Our ‘Every Singaporean a
Naturalist’ (ESN) programme team is growing!
Ms. Michelle Hariff
joined the NSS Secretariat on 3 Jan 2022 as the Project Officer for the ESN programme.
Having studied previously
at the National University of Singapore and graduating with a Bachelor of Arts
in Theatre Studies and Sociology, Michelle is a
part-time theatre practitioner with a background in arts programming and
student development from her time at the NUS Centre for the Arts.
With an avid interest in community outreach, she hopes
to spread her love for nature creatively with various schools and communities
here in Singapore through the ESN programme.
The ESN programme is part
of Nature Society (Singapore)’s wider citizen science engagement strategy aimed
at empowering every resident with basic knowledge and skills to participate in
long-term urban wildlife monitoring efforts. It is envisioned that through
their involvement, a deeper appreciation of nature in Singapore would develop. In
the four years since the launch of our programme in mid-2017, we have successfully
engaged more than 40 schools across the pre-primary, primary, secondary and
tertiary levels.
Michelle will be working
with Ms. Sung Mei Yee, our first ESN Project Officer, to continue expanding the
reach of the programme as well as improving the material content and its
delivery. She is currently helping to coordinate the ESN’s Naturalist Chatter
series and is involved in executing other ESN events. She aspires to create fun
and engaging programmes for schools and the public in the future and hopes to
spread stories of nature and conservation to help people connect back to the
earth.
In her free time, you can find Michelle
photosynthesising on a nature walk somewhere. She looks forward to meeting and
learning from you in the near future.
A big and warm welcome to
Michelle as an invaluable addition to our NSS team!
Written by Kerry Pereira