MAP-ELCA Youth Campaigners Established Following a Training on Campaign Strategy, Organizing, and Leadership
DOWNLOAD PDF Written by Ma. Czarinna de Cadiz | Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities The Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC), together with its partners from AktivAsia Philippines and the Paranas Local Government Unit, conducted a four-day Foundational Training on Campaign Strategy, Organizing, and Leadership on July 4-7, 2024, at the Samar Island Natural Park Headquarters in Brgy. Tenani, Paranas, Samar. The training session aimed to capacitate the youth from Guiuan and Salcedo, Eastern Samar and Paranas, Samar with the tools and competencies to craft their own campaigns to help advance a locally-led climate action [...]
Salcedo Youth Advocates for Local Climate Action
by Ma. Czarinna de Cadiz DOWNLOAD FULL STORY It comes as no surprise that the generation projected to confront the catastrophic effects of climate change has expressed significant concerns about its impacts on their lives and future. A key study that surveyed the youth population from 10 countries has shown that 84 percent of respondents from the Philippines expressed emotional distress over climate change—the highest among all surveyed countries. Amidst this prevailing fear, the Filipino youth find ways to harness this emotion to champion locally-driven and youth-led climate action, to mitigate the impending impacts of climate [...]
Of pens and fisherfolks’ tales: Narratives of the sea as told by young writers
by Anton Onato Editor’s Note: Anton is a communications officer of ICSC. He joined the two-day writing workshop entitled “Dagat-Bohol: Life and Livelihood of Fishing Reciprocal” in Jagna, Bohol last December 28-29, 2023, with local fisherfolk and young writers of Bohol. The final days of the year are usually considered a time of rest. While ICSC’s holiday break began mid-December, my plans of rest were disrupted for a few days as I was asked by Jo, our Communications Director, to join a two-day writing workshop in Jagna, Bohol, Cebu. The workshop aimed to bring together students and [...]
Empower the children and youth to act on climate change
by Ira Dominique Guerrero | July 13, 2022 | Published by Inquirer.net | READ THE ABRIDGED VERSION HERE “When I came to think of my life in those days, considering my youth then, I am surprised how I stood it all,” Gregoria (“Oriang”) de Jesus, the nation’s ultimate Lakambini and Katipunera, wrote in her autobiography.Oriang was no stranger to hardships in her youth, but she had no fear of facing danger. She learned "how to ride, to shoot a rifle, and to manipulate other weapons” and she "accompanied soldiers in the battle, impelled" by the desire "to see unfurled the [...]