Seeds of Change: Climate Adaptation in Singapore
Most climate adaptation planning assumes two things: that we adapt by adding — higher walls, more cooling, more reclaimed land — and that adaptation should protect economic growth while it does so.
In this interactive workshop, we start somewhere else. In partnership with Post-Growth SG, we ask what adaptation would look like if it were designed to serve social and ecological wellbeing first:
🌊 Sea level rise: What if we could protect our coasts without reclaiming more land?
🌡️ Heat stress: What if heavy outdoor construction had to stop whenever heat stress crossed a safe threshold?
🌱 Food insecurity: What if Singapore grew its own food using as little energy and as few resources as possible?
We'll use the Futures Wheel to trace what happens next: the first, second and third-order ripples across our economy, our neighbourhoods and our coastlines. Not a debate about whether post-growth is right — an exploration of what it would actually put in motion.
Date: 4 Nov 2026, Wednesday
Time: 6.30pm – 9.30pm
Location: Palo IT Singapore, 11 Beach Road #06-00 (see public transport directions here)
In just three hours, you'll:
✔️Get oriented to post-growth principles with Post-Growth SG — Care, Connectedness, Resilience, Regeneration and Sufficiency.
✔️Build a Futures Wheel together, mapping first, second and third-order consequences of our seed decision.
✔️Surface the tensions: who gains, who loses, and what becomes harder before it becomes better.
✔️Compare this against 'business-as-usual' adaptation to see what each path assumes and forecloses.
Who should attend:
Sustainability professionals looking to apply future thinking tools to real-world challenges
Policymakers, urban planners and public sector professionals navigating long-term change
NGO and social enterprise practitioners interested in post-growth ideas
Case Study Provided by
Facilitated by
Pei Ya Boon, Founder, The Shoal Co
Carol Lim, Founder, The Human Futures Practice
Lin Chin, Founder, Deliberate Humans
Please note: Vegetarian and vegan pizza will be provided!
This is part of a series of eight environmental sustainability themed workshops on systems thinking and futures till 2027. See here for more information on the other workshops.
This workshop series is supported by SG EcoFund.