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Year 2009 
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activities the previous year >> |
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raising
the awareness of youth
Kilos Kabataan Para sa Lawa -
an ecological camp |
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The EcoCamp - Siniloan, which aimed to develop young
stewards for the environment specifically that of the Laguna de Bay
region, was held at the August-Inn Resort in Siniloan, Laguna on 02 -
04 December 2009. This was
conducted by CLEAR in partnership with the municipal government of
Siniloan.
The twenty-six (26) high school students coming from various schools in
Siniloan participated the 3-day Eco-Camp: 5 from Colegio de Sta. Isabel
of Laguna, 5 from Siniloan National High School, 2 from San Lorenzo Ruiz
Montessori, 4 from St. Michael School of Siniloan, 5 from the Laboratory
High School of Laguna State Polytechnic University, and 5 from San Luis
National Agro-Industrial High School.
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holding of the 4th CLEAR Youth Network Congress |
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The annual gathering of youth from the lakeshore communities of
Laguna de Bay was held on 25-26 July 2009 at The Sierra Madre Resort
in Tanay, Rizal. This year's theme, "Post-Consumer Waste
Management", the 4th CLEAR Youth Network Congress aimed
to build the capacity of the network members specifically on
post-consumer waste management as one of the key strategies that
they can do as part of their activities to conserve lakes and other
wetlands. The Congress had a learning session on best
practices in post consumer waste management and workshop, tapping
the creativity of the youth in conceptualizing simple but easily
implementable scheme of post-consumer waste recovery in their
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attendance to the World Leadership Conference |
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Edrian Echague, an ecocamp graduate from Muntinlupa City,
represented the CLEAR Youth Network in the World Leadership
Conference 2009 "Environment and Economics: Towards a Low Carbon
Economy" held in Singapore on 15 - 19 June 2009. Organized by
the ECOSPHERE Singapore, the 5-day international conference gathered
youth from all over the world to engage in meaningful discussions on
the ethos of leadership, and the central tenets of how the world
works through predominant current affairs, inclusive of the
environment and the economy.
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participation in the National Conference on Wetlands,
Climate Change Adaptation and Biodiversity Conservation |
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CLEAR had participated in the National Conference on
Wetlands, Climate Change Adaptation and Biodiversity
Conservation which was held on 12 to 14 January 2009 at
Silliman University in Dumaguete City. The Conference,
which was organized by the Society for the Conservation
of Philippine Wetlands with the Protected Areas and
Wildlife Bureau and Silliman University, was aimed
at setting the stage for the development of a national
policy on wetlands, and after that a national strategy and
action plan for the wise use of wetlands and wetlands
resources, incorporating concerns on biodiversity
conservation and climate change adaptation.
Posters of CLEAR's initiatives and activities for the conservation of Laguna
de Bay were among the exhibits in the Conference.
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To the
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