29/07/2026
Save Carbon Market! 🥑🍠🧄🌸
We had a creative and meaningful weekend with Bb Project Café Baklita (FKA Barefoot Baklita) and many more friends! We made art, read stories and listen to each other on how we value our experiences with Carbon public market over the years.
We are in solidarity to save our very own Carbon market in Cebu from the threat of privatization and a redevelopment that prioritizes commercial interests rather than the needs of existing vendors, workers and residents.
A public market is more than a commercial space. It supports affordable food for everyone, farmers, vendors and market workers, Cebu’s living heritage and culture, and everyday relationships between communities and consumers.
Why is this important for us as Bantayanons? Bulk of our sustenance (fruits, veggies, other food and non-food products) come from Carbon public market, also, products from the island are sold at the Carbon public market. We share a very vital trade relationship over the decades. This relationship is worth protecting.
We stand with a people-centered development. When we protect public markets, we protect livelihood, food security, and the right to accessible public spaces.
