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NATURE INTERPRETATIONS
NATURE INTERPRETATIONS
Nature walks (2021 - now)
Nature walks (2021 - now)
Conducts nature walks/tours for children, adults, and both local and international schools. Typically based at
- Rimba Ilmu Botanic Garden (2020 - 2023)
- Perdana Botanical Garden (2025)
Nature-Art collaborations with artists (2019-2024)
Nature-Art collaborations with artists (2019-2024)
Programme coordinator at Rimba Ilmu Botanic Garden
Engaging with artists to further explore and discover environmental education in different perspectives. I bring fellow scientist and artist together to create a creative learning space for people of all ages and backgrounds to learn about nature through various form of arts.
Wildflower Illustration workshop with Syarifah Nadhirah (2020)
Cyanotype printing workshop with Balqis Tajalli (2020)
Collective fibres - Intuitive making educational workshop with Futurprimitiv (2020)
public engagement events
public engagement events
Rimba Ilmu Open Day (2023)
Rimba Ilmu Open Day (2023)
Organizer
Organized a one-day Open Day event at Rimba Ilmu Botanic Garden, aimed at educating the public of Rimba Ilmu's roles in research, education, and conservation. The event featured guided nature walks, interpretive exhibits, open access to the garden & The Conservatory, and documentary screening.
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ImagiNasi (2022)
ImagiNasi (2022)
Creative Director
Organised a-month long exploration of rediscovering nature through food ‘ImagiNasi’ by planning online competitions, exhibitions, foraging activities, design and build a digital garden ‘The Kampung City’, nature-art workshops, forum, food demonstrations by people of different backgrounds including experimental chef, professional chef, and indigenous cook.
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Buluh in the City (2019)
Buluh in the City (2019)
with Urban Biodiversity Initiative & The Rimba Project
Event manager
Buluh in the City was an event held at Rimbu Ilmu Botanic Garden, University of Malaya. Rimba Ilmu is a national heritage site and among its extensive collections of tropical plants is a remarkable one of Malaysian bamboos. Bamboos were at the centre of a day dedicated to nature in the city. The event comprised discussions on our interactions with the nature around us, led by speakers well-versed with managing gardens for wildlife and for communities in cities.
URBAN BIODIVERSITY INITIATIVE
UBI is an independent collective for urban ecology research, conservation and environmental education. A social enterprise based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
URBAN BIODIVERSITY INITIATIVE
UBI is an independent collective for urban ecology research, conservation and environmental education. A social enterprise based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Workshops & Talks
Workshops & Talks
Cross-stitch embroidery workshop: Islands of Malaysia (2025)
Cross-stitch embroidery workshop: Islands of Malaysia (2025)
with Forest Learning Centre
Cross-stitch is an embroidery method of creating patterns or designs by stitching X shape on fabrics. It is one of the easiest forms of embroidery to learn, making it suitable for anyone to pick up the hobby. In this workshop, participants learn the technical skills of stitching which includes starting and ending a stitch, types of materials used, and discover the tropical islands of Malaysia.
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Fun-Tun: a Wordplay (2024) for Rimba Ilmu 50th Anniversary
Fun-Tun: a Wordplay (2024) for Rimba Ilmu 50th Anniversary
with Rimba Ilmu Botanic Garden
Language is a gateway to learning about nature. Traditional forms of poetry, such as the pantun, are full of rich imagery drawn from the natural world. We play with words across Malaysia’s diverse languages and co-create a collective poem—a fun pantun.
Photo by Benjamin Ong
Photo by Benjamin Ong
Are you DAUN for this? (2021)
Are you DAUN for this? (2021)
with Ubi x GMBBKL supported by Pardicolor Creative Arts Fund
WORKSHOP & 'THE KAMPUNG CITY' EXHIBITION
A leaf-folding workshop focusing on leaves that are used to wrap Malaysian food. The workshop started off with a 'be-leaf-ing in yourself' exercise. Proceeded with folding banana leaves as nasi lemak, and coconut leaves as ketupat.
Photos taken by Thary Gazi Goh & Benjamin Ong
A leaf-folding workshop focusing on leaves that are used to wrap Malaysian food. The workshop started off with a 'be-leaf-ing in yourself' exercise. Proceeded with folding banana leaves as nasi lemak, and coconut leaves as ketupat.
Photos taken by Thary Gazi Goh & Benjamin Ong
Nature Interpretation (2025)
Nature Interpretation (2025)
with Youth Environment Living Lab - Seed Grant Grantee Workshop 2025
SPEAKER
A talk on nature interpretation and to inspire people through Feel, Wonder, Care, and Connect.
A talk on nature interpretation and to inspire people through Feel, Wonder, Care, and Connect.
Cultivating a Career in Nature & Community: Embracing Failures as a Form of Success (2025)
Cultivating a Career in Nature & Community: Embracing Failures as a Form of Success (2025)
with Faculty of Architecture, UiTM Shah Alam
SPEAKER
A talk on setbacks are a natural part of personal and professional growth
A talk on setbacks are a natural part of personal and professional growth
Katak di bawah tempurung (2020)
Katak di bawah tempurung (2020)
with Iskandar Malaysia City Nature Challenge 2021
SPEAKER
A talk on common amphibians and reptiles (herpetofauna) that can be found in Malaysia's urban settings.
ISKANDAR MALAYSIA CITY NATURE CHALLENGE
City Nature Challenge 2021 was a citizen science-based global competition. Cities across the world, including Iskandar Malaysia from Johor took part in this exciting annual event.
A talk on common amphibians and reptiles (herpetofauna) that can be found in Malaysia's urban settings.
ISKANDAR MALAYSIA CITY NATURE CHALLENGE
City Nature Challenge 2021 was a citizen science-based global competition. Cities across the world, including Iskandar Malaysia from Johor took part in this exciting annual event.
Creativity in Conservation (2022)
Creativity in Conservation (2022)
with Pusat Rujukan dan Repositori Laut China Selatan, INOS, Fakulti Sains dan Sekitaran Marin, SUSTAINABLE OCEAN ALLIANCE (SOA) dan UNIQLO Malaysia.
SPEAKER
A talk on science communication and ways to engage with public. This talk was hosted for RRC Open Day @ WOW 2022 "Discover A World Under The Sea : Stories From the South China Sea".
A talk on science communication and ways to engage with public. This talk was hosted for RRC Open Day @ WOW 2022 "Discover A World Under The Sea : Stories From the South China Sea".
Digital Communications
Digital Communications
Copywriting & Social Media
Copywriting & Social Media
Writing fun, engaging, and friendly content for social media platforms with captions that are easy to read, often sprinkled with puns and light humor to capture virtual audience's attention. The posts are designed to fit Klang Valley’s urban crowd in mind, covering topics like botany, urban wildlife, local events and programs.
Platforms covered/covering are:
- The Rimba Project (2019 - 2021)
- Highlight: Instalive Interview Series
- Highlight: Instalive Interview Series
- Urban Biodiversity Initiative (2020 - 2021)
- Warning: Lots of memes and puns here
- Rimba Ilmu Botanic Garden (2021 - 2023)
- Forest Learning Centre (2025 - present)
Website development
Website development
Side gigs include developing and improving websites such as site architecture planning, layout page and design incl. basic UI/UX design, content curation and management, and navigation and user experience for environmental organizations.
- Urban Biodiversity Initiative (2020 - 2021)
- Rimba Ilmu Botanic Garden (the page is no longer active)
- Animal Neighbour Project (2021)
Arts & Media
Arts & Media
Rimba Theatre: CREATURES (2016)
Rimba Theatre: CREATURES (2016)
with The Rimba Project, University of Malaya
Co-director
THE PLAY
A series of four short plays and a music performance featuring Sufiyan Ilyasa. Creatures highlights a range of topics on human-wildlife interface, habitat encroachment, endangered animals of Malaysia, importance of Mother Earth, and stories of Sang Kancil.
THE RIMBA PROJECT
A living lab from University of Malaya (UM) that protects and promote UM's biodiversity through urban biodiversity conservation on campus. As of 2020, The Rimba Project is now known as Rimba Project 2.0.
A series of four short plays and a music performance featuring Sufiyan Ilyasa. Creatures highlights a range of topics on human-wildlife interface, habitat encroachment, endangered animals of Malaysia, importance of Mother Earth, and stories of Sang Kancil.
THE RIMBA PROJECT
A living lab from University of Malaya (UM) that protects and promote UM's biodiversity through urban biodiversity conservation on campus. As of 2020, The Rimba Project is now known as Rimba Project 2.0.
A famous pest pub owned by husband and wife Aedes mosquitoes. Chaos ensues!
The Misunderstood Creatures & How to Help Them! (2017)
The Misunderstood Creatures & How to Help Them! (2017)
Script-writer, director, and actress
THE CALL-FOR-ACTION VIDEO
This call-for-action video is an environmental education material and an outreach effort portraying common responses when a person encounters dusky langurs.
LANGUR PROJECT PENANG
An outreach research project on the ecology, behaviour and road ecology of Trachypithecus obscurus for the development of a sustainable langur conservation in Penang.
This call-for-action video is an environmental education material and an outreach effort portraying common responses when a person encounters dusky langurs.
LANGUR PROJECT PENANG
An outreach research project on the ecology, behaviour and road ecology of Trachypithecus obscurus for the development of a sustainable langur conservation in Penang.
Stories from the Deep Forest (2018)
Stories from the Deep Forest (2018)
with Urban Environmental Education Hub MNS & Saito University College
DEVISED SHADOW PLAY PERFORMANCE
Inspired by Orang Asli Animal Tales by the late Dr Lim Boo Liat, Stories from the Deep Forest was a devised shadow play performance in collaboration with UEEH MNS & Saito University College. The purpose was for an awareness campaign highlighting the Malayan Tiger. Shadow puppets designed by Chua Shi Kai.
UEEH MNS
UEEH MNS raise public awareness on the importance to conserve and protect natural heritage through merchandises. UEEH MNS is now known as SHOPMNS.
Inspired by Orang Asli Animal Tales by the late Dr Lim Boo Liat, Stories from the Deep Forest was a devised shadow play performance in collaboration with UEEH MNS & Saito University College. The purpose was for an awareness campaign highlighting the Malayan Tiger. Shadow puppets designed by Chua Shi Kai.
UEEH MNS
UEEH MNS raise public awareness on the importance to conserve and protect natural heritage through merchandises. UEEH MNS is now known as SHOPMNS.
EXHIBITIONS
EXHIBITIONS
Aug 2025 Bebenang & Dedaun at Forest Learning Centre, Perdana Botanical Garden
Jan 2025 Benang & Daun at The Herbarium, Penang Botanic Gardens
June 2023 Plants of Different Perspectives for Rimba Ilmu Open Day at The Glass Lobby, Rimba Ilmu Botanic Garden
May 2022 ImagiNasi at The Exhibition Hall, Rimba Ilmu Botanic Garden
Dec 2021 The Kampung City at GMBBKL
ECOLOGY & BIODIVERSITY
ECOLOGY & BIODIVERSITY
BIODIVERSITY SURVEYS & MAPPING
Conducted biodiversity surveys and mapping focused on flora and fauna in urban green spaces.
Projects: GEC River Survey Biodiversity Assessment (2021), Section 12 Petaling Jaya (PJ) (2018), Badan Warisan Malaysia (2018), nocturnal study in Merapoh (2018), Section 16 PJ (2016), and Jalan Elmu PJ (2015)
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