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Mayor Maria Carmela “Pie” Alvarez
cited the underground river of Palawan, one of the 7 new wonders of the
world as one illustration of the many
eco-town efforts of San Vicente Palawan. On the later part of her talk,
she offered a trip-for- two-to Palawan
as a prize to anyone winning a trivia
game which an MUST student correctly answered her trivia.
Capitol University’s Green Initiatives
“Be an exponent of change for
climate change” the President of
Capitol University, Atty. Casimiro B.
Juarez Jr. said as he cited the institution’s thrust in addressing Climate
Change through his belief that “All
schools should take a role on climate
VIPs. CU President Atty. Casimiro B.
Juarez Jr and Sec. Lucille P. Sering
of the CCC shown welcoming Hon.
Mayor Oca Moreno upon his arrival.
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of their respective action plan on how
to address the possible impacts of climate change.
Herunder is the list of participants:
Capitol Chonicle Staffers:
Charlie L. Simon ( Editor in Chief)
Giancarlo V. Elbambo ( Features nd Art Edtor)
James Robert Cataluña (Acting News editor)
Laarni Joyce S. Quiñones (Staff Writer)
Jinil Grace P. Garzo (Staff Writer)
Cristel Cieol R. Barbac (Staff Writer)
Andrea Rosselle I. Caneos (Staff Writer)
Francis V. Almazan (OJT staff Writer)
Mark Monsur Unter (photographer)
Charlie O. Macalam (OJT Photographer)
Central Student Government Officers:
Sayson Verallo ( College of Business Administration)
Odilon D. Oclaret Jr. (College of Engineering)
Arnold B. Valenzuela (College of Computer Studies0
James Ray A. Mardonero (College of Maritime Education)
JohnLoue Lamorin (College of Nursing)
Mureen Galendez (College of Criminology)
Ommie Jean C. Ponce (School of Midwifery)
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Against Climate Change. 10 Capitol
Chronicle Staffers and 7 CSG officers
shared their ideas in preventing the effects
of climate change in a leadership workshop
conducted by the Climate Change
Commission Greeneration on July 22,
2013 at the Seminar Room Administration
Building.
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Central Student Government
(CSG) officers together with 10
staffers from Capitol Chronicle
underwent Climate Change
Leadership Workshop, conducted by the Climate Change Commission (CCC) last July 22, 2013 at the
Seminar room, Administration building,
Capitol University, in preparation for
the 3rd Greeneration Summit on August 02, 2013, so as to make them advocates for a greener nation,
The facilitators from the CCC started the program by giving the participants a time to know each other as it
is the basic of working hand in hand.
The next part comes with video presentations of the aftermath of recently
opened environmental problems that
exhibited devastations to earth and
its inhabitants. It was then followed
by an in-depth discussions on global
warming as a result from emission of
greenhouse gases by household units
and industries which causes climate
change.
Ms. Pebbles Sanchez, an advocate for youth empowerment and governance of the Climate Change Commission served as the key facilitator in
the seminar. “Nearly half of the population is in the youth sector. The government cannot do it alone. We need
to do something. We need solutions
for this issue,” she said. To address
such environmental issues, Ms. Sanchez and team acquainted the participants with the CCC’s National Climate
Change Action Plan (NCCAPwhich is
inclusive of 7 strategic priorities such
as water sufficiency, ecological and
environmental stability, food security,
human security, sustainable energy,
knowledge and capacity development
and climate smart industries.
Right after the discussion, the facilitators grouped the participants into
five and tasked them to brainstorm and
write down the possible effects of climate change to food production, built
environment, water supply, natural environment and in health.
The Event finally concluded with
the participants’ group presentation
c a p i t o l
c h r o n i c l e
change mitigation”. In addition he
reminded his audience that Capitol
University was declared the 2011 regional winner under the college category of the 2011 National Search
for
Sustainable and Eco-Friendly Schools and the best extension
program in region 10. Some of the
‘Green’ initiatives of the academe
are environmental preservation, conducting workshops, and trainings for
students not to waste resources, reusing papers in printing documents in
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