A small training session conducted three years ago is now part of the national government’s environmental program.
To raise climate awareness in the youth sector and capacitate young environmental advocates, a three-day training seminar was conducted by Department of Environment and Natural Resource-Climate Change Services, the Dela Salle University Manila Physics Department and the Lasallian Institute for the Environment (LIFE) at the Armada Hotel in Manila on November 20-22.
Dubbed Institutionalizing Climate Leadership and Environmentalism Training (InCLine), the event was participated in by campus journalists, YES-O member students and science-majors, and tackled a bevy of issues.
Among these topics are multi-sectoral approaches in promoting climate-friendly practices and programs such as air quality dispersion modeling, renewable energy transition, government contributions through programs of the Department of Transportation, Aviation and Airports, software technology for solid waste management, the importance of ICT, practices on single-use plastics, the enactment of the Extended Producers Responsibility Act, and Soil Health.
“The main programs of LIFE are focused on General Green Leadership concepts, school-based environmental advocacy practices and case studies, leadership through Science and Research, mastery in Climate Communication and proficient use of digital and social media, and integrating engineering and technology,” said Mark Joseph Tinao, director of LIFE. Rex Arcadio R. San Diego II.
