VIA 08: Trees for Tomorrow @ Edgefield Secondary – Edgefield Secondary ARTasFEST 2021

Hello! We are a VIA team from Edgefield Secondary and we have partnered with the Nature Society (Singapore). Nature Society is an organisation which aims to conserve the environment to build up a conducive environment for the future generations to live in.

Singapore is a highly developed country. Did you realise that Singapore is also affected by the harmful effects of deforestation? Statistics based on global forest watch, from 2002 to 2020, Singapore lost 35ha of humid primary forest, making up 1.5% of its total tree cover loss in the same time period. Total area of humid primary forest in Singapore decreased by 4.2% in this time period.

When we learnt of the deforestation issue in Singapore and the neighbouring countries that not only affects the temperature we live in and the air pollution situation in Singapore. We felt the strong need to raise awareness and do something about it. As a team, we then decided to raise funds for Nature Society (Singapore) through the sales of merchandise, because we strongly believe that by conserving the environment, our future generations can have a better environment to live in

As such, we hope to receive your support in raising funds by purchasing our products and spreading awareness for this meaningful cause!

What is deforestation ?

Deforestation is the action of clearing a wide area of trees and the decrease in forest areas across singapore that are lost to urbanisation. Having Singapore being a highly developed country, there will be a very high chance of Singapore having to build more buildings due to urbanisation.

How can I contribute to this initiative?

You can support us by simply purchasing the merchandise put up for sale! All proceeds will go to Nature Society (Singapore) as funds to solve the issue of deforestation in Singapore. Each merchandise has also been carefully designed to spread awareness on conserving the environment while at the same time, raising funds.