ByeO Barelands (pronounced BioBalance) is a volunteer-led biodiversity education initiative in Singapore. Discover nature through games, walks, workshops, talks and community programmes.
These descriptions introduce our experiences, rather than a live schedule. Check the linked programme page and contact the team for dates, availability and your group’s needs.
Our experiences
Step into a wildlife story, join the conversation and leave with biodiversity takeaways to remember.
Bring biodiversity to life through an interactive storytelling session with BioBalance. Participants become part of the conversation as we tell a story, invite questions and explore the ideas together. Each session connects the story with clear takeaways that help make biodiversity meaningful beyond the session.
What participants can expect
- Listen to a biodiversity story and take part as it unfolds.
- Share questions, observations and ideas with the storyteller.
- Explore key takeaways and connect the story with the natural world.
- Activity Type
- Talk
- Topic
- Singapore Biodiversity, Science Communication, Public Engagement
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Think beyond the familiar and turn unexpected ideas into possibilities for products and programmes.
Explore fresh ways to approach a creative challenge with BioBalance. This workshop helps participants question assumptions, make new connections and develop ideas for products or programmes. Through shared thinking and practical prompts, discover how to move beyond your first answer and give an unusual idea room to grow.
What participants can expect
- Try creative thinking prompts that challenge familiar assumptions.
- Generate and build on ideas for products or programmes.
- Share possibilities and explore how to develop a promising idea.
- Activity Type
- Creative Workshop, Training
- Topic
- Problem Solving, Art & Creativity
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Turn a broad challenge into a clear direction with practical, people-centred design frameworks.
Build a practical framework for moving from a challenge to an idea worth exploring. BioBalance introduces design thinking through understanding people's needs, framing the problem, developing ideas and learning from feedback. Participants explore how to structure their thinking and refine concepts for products, programmes or experiences.
What participants can expect
- Explore people's needs and frame a focused design challenge.
- Use a structured framework to develop and compare ideas.
- Consider how simple prototypes and feedback can improve a concept.
- Activity Type
- Creative Workshop, Training
- Topic
- Systems Thinking, Problem Solving, Art & Creativity
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Discover scientific illustration and playful drawing in a creative workshop for all ages.
Look closely, get curious and put pencil to paper with BioBalance. Our drawing workshop welcomes all ages to explore both scientific illustration and fun, expressive illustration. Participants practise observing shapes and details, then discover different ways to bring what they see and imagine onto the page.
What participants can expect
- Practise drawing through guided observation of shapes and details.
- Explore scientific illustration alongside fun, expressive approaches.
- Create your own illustrations and share what inspired them.
- Audience
- All Ages
- Activity Type
- Creative Workshop
- Topic
- Science Communication, Art & Creativity
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Team up, choose your challenge and race for points in a biodiversity game show.
Put your biodiversity knowledge into play with a Jeopardy-style game show led by BioBalance. Participants work in teams, tackle questions and collect points as they explore wildlife and the natural world. Each round brings discussion, friendly competition and a chance to learn something new together.
What participants can expect
- Play in teams and choose biodiversity questions to tackle.
- Discuss answers and earn points through friendly competition.
- Discover the biodiversity ideas behind the answers as the game unfolds.
- Activity Type
- Game Workshop, Team Building
- Topic
- Singapore Biodiversity, Team Building, Games
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Take a position, hear another perspective and explore the space between strongly agree and strongly disagree.
Get moving and open up a conversation in this Jubilee-style spectrum workshop. BioBalance presents a statement, and participants arrange themselves along a line from strongly agree to strongly disagree. Share the thinking behind your position, listen to other perspectives and consider whether the discussion changes where you stand.
What participants can expect
- Respond to prompts by taking a place on an agree–disagree spectrum.
- Explain your perspective and listen respectfully to different views.
- Reflect on the discussion and move along the spectrum if your thinking changes.
- Activity Type
- Game Workshop, Forum
- Topic
- Communication, Public Engagement, Games
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Make science clear, engaging and memorable with techniques and frameworks explored by BioBalance.
Break down the craft of science communication with BioBalance. Explore the techniques and frameworks our team studies and uses to share science with different audiences. Participants consider how to shape a clear message, choose an engaging approach and explain ideas in ways that invite curiosity and conversation.
What participants can expect
- Explore science communication techniques and frameworks used and studied by BioBalance.
- Consider your audience and identify the key message you want to share.
- Practise turning a scientific idea into a clear, engaging explanation.
- Activity Type
- Training
- Topic
- Communication, Science Communication, Public Engagement
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Look for Wagler's pit vipers, owls, colugos and mouse deer along Old Upper Thomson Road after dark.
Explore Old Upper Thomson Road with a guide as night reveals a different side of the forest. Look among the leaves for Wagler's pit vipers, listen for owls, and keep an eye out for colugos and mouse deer. With a little luck, we might even encounter sambar deer. From tiny insects to elusive mammals, each outing brings its own discoveries.
What participants can expect
- Join a guided night walk along Old Upper Thomson Road.
- Look and listen for Wagler's pit vipers, owls, colugos and mouse deer.
- Keep an eye out for sambar deer, a hoped-for encounter rather than a guaranteed sighting.
- Discover smaller nocturnal creatures and learn about respectful wildlife encounters.
- Timing
- Night
- Activity Type
- Nature Walk, Night Walk
- Location
- Old Upper Thomson Road
- Topic
- Singapore Biodiversity, Nocturnal Wildlife, Human-Wildlife Coexistence, Wildlife Identification
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Turn wildlife discoveries into biodiversity cards of your own.
Combine wildlife research, drawing and game ideas in a hands-on card creation workshop. Participants take a closer look at nature and explore how to share what they discover through their own cards.
What participants can expect
- Research wildlife and its place in an ecosystem.
- Sketch and create a biodiversity card.
- Share the ideas behind your creation.
- Audience
- Primary School, Secondary School, Youth
- Activity Type
- Creative Workshop
- Topic
- Singapore Biodiversity, Art & Creativity, Games
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Share a creative perspective on biodiversity through social media.
Celebrate biodiversity through creative entries that bring nature into the conversation online. The social media competition invites participants to share their interest in wildlife and inspire others to look a little closer.
What participants can expect
- Create a nature-inspired entry.
- Share biodiversity through visual storytelling.
- Discover how others express their connection with nature.
- Activity Type
- Competition
- Topic
- Singapore Biodiversity, Science Communication, Art & Creativity
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Bring people together through a shared curiosity about nature.
Nature Kakis connects people with a shared interest in biodiversity. Through community conversations, biodiversity cards and opportunities to explore together, these sessions help build connections around nature.
What participants can expect
- Meet people interested in nature.
- Connect through biodiversity conversations and cards.
- Explore opportunities to discover nature together.
- Activity Type
- Community Outreach
- Topic
- Singapore Biodiversity, Community Action, Public Engagement
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Find the real-life wildlife behind more than 50 ByeO Barelands cards in wetlands home to thousands of species.
Bring your cards to life at Sungei Buloh! Explore wetlands home to thousands of wildlife species and look for the real-life stars of over 50 ByeO Barelands cards. Follow the mangroves with a guide, watch for birds and discover the connections between the creatures around you. Students, educators and curious minds of all ages can explore together. The team has also conducted a walk here in support of a conservation fundraising auction.
What participants can expect
- Explore the wetland reserve with a nature guide.
- Look for the wildlife featured on more than 50 ByeO Barelands cards, and spot over 100 different species.
- Discover wetland habitats home to thousands of wildlife species.
- Connect wildlife observations with Singapore's wetland ecology.
- Pioneering a new way to experience nature in Singapore, ByeO Barelands integrates biodiversity card games and personal audio devices into our walks, making them more interactive while reducing noise pollution and disturbance to wildlife.
- Audience
- All Ages, Youth, Adults, Educators
- Timing
- Morning, Day
- Activity Type
- Nature Walk
- Location
- Sungei Buloh
- Topic
- Singapore Biodiversity, Birds, Mangroves, Wildlife Identification, Conservation Fundraising
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Build food webs, make your next move, and discover Singapore's wildlife around the game table.
Play ByeO Barelands with a facilitator and explore the connections between species, habitats and people. School sessions and public gameplay bring the same biodiversity ideas to life through discussion, decisions and a little friendly strategy.
What participants can expect
- Learn the game with a facilitator and play together.
- Explore food webs and relationships between local species.
- Discuss the ecological choices that come up during play.
- Audience
- Primary School, Secondary School, Post-Secondary, Tertiary, Youth, Adults, Families, Teams / Organisations
- Timing
- Day
- Activity Type
- Game Workshop
- Location
- Indoor, School / Learning Venue, Community Venue
- Topic
- Singapore Biodiversity, Human-Wildlife Coexistence, Ecology, Systems Thinking, Games
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Meet a different side of the mangroves as Pasir Ris comes alive after dark.
Head out after dark to explore Pasir Ris with ByeO Barelands. Look for nocturnal wildlife, pay attention to the habitat around you, and talk about how people and wildlife share Singapore's green spaces.
What participants can expect
- Join a guided walk through Pasir Ris after dark.
- Look and listen for nocturnal wildlife.
- Learn about respectful encounters with wildlife.
- Pioneering a new way to experience nature in Singapore, ByeO Barelands integrates biodiversity card games and personal audio devices into our walks, making them more interactive while reducing noise pollution and disturbance to wildlife.
- Audience
- All Ages, Teams / Organisations
- Timing
- Night
- Activity Type
- Nature Walk, Night Walk
- Location
- Pasir Ris
- Topic
- Singapore Biodiversity, Mangroves, Nocturnal Wildlife, Human-Wildlife Coexistence
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Find out where a curiosity about wildlife can lead, from conservation to nature education.
Explore the people and work behind biodiversity education and conservation. ByeO Barelands shares its experience of working with Singapore's wildlife themes and invites students to think about green careers and the paths that interest them.
What participants can expect
- Hear stories about biodiversity education and environmental work.
- Explore connections between an interest in nature and possible career paths.
- Consider questions about working with wildlife and conservation.
- Audience
- Primary School, Secondary School, Post-Secondary, Tertiary
- Activity Type
- Talk, Career Talk
- Location
- School / Learning Venue
- Topic
- Singapore Biodiversity, Conservation, Careers
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Start the day with mangrove discoveries and a closer look at the wildlife beside our neighbourhoods.
Explore Pasir Ris in the morning, following the wildlife stories found in its mangroves and green spaces. Discover Singapore biodiversity with a guide and learn how everyday choices shape the way we live alongside wild neighbours.
What participants can expect
- Explore Pasir Ris with a nature guide in the morning.
- Look more closely at mangrove plants and wildlife.
- Discuss how people and wildlife share the same spaces.
- Pioneering a new way to experience nature in Singapore, ByeO Barelands integrates biodiversity card games and personal audio devices into our walks, making them more interactive while reducing noise pollution and disturbance to wildlife.
- Audience
- All Ages, Preschool, Adults, Families, Educators
- Timing
- Morning
- Activity Type
- Nature Walk
- Location
- Pasir Ris
- Topic
- Singapore Biodiversity, Mangroves, Human-Wildlife Coexistence
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Take a closer look at the coastal life revealed when the tide goes out.
Explore the meeting point of land and sea with ByeO Barelands. Intertidal walks focus on marine biodiversity and the coastal habitats revealed at low tide. The location and tide conditions shape each outing, so session details are confirmed when planning a walk.
What participants can expect
- Explore an intertidal habitat with a guide when tide conditions allow.
- Observe marine life and the habitat around it.
- Learn about the connections within Singapore's coastal ecosystems.
- Pioneering a new way to experience nature in Singapore, ByeO Barelands integrates biodiversity card games and personal audio devices into our walks, making them more interactive while reducing noise pollution and disturbance to wildlife.
- Activity Type
- Nature Walk, Intertidal Walk
- Location
- Changi, Sentosa (Palawan)
- Topic
- Intertidal, Low Tide, Marine Biodiversity, Coastal Ecology
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Follow the story of turning an idea about biodiversity into a project people can take part in.
How does a nature-inspired idea become something real? ByeO Barelands shares its journey of building a biodiversity game and initiative, opening conversations about entrepreneurship, youth leadership and social impact.
What participants can expect
- Hear the story behind building ByeO Barelands.
- Explore how an idea can become a community-facing project.
- Discuss entrepreneurship, biodiversity advocacy and social impact.
- Audience
- Post-Secondary, Tertiary, Youth
- Timing
- Day
- Activity Type
- Talk, Entrepreneurship Talk
- Location
- Indoor, School / Learning Venue
- Topic
- Singapore Biodiversity, Entrepreneurship, Social Impact
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Work through a shared challenge and explore what it means to live alongside wildlife.
Bring a team perspective to human-wildlife coexistence in an educational escape-room activity. Participants work together, consider different choices and explore the connections behind conflicts between people and wildlife.
What participants can expect
- Take part in a team-based escape-room activity.
- Work together to consider human-wildlife challenges.
- Explore how different decisions affect people and wildlife.
- Activity Type
- Escape Room / Team Activity
- Topic
- Human-Wildlife Coexistence, Systems Thinking, Team Building, Problem Solving
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The world's first DISC x Nature Walk: discover yourself and others, with more than 50 cards to bring to life and over 100 wildlife species to explore.
Meet your wild neighbours and discover what makes you tick on the world's first DISC x Nature Walk! Learn to profile yourself, recognise behavioural styles in others, and put those insights into practice through better communication, decisions and teamwork. Every discovery is a chance to understand both nature and the people beside you. All this unfolds as you explore Sungei Buloh's wildlife: look for the real-life stars of more than 50 ByeO Barelands cards in habitats home to over 100 species. Come curious about wildlife, leave with new ways to connect and grow together.
What participants can expect
- Discover your own DISC profile and the behavioural styles you bring to a group.
- Learn to recognise other people's styles and understand how they approach situations.
- Use those insights to communicate better, work together and make more thoughtful choices.
- Explore wildlife featured on more than 50 ByeO Barelands cards, in habitats home to over 100 species.
- DISC report for each participant is provided before the walk.
- Audience
- All Ages, Adults, Teams / Organisations
- Timing
- Day
- Activity Type
- Nature Walk, Training, Team Building
- Location
- Sungei Buloh
- Topic
- Singapore Biodiversity, DISC, Communication, Team Building
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Practise sharing biodiversity stories and engaging people in conversations about Singapore's wildlife.
Students prepare for biodiversity outreach by exploring the ideas they will share and how to engage members of the public. The training brings biodiversity knowledge together with facilitation, public engagement and science communication.
What participants can expect
- Prepare biodiversity concepts for public outreach.
- Practise explaining ideas and facilitating participation.
- Explore ways to engage people in wildlife conversations.
- Audience
- Secondary School, Youth
- Timing
- Day
- Activity Type
- Training
- Location
- Indoor, School / Learning Venue
- Topic
- Singapore Biodiversity, Communication, Science Communication, Public Engagement
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Get ready for biodiversity and sustainability competitions by exploring ideas, asking questions and putting your knowledge into practice.
Prepare for biodiversity and sustainability competitions with ByeO Barelands. These training sessions help students explore key concepts, deepen their understanding and apply what they learn to competition challenges. Bring your curiosity and questions as we connect biodiversity learning with sustainability ideas.
What participants can expect
- Explore biodiversity and sustainability concepts for competition preparation.
- Discuss questions and build your understanding with a facilitator.
- Practise applying what you learn to competition challenges.
- Audience
- Youth
- Activity Type
- Training, Competition Training
- Location
- Indoor, School / Learning Venue
- Topic
- Singapore Biodiversity, Sustainability
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Meet people, share wildlife stories and join the wider conversation about conservation.
ByeO Barelands takes part in biodiversity festivals through public engagement, community participation and support for conservation causes. These gatherings bring wildlife conversations, awareness activities and fundraising efforts into a shared public space.
What participants can expect
- Meet the team and take part in biodiversity conversations.
- Explore outreach activities in a festival setting.
- Connect with community efforts supporting conservation.
- Audience
- All Ages, Families
- Activity Type
- Community Outreach, Booth, Fundraising, Event
- Topic
- Singapore Biodiversity, Conservation, Community Action
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Bring the community together in support of wildlife conservation causes.
ByeO Barelands has participated in wildlife conservation fundraising events, contributing to community efforts for conservation causes. This experience reflects the team's support for wider wildlife work and the people helping it happen.
What participants can expect
- Take part in a community gathering around wildlife conservation.
- Learn about the conservation cause at the centre of the event.
- Support wider conservation fundraising efforts.
- Activity Type
- Fundraising, Event
- Topic
- Conservation, Community Action, Conservation Fundraising
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Turn inspiration from nature into a small, colourful creation of your own.
Get hands-on with a creative workshop inspired by biodiversity. Participants make nature-inspired fridge magnets, bringing wildlife ideas into a shared activity of art, making and personal expression.
What participants can expect
- Explore nature as inspiration for a small artwork.
- Make a nature-inspired fridge magnet.
- Share ideas and see the different creations around the table.
- Audience
- All Ages, Youth, Families
- Activity Type
- Creative Workshop
- Topic
- Singapore Biodiversity, Art & Creativity
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Make room for a conversation about rest, play and reconnecting with nature.
Explore rest and mental recharge through the everyday experiences of playing games and spending time in nature. ByeO Barelands shares how gameplay and nature walks can become opportunities to pause, reconnect and enjoy a change of pace.
What participants can expect
- Discuss games and nature walks as ways to spend time resting.
- Reflect on what a change of pace can look like in daily life.
- Explore the connection between nature, play and wellbeing.
- Activity Type
- Talk
- Topic
- Mental Rest, Nature & Wellbeing, Games
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Explore local nature through a shared walk shaped around the people taking part.
ByeO Barelands has conducted nature walks with adults on the autism spectrum. This experience centres participation and shared discovery, recognising that each person brings their own interests and needs. Discuss your group's needs with the team when planning a walk.
What participants can expect
- Join a facilitated nature walk with your group.
- Explore local biodiversity together.
- Discuss participant needs with the team when planning the session.
- Audience
- All Ages, Adults, Inclusive Programmes
- Activity Type
- Nature Walk
- Topic
- Singapore Biodiversity
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Explore biodiversity learning and how to share it with people on a nature walk.
The ByeO Barelands learning experience has been used in nature guide training. Building on ecology-led learning and public outreach, these sessions connect biodiversity ideas with the work of introducing people to nature.
What participants can expect
- Explore biodiversity through the ByeO Barelands learning experience.
- Connect ecology ideas with nature guiding.
- Consider how to share nature learning with participants.
- Audience
- Youth, Teams / Organisations
- Timing
- Day
- Activity Type
- Training
- Location
- Sungei Buloh
- Topic
- Singapore Biodiversity, Ecology, Nature Guiding, Science Communication
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Explore climate and biodiversity through a social deduction game filled with discussion, strategy and unexpected twists.
Learn about climate and biodiversity through a social night built around the familiar game of Mafia. Participants take on different roles, make decisions, discuss competing perspectives and work out who they can trust. The experience uses play and conversation to make environmental topics more approachable while bringing youths together in a relaxed social setting.
What participants can expect
- Take part in a climate and biodiversity-themed social deduction game.
- Explore different environmental perspectives through roles and gameplay.
- Discuss decisions, strategies and their connections to real-world sustainability challenges.
- Meet other youths and learn through a relaxed, interactive social experience.
- Audience
- Post-Secondary, Tertiary, Youth
- Timing
- Night
- Activity Type
- Game Workshop, Event
- Location
- Indoor
- Topic
- Singapore Biodiversity, Sustainability, Climate Change, Systems Thinking, Community Action, Games
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Explore Singapore's Wild Side
Join a biodiversity walk, workshop, talk, volunteering session or programme anywhere in Singapore. It does not have to be organised by ByeO Barelands or one of our partners.
Take a photo while you are there. Show it to our team the next time you join a ByeO Barelands programme and tell us where you have been.
We would love to give you a little ByeO Barelands gift, while stocks last.
These organisations and community initiatives are a few places to begin. Your next adventure can be with any biodiversity organisation in Singapore.
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Hands-on nature learning journeys through Singapore's intertidal shores, mangroves and other wild spaces.
Wildlife-focused experiences that invite you to discover Singapore's forests, shores and nocturnal neighbours.
Wildlife rescue, education and advocacy that help people care for animals and give wildlife a second chance.
Reflective nature walks and creation-care programmes connecting faith, community and care for the natural world.
Walks, conversations and adventures that bring people together around nature and conservation.
A community bringing people closer to birds through research, appreciation and conservation.
Student nature lovers sharing Singapore's biodiversity through guided walks open to the community.
A student community encouraging care and respect for animals through education, advocacy and action.
A community space in Yishun for young people to connect, volunteer and care for the environment.
Nature appreciation, education and conservation bringing people together for a more biodiverse Singapore.
Community education and action for animals, people and the environment.
A volunteer community sharing an appreciation for reptiles and amphibians and their conservation.
A grassroots network connecting people with the science and wonderful diversity of insects.
Research and educational outreach exploring the fishes found in Singapore's markets.
A volunteer community raising awareness and taking action for wildcats and their habitats.
Community cleanups, workshops and talks encouraging people to care for shared environments.
Student-led environmental action, nature guiding and wildlife appreciation at NTU and beyond.
A student environmental group promoting sustainable campus choices and biodiversity conservation through projects and community activities.
Discover Singapore's native insects and arthropods through biodiversity education programmes.
A volunteer group advancing knowledge of Singapore's fish biodiversity through citizen science and public outreach.
Meet live insects, build miniature habitats, and explore nature through programmes for children and schools.
Community chapters bringing neighbours together through nature walks, gardening, tree planting and biodiversity activities.
An annual celebration of Singapore's natural heritage, with biodiversity booths, talks, workshops and activities organised by NParks with the Biodiversity Roundtable.
A Singapore sustainability festival bringing communities together through workshops, experiences and environmental action.
Volunteers with the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum supporting conservation through nature walks, coastal cleanups and public education.