A Green Brigade Environmental Summit will be conducted by the Davao City Water District on June 9 in partnership with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources XI (DENR-XI), Watershed Management Coordinating Council, Watershed Management Youth Council and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK). This summit will be held at DENR XI Gym in Lanang and will be participated by SK leaders from 180 barangays in Davao City.
DCWD acting general manager Edwin V. Regalado said the activity aims to mobilize the youth as catalyst for environmental protection in which they can apply their learnings to their respective homes and communities.
Participants will be taught of their roles in green, brown and blue environmental programs. The green program covers the watershed rehabilitation and water conservation; brown for solid waste management and blue for coastal resource management.
Part of the activity is the presentation of success stories in various environmental protection endeavors. These includes the implementation of DCWD’s Integrated Watershed Rehabilitation Program, Best Solid Waste Management and Coastal Resource Management. In addition, there will be Battle of the Bands or “Recyclaband” competition wherein participants will be using recycled materials as musical instruments.
In another development, DCWD will also conduct an employees’ fun-run and tree planting dubbed as Takbo para sa Kalikasan, Kalusugan at Kalayaan on June 9. The 5K run will start from DCWD Matina Office and will end at Matina Pangi, afterwhich employees will plant trees at Matina Pangi riverside. The activity is part of the utility’s celebration of the environment month and commemoration of the Philippine Independence Day. (Sylvia May L. Vosotros)t
