recycled paper. Sold at the Green Volunteers Network $18 Chek Jawa Guidebook by Ria Tan and Alan Yeo. A great introduction to Chek Jawa on Pulau Ubin. All profits from the sale of the guidebook goes towards the NParks Chek Jawa fund to support volunteer guiding and scientific studies on Chek Jawa. Sample pages and more about the guidebook on the wildsingapore website. Sold at Nature's Niche.
       
$18 Looking Through Binoculars A compilation of essays in Mandarin on the pleasures of being outdoors enjoying nature and looking for wildlife. Sold at Nature Society (Singapore). $18.90 CD of Bird Songs of Singapore by S. Supari. This interesting CD features 79 of the vocal birds found in Singapore and South-east Asia. Organized into 8 tracks the calls come complete with narration and a printed booklet listing all the species. All the common local song birds as well as some rare and endangered species are included. Sold at Nature's Niche and at Nature Society (Singapore) $15 for NSS members.
       
$19.90 CD of Common Plants of Singapore by Y.C. Wee. A CD-ROM featuring 174 different plants common to Singapore and Southeast Asia. Categories include Trees, Palms, Herbs, Shrubs, Ferns and Climbers. All species are illustrated with colour photographs, the authoritative text include details on origin, status, cultivation and medicinal value of each species. Sold at Nature's Niche $15 Growing at your Doorstep: 35 Native Plants of Singapore by H.T.W. Tan & K.S. Chua. This attractive and well-designed little book is the second and totally revised edition of the 1995 book by the same name. It features 35 of the most important plants native to Singapore and the SE Asian region, all can be found growing wild or cultivated in the country. Informative text plus nice colour photographs throughout of plants, flowers and fruits. Sold at Nature's Niche and at the Green Volunteers Network.
       
$20 Biologic DVD series Biologic is all about living in harmony with nature. A compilation of environmental issues facing urban cities and management strategies adopted by concerned individuals, communities and government agencies. A total of 10 episodes, 3 DVDs, each episodes lasting 30mins was aired in Channel I last year. Sold at the Green Volunteers Network.    

 

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