Tag: World Environment Day
World Environment Day Sparks Global Call for a Binding Plastics Treaty
With every passing year, the Earth's ticking environmental clock becomes more ominous. World Environment Day, celebrated on June 5th, serves as a potent reminder of the pressing issues our planet is grappling with. This year, the day takes on an even more significant meaning for the Philippines-based EcoWaste Coalition as they rally behind the theme #BeatPlasticPollution to combat the worsening plastic pollution crisis.
HOW TO JOIN: Earth Day Challenge to Build Light It Forward Solar Lamps
Here's how to join the Earth Day Challenge to build the award-winning Light It Forward solar lamps by the Filipino-born social enterprise, Liter of Light, a global grassroots movement teaching women cooperatives to build solar lights instead of importing them.
Hand-built giant solar artworks for World Environment Day light up SM MOA Globe
Four giant solar artworks hand-built by the Liter of Light and its volunteers for the United Nations World Environment Day are lighting up SM Mall of Asia (MOA) on Saturday night, June 5, 2021.
UP, DOST new research projects to help Manila Bay rehabilitation
The University of the Philippines (UP) and the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) are working together on a research project to help in the rehabilitation of polluted Manila Bay.