Get a deeper understanding of plastic pollution by taking on the role of a debris collector in the Shore Seekers World.
Mission
Duration: 1 March - 31 March 2022, 11:59 PM
Your mission is to collect plastic fragments and stones littered on the shores of the Johor Straits. To complete your mission, you must score points by answering correctly the accompanying questions.
At the end of the game, we hope you will consider the complexities and impact of plastic pollution.
Each week *five lucky participants will win SGD 25 Scoop Wholefoods gift vouchers or a set of artist-made recycled plastic coasters.
*Participants need to collect at least 8 plastic fragments and four stones (plastiglomerates) to be eligible for the lucky draw.
How to play
Move around Punggol Beach and Pendas River to hunt for microplastics, which are tiny plastic particles. There are 10 in total.
Once you find a microplastic, you’ll be quizzed on the plastic pollution crisis—the answers might surprise you!
Read the clues to find hidden plastiglomerates, which are stones made from a combination of sediments, natural debris and hardened molten plastic.
Get to know more about plastic pollutions and find out what are some of the local sustainability related initiatives and activities.
Videos
Podcasts
Local initiatives & activity
LepakinSG
LepakinSG is an informal environmental group that runs an online calendar of environmental events and holds activities to raise awareness about environmental issues.
Repair Kopitiam
Repair Kopitiam runs as a community repair meet-up to repair simple items and engage in responsible e-waste disposal together, guided by volunteer Repair Coaches.
Recycle N Save
Recycle N Save is a joint initiative by F&N and NEA to place 50 Smart Reverse Vending Machines across Singapore to encourage recycling of used plastic drink bottles and aluminium drink cans amongst Singaporeans.
Trash Hero Singapore
Trash Hero Singapore is a community volunteer group who aims of clearing current and preventing future waste through education. Check out their activities, including regular cleanups of the beaches and streets of Singapore.
Green Market: World Water Day
Organiser: National Library Board
Date: 19 March - 20 March 2022
The Green Market is a bi-annual event celebrating sustainable living as a community and connects us with green groups and initiatives that you can support. From 19 to 20 Mar 2022, Green Market: World Water Day offers over 12 interactive events and activities that you can access online and onsite at Choa Chu Kang Public Library.
Jointly brought to you by
#LoveLifeLoveEarth
in support of the SMU-DBS Sustainability Initiative