Alumni & Parents

We are very excited that so many of our alumni go on to study and build careers in Sustainable Development or are are involved in projects as volunteers or philanthropists. We could not possibly capture all the ways in which our alumni are involved but some notable examples, many of whom are helping the College, are shown below. Please do contact alumni@uwcsea.edu.sg if you know of any more .

Environmental Stewardship (General)

• Tim Jarvis ('84) is a WWF Ambassador, explorer and environmental scientist and campaigns on a wide variety of environmental issues including Climate Change. His expedition streamed live into the COP 21 Paris Climate talks in 2015. He has returned to the College numerous times to inspire our students. See videos below.
• Tejas Ewing ('98) has long been involved in Sustainable Development work and attended the COP 15 Climate talks. He has provided valuable advice on strategy for the college and is involved in many projects with the UWCSEA Foundation.

Stories on Environmental Stewardship

• Patrick Rouxel ('84) is an award winning documentary wildlife film-maker and often visits the College to speak about his work. Read about Patrick and see some of his movies below.
• Dr Dzaeman Dzulfifli ('04) is executive director of the Tropical Rainforest Conservation and Research Centre in Malaysia and an inspirational advisor of our own Rainforest Restoration Project. His organisation showcased their work at the Singapore Eco-film festival in 2016 in the film Saving Giants below.
• Sek Chuan Chua ('80) works for the St. John's Marine Research Institute in Singapore and is helping to host our summer school on St.John's island so students can apply their knowledge and new skills to real world marine conservation issues in a local context. He is being helped by classmate Hari Ramachnadran ( also '80) who works for Intel and has persuaded Intel to supply technical knowhow and equipment for students to design and implement marine testing equipment for the summer school too.
• Phillip Woodhead ('06) and Adrian Chan ('14) work in Marine Conservation such as the Reef Defenders project and are collaborating with us on potential IdeasHub, Gap year and Project Week opportunities.
• Dominic Bryant ('03) works as a Marine Science Researcher with the Catlin Seaview Survey to understand and protect Coral Reefs against Climate Change. See his story below.

Stories on Biodiversity

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• Nathan Flaum ('07) and Inochi Fukui ('10) prove that an urban upbringing is no impediment to running a permaculture farm in Ubud, Bali
• Jeremy Beckman ('04) has done the same in Taiwan and has provided invaluable advice for Dover Urban gardeners.

Ashima Sukhdev ('04) is the Government & Cities Programme Lead for the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, our educational partners, the international thought leaders on transitioning to a Circular Economy, one where waste is purposely designed out of systems. Ashima was a key member of Green Campus service over ten years ago, and cites this Middle School experience as a key impact on her career journey in Sustainable Development.

Our Parents Associations on both campuses have made great strides towards organising large events with a Zero-Waste philosophy. Key community events such as Family Festival, Community Fair and UN Night see the PAs working alongside Global Concerns to reduce disposable food ware with great ingenuity. Standards are set higher every year as our whole community and external partners grow in the understanding and innovate for sustainability.

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