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EARTH HOUR PHILIPPINES 2009 GOES NATIONWIDE

Announcements

Filipinos urged to switch off lights 8:30-9:30pm on March 28

Reference: Mr. Yeb Saño, Earth Hour Philippines 2009 Secretariat, +6328402134, +6328125974, Patricia Daza, 09189081311

The lights will go off for one hour on March 28, starting at 8:30 pm in key cities in the Philippines and all over the world. This is called Earth Hour.

Kabalai ECO-Camp and Youth Festival on Ecowaste & Green Lifestyle DAY 2

Events

Start: 18 Feb 2007 - 8:15am

End: 18 Feb 2007 - 5:00pm

8:15am-9:15am

Park Clean Up

9:15am-2:00pm

Organic Food Family Picnic (Booths will be selling organic food)

Cultural presentation by Bailan

Interactive discussions on Filipino culture and environmentalism
In between cultural presentations, short introductions by workshop/module presentors of the workshops on ecowaste issues.

2:00pm-5:00pm

Concurrent Workshops on Ecological Solid Waste Issues

Workshop 1: Salient Provisions of the Republic Act 9003 (Ecological Solid Waste Management Law and the setting up of the Materials Recovery Facilities (MRFs). Target participants: School Administrators.
Workshop 2: Setting up EcoWaste Systems at Home that work! Target participants: Parents.
Workshop 3: Hard Issues on EcoWastes
- Political ecology of landfills, dumpsites and waste collections
- Waste dumping and trade (the case of JPEPA)
- Our plastic dilemma
- Closing the production-consumption loop: Zero Waste by 2020 Possible?
Target participants: College Students and Youth Leaders
Workshop 4: Teaching EcoWaste Values as if it matters
- EcoWaste education for pre-schoolers
- EcoWaste education for elementary and high school
- Ecowaste education for college students
Target participants: Formal and Informal Learning Facilitators
Workshop 5: Recycling Art. Target participants: Elementary and High School Students