Community Groups and Environmental Leadership Part II: Environmental NGOs, Civil Society, Volunteer Groups and Local Action GE3239 Environmental Sustainability 9 April 2009

What am I going to talk about? PART I: Encountering Environmentalism Participation, Volunteerism and Environmental Leadership Collaborations How to get involved PART II: Overview Type of interests Type of groups Type of actions Before getting started, get to know what is out there!

PART I: Encountering Environmentalism

Participation, Volunteerism and Environmental Leadership

Collaborations

How to get involved

PART II: Overview

Type of interests

Type of groups

Type of actions

Types of Interests Green Terrestrial Conservation Animal Welfare Blue Marine Conservation Brown Waste and Recycling Climate Change & Energy “ Lifestyle” & Food

Green

Terrestrial Conservation

Animal Welfare

Blue

Marine Conservation

Brown

Waste and Recycling

Climate Change & Energy

“ Lifestyle” & Food

Sustainable Lifestyles http://www.groundupinitiative.org

Type of Groups Different Scales / Focus Area International (WWF-Singapore) National (Nature Society Singapore) District (South West CDC) Institutional (NUSSU SAVE)

Different Scales / Focus Area

International (WWF-Singapore)

National (Nature Society Singapore)

District (South West CDC)

Institutional (NUSSU SAVE)

Type of Groups Forms of Legitimacy Public Company Limited by Guarantee Registered Societies Social Enterprises / Commercial Institution / School Groups Volunteer Groups (no legal identity) Informal Associative Groups

Forms of Legitimacy

Public Company Limited by Guarantee

Registered Societies

Social Enterprises / Commercial

Institution / School Groups

Volunteer Groups (no legal identity)

Informal Associative Groups

Public Company Limited by Guarantee Only ONE* in Singapore! The only environmental one

Institution Groups Government 3P (People-Public-Private) Projects

Institution Groups Government’s Volunteers

Institution Groups Government’s officially endorsed NGO partners

“Illegal” Volunteer Groups http://nakedhermitcrabs.blogspot.com

Informal Associative Groups

Informal Associative Groups

Type of Action Public Education / Exhibition & Walks Scientific Monitoring & Research Communication & Documentation Social Media and Cyber Advocacy Petitions and Lobbying Fund Raising

Public Education / Exhibition & Walks

Scientific Monitoring & Research

Communication & Documentation

Social Media and Cyber Advocacy

Petitions and Lobbying

Fund Raising

Public Education

Public Education

Scientific Monitoring

Cleaning up or scientific monitoring? http://coastalcleanup.wordpress.com/

Documentation

Advocacy First ever gathering of animal lovers at Speakers' Corner! ACRES’ campaign against shark fin soup ‘ When sharks die, the oceans die’ Date: 18 April 2009 Time: 2pm to 5pm Venue: Hong Lim Park (Speaker’s Corner)