Sunday, November 30, 2014

The Biorock that we built

Shaped like the SST logo, this is the Biorock that SST students designed and built. 

Monday, November 10, 2014

Overview - The places we went

Places we went for the 5-day trip: 
(a) Day 1 - Novotel Kuta Beach (Our Home for the 5 days)
(b) Day 2 - Tanjung Luar Fish Market (Witness the exploitation)
(c) Day 2 - Wildlife Conservation Society (The NGOs at work) 
(d) Day 3 - Sunken and Pink Beach (Eco-tourism: engaging fisherman in non-shark trade)
(d) Day 4 - Gili Eco-trust (Rehabilitating damaged coral reefs)
(e) Day 5 - Kuta Beach Cleanup (Engaging the community)

Day 5 - Beach Cleanup

SST students with local volunteers after collecting all the rubbish on the beach

SST students in action: removing difficult trash on Kuta Beach

Trash audit done by SST students for their efforts at Kuta Beach, Lombok on 10 Nov 2014

Day 4 - Bio-Rocks

Delphine from Gili Eco-trust giving a lesson to SST students

SST student-built Bio-Rock structure to be used for rehabilitating coral reefs 

Day 3 - Eco-tourism

SST students exploring the marine life of the sea bed during low tides
SST water babies during snorkelling. 


Day 2 - WCS


SST students attending a talk by the Wildlife Conservation Society on the conservation of sharks

Day 2 - Shark Fins

Shark Fins being dried before export to Singapore, China and Hongkong