Dear fellow advocates,
This coming 31 May 2009 marks the 20th World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) with the theme “Tobacco Health Warnings”.
DOH, FCAP, WHO, and various civil society partners are organizing a free smoke-free CONCERT at the Rajah Sulayman Park in Malate, Manila at 6pm, which will be preceded by a *BIKE*/WALK for picture-based health warnings that will start from the *Cultural Center of the Philippines grounds
at 4pm*and proceed to Rajah Sulayman Park.
Celebrities and bands that have confirmed their participation include Bianca King, Hale, Dirtsky, Myrus, Modus Operandi, My Secret Arsenal, …

In celebration of the Environment Month in June, the World Environment Day on June 5, and the upcoming celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the Clean Air Act implementation, the Environmental Management Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources is sponsoring an on-the-spot painting contest with the theme, “Cleaning the Air for a Safer Climate: What Would It Take?” for college students in Metro Manila. This will be held on June 13, 2009, beginning 9:00 AM at the Ampitheater of the Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Nature Center …

Designers in the country, unite for the environment!
Here’s a release from Miss Earth Foundation’s Miss Cathy Untalan…
From trash to something with class…
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 …

Just wanna greet all the green moms a happy Mothers’ Day..
… and to Mother Earth too.
Speaking of, this one’s like one of those birth announcements… come June, we will be having a contest for artists (college level). This is in celebration of June as Environment Month. Theme will have something to do with Clean Air and Climate Change, and how it’s been since it’s already ten years since the implementation of the Philippine Clean Air Act.
The event will have to do with knowing what the young artists envision …