RGS-Singapore presents: “An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles: Alfred Russel Wallace and Ali in Southeast Asia” featuring writer and conservationist Paul Spencer Sochaczewski!

Join us on a journey back in time to the mid-19th Century as Paul retraces the footsteps of renowned Victorian-era naturalist and anthropologist Alfred Russel Wallace across the Malay Archipelago during the latter’s eight-year (1854-1862) exploration of the region. While performing extensive geographical fieldwork and research, Wallace had collected 125,660 individual specimens of “natural productions,” including 900 new species of beetles, 212 new species of birds, and, remarkably, 200 new species of ants. He amplified the study of biogeography, wrote sensitively about indigenous cultures, and independently of Charles Darwin, developed a theory of evolution by natural selection. Paul’s fully illustrated presentation will highlight some of Wallace’s achievements, with a focus on his collections in Singapore, and discuss the mystery of Ali, Wallace’s “faithful companion” without whom Wallace would probably not have been as successful as he was.

The presentation is based on two of Paul Sochaczewski’s books: ““Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird” — Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace’s Faithful Companion” and “An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles — Campfire Conversations with Alfred Russel Wallace on People and Nature, Based on Common Travel in the Malay Archipelago, the Land of the Orangutan, and the Bird of Paradise”.

Please sign up for this talk here: https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/paul-spencer-sochaczewski-an-inordinate-fondness-for-beetles-tickets-942882325417

About the speaker:

Paul Spencer Sochaczewski has written extensively about Alfred Russel Wallace, including the personal travel books "An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles" and “Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird.” Paul worked for 15 years with WWF International, based in Switzerland, where he was director of international campaigns and head of the Faith and Environment Program. He has lived in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand for many years. He is the author of 21 books and more than 600 by-lined articles for publications including the RGS-IBG’s Geographical Magazine, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Reader’s Digest, and Travel and Leisure. Paul is a Fellow of the RGS-IBG and has lectured many times on various subjects for the Society’s members in Singapore, Hong Kong, and the UK.

Event Details:

Date & Time: 29 August 2024 (Thursday), 7.30pm to 8.30pm (Doors open at 7pm)

Venue: The British Club Singapore, 73 Bukit Tinggi Road, Singapore 289761

RGS-Singapore presents: "Asia's Secret Underworld: 30 Years of Cave System Exploration in Southeast Asia" featuring Martin Foakes! Join us at the British Club Singapore at 7.30pm on 30 May as we delve deeper into the sprawling network of caves tucked away in Southeast Asia's extensive subterranean landscapes.

This evening's story focuses on Martin's hunt for unexplored caves in Southeast Asia to survey their physical characteristics and examine their significance in the broader context of the region's natural environment. Martin will describe his experiences from an extremely wide range of caving and adventure climbing expeditions in Southeast Asia across the past 30 years, with some of those eventually resulting in the discovery of new cave passages (and cave animals!). These journeys were made possible with the power of collaboration and mutual understanding between the many fascinating people he had met along the way.

Curious about what lies within our region's deepest and darkest cave systems? Sign up for this talk today! https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/martin-foakes-asias-secret-underworld-tickets-894001652007

Event Details:

Date & Time: 30 May 2024 (Thursday), 7.30pm to 8.30pm (Doors open at 7pm)

Venue: The British Club Singapore, 73 Bukit Tinggi Road, Singapore 289761

About the Speaker:

Martin Foakes has been designing and leading adventurous expeditions in Southeast Asia and Europe for over 30 years. He is an experienced mountain climber and cave explorer who is passionate about the positive impact that outdoor learning and adventure can have on young people, as well as the building of better understanding between different communities around the world. He moved to Asia in 1993, and at that time there were very few foreign cavers living in Southeast Asia, with most exploration being carried out by larger international expeditions which usually visited the same places year after year, so it was a very exciting time to be based in this region and actively exploring remote parts of the jungle that had never seen the light of a caver's headlamp before.

In 2018, Martin joined the Myanmar Cave Documentation Project Expedition, a Swiss-led team of experienced cavers which explored and mapped a wide range of amazing caves and discovered some unique species of cave dwelling animals. He was also part of a diverse group of international cavers who were attempting to survey unknown areas of North Laos close to the Myanmar border in early 2024, with the full expedition report scheduled to be published later this year.

Martin has been described as one of the 'movers and shakers' in the world of outdoor education and he remains closely connected to the wider international caving community. Martin has a very understanding wife and at least three beautiful daughters.

RGS-Singapore presents: "The Science of the Sting" featuring Dr Angel Yanagihara!

Join us at the Hollandse Club Singapore at 7.30pm on 23 May 2024 as we dive deep into the mystery behind the incredibly venomous box jellyfish which resides in warm coastal waters around the world, with many lethal varieties found across the Asia-Pacific. 

A near-fatal encounter with box jellyfish in 1997 prompted Angel to embark on a long-standing journey to understand the biochemistry of these formidable creatures and the lethal toxins found in their stings. These efforts eventually culminated in a series of breakthrough discoveries of new therapeutic approaches to countering these deadly threats among coastal communities in the Tropics. Angel will share some of the fieldwork undertaken by her team in decoding these sophisticated puzzles, the resulting inventions which seek to address box jellyfish stings, as well as how these discoveries played a crucial role in long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad's legendary swim from Havana to Florida in 2013.

Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/dr-angel-yanagihara-the-science-of-the-sting-tickets-896661487647

About the Speaker:

Dr Angel (neé Smith) Yanagihara was born in Anchorage, Alaska and has lived in Hawaii for 25 years, raising three children with her husband. Her academic background includes baccalaureate degrees, in biology and chemistry, from the University of Virginia, and a doctoral degree in biochemistry. She is also a National Fellow of The Explorers Club and a Member of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG). 

An avid diver and ocean swimmer, Angel suffered severe life-threatening stings by a swarm of Hawaiian box jellyfish in 1997, leading her to question the biochemical basis of the profound pain and dramatic sequelae. She launched a rigorous short-term effort to identify the lethal toxin(s) which flourished into a 25 year career path marked by pioneering discoveries leading to the development of powerful new therapeutic approaches with funding from the U.S. Department of Defense. Responding to increased public health concerns due to rising incidents of lethal box jelly stings in the Tropics, she designed and proposed critical international field ecology, epidemiology and sting management training projects over the past ten years. Angel has successfully completed such studies in Australia, Bonaire, Saipan, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Australia, as well as Public and Global Health assignments as a US State Department Subject Matter Expert, Fulbright Specialist in Ireland and Thailand. She is the inventor of multiple technologies with full US Patents (US Patent Number 10172883), and had provided her technologies and expertise as a box jellyfish expert and diver during long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad's 2012 and 2013 swims from Havana to Key West, Florida.

Event details:

Date & Time: 23 May 2024, 7.30pm-8.30pm (Doors open at 7.00pm)

Venue: Hollandse Club Singapore, 22 Camden Park, Singapore 299814

Note: Please allow extra travel time for travelling to the Hollandse Club via taxi or private transport, as the area may become rather congested during the evening peak hour.

The Royal Geographical Society - Singapore presents our April event “From the Poles to the Tropics” featuring guest speakers Robert Swan, OBE, FRGS and Barney Swan! 

Join us at the Hollandse Club Singapore on 11 April 2024 to hear about the father-son duo’s various expeditions across the globe which unmasked the devastating extent of climate change in the Poles and the Tropics, thus prompting them to embark on missions to protect the Earth’s diverse natural landscapes. Tickets are available at: https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/robert-barney-swan-from-the-poles-to-the-tropics-tickets-870472826657

Robert will share his journey in becoming the world’s first person to ski both the North and South Poles: On 11 January 1986, Robert and his team ‘In the Footsteps of Scott’ arrived at the South Pole, with their 900-mile journey being the longest unassisted march in history. Three years later, in 1989, Robert led ‘Icewalk’ - a team of eight - to the North Pole. 

During these two historic expeditions, Robert experienced firsthand the effects of climate change and environmental degradation. At the South Pole, his eyes changed colour through damage caused by the prolonged exposure of ultraviolet rays as he walked under the hole in the ozone layer. At the North Pole, his team nearly drowned because of the premature melting of the ocean ice. These two hard-hitting and unexpected incidents galvanised him to launch The 2041 Foundation, a non-profit organisation dedicated to preserving Antarctica as a natural reserve and a land for science and peace.

Meanwhile, Barney will describe his mission to preserve the Daintree Rainforest - the oldest rainforest in the world and the largest of its kind in Australia. Through Tropical ReGen, a 527-acre venture which aims to restore degraded parts of the rainforest via the planting of native trees, Barney aims to provide a scalable rainforest conservation model that enhances environmental and community resilience in the Tropics.

About the speakers:

Robert Swan OBE FRGS is an explorer, a leader in energy innovation, and founder of The 2041 Foundation. By the age of 33, Robert had achieved his dream to walk to both the North and South Poles. More recently, in January 2023, Robert had completed his 37-year goal of crossing the Antarctic landmass on foot.

Robert received the Polar Medal and the title of the Officer of the British Empire (OBE) from HM Queen Elizabeth II. His contributions to education, energy innovation, and environmental action have been recognized by the United Nations through his appointment as UNEP Goodwill Ambassador for Youth and Special Envoy to the Director General of UNESCO, and as a recipient of the UN Humanitarian Innovation Award. He is the co-author of four books and was a keynote speaker at all of the UN World Summits for Sustainable Development, the World Economic Forum, and the Corporate Eco Forum. 

Barney Swan is the founder of ClimateForce, an Australian charity focused on co-creating organic reforestation methodologies that are economically self-sustaining for biodiversity, innovation, and rural communities across the globe. He is currently based in Far North Queensland, Australia as he leads off-grid research and development projects around biodiversity, innovations, and agricultural solutions. Barney has managed complex expedition programmes in eight regions across the world, including the Arctic, Tanzania, South Atlantic, and Patagonia.

The Royal Geographical Society – Singapore presents our first talk of 2024: “Kaushiq Kodithodika – The Clipper Ocean Race”! 

In 2018, Kaushiq Kodithodika had the rare opportunity to meet with Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, one of the most prominent sailors alive. A British sailor, Sir Knox-Johnston was the first person to have performed a non-stop solo circumnavigation of the globe in 1968-1969. Inspired by this trailblazing journey and their meeting, Kaushiq decided to sign up for the 2022 season of the Clipper Round The World Race (“The Clipper Race”) – an ocean expedition which seeks to recreate Sir Knox-Johnston’s journey 55 years ago with a competitive twist. The Clipper Race takes participants with no previous sailing experience through a comprehensive and rigorous training programme before they are allowed to set off on a 40,000 nautical mile race around the world on a 70-foot ocean racing yacht.

Kaushiq will share his recent crossing of the South Atlantic Ocean – a journey where his team endured lighting strikes, storms, loss of onboard electrical systems, running out of drinking water, and a total immersion and test of themselves in the raw beauty of mother nature. Kaushiq’s recount of this expedition examines the numerous challenges faced by maritime explorers from the perspective of a novice sailor, while providing inspiration for how people from different backgrounds can work together to overcome these obstacles.

About the speaker

Originally from Calicut, a coastal town located along India’s Malabar Coast, Kaushiq Kodithodika lived in Dubai for 23 years before moving to Singapore. Kaushiq is an avid kayaker and founder of the Jellyfish Watersports Club in Kerala, which seeks to revitalise the historical waterways in the vicinity through leisure and professional sports while raising awareness of the importance of protecting our fragile marine environments.

Event details

Date & Time: 21 March 2024, 7.30pm-8.30pm (Doors open at 7.00pm)

Venue: The British Club Singapore, 73 Bukit Tinggi Road, Singapore 289761

Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/kaushiq-kodithodika-the-clipper-ocean-race-tickets-836519621707

The Royal Geographical Society - Singapore proudly presents: our inaugural Quiz Night "Around the World in 80 Questions" on 25 January 2024!

Join us for a fun and educational evening filled with geography-related trivia. With ten rounds of questions ranging from Sport to Singapore, from Music to Maps, and from Festivals to Film, there is something geographic for everyone! Questions range from simple and straightforward to one ‘GeoPro’ question per round. You’ll be amazed by how much geographical knowledge you know!

You may form teams of up to six people or join a team on the night of the event. Top-performing teams stand a chance to win attractive prizes!

Date: 25 January 2024 (Thursday)

Time: 7.30pm to 9.30pm SGT (Doors open at 7.00pm)

Venue: Hollandse Club Singapore (22 Camden Park, Singapore 299814)

Tickets are available at https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/rgs-singapore-quiz-night-around-the-world-in-80-questions-tickets-794088148027 - sign up today!

In February and March 2023, adventurers Grant ‘Axe’ Rawlinson and Luke Richmond set off from Phuket to make an attempt to cross the Bay of Bengal completely by human power. Known as the world’s largest bay, the Bay of Bengal stretches over 2000km across, is bounded by Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar, Thailand and Indonesia and is home to the world's most remote tribe.  In their 6m long, experimental pedal powered boat named 'Little Donkey', Luke and Axe  endured 23 days and nights at sea, in brutal living conditions which pushed them to their limits both mentally and physically. This is their story.  

Speaker: 

Grant ‘Axe’ Rawlinson is a human powered explorer and teach decision making who has walked across countries, cycled across continents, rowed across many seas and climbed many of the world's tallest mountains. He has made over 50 expeditions across the globe in pursuit of his life purpose, to make bold unique journeys using only human power using as little support as practically possible.

Buy your tickets here - https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/grant-rawlinson-crossing-the-bay-of-bengal-tickets-729226725767

The Royal Geographical Society - Singapore presents: "Passel Estate in Margaret River: Provenance and Terroir" featuring Wendy Stimpson, founder and owner of Passel Estate. Join us at the Singapore American School at 7.30pm on 21 September 2023 to explore the science behind sustainable viniculture (grape cultivation for winemaking) and how the unique local geography of Margaret River has transformed it into a flourishing region for fine wine production.

Passel Estate is a very small vineyard and tasting room founded by Wendy Stimpson and her husband, Barry. Situated in the heart of Margaret River, the estate is renowned for its award-winning single vineyard wines and commitment to sustainable winegrowing and nature conservation. Using Passel Estate as a case study, Wendy will explain how the local soils, climate, and overall terroir impact the cultivation of grapes and subsequently the taste profile of wines.

Wendy will also share her experience on conservation related to the critically endangered Western Ringtail Possum in the vineyard, and discuss how good practices in viniculture help conserve the exceptional geography of Margaret River over long periods of time and minimise the environmental costs of wine production.

About Wendy Stimpson:

Wendy is co-founder, with her husband Barry, of Passel Estate, a small winery in the heart of Margaret River. A former corporate lawyer and a semi-professional musician (look closely and you will see a cello in the illustration on Passel Estate's label), Wendy and Barry long dreamed of having a vineyard and completed studies in wine and winemaking with UC Davis and WSET before establishing Passel Estate, producing their first vintage in 2015.

Wendy works closely with winemaker Bruce Dukes and Viticulturist Andy Ferreira to produce wines that are a unique expression of the special place that is Passel Estate, and has created a range of guided wine tasting experiences for visitors to the estate, that showcase their award-winning single vineyard wines and commitment to sustainable winegrowing and nature conservation.

Book tickets here - eventbrite.sg/e/wendy-stimpson-passel-estate-in-margaret-river-provenance-and-terroir-tickets-712429173837

Venue:

Khoo Teck Puat High School Library

Singapore American School

40 Woodlands Street 41

Singapore 738547

For this event, please enter the SAS compound via the Main Gate. Thank you.

The Royal Geographical Society - Singapore presents: “Working alongside shark fishermen in conservation tourism: a journey of co-creation and advocacy” featuring Kathy Xu, founder of The Dorsal Effect which focuses on shark conservation and providing an alternative livelihood to ex-shark fishermen through ecotourism.

Kathy will share her experiences and challenges with multiple stakeholders in the local and regional shark fishing industries in helping to conserve our shark populations. Come join us at the Hollandse Club between 7.30pm and 9pm on 31 August 2023 to gain some insight into how shark conservation work in Singapore looks like!

About the speaker:

Kathy Xu is the founder of The Dorsal Effect, which provides an alternative livelihood to former shark fishermen through ecotourism. Through her journey of setting up The Dorsal Effect as an eco-enterprise and experiencing more about the complexities that come with shark conservation, she will share her ongoing learning about the best way forward for shark and marine conservation.

Book your tickets - here.

Venue: The Hollandse Club, 22 Camden Park, S(299814). Please allow extra travel time if you will be travelling to the Hollandse Club via taxi or private transport, as the area may become rather congested during the evening peak hour.

The Royal Geographical Society - Singapore presents: “A Road Less Travelled” featuring Linda Cruse, who will share her experience of initiating and participating in frontline humanitarian work in disaster-struck regions across the world.

Please join us at the Hollandse Club Singapore between 7.30pm and 8.30pm on 25 May 2023 (Thursday) for an evening of insightful recounts of the challenges faced by various communities in post-disaster recovery, and inspirational stories of how they have managed to overcome these difficulties.

The last two decades have seen Linda taking the road less travelled, living among people in the most distressed places on earth, from the snowy Himalayas to the deserts of the Sahara and in the aftermath of tsunamis, earthquakes, floods, hurricanes and typhoons. Linda has worked with survivors in refugee camps and war zones, escaped from a rebel army, been held at gunpoint, caught in a landslide, survived severe hypothermia, drank three-day-old urine to save a life and even sutured her own face.

Linda’s life purpose is to uplift the most vulnerable people at the most challenging moment of their lives. Her ground-breaking approach is to engage and facilitate people to find creative and sustainable economic solutions that have the power to raise up communities from the grip of poverty and from the depths of disaster. By working with the best and brightest – those who excel through innovation, creativity and entrepreneurial spirit – Linda empowers students and business experts worldwide to create real and lasting legacies and to use their strength and influence as a force for good.

You can find out more about her on her website: https://lindacruse.com/

Venue: The Hollandse Club, 22 Camden Park, S(299814)

Ticket details - buy tickets here.

Standard ticket (inclusive of one complimentary drink – alcoholic/non-alcoholic): $25++

Student (including tertiary students) / child ticket: (inclusive of one complimentary non-alcoholic drink): $15++

Doors open and reception commences at 7.00pm.

“Amazingly, half of the world’s habitable land is already used for agriculture and 80 percent of that for animals, yet this only supplies 20 percent of the world’s calories. This is insanely inefficient.” – Alex Ward, Chief Operating Officer, Next Gen Foods

Join the Royal Geographical Society - Singapore and Alex Ward at the Hollandse Club on 26 April (Wednesday, 7.30pm – 9pm SGT) to learn about the immense potential of plant-based foods in sustaining the world’s growing demand for ‘meat’. Alex explains how the animal agriculture industry is a major contributor to the greenhouse gas emissions which accelerate climate change. He focuses on how, despite the undeniable impacts, meat consumption is still growing as disposable incomes grow.

As the global population charges towards 10 billion by 2050, and with no more land available without cutting down more virgin rainforest, Alex proposes that an immediate overhaul of the global food system is needed and this requires leadership from governments, the food industry, and consumers.

“We need to change the way we think about, grow, and consume food and it starts with understanding our addiction to cheap animal derived meat and the impact it has on the planet.”

To round off these mouth-watering insights, Alex will show that all you now need to create delicious tasting ‘meat’ are plants!

About the speaker:

Alex Ward is the Chief Operating Officer of Next Gen Foods, a Singapore-based global food tech company combining unique and powerful plant proteins to provide the most incredible culinary and dining experiences in the world.

After graduating in Geography from Bristol University, UK, Alex began a global culinary journey into the world of food science and research, and he now has 25 years of experience understanding what consumers love to eat and drink. From overseeing product innovation to delivering the sharpest consumer insights, Alex is deeply plugged into the future of food and wants to leave a positive and delicious impact on the world!

Having lived in Singapore with his family for over 20 years, Alex is a regular speaker at alternative protein industry events and sits on the Academic Advisory Board for the Food Science and Technology faculty at National University of Singapore. He has a passion for the alternative protein industry and wants to help change the global food system to a model better suited to the needs of this time.

Ticket details:

• Standard ticket (inclusive of one complimentary drink – alcoholic/non-alcoholic): $25++

• Student (including tertiary students) / child ticket: (inclusive of one complimentary non-alcoholic drink): $15++

Buy tickets here - https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/610569528897

Venue:

The Hollandse Club, 22 Camden Park, S(299814)

Callum will share his journey through ocean swimming and some of the incredible geographies and challenges he faces on his journey to swim the seven seas. 

Please register here - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScBSqlG755EUYgPesKZLaBai4hZRfYfRFmUP81ibIWrNiYMlg/viewform

About Callum  

In 2019 Callum fell in love with Ocean swimming when he completed the English Channel. He is now continuing the quest to swim the Seven Seas, conquering 2 of the 7 so far! More precisely, accelerating his goal of completing the Oceans 7 Challenge, a marathon swimming challenge consisting of seven of the toughest open water channel swims. It includes the English Channel, the Molokai Channel(Hawaii), the Catalina Channel, the North(Irish) Channel, the Tsugaru Strait, the Strait of Gibraltar and the Cook Strait in New Zealand.

Through his journey, Callum has raised over $650,000 to help find a cure for cancer and has worked hard visiting businesses and communities building awareness around the importance of a healthy lifestyle as well as educating on the importance of medical and health checks.

Callum is a cancer survivor himself, beating testicular cancer but sadly, his wife is now two years into her battle with Stage 4 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. This means cancer presented in her lungs, parts of her skeleton, thyroid and brain. Since that day in September 2020, life in the Eade household has been very different. So Callum does what he does best and is swimming to make a difference.

Website: https://www.channelingacause.com/

The Royal Geographical Society - Singapore presents: "Homecoming - A journey through time to Taxia Village, Fujian”, featuring a voyage back in time with Zhang Tingjun to an ancient village tucked away in the lush green mountains of southeastern China. Join us at The British Club on 27 October between 7.30pm and 8.30pm as we delve into the rich history behind the distinctive “walled villages” found in Hakka culture, and the present-day significance of these unique structures.

The year was 1426, when a woman and her two sons descended from the mountains of Nanjing County and joined a small community they found living at the foot of the hills. Left behind by her husband who was a traveling blacksmith, the woman soon established a village in her new home which came to be called Taxia. A reminder of the woman’s descent from the mountains, Taxia is a play on the Chinese words for ‘step down’.

It was here in Taxia, that Zhang Tingjun’s great-grandfather Teo Eng Theng was born. In 1917, he left for Indonesia and then went on to Singapore, taking with him Ting's grandfather. Ting will share the remarkable legacy left by her great-grandfather - the story of a man and his village which grew to house the Tulou, the earth buildings that became a World Heritage Site. Today, Ting's great-grandfather is remembered for his ongoing contributions to Taxia, with a pavilion built in his honour and a stone “Dragon Flagpole” erected outside their family ancestral clan hall.

REGISTER HERE -> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfIlvJjylNpJYzJ5-Hmm_5WsDTH182tlxeVZaTNUKIxiqJ_4g/viewform

About the speaker:

Zhang Tingjun is a social entrepreneur and wilderness medic. Best known for her creative approaches to making a positive impact on society, Ting was recently the highest searched Social Impact profile on LinkedIn Singapore and is the Co-Founder of The Chain Reaction Project and Into the Wild, two social enterprises which focus on Adventures with a Purpose. Previously a presenter and producer with Channel NewsAsia and former national athlete, Ting was also the Executive Director of Singapore’s leading disaster relief organisation, Mercy Relief.

Tickets:

$25+: Standard ticket (inclusive of two complimentary drinks - house wine/beer/soft drinks)

$15+: Student/child ticket (inclusive of one complimentary soft drink)

Important

As food and beverages will be provided at the event, please note that all attendees will be subjected to Vaccination-Differentiated Measures (VDMs), in compliance with the existing government regulations. It is mandatory for attendees to be fully vaccinated, except for (a) children below the age of 12 years old and (b) those who have been certified medically ineligible for COVID-19 vaccines.

Vaccination checks will be conducted at the entrance via the TraceTogether application. We regret to inform you that we will not be able to admit anyone who does not meet the vaccination requirements. Thank you for understanding.

REGISTER HERE -> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfIlvJjylNpJYzJ5-Hmm_5WsDTH182tlxeVZaTNUKIxiqJ_4g/viewform

The Akagera Elephant Project was established in 2018 with the aim of understanding and quantifying the population and behaviour of elephants in Akagera National Park, Rwanda. The focus was on identifying individuals and families as a basis for elephant management and conservation, while building local capacity.

Buy tickets here - https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/dr-tammie-matson-techniques-to-understand-akageras-elephant-population-tickets-403438183467

Akagera's founder population of 26 young elephants were reintroduced in 1975, the remnants of a cull of elephants in Bugesera region. This is the first attempt to identify individuals in the population, now estimated at around 130 animals, using identification techniques developed by the Amboseli Elephant Project, Kenya. Data is shared by means of an online Elephant ID Database, (also available offline), and used by local guides in Akagera to recognise individuals. Information on individuals, clans and locations is shared in a central Whatsapp group throughout the year, with data collected whenever local guides are working in the park and during largely tourism-funded field seasons. Following two field seasons in 2018 and 2019, approximately 70 of approximately 130 individuals have been identified and 2 main clans recognised. Local guides, park staff and students receive training in elephant identification techniques through the project, improving their skills and knowledge.

This project demonstrates how conservation-focused tourism can benefit local capacity-building for conservation and provide useful information to park managers that can assist in wildlife management.

Please find detailed instructions on how to arrive at CATAPULT (1 Rochester Park) here.

About Tammie:

Dr Tammie Matson is a zoologist and author with over twenty years experience working on conservation challenges in Africa, Asia and Australia. She is passionate about working together with local people to find solutions that benefit communities and wildlife.

Her PhD on the Habitat Use and Conservation of the Threatened Black-faced Impala of Namibia (University of Queensland, Australia) and subsequent work led to the first national management plan for the subspecies and the development of a reintroduction plan for black-faced impalas to their historic range, the communal conservancies of north-west Namibia.

Tammie worked on human-elephant conflict mitigation among the San Bushmen in Nyae Nyae Conservancy, Namibia, and later in Zambia and India through her work at WWF-Australia. She has been a lecturer at Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia) and James Cook University (Singapore) and headed the National Species Programme at WWF-Australia. Tammie worked with Asian TV star, Nadya Hutagalung to raise awareness of the illegal ivory trade through the Let Elephants Be Elephants campaign and National Geographic Asia film while based in Singapore between 2012 and 2014.

Dr Matson developed a project to undertake the first elephant identification database for the elephant population in Akagera National Park, Rwanda in 2018, working closely with park staff and local community guides. The aim of the project is to understand and quantify the population and behaviour of elephants in Akagera National Park with a focus on individuals and families, while building local capacity among guides, park staff and students to conserve elephants. She is an Honourary Research Fellow at the University of Rwanda and the Managing Director of Matson & Ridley Safaris.

11 October 2022 marks the 40th anniversary of the raising of the King Henry VIII warship - the Mary Rose - in 1982. This significant event in British history will be celebrated by several events held at the Mary Rose Museum based in Portsmouth, UK. Join the RGS-Singapore team on 21 July 2022 at 1930h (GMT+8) for the webinar ‘The raising of the Mary Rose – from seabed to a world-class visitor attraction in the UK‘ by Sally Tyrrell, Head of Anniversary of the Mary Rose Trust, and Darren Brunton, an ex-Military Diver of the Corps of Royal Engineers who was part of the dive team on 11th October 1982.

In this presentation, Sally and Darren will provide a glimpse of the history behind the Mary Rose, its sinking in 1545, the understanding gained of the tragedy that had occurred via the finding and recovery of the warship and her extraordinary collection of over 19,000 artefacts from the seabed, as well as its process of transformation into a world-class museum. The restoration and display of items that had been resting on the seabed for hundreds of years remains a significant archaeological and conservation achievement that has enabled us to understand so much of everyday life from around 500 years ago.

Attendance is free - don't miss this chance to learn more about this remarkable piece of British maritime history! Sign up today!

A Danish filmmaker, under the apprenticeship of three Papua New Guinean master sailors, set off from Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea, on the 30th of August 2016 on a world-record circumnavigation of the island of New Guinea in a traditional sailing canoe called the Tawali Pasana. Over the course of 13 months and 21 days – and some 6300 km of high adventure – what became known as ‘the fellowship of the Tawali Pasana’ created a modern-day odyssey (on a shoestring budget) battling relentless monsoon winds, rugged shorelines, tides and crocodiles. Prevailing against all the odds, the voyage generated enormous media coverage and inspired the young people of New Guinea to celebrate their extraordinary seafaring culture.

Register here - https://professionalspeakersaustralia.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kfiLzr63QkSQm7RFvqGcvQ

Join us at the British Club in Singapore, on the 31st May, for the first physical event this side of the Covid-19 pandemic!

Lover of long human-powered journeys, hater of single use plastics and concerned enough about climate change to once stand for Australia's Parliament, adventurer, environmentalist, and writer Huw Kingston is very much looking forward to entertaining with stories from some of his journeys, including 25,000km around Australia, a long love affair with the Indian Himalaya and his year-long 17 country circumnavigation of the Mediterranean Sea by sea kayak, foot, ocean row boat and bike.

With awards ranging from being named one of Time Magazine’s Worldwide Responsibility Pioneers, receiving Australian Geographic’s Spirit of Adventure and gongs for published stories on Australia's 2019-20 Black Summer bushfires through to the death wish of a Chinese ocean rower, Huw will doubtless wander into many subjects with an inspiring mix of adventure, humour and concern.

Huw is an Ambassador for Save the Children Australia as well as the global Adventure Travel Trade Association and is a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society.

Find more about Huw here - www.huwkingston.com

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Join RGS-Singapore and real-life photographer Ju Shen Lee on another exciting virtual expedition to the Eastern Himalayas in our upcoming webinar, “Bhutan - The Rarely Seen”! The Zoom event will be held on 21 April at 7.30pm Singapore Time (GMT+8). The Kingdom of Bhutan is nestled between the high alpine Tibetan Plateau and the tropical floodplains of the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers. The landlocked country measures approximately 280km from east to west, and approximately 150km from north to south. Rivers flowing from the northern highlands to the southern lowlands have carved Bhutan’s renowned stunning geography.

Ju Shen's 3-week long photo-expedition traversed Bhutan from Paro, in western Bhutan, to Merak, in eastern Bhutan, going far beyond the tourist hotspots of Paro, Thimphu, Punakha, and Bumthang. Besides the readily seen beautiful scenery and unique architecture, Ju Shen’s ‘Real.Life.Photos’ capture the rarely seen daily lives of the Bhutanese people. The heart and soul of Bhutan are the nation's strong, stoic, and spiritual people, who face the future with one foot planted firmly in their ageless history, and the other foot planted firmly in their timeless culture. Ju Shen’s talk will give you a rare insight into daily lives of the self-reliant and self-sustaining Bhutanese people.

Register here - https://professionalspeakersaustralia.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BWjJW65_Rhytb6kuWYHPAw

The Royal Geographical Society - Singapore presents: Mark Lamb - "Omo Tribes" on 25 November 2021 at 7.30pm Singapore Time (GMT+8). Journey with us to meet some of the most isolated communities on our planet, and celebrate the world of untainted tradition, intrinsic majesty, and a melting pot of culture amidst the Omo Valley of Ethiopia.

See through the lens of Mark Lamb, a contemporary travel photographer, and explore the stories behind the scenes on this real-life photography adventure.

About Mark Lamb:
For many years, Mark has photographed faraway community cultures, and he continues to seek out, document and celebrate our rich tapestry of geo-cultures which are under constant pressure of homogenisation.

He is dedicated to photography and travel. Mark constantly encourages photography enthusiasts to create more authentic travel photographs and adventure-wise, before the world went into lockdown, he lived with nomads during their winter migration across the steppes, dance alongside descendants of the last cannibals and, for more than a year, he and his partner, Kerry, explored Latin America and East and South Africa.

After all that, they are still together and now consult with like-minded folks seeking out or planning their own personal adventure of a lifetime.

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Join the Royal Geographical Society - Singapore and adventurer/author Chris Fagan as she shares the story of her daring expedition to the South Pole with her husband on 28 October at 7.30pm Singapore Time (GMT+8)! Expect a thrilling virtual trip through the cold, windswept interior of Antarctica featuring spectacular photos and poignant stories. Please sign up for the webinar here: https://professionalspeakersaustralia.zoom.us/.../WN...

Chris Fagan and her husband became the first American married couple to ski without guide, resupply or other assistance to the South Pole, and became Guinness World Record holders. This husband and wife team journeyed 570 miles over 48 days from the edge of Antarctica to the South Pole. They stretched their minds, bodies, and marriage to the limit in the process of exploring one of the last wild frontiers on Earth in the midst of accelerating climate change. Riveting and inspiring, the story is about geography and exploration, the power of family and community, the adventurous spirit that dwells within us all, and breaking through to feel fully alive.

About Chris Fagan
Chris Fagan has summited Denali in Alaska, ran 100-mile trail races through the mountains, canoed the hippo-infested Zambezi River in Zimbabwe, biked through remote Tanzania, and sailed/paddled through the Inside Passage in Alaska. Her adventurous spirit shines through in her work as a consultant, trainer, and writer. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, teenage son, and Labrador Retriever, Winston. Chris has also detailed her journey in the award-winning book, The Expedition: Two Parents Risk Life and Family in an Extraordinary Quest to the South Pole. Check out more in this recent Seattle Times feature: https://www.seattletimes.com/.../skiing-to-the-south.../

Join RGS-Singapore on our second virtual expedition this summer in our upcoming webinar, "Kenneth Koh - 'A Walk on the Wild Side'", held on 26 August at 7.30pm (GMT+8)! 

In 2018, Kenneth became the second Singaporean to thru-hike the 4265km-long Pacific Crest Trail located in the US. The trail is a continuous footpath that starts on the US-Mexico border, passes through geographically diverse and beautiful landscapes of deserts, high alpine passes, volcanic fields and old growth forests, and finishes on the border with Canada. 

The PCT has a total elevation gain of 149,000m, or roughly the equivalent of climbing Mt. Everest from sea level 17 times. It is also notoriously challenging to complete, as about 80% of thru-hikers who attempted the trail fail to complete it. It took Kenneth approximately five months of walking an average of 28km per day, every day, while carrying his clothes, shelter, food and water on his back, to finish the trail. The significance of this accomplishment is highlighted by the fact that fewer people had thru-hiked the PCT than completed the scaling of Mt. Everest at that point in time.

Attendance is free. Sign up here: https://professionalspeakersaustralia.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UX7v30IVSPGKR6-T8Smksw

About Kenneth Koh:

Kenneth is a 56-year-old retired airline pilot who grew up in Singapore, but went to college in the US. In addition to being the second person from Singapore to complete a thru-hike of the Pacific Crest Trail, he is also the eleventh Singaporean to climb to the summit of Mt. Everest. Ken bikes, hikes, and climbs, and was an adventure athlete for The North Face (Singapore).

Join the Royal Geographical Society - Singapore and our very own member and photographer, Ju Shen Lee, for “Inle Lake - The Rarely Seen”, on 29 July at 7.30pm Singapore Time (GMT+8)! Expect an exciting journey on a virtual trip through the picturesque Inle Lake region.

Inle Lake is a cradle of life nestled in the verdant hills and mountains of the Shan Highlands in eastern Myanmar. The freshwater lake is home to endemic fish species and migratory birds, and was declared a UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves site in 2015. Based on a month-long expedition, this talk showcases that rarely seen daily life on Inle Lake, with ‘Real.Life.Photos’ that intersect physical and human geography.

About the Speaker:
Ju Shen Lee is a real-life photographer capturing the vigour and vitality of daily life in exotic locations. Ju Shen has won several international competitions, most notably: the prestigious 2016 Asia-Europe Foundation Prize, and the acclaimed 2020 Beau Monde Traveler Magazine Grand Prize. Her photographs will also be displayed at the RGS-IBG Earth Photo 2021 Exhibition. She has also published two books on Luang Prabang (Laos): Life & Prayer in 2018 and The Monks in 2019, and her first book on Inle Lake (Myanmar): Ingenious Lives in 2020.

Register here - https://professionalspeakersaustralia.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_80XOxvSDQri2m7OuQDB-Xw?fbclid=IwAR2dKHJiTlfLlw0-sI4E9ZaWvCT7XM4LrkMGzLF8B1gHlIbxo7o3eL8otNk

Join the Royal Geographical Society - Singapore and Chris Lemons, a specialist in deep sea saturation diving, between 7.30pm and 9pm SGT (GMT+8) on 10th June 2021 to learn more about the world of offshore saturation diving in our latest Zoom webinar: "Chris Lemons - Last Breath: Reasoning with Life and Death at the Bottom of the North Sea"!

Chris was involved in a serious accident during his work at the bottom of the North Sea in September 2012, when he became stranded on the seabed with only five minutes of breathing gas contained in the emergency cylinders on his back. Given the slim chance of survival, his rescuers were astonished to find him still alive when they finally reached him after more than 40 minutes. Chris' brush with death highlights the immense risks involved in saturation diving in the oil and gas industry, as well as the lessons to be learnt from this accident to improve the safety aspect of this line of work.

About Chris Lemons:
Chris Lemons was born in Edinburgh, raised in Cambridge, and now lives in the Scottish Highlands with his wife and daughter. He has been a commercial diver for over 14 years, and currently specialises in deep sea saturation diving, operating almost exclusively in the oil and gas industry.

In September 2012, a freak failure of the dynamic positioning system of the vessel Chris was working under completely severed the umbilical which supplied him with breathing gas, light and heat. He was left on the seabed in complete darkness at 300 feet below the surface, with only five minutes of breathing gas he carried in the emergency tanks on his back and no way to protect himself from the freezing temperatures. It took his heroic rescuers over 40 minutes to come back and fetch him, and his miraculous survival story has baffled experts ever since. His extraordinary story was subsequently immortalised in the hit Netflix/BBC documentary "Last Breath", whilst Chris continues to dive to this day.

The Royal Geographical Society - Singapore presents our World Wildlife Day special: “Sankar Ananthanarayanan: The Reptiles and Amphibians of Singapore!” in collaboration with Straits Clan. Join us between 7.30pm and 8.30pm Singapore Time (GMT+8) on 4 March 2021 to embark on a virtual journey into the green spaces inhabited by many species of our local wildlife.

Singapore may be a tiny, famously urbanised island. However, even amidst the concrete sprawl, life thrives! There are dozens of reptile and amphibian species to be found in the green spaces of Singapore. Some are commonplace, while others are much rarer. Let us explore Singapore’s diversity of herpetofauna in this talk, and learn how we can co-exist peacefully with these beautiful, but often misunderstood creatures!

Sign up for this Zoom webinar here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LlvUHYuJTPaw6NjR9dpCew

About Sankar Ananthanarayanan:
Sankar is a co-founder and President of the Herpetological Society of Singapore. The HSS has been actively involved in herpetological education, outreach and conservation in Singapore since 2015. It is a member of the Singapore Biodiversity Roundtable and the Marine Turtle Working Group.

Sankar completed his degree in Life Sciences (Environmental Biology) at the National University of Singapore in 2019. As part of his final year project, he utilised high-throughput sequencing technology to investigate the diet and gut parasites of reticulated pythons in Singapore.

What does it take to produce one of Japan’s most relaxing spaces: the traditional Japanese inn, or ryokan? In this talk, Chris McMorran reveals ryokan work through both space and time. He distinguishes the exterior work of men (landscaping, business meetings) from the interior work of women. This includes the everyday tasks of cleaning, serving, and making guests feel at home, plus the generational work of producing and training a suitable heir who can carry on the family business.

Chris will share vignettes from a year in the life of a ryokan, based on intensive fieldwork during which he welcomed guests, carried luggage, scrubbed baths, folded towels, cleaned rooms, laid out bedding, and washed dishes, all while talking with ryokan owners and the small army of non-family employees about their jobs, relationships, concerns, and aspirations.

If you have ever stayed in a ryokan, experienced Japanese hospitality of any kind, or been curious about life behind the scenes in a small family-run business in Japan, please join us on 14th January at 7.30pm SGT (GMT +8)! Sign up here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_U1LayKSIR-O09FyL3T_vIg

About Chris McMorran:

Chris McMorran is Associate Professor of Japanese Studies at the National University of Singapore. He is a cultural geographer of contemporary Japan who researches the geographies of home across scale, from the body to the nation. His latest work is Ryokan: Mobilizing Hospitality in Rural Japan (2021, University of Hawai’i Press), an intimate study of a Japanese inn, based on twelve months spent scrubbing baths, washing dishes, and making guests feel at home at a hot springs resort. He also has published research on tourism, disasters, gendered labour, area studies, field-based learning, and popular culture, including as co-editor of Teaching Japanese Popular Culture (2016).

Chris co-produces the Home on the Dot podcast with NUS students, which explores the meaning of home on the little red dot called Singapore. He is a past winner of the NUS Outstanding Educator Award and a Fellow of the NUS Teaching Academy. Chris grew up in a small town in Iowa but has lived outside the U.S. for much of his adult life, including Japan and Singapore, which he now calls home.

The Royal Geographical Society - Singapore presents Nandini Velho: “From Mosquito To Minister: Reflections From Field Work In Arunachal Pradesh” on Thursday 26th November 7.00pm SG time (11am UK time). Join us for an insightful conversation about an incredible wildlife conservation biologist, working in one of the world’s most biodiverse hotspots in the world - spanning the Eastern Himalaya and Indo-Myanmar.

About Nandini

“As a researcher who did field work in remote areas, my work has focused on the human- dimensions of wildlife management as well as understanding rainforest dynamics in tropical forests. Concurrently, I have worked closely with local forest managers, policy makers in the Office of the then Minister of Environment and Forests, and engaged in depth with on-ground outreach and conservation activities, including healthcare and logistical support of front-line forest staff, conservation education and extensive writing in the popular medium.

My experience in field, has enabled me to gain experience not only in designing and implementing research projects, but also in helping solve conservation problems in a complex socio-economic context on tight deadlines and limited budgets. In this talk, I will explore upon a decade of our work related to different management systems in Arunachal Pradesh, which spans two Global Biodiversity Hotspots (Eastern Himalaya and Indo-Myanmar), and is among the most biodiverse areas in the world.”

Click here for the Zoom link (active on the 26th November, 7.00pm Singapore time.

The Royal Geographical Society - Singapore presents: Karlis Bardelis: "Bored of Borders - a Human-powered Circumnavigation of the world", this Thursday (22nd October 2020) at 7.30pm SG time (12.30pm UK time). Join us for an evening of epic stories from an adventurer attempting to circumnavigate the globe entirely by human power. 
 
Karlis is has so far crossed the South Atlantic by rowing boat in 2016, South America by tandem bicycle in 2018 and the Pacific by rowing boat between 2018 and 2020. This talk will cover the journey with a specific focus on the Pacific row.

About Karlis Bardelis:
Karlis is the first person in the world to row from South America to Asia, over the course of 715 days. An ex-project manager in the field of waste management, Karlis realised at the age of 28 that visiting mountains just a couple of times a year wasn't enough for him, which led him to quit his job and start a new life of adventure and freedom. In 2013, he crossed Europe from North Cape to Gibraltar on Nordic skates in 60 days, covering more than 6150km. From end January till mid-February 2014, he and three other cycling enthusiasts traveled form Riga to Sochi by bicycle, realising a 2840km-long wintery ride and reaching the capital of the Winter Olympic Games of 2014 in 17 days.

As 'circuit breakers' finish in some countries and begin in others, Karlis' talk is your chance to escape the pandemic for an hour and get insired for your next adventure! Join the free RGS-Singapore webinar by clicking here -https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dqB1LMJCS8qry2mKx2YS1A . 

Hear Dimitri Kieffer present on his incredible "Nexus Expedition". This is a human-powered attempt to circumnavigate the world which began in February 2005, at Knik Lake in Alaska. From this beginning, Dimitri would proceed in stages, according to local visa restrictions and weather conditions.

The Nexus Expedition presents an alternative way of global travel in the midst of concerns regarding the true environmental impact of transport. Similarly, Dimitri has uncovered valuable knowledge and surprises in every stage of the journey, which also exposed him to a diverse range of human cultures.

As of September 2020, Dimitri has already covered 32,500 km (19,890 miles) of his Nexus Expedition route, from Anchorage, Alaska to Kampala, Uganda, where he last stopped in December 2019.

The first major leg covered trekking, swimming, skiing and rowing across Alaska, the Bering Strait and Chukotka (Russia). His wife Gulnara Kieffer joined him at that point, and they cycled together through Mongolia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, and Oman until they reached Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Along his route, Dimitri kayaked across the Strait of Hormuz from Iran to Oman and cycled further across the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Israel, Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda.

Dimitri is currently back at his home in Seattle, USA, waiting for the Covid-19 pandemic to pass. He will then be able to start going forward again, and cycle from Uganda to Namibia, where he will start his row across the Atlantic Ocean. Once he reaches Brazil, he will cycle his way back to Anchorage, Alaska in order to complete this human-powered circumnavigation of the globe.

Registration here.

The Royal Geographical Society - Singapore presents our very first online film screening webinar: Esther Röling - "The Loop"! Join us on 16 September (Wednesday) at 8p.m. SGT(GMT+8) for a short introduction talk and a 20-minute film screening via Zoom, to learn more about Esther's expedition around Hong Kong Island.

Sign up for free at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VNG2gOrCTw65LGe0vuEgQw

In 2017, Esther Röling and Paul Niel completed the first successful “coasteering” expedition of Hong Kong Island. Over six days, they climbed, swam, scrambled and hiked the entire coastline, took 51 water samples and mapped 163 trash pollution spots, while always staying as close as possible to the waterline. Along this first continuous “circum-climb" of the island, they encountered drama and at times appalling weather. They also mapped the island’s biodiversity, water quality and coastal pollution and took more than 50 water samples to make a first-of-its-kind pollution map.

The film tells how the two adventurers climbed the cliffs and shores of their home island and made many unexpected discoveries. It also shows the amazing challenges they faced, from extreme weather and strong currents, to barnacled cliffs, jellyfishes and mosquitos and also the mental exhaustion, offset by the joys of the wild cliffs, hidden beaches and the busy urban city.

About Esther Röling:
Esther Röling hails from Holland. She is a social entrepreneur, investor, runner and globetrotter. In 2018, she co-founded the Adventure Clean-up Challenge and organised the world’s first multi-sports event with an environmental purpose. She has herself taken part in several ultra-trail marathons. She is a Board Member of the Explorers Club HK Chapter and has spoken frequently to the RGS Schools Outreach Programme. 

The Royal Geographical Society - Singapore presents: Amardeep Singh: "An Explorers Mindset”, on 9th July 2020 at 7.30pm (GMT+8)! Join us to hear how Amardeep traded in his corporate life to unearth his own cultural heritage and share it with the world.

Amardeep Singh will discuss how he developed an explorers mindset, transforming from a senior level executive in the Financial Services sector to becoming a visual Ethnographer, Author and a Film-Maker. He will share his experiences in researching the remnants of the forgotten Sikh legacy across Pakistan and the making of the multi-episode documentary on Guru Nanak's travels which has led his team on a 15 month journey across nine countries - Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Tibet, India, Bangladesh & Sri Lanka.

About Amardeep
Amardeep Singh was educated at The Doon School in India, later studying Electronics Engineering at the Manipal Institute of Technology and a Masters in Business Administration at the University of Chicago, USA. He now lives in Singapore. Having worked in the Financial Services sector for 25 years, he has now dedicated himself to visual ethnographic research. He has authored two books, entitled, Lost Heritage: The Sikh Legacy in Pakistan and The Quest Continues: Lost Heritage The Sikh Legacy in Pakistan. He is presently making a multi-episode documentary on the travels of Guru Nanak, the founder of the Sikh faith.

Registration here.