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𝑇𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑠, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑟 — 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑔𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑑. A symbol of 𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑑𝑜𝑚, 𝑢𝑛𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑘𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ, 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑙𝑜𝑦𝑎𝑙𝑡𝑦, and 𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒. 🏅👑

Join us today, 🗓️ 𝐴𝑢𝑔𝑢𝑠𝑡 12, as we celebrate 𝑊𝑂𝑅𝐿𝐷 𝐸𝐿𝐸𝑃𝐻𝐴𝑁𝑇𝑆 𝐷𝐴𝑌! 🐘🌱

Today is a 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑎𝑦 to remember as we learn more and cherish the elephants all over the world, just how they do for their species — those grand and 𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠 which encourage us to celebrate 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑏𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑠, 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, and 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑑𝑒. 🌳🍃

These creatures which possess 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ and 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 for one another, let us imitate their love and bring ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠, 𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, and 𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑠 to one another while we use our strength to 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒 them. 🐘❤️

We encourage everyone to join us and 𝑠𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑 about protecting and caring for these 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑔𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠! 🛡️🌍✨

🖼️: Lorin Kate Baigan | Environmental Issues and Research Committee Staff
✒️: Lance Raven P. Mariquina | Environmental Issues and Research Committee Staff

𝐈𝐇𝐇, 𝐀𝐌𝐁𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐈𝐒! 🦁

Ang araw na ito ay para sa mga 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗴, 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗴, 𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗸𝗮𝘀, 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶 𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗴𝗮 𝗸𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗯𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗻! 🌲👑

Ngayong 🗓️ 𝗶𝗸𝗮-𝟭𝟬 𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗴𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗼, kami'y inyong samahan sa pagbibigay-pugay sa 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃 𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐃𝐀𝐘! 🦁

Sa mismong araw na ito, ating kilalanin at pahalagahan ang bawat leon sa iba't ibang panig ng mundo—mga maringal na buhay na may malaki at mahalagang papel sa pagpapanatili ng balanse sa ating kalikasan. 🌿

Higit sa tinataglay na tapang at lakas ng bawat leon sa mundong ito, 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐚 𝐚𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐚 𝐲𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐧, 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐚𝐧, 𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐤𝐭𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐦𝐮𝐡𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐚 𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐚. 🍃🌏

𝑲𝒂𝒎𝒊 𝒂𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒉𝒊𝒉𝒊𝒌𝒂𝒚𝒂𝒕 𝒏𝒂 𝒌𝒂𝒚𝒐 𝒂𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒊𝒔𝒂 𝒔𝒂 𝒑𝒂𝒈𝒑𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒍𝒐𝒚 𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒏 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂 𝒔𝒂 𝒌𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒈𝒂! ❤️‍🩹🛡️

🖼️: Jonrel Briones | YES-O P.I.O.
✒️: Christ Anthony Luis | Environmental Issues and Research Committee Staff

Sa patuloy na 𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘣𝘶𝘩𝘰𝘴 ng 𝙥𝙖𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤-𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 at 𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙠𝙖𝙨 na 𝙥𝙖𝙜𝙗𝙖𝙜𝙨𝙖𝙠 ng 𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑛 🌧️, ating idagdag sa mga 𝐤𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐧 na alalahanin ang mga 𝒉𝒂𝒚𝒐𝒑 na 𝗌𝖺𝗋𝖺𝖽𝗈 𝖺𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝗂𝖻𝗂𝗀 🤐 para makapagsabi 🗣️ ng “𝘛𝘶𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨, 𝘩𝘶𝘸𝘢𝘨 𝘮𝘰 𝘢𝘬𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘵𝘢𝘯.” Ngayong may kalamidad ☔, 𝘵𝘢𝘺𝘰 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨 ang may 𝙠𝙖𝙠𝙖𝙮𝙖𝙝𝙖𝙣 💪🏻—tayo lang ang 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘴𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘢 sa mga 𝙝𝙖𝙮𝙤𝙥 na 𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙣 🤕.

𝐍𝐨 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐋𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 🦮. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴, 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝑏𝑒 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒇 ❤️‍🩹. Tayo ang kanilang 𝙥𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮𝙖 🫂, tayo ay 𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙠𝙖𝙠𝙖𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙖 🤝, at 𝘵𝘢𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘨𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘰👤—sa atin lang sila 𝘢𝘢𝘴𝘢 na ᴍᴀɢsᴀsᴀʟʙᴀ sa kanila tuwing may sᴀᴋᴜɴᴀ. 🏚️

Since 𝘸𝘦, 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴 👥, will do 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 we can to 𝑠𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠 and the 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡, 𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 of 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 our 𝗽𝗲𝘁𝘀 🐾. We need to 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞 for them the things they will need during 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔. We need to 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒅 and 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓. We need to have 𝑝𝑒𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑟𝑠 and 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑣𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒. We also need to 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒕𝒆𝒓 🏠 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙥𝙚𝙩𝙨. These 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴, when 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘦 their 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚𝙩𝙮. 🚸

To 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝘱𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, and 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖾 about 𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙨, let us hold onto our 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 and take 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 to 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚𝙜𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘴' 𝗌𝖺𝖿𝖾𝗍𝗒 🛡️. All 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠, even 𝒃𝒊𝒈 or 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍, 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 or 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑑, 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙛𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙙—𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘪𝘯g 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝙙𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 the 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘺 we are currently 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲.🫀

🖼️: Raeka Atheana S. Navarez | Environmental Issues and Research Committee Staff
✒️: John Joshua P. Suyom | YES-O Vice President

🚨 𝐖𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐀𝐃𝐕𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐑𝐘 | 𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 🌧️⚡

Stay safe and stay vigilant, fellow students and community members!

According to the latest emergency alert from the NDRRMC, a 𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 🔴 has been raised over 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐥𝐚, 𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐧, 𝐏𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚, and 𝐋𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐧𝐚.

Please expect heavy to intense rainfall, severe flooding in low-lying areas, and landslides in high-risk zones.

⚠️ 𝐒𝐀𝐅𝐄𝐓𝐘 𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐒 & 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐘𝐄𝐒-𝐎:
𝟏. 🏠 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐘 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐎𝐎𝐑𝐒: Avoid going outside unless absolutely necessary.

𝟐. 🎒 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐄𝐕𝐀𝐂𝐔𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍: If you reside in flood-prone areas or near slopes, please have your emergency go-bags ready.

𝟑. 🔋 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐆𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐂𝐄𝐒: Keep your mobile phones and power banks fully charged in case of power interruptions.

𝟒. 📢 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐘 𝐔𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐃: Continuously monitor official announcements from your Local Government Unit (LGU), NDRRMC, and DepEd regarding weather updates and class suspensions.

📞 𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐘 𝐇𝐎𝐓𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐒 & 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐒:
• Cabuyao Rescue / CDRRMO: 0966 690 7561 | 0991 828 8100 🚑
• National Emergency Hotline: 911 🚨
• Philippine Red Cross: 143 | (02) 8790-2300 🏥
• NDRRMC Operations Center: (02) 8911-5061 to 65 (Local 100) ⚙️
• DSWD Relief Operations: (02) 8931-8101 to 07 | Text: 0918-912-2813 📦

Let us all stay proactive, safe, and prepared! Keep emergency hotlines and local authorities' contact details accessible.

𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐘 𝐒𝐀𝐅𝐄, 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘𝐎𝐍𝐄! ⛈️🌧️

🖼️: John Joshua P. Suyom | YES-O Vice President
✒️: Franchezca Miguela Poncia | YES-O P.O.

𝙊𝙊𝙋𝙎, 𝙊𝙊𝙋𝙎, 𝙊𝙊𝙋𝙎! 𝙇𝙀𝙂𝙀𝙉𝘿𝙎 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝙂 𝙉𝘼𝙆𝘼𝙆𝘼𝘼𝙇𝘼𝙈... 🤐🤫

𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧 nila ang ating 𝐥𝐮𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧 🌎, 𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐚𝐧 ang 𝐤𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐧 🍃, 𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐨 ang 𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐤𝐚'𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚 📜, at higit sa lahat — 𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 🎨 𝐚𝐭 𝐤𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠 ✨ 𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐲𝐨’𝐲 𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐚-𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐚!

𝙆𝙞𝙡𝙖𝙡𝙖 𝙢𝙤 𝙣𝙖 𝙗𝙖 𝙨𝙞𝙡𝙖?

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𝑴𝑮𝑨 𝑲𝑨𝑻𝑼𝑻𝑼𝑩𝑶𝑵𝑮 𝑷𝑰𝑳𝑰𝑷𝑰𝑵𝑶! 🇵🇭

𝐍𝐠𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐤𝐚-𝟗 𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐠𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐨, ipagdiriwang natin ang 💥𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐰 𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐠𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐨 💥. 🙌🏻 𝐊𝐚𝐲𝐚’𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐚-𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧 — 𝐩𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐠𝐚 𝐤𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐲𝐨𝐧, 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐤𝐭𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐠𝐚 𝐥𝐮𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐧𝐨, 𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐡𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐠𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚. 🪞

🖼️: Corine Funtila | Environmental Issues and Research Committee Staff
✒️: Jhorven Jr Eserjose | Environmental Issues and Research Committee Staff

𝑫𝑰𝑫 𝒀𝑶𝑼 𝑲𝑵𝑶𝑾: Plastic—all the way back from when it was first manufactured is most likely still not fully destroyed, and still existing on Earth today? 🌏🪴

🫧 𝗬𝗲𝘀—𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁. In the past 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 📖, we have produced and used tons of plastic. Now let’s not blame ourselves, it’s lightweight, versatile, and most importantly—cheap. Easy to mass-manufacture, 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹? Unfortunately, with all of its greatness, it eventually ends up on the 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝, in the 𝐚𝐢𝐫, in the 𝐬𝐞𝐚, in our 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 🐠.

But starting this 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝑭𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝑱𝒖𝒍𝒚, we encourage you to go ✨𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘!

🍃 Naturally, being completely 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 overnight is impossible, as it is engraved in our daily life nowadays. But the goal is not 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧—but 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬📈. To gradually replace single-use items with reusable, natural and/or biodegradable materials, or simply with our habits and mindset🧠⚡️! The most simple method is to follow the Environmental 3Rs, 𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐄, 𝐑𝐄𝐔𝐒𝐄, and 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐘𝐂𝐋𝐄! ♻️

𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿: 𝑺𝑳𝑶𝑾🚶𝑴𝑶𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵 is better than 𝑵𝑶🚫𝑴𝑶𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵! Hindi man sabay-sabay, basta tuloy-tuloy, makakarating din tayo sa ating 𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘯. 🌱



🖼️: Avarrone Salazar | EIRC Staff
✒️: Xyreen Anne Belara | EIRC Staff

𝟭, 𝟮, 𝟯, 𝐠𝐨 kaniya-kaniya na—sa 𝙥𝙖𝙜𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙥𝙞𝙙, 𝙥𝙖𝙜𝙡𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨, at 𝙥𝙖𝙜𝙩𝙪𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙖 𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙙! 💪🏻🌱

Ang kalikasan ay hindi lamang bahagi ng ating paligid — ito ang 𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐬𝐲𝐨𝐧 𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐡𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧 at 𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐤𝐮𝐤𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐧. Ngunit ito ay 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒏; unti-unti na itong nakakalbo 🌳, nasusugatan 🩹, at nauubos 📉 dahil sa ating kapabayaan.🤦🏻‍♀️

Ngayong 𝗶𝗸𝗮-𝟮𝟴 𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝘂𝗹𝘆𝗼, inaanyayahan namin kayong makilahok sa 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝘿𝙖𝙮 🌏💚. Layunin nitong 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐛𝐬𝐚𝐧 ang kirot na nararamdaman ng ating kalikasan sa pamamagitan ng 𝒔𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒂𝒈𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒂𝒈𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒕 𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒌, 𝒕𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒂𝒈𝒉𝒊𝒉𝒊𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒚 𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒂, 𝒑𝒂𝒈𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒑𝒊𝒅 𝒔𝒂 𝒕𝒖𝒃𝒊𝒈, at 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒂𝒈𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒕 𝒏𝒈 𝒌𝒖𝒓𝒚𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆.

Lagi nating 𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙖𝙣 na ang pagsisisi ay laging nasa huli — kaya 𝒍𝒖𝒏𝒂𝒔𝒂𝒏 na natin ito ngayon, bago pa mahuli ang lahat!⌚Nasa ating mga kamay ang solusyon 🙌🏻, kaya’t tara na, 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗮-𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗮 𝑡𝑎𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑘𝑢𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑜𝑠 𝑢𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑘 𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐥𝐚 𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐤𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐧. 🤝🌱

🖼️: Lorin Kate Baigan | EIRC Staff
✒️: Raeka Atheana Navarez & Jhorven Jr. Eserjose | EIRC Staffs

𝙄𝙣 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙨𝙣𝙖𝙠𝙚, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚'𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙖 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙨. 𝙏𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮, 𝙬𝙚 𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙨𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙯𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙨 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙗𝙞𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙙. 💚🐍

And 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 that a snake smells 👃 with the help of their tongue? 👅 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝙨𝙢𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙖𝙥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘺𝘴! 👀🎯

𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗻𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 ✅
𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐭 #1. 𝙎𝙣𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙢 𝙚𝙫𝙤𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙨𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙖, which means that it all started with a snake whose mouth was 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘪𝘪𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘭𝘺 more gross than usual. 🫯🤢
𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘁 #2. The 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝘽𝙧𝙖𝙯𝙞𝙡, 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙪 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚. It is believed to be 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 60 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙡𝙙. 🐍❕
𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘁 #3. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥-𝘵𝘰-𝘦𝘯𝘥, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝙨𝙣𝙖𝙠𝙚. 🫪✨

Let us all celebrate this day with 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ✊ and 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫. 𝙇𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙣𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙗𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚 🗣️ 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙗𝙞𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙨. 🐍🍃💚





🖼️: Kieth Angelique Duran | YES-O P.I.O
✒️: Markiela Jane Panaguiton | YES-O President

🌍 𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐏𝐎𝐏𝐔𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍, 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘 🌱

Let's take a step forward to defend the ✨️𝐻𝑜𝑚𝑒✨️ of every living and non-living thing on this 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘵.

We are the first generation to experience this, and 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠. Move, if not now, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯?

The cause of 𝙬𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 are the people. Let us open our eyes and quit talking about economic growth 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙨.

As we celebrate 𝐽𝑢𝑙𝑦 11 as 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙋𝙤𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝘿𝙖𝙮, let us remember that a 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑜𝑝𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 also means a 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 to protect our environment and the communities that depend on it. The recent documentary by 𝙆𝙖𝙧𝙖 𝘿𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙙 about the Aeta community in Subic, Zambales reminds us that improper waste management does not only 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙢 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚—it also 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙧𝙪𝙥𝙩𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨, 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙨, and the 𝙛𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 of many families.

May this post serve as ᴇɴᴄᴏᴜʀᴀɢᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ for all of us to learn how to 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒 our 𝙚𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩. Have faith and hold each other's hand as a symbol of 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 to preserve and protect our planet. 🌍🍃

🖼️ : Corine Funtila | EIRC Committee Staff
✒️ : Alliah Bongalos | YES-O P.O. & Dharwayne Errol Herrera | YES-O Secretary

𝐏𝐚𝐱 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚: 𝐈𝐤𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐩𝐚 𝐨 𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐠𝐬𝐚𝐤 𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬𝐚 𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐠-𝐥𝐮𝐩𝐚? 🌱🍃

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘗𝘢𝘹 𝘚𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘐 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴..

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐏𝐚𝐱 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚?
* 𝐏𝐚𝐱 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚 is a US-led strategic and economic alliance launched in December 2025 to secure supply chains for artificial intelligence, semiconductors, and critical minerals.
* The Philippines joined the Pax Silica declaration in April 2026 and has partnered with the United States to develop a massive 1,619-hectare Economic Security Zone in New Clark City, Tarlac.
* As part of the initiative, the Philippines and its partners plan to establish a 4,000-acre Al-native industrial acceleration hub within the Luzon Economic Corridor. The project is intended to support semiconductor manufacturing, Al development, and high-technology industries while creating new employment opportunities.
* Philippine officials have stated that Pax Silica is expected to strengthen the country's industrialization efforts, improve economic resilience, and enhance national security by developing trusted and secure technology supply chains.
* Experts from the University of the Philippines School of Economics have emphasized that while Pax Silica presents significant opportunities for investment and technological growth, the Philippines should also strengthen its domestic research, innovation, and skilled workforce to maximize the long-term benefits of participating in the initiative.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐄𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭?
𝗕𝗮𝗱 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀: 
* It will consume massive amounts of water to maintain Al data centers.
* It could increase mining of critical minerals and rare-earth elements which threaten mountains and watersheds.
* Distrupts/Displaces indigenous communities by permanently altering their ancestral lands through the means of open-pit mining and deforestation.

𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀:
* The project helps build global Al infrastructures.
* The coalition helps produce green technologies like electric vehicles, solar panels, and wind turbines.

🗣️:”However, it has some beneficial effects; therefore, what is the point of ceasing it?”

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐨 𝐖𝐄 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐢𝐭?

* While it may seem like a beneficial project, the U.S.-led Luzon Solar Alliance does more harm to our country than good. The project freeloads from the Philippines by extracting minerals such as nickel, copper, and cobalt, which are essential for the creation of computer microchips and renewable energy technology. Furthermore, even if the project appears to be a "fair trade," thorough research reveals that the proposed initiative lacks critical details, such as a legally binding framework, specific operational terms, and long-term economic guarantees.
* Pax Silica is a US-led tech coalition designed to secure supply chains for artificial intelligence and semiconductors. Critics argue it is bad for the Philippines because it risks turning the country into a cheap resource supplier rather than a tech leader. It also threatens fragile environments and pulls the nation into geopolitical conflicts.

Innovation should be about shaping a better future for all of us. We're standing at a vital crossroads: do we rise to lead the global tech race, or do we risk becoming just a stepping stone for someone else's success? True progress is about creating a positive legacy, not leaving behind scars. It’s time for us to wake up and make thoughtful choices.

𝐒𝐨, 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬?🍃🌏🌱

☝️𝐀𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭:

“𝙀𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙨 𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙛𝙮 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙢𝙖𝙣’𝙨 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙢𝙖𝙣’𝙨 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙙.”
- 𝙼𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚖𝚊 𝙶𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚑𝚒

✒️: Angelique Keith Duran | YES-O PIO
🔍: Jhorven Jr Eserjose, Lance Raven Mariquina, & Corine Funtila | YES-O Environmental Issues and Research Committee Staffs
🖼️: John Joshua Suyom | YES-O Vice President

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