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Up one levelSEAing the Garbage
September 15 was an atypical Saturday morning. I had to wake up earlier than usual to prepare myself for a green battle. After breakfast, I’m all ready to set my feet, and soil my hands, along the stretch of Manila Bay’s coast. Today marks the battle of the green warriors of the sea who advocate for a clean and habitable marine coastal ecosystem.
Youth Proposes Projects for the Environment
In a conference held last 18 August at the Cebu International Convention Center, youth teams composed of scholars of the Young Minds Academy (YMA) proposed projects to help solve environmental problems.
Protecting the “Center of the Center"
Old Dominion University associate professor Kent Carpenter told an audience composed mostly of young people that the “Philippines is the center of the center of marine biodiversity.” Dr. Carpenter and Victor G. Springer’s study entitled “The Center of the Center of Marine Shore Fish Biodiversity,” revealed that the Indo-Malay-Philippine Archipelago (IMPA) has the richest marine biodiversity in the world.
Students Campaign for Eco-friendly Food Packaging in Malaysia
Inspired by the activities and energy present during the first East Asian Seas Youth Forum held in 2006, two delegates from the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) returned to their country with firm commitments to live up to the core principle of the Youth Agenda for the East Asian Seas, which is to “Empower = Inform x Inspire x Involve.” Mervin Low and Mahfuzah binti Othman, with the support of faculty and friends, initiated the revival of Kelab Alam Sekitar (KAS), an environmental club in USM. KAS, together with USM’s Corporate and Sustainable Development Division, other student organizations and the support of the school administration, launched the “White Coffin” campaign, which led to USM becoming the first university in Malaysia to ban the use of polystyrene food containers on the campus, and use eco-friendly packaging.
The National Course on Governance and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
