What we mean by ‘going green’ at East

The Rainforest Restoration Project is part of a wider initiative in support of environmental sustainability at the College. This project contributed to the redevelopment of the dedicated tree nursery at Dover Campus as well as the establishment of a new nursery on the East Campus, which opened in June 2014.

The installation of a water-efficient irrigation system allows the College to create conditions that are suitable for rigorous academic research and ensuring higher survival rates of seedlings. The funding also allows us to purchase specific equipment and materials for propagation, research as well as expeditions to gather seedlings in the wild. As of December 2014, the nurseries are home to nearly 1,000 seedlings of mainly vulnerable and critically endangered rainforest species. In addition, we continue to raise varieties of indigenous fruit trees and Singapore emblematic trees to plant on the UWCSEA campuses and at a number of other schools around the island. (Continue Reading Here)