Adopt-a-Kid for the Environment
Earth Day 2007 is just a few days away. A lot of activities are going to happen on that day in several nations across the globe. However, there is one big question in my head, “what is Earth Day for?”
As I try to answer the question myself, I think that Earth Day is for kids, for the future generations, especially those who are underprivileged. Allow me to share with you the program that I conceptualized in 2004.
It’s called Adopt-a-Kid for the Environment, an environmental education campaign for streetchildren/sampaguita vendors in UPLB. The environment education program was constructed in an interactive way, through games and fun activities. That project earned me the Bayer Young Environmental Envoy 2004 award, which gave me the opportunity to go on an environmental field trip in Germany.
I successfully implemented it in February 2005. It has been sustained by my organization after I graduated from the university.
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Adopt-a-Kid for the Environment
By building a culture of environmentalism among young people, environmental efforts become more sustainable and long-term. “It’s time we hear their little voices.”
The first game was Riddle Me where the kids were taught about endemic and endangered species. The next game was Shoot that trash where they put all the wastes in the venue in a trash bin in the fastest time possible. The last game was Take me to My Home where they were taught about ecosystems, habitats, and species living in them. And of course, the kids had free lunch and snacks during the whole activity. Each kid wore a sash bearing the name of his environmental parent in the duration of the activity. The activity was very touching because the kids saw a beautiful part of the world that they thought never existed. Because of their difficult lives, working at a very young age, a part of their childhood has already been robbed from them. But when they saw how beautiful the Earth is, they were inspired to take care of it. Angela ended the activity by telling them to take care of their environment because if they do not, the beautiful part that’s left of OUR Earth may soon be gone.
These were the environmental parents: Pi Rho Sorority, Upsilon Sigma Phi Fraternity, UP SCINTILLA JVRIS FRATERNITY, UP ASTRVM SCIENTIS SORORITY, Animal Science Society, UP Venerable Knight Veterinarians, UPLB Society of Chemical Engineering Students, UP PRISM, Philippine Association of Food Technologists β-Chapter, UPLB Jocks, GOTOelbi, Mr. Jerry Galang, Nesse Uriarte, Dr. Sixto Ver Valencia, Ch.E., Dr. Catalino G. Alfafara, Ch.E., Janett Dolor, Dr. Maria Theresa H. Velasco, Engr. Lincoln A. Abad.
Each time I see them in the university, I always ask them who their environmental parent was. And it’s so amazing because they always give me the correct answer. When I ask them, “Why do you remember it well?” They reply, “Because they have made us see a very beautiful part of life. Before, we pitied ourselves because we’re poor but when we saw what you made us see, we realized that life is still beautiful.”
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