These community workshop spaces offer both low- and high-tech tools, enabling people to come together to collaborate on creating and learning sustainably.
Volunteers with the Singapore Wildcat Action Group, such as educator Asmawati Saimon, conducted field surveys which shape conservation plans for locally critically endangered leopard cat species.
SpudnikLab received a Catalyst award from the IMDA for expanding digital literacy with D.Lit, ran a D.Lit session at social impact hub The Foundry, and participated in World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly this July 2026.
With the rise of citizen science programmes in Singapore, the city-state is discovering that community-driven efforts can make a powerful impact on conservation.
Students interacted with the natural world through their five senses and learned to use environmental science tools at SpudnikLab ‘s Soil Detectives workshop on 16th May, as part of the iterative design of SpudnikLab’s Science Kit.
How to equip a makerspace without blowing your budget, while offering flexibility to meet a range of needs? A behind-the-scenes look at how the Potato Productions Makerspace was outfitted for its soft launch on 8th November 2025, told from the perspective of the land The Beacon community space lies on.
The new Potato Productions Makerspace at Beacon Community Space in Taman Jurong is the fruit of a collaboration between Tasek Academy and Social Services, Bernina International and Potato Productions.
The app that changed how biodiversity is observed and logged and put citizen science in the hands of citizens turns 18 this March 20th, woot!
SpudnikLab’s editor Melissa De Silva falls in love with spiders, through passionate guide, citizen scientist and entomologist Finn Tan
In July 2025, SpudnikLab brought their Science Kit prototype to SMP Negeri 3, a middle school in Denpasar, Bali. What unfolded was a glimpse into how accessible, low-cost scientific tools can transform not just what students learn, but how they see the world around them.