Some secondary students from Antique volunteered as environmental ambassadors, helping the government to promote environmental protection and conservation campaigns.
A total of 200 volunteers from different parts of Baler gathered to conduct a cleanup drive in the coastal area and collected five truckloads of trash.
The United Nations Environment Programme announced that the Earth's ozone layer is gradually beginning to regenerate, recognizing the efforts to phase out damaging chemicals worldwide.
To promote a more environmental-friendly lifestyle in the community, different government offices in Negros Occidental initiated various practices on solid waste management.
According to surveys conducted by the World Wide Fund for Nature and another international environmental group, people believe that laws should be made to address the growing problem of plastic pollution worldwide.
The Borongan City government will offer free admission to the national surfing competition to those volunteers participating in a clean-up drive in the area.