Gathering: Coral Tour, St John's Island National Marine Laboratory

Join us for our first gathering of our second cycle of the Climate Transformation Gatherings.

Following our first lecture 'Knowing the Reef: Community Insight and Scientific Understanding', 26 August 2025, join us for a behind-the-scenes tour by the Tropical Marine Science Institute of the coral culture facilities at the St John's Island National Marine Laboratory (SJINML) to understand Singapore's coral restoration initiatives.

Please see below for the schedule, please note that participants will have to purchase their own round trip ferry ticket to Lazarus Island (Seringat Jetty), the St John's Island jetty is currently closed.

Date: 4 October 2025, Saturday

Time: 8:30AM - 11.30AM

Location: Participants to meet at 8:30AM at Marina South Pier to purchase round trip ferry tickets and board 9AM ferry to Lazarus Island

Schedule

8:30am: Participants to gather at Marina South Pier and purchase round trip ferry tickets

9am – 9.30am: Participants to board 9am ferry from Marina South Pier to Lazarus Island (Seringat Jetty)

9.30am – 10am: Walk from Seringat Jetty to SJINML Marine Park Outreach and Education Center

10am – 10.30am: Introduction to Marine Science in Singapore by SJINML team

10.30am – 11am: Facility tour by SJINML team

11am - 11.30am : Ending group discussion

11.30am: Gathering end

For any enquiries please reach out to [email protected].

Image credit: St John's Island. Photo by Tropical Marine Science Institute.

About the Climate Transformation: Sustainable Societies Gathering series

Extended from the Climate Transformation Sustainable Societies Lecture Series, the Climate Transformation Gatherings consolidates critical concepts and ideas around various environmental themes and theories. These gatherings take various formats including open-discussion seminars, reading groups, workshops and guided tours to engage interested members of the public on various environmental issues.

The Climate Transformation: Sustainable Societies Series is organised by members of the Climate Transformation Programme (CTP) Cross-Cutting Theme 1: Sustainable Societies research team, Senior Principal Investigator Professor Ute Meta Bauer, research fellow Joshua Gebert, research associate Ng Mei Jia and research assistant Angela Ricasio Hoten.

Sustainable Societies

Senior Principal Investigator, Professor Ute Meta Bauer (NTU ADM)

Principal Investigator, Associate Professor Laura Miotto (NTU ADM)

Principal Investigator, Professor Dr Thomas Schroepfer (SUTD)

This gathering is supported by the Singapore Ministry of Education Academic Research Fund Tier 3 grant [MOE-MOET32022-0006] for the Climate Transformation Programme.

Host or Publisher NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore