Get ready for another jump for CHANGE. Join us on July 11, 2009! :) U! Happy Events will have its 45th project: Plant Kids. This creative project targets 70 Kids from our 2 time beneficiary Tulong sa Kapwa Kapatid partnered with U! Tulong sa Kapwa Kaptid is a non-profit organization focused on providing educational programs to the kids of Payatas.
It will be a half day program from 8-3pm that will include tree planting, ecological tour, magic show and games at La Mesa Eco Park, Fairview Quezon City.The main goal of this activity is to provide scholarship program to 70 Kids and promote environmental awareness by planting 70 trees for the future! "We will hit 2 birds with one stone", says Kuya Harvard. "We contribute for a better environment and secure learning for the kids at the same time!" he adds.
How to Join? We welcome the first 70 partners to go with us. Simply contribute Php 500 and this will already include everything for you and your Kid- Tree Certificate under your name and your Kid, entrance fees at La Mesa Eco Park, food & drinks (breakfast at McDo, lunch & snack), collector's edition ID, profile of your Kid and other materials needed for the day! :)
U! Happy Events will subsidize most of the expenses for U! We welcome also additional pledge: Php 3,000 per Kid for 1 year education subsidy program for the upcoming school year OR Php 500 per Kid for 1 year worth of school supplies.
We challenge you to rally friends to partner or refer to us people who can share their monetary blessings to the Kids of Tulong sa Kapwa Kapatid. Thank U! very much. We look forward for your text confirmation at 09188884278 :)
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Taken from Harvard's Plant Kids Facebook Page. To view and sign up at the Plant Kids Facebook page, click here. To visit the U! Foundation site, click here.
Monday, June 15, 2009
eco-fashion competition
Miss Earth Foundation, Inc. is pleased to announce the 2nd Miss Earth Eco-Fashion Design Competition, a project that will once again showcase the skills and creativity of professional or even budding designers in the Philippines in coming up with timeless designs that are eco-friendly; perfect for the Earth’s most beautiful.
On November 4, 2008, the 1st Miss Earth Eco-Fashion Design Competition gathered more than 20 professional and non-professional designers all over the Philippines who showcased the Filipino indigenous materials and highlighted the Filipino culture and heritage in 49 colorful ensembles worn by Miss Earth 2008 candidates.
Mr. Ivan Raborar, a very talented young designer from South Cotabato was hailed the very first winner with his gown made of beads and the T’nalak cloth made the city’s indigenous people’s dream weavers.
This year, we are opening this competition once again to Filipino designers, fashion enthusiasts, students or any group to really prove that beautiful creations can spring from our discards in our joint local and global effort to help save Mother Earth.
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Join missearthecofashiondesigncomp@
FOR QUERIES, please contact:
CATHERINE UNTALAN
Telephone Number : 7241810
Email Address : contact@missearthfoundation.
Guidelines:
1. The contest is open to all designers: professional or non-professional. Individuals or groups are welcome. Maximum of 3 members per group.
2. The theme for this year is “Eco-fashion forward: Spring/Summer 2010”
3. We are looking for designs that can be worn in everyday life or are runway worthy. (i.e. dresses, trousers, shorts, skirts, trendy tops, jumpsuits, coats, swimwear and the like and NOT festival attires and national costumes.)
4. Applicants must download the application from missearthecofashiondesigncomp@
5. Send the accomplished form along with the following to contact@missearthfoundation.
a. Picture of designer/s (At least 7R=7”x5”)
b. Sketch of design with detailed label of materials to be used (in 1 page only; US letter size=8.5” x 11” portrait)
c. Picture of the design, if already made (8R= 8”x10” portrait)
d. Pictures must not exceed 3 MB each and must not be lower than 300 dpi.
e. Each entry should have a creative title which describes what the outfit is made of.
6. You will receive a reply message within 24 hours. If not, it means that your message was not sent. Please send again.
7. Applicants can send as many entries as they want.
8. All outfits should be visibly made from:
· Recyclable materials (i.e. paper, magazine pages, yellow pages, PET bottles, old cds, old cases, paper plates, tape etc)
· Organic materials (i.e. organic cloth, organic bamboo, cotton, hemp cloth, pina, husi, abaca etc)
· Natural materials (coconut husks, seeds, shells etc.)
· Eco-chic designs/patterns (flora, fauna etc)
9. Criteria for judging (for preliminaries and finals) will be as follows:
· 40 pts. Relevance to the theme and aptness of design
· 30 pts. Appropriate and creative use of recyclable, organic,
indigenous, eco-chic designs/patterns
· 20 pts. Wearability and usefulness for purpose
· 10 pts. Over-all impact
For a total of 100 pts.
10. The organizing committee will judge the top 90 (or depending on the number of official candidates) qualifiers for the final round.
11. A different distinguished panel of judges will decide who will be the over-all winner during the final show.
12. All competing designers will receive a certificate of appreciation.
13. Special Awards are as follows:
a. Citation for Best use of organic fabric
b. Citation for Best use of recyclable materials
14. The top three designs will be awarded accordingly. The best design will be awarded as the over-all winner of the 2nd Miss Earth Eco-Fashion Design Competition (prizes to follow).
15. These will be announced before the end of the show.
16. All entries (at least sketches) must be sent on or before August 15, 2009 at 5:00 pm GMT +8:00
17. Top 90 designs[1] will be announced on September 1, 2009. Designers of all qualified designs will be notified via email.
18. Designers will be responsible to ship their entries to and from: 7 Ideal St., Barangay Addition Hills, Shaw Boulevard Mandaluyong City, PHILIPPINES. Miss Earth Foundation will not be responsible for any damage of the clothes.
19. All outfits will remain to be the property of the designers.
20. Designers must agree to photograph and publicize their work in different forms of media for the promotion of this competition and after.
21. For further queries, please email CATHERINE UNTALAN at contact@missearthfoundation.
MS. CATHERINE Y. UNTALAN
Executive Director, Miss Earth Foundation
Website : www.missearthfoundation.org
missearthfoundation.multiply.
Thanks to Rei Panaligan from the Eco-Waste Coalition for the heads-up.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
uk shares green building technology
UK experts show green building technologies
By CHARISSA M. LUCI (from the Manila Bulletin)
April 18, 2009, 5:16pm
The United Kingdom is bringing in cutting-edge environmental technologies in the country, particularly in building designs, as part of its global commitment to address alarming trends of climate change.
British experts from building and design companies shared the "latest and most innovative" environmental technologies with local counterparts at the recent Annual General Membership Meeting of the Philippine Green Building Council (PhilGBC) held in Makati City, the British embassy said.
John Chick, director of UK Trade and Investment (UKTI), said technology sharing is timely since the PhilGBC is currently working on a set of standards for the Philippines called Building Ecologically Responsive Design for Excellence (BERDE).
The UKTI co-sponsored seminar was joined by over 220 industry players from construction, consultancy and real estate with all of the country's top construction companies represented, including Megaworld, The Net Group, Ayala Land and SM Development, the embassy said.
Award-winning architect Jason Pomeroy, also director of Broadway Malyan Singapore, encouraged local industry players to use the UK's BRE Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM), the leading and most widely used green building rating system that sets the yardstick for energy efficient, sustainable design to minimize the environmental impact of building construction.
Atkins Design and Product Manager Karl Hurwood and Deputy Head of Building Services Elvin Palma, meanwhile, demonstrated how changes in design can reduce a structure's carbon emissions, while Rey Guarin, Carbon Development Mechanism expert of British company TFS Green, explained the business opportunities in carbon trading.
Mariano Salazar, former Undersecretary of the Department of Energy, said he is confident that the UK and Philippines will further intensify partnership in carbon trading, adding that the Philippines should take advantage of wealth of information and systems being shared by the UK experts.
"The UK organizations have a wealth of information and systems that they can share with the Philippine professionals. There are mutual financial, economic and environmental benefits in the sharing of information and assistance," he said.
"A more active carbon trading between the two countries can come about," Salazar said.
Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes said he is pleased that the British government is encouraging sustainable energy consumption and green building in the Philippines as well as increasing the public's awareness of the importance of reducing carbon emissions that cause global warming.
By CHARISSA M. LUCI (from the Manila Bulletin)
April 18, 2009, 5:16pm
The United Kingdom is bringing in cutting-edge environmental technologies in the country, particularly in building designs, as part of its global commitment to address alarming trends of climate change.
British experts from building and design companies shared the "latest and most innovative" environmental technologies with local counterparts at the recent Annual General Membership Meeting of the Philippine Green Building Council (PhilGBC) held in Makati City, the British embassy said.
John Chick, director of UK Trade and Investment (UKTI), said technology sharing is timely since the PhilGBC is currently working on a set of standards for the Philippines called Building Ecologically Responsive Design for Excellence (BERDE).
The UKTI co-sponsored seminar was joined by over 220 industry players from construction, consultancy and real estate with all of the country's top construction companies represented, including Megaworld, The Net Group, Ayala Land and SM Development, the embassy said.
Award-winning architect Jason Pomeroy, also director of Broadway Malyan Singapore, encouraged local industry players to use the UK's BRE Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM), the leading and most widely used green building rating system that sets the yardstick for energy efficient, sustainable design to minimize the environmental impact of building construction.
Atkins Design and Product Manager Karl Hurwood and Deputy Head of Building Services Elvin Palma, meanwhile, demonstrated how changes in design can reduce a structure's carbon emissions, while Rey Guarin, Carbon Development Mechanism expert of British company TFS Green, explained the business opportunities in carbon trading.
Mariano Salazar, former Undersecretary of the Department of Energy, said he is confident that the UK and Philippines will further intensify partnership in carbon trading, adding that the Philippines should take advantage of wealth of information and systems being shared by the UK experts.
"The UK organizations have a wealth of information and systems that they can share with the Philippine professionals. There are mutual financial, economic and environmental benefits in the sharing of information and assistance," he said.
"A more active carbon trading between the two countries can come about," Salazar said.
Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes said he is pleased that the British government is encouraging sustainable energy consumption and green building in the Philippines as well as increasing the public's awareness of the importance of reducing carbon emissions that cause global warming.
Monday, June 1, 2009
uap-gam
The UAP Green Architecture Movement (UAP-GAM) is an advocacy group focusing on educating, encouraging and promoting green & sustainable architecture. Headed by Architect Edgar Riformado, it was recently given a Fr. Neri Satur award for Environmental Heroism. Institutionalized by Arch. Prosperidad Luis in 2001, its main objective is "to encourage and promote the use of green building practices in all buildings we construct, remodel, and renovate. The initiative directs Offices and departments to incorporate or support the use of LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) methods and techniques into construction of facilities; and strengthens a Green Architecture Mind-Set to educate and guide consumers in green building practices."
It's main modules consist of:
The next Green Forum will be at ManilaCon09 at the SMX Convention Center on September 4-5 2009. It will be the venue where an ecological model house will be showcased, and BERDE consultation meetings, GreenKonsult and GreenChat Round Table discussions will take place, both for industry professionals and the general public.
For more information on UAP-GAM activities, contact the UAP Secretariat at 4126374/64. For information about schedules, topics and registration fees for Green Forum, email greenforum@gam.org.ph. FOr more information on the BERDE Project, click here.
It's main modules consist of:
- Lectures
- Site VIsits/Case Studies/Peer Project critiques
- Green Forum
- Green Materials & Technology Documentation & Evaluation
- Green Building Awards
- Networking (Friends of GAM)
The next Green Forum will be at ManilaCon09 at the SMX Convention Center on September 4-5 2009. It will be the venue where an ecological model house will be showcased, and BERDE consultation meetings, GreenKonsult and GreenChat Round Table discussions will take place, both for industry professionals and the general public.
For more information on UAP-GAM activities, contact the UAP Secretariat at 4126374/64. For information about schedules, topics and registration fees for Green Forum, email greenforum@gam.org.ph. FOr more information on the BERDE Project, click here.
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