AKTIV ASIA’S Engr. Elainne Lopez and Climate Reality Project in the Philippines’ Aimee Oliveros facilitated the workshop on movement building and campaigning.
Participants of the two-day training from the SNSU Del Carmen Campus and Siargao Island Institute of Technology and representatives from the Sangguniang Kabataan Federation presented action plans that include a single-use plastic ban on campus, zero-waste tie-up through a campaign with street vendors to promote eco-friendly alternatives and zero-waste practices, implementation of waste segregation and facility construction for the purpose, and institutionalization of a campus-wide...
Expressing his full support for these initiatives, Mayor Alfredo M. Coro of Del Carmen pledged to collaborate with the young leaders to translate their plans into action. Engr. Norman Sulima, Municipal Planning and Development coordinator-designate of Del Carmen, shared during the event the local government’s ongoing climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts as outlined in its Local Climate Change Action Plan.