Who we are.

Urban Origins provides urban initiatives with a platform to amplify their reach and encourage meaningful change in society.

We connect people to curated learning experiences and opportunities, with a focus on sustainability, wellbeing and community.

Read Our Story

Urban Origins and partners posing for a group photo at the Green Market event in September 2022.

Organising the community Green Market in September 2022 to showcase our local green brands and partners, in partnership with the National Library Board (NLB) Singapore. (Photo: ASF)

Ana Zeng from Ecoenzyme Learning Studio conducting a workshop, speaking to participants from Oatly while they listen attentively.

Our partner facilitator Ana passionately sharing about eco-enzymes in a corporate workshop.

What we do.

We champion small businesses and passionate individuals who are keen to share their knowledge and expertise.

Together, we deliver activities and programmes that aim to inspire and encourage participants, pique their curiosity, and spark positive change in their mindset and habits.

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Who we work with.

We work with clients across teams in various organisations to organise unique learning experiences that encourage positive impact.

Whether it's for team bonding, an extracurricular activity or simply a group of friends looking to learn together - come and get inspired with us!

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Great Eastern coworkers participating in an up-cycling workshop in a meeting room; they are holding LED fairy lights which they will place into used milk cartons to turn into lamps.

Transform your meeting room into a workshop venue. Participants learn to up-cycle used milk cartons into beautiful lamps.

Our Guiding Themes

Sustainability

We believe that as long as every individual we engage with can have a meaningful takeaway, that's one step closer to influencing a more sustainable future.

Wellbeing

Our wellbeing is the utmost priority at home and at work. We aim to help our team, clients and community realise this through our work and advocacy.

Community

Community is the bedrock of our efforts. We support initiatives that bring people together for good, and maximise each other's efforts in encouraging sustainable actions.

Our origins

An idea to showcase local makers and artisans

It all began at the height of the pandemic. Staring down empty supermarket shelves was an uneasy reckoning with the realities of Singapore’s food security being dependent on exports.

Our founding team started to piece together local food producers and independent brands across urban Singapore, with the aim of giving these brands a platform to showcase their products and get the attention of local consumers.

In 2021, we started with a simple ecommerce platform that showcased local food producers.

Expanding our impact to encourage sustainability

Alongside early public interest and media features, we started to gain corporate clients who wanted to find more sustainable gifts for their staff. This gave rise to further opportunities to organise events and activities for teams who wanted to learn more about sustainability.

We quickly realised from participant feedback that focusing on delivering activities to groups, due to its direct and engaging nature, had a more lasting impact. It was the right time to accommodate a wider variety of sustainability efforts.

Here we are. What's next?

We’ve since worked with numerous companies and schools to help them organise and curate sustainability and wellbeing initiatives for their people.

From day one, we've remained anchored to our founding aim of giving a platform to individuals and brands that are aligned with our guiding themes of sustainability, wellbeing and community.

Whether you're a friend, follower, client or partner - journey with us as we set out to encourage and inspire positive change.

Let's get inspired together.