This coming November, Janus my co-KNN reporter will go to Germany and become "green-minded" hahaha! Well just joking.. just read the article down there.. He's an environmental envoy in Bayer and present his project in regards to the improvement of the environment! Lupit mo Janus! (Si Janus yung nakapula!).. ahahaha!
Four young “doers” top the BYEE 2006 search in the Philippines
Four students bested some 120 aspirants to top the 2006 Bayer Young Environmental Envoy (BYEE) in the Philippines and represent the country to annual environmental tour of Germany in November.
This year’s batch of winners is composed of Alfredo Gersava, Jr. of Sultan Kudarat State Polytechnic College, Leonardo Udasco, Jr. of Nueva Vizcaya State University, Janus Le-an Dellava of the University of the Philippines Visayas, and John Ryan Recabar of the University of the Philippines Visayas. The winners were announced during the BYEE Awards Presentation Ceremony on September 28, 2006 at the Hotel Intercontinental in Makati City.
Bayer awards the top four winners of the 2006 Bayer Young Environmental Envoys who will go to Germany in November.
For the first time, the 13 finalists competed beyond the merits of project ideas for the environment. After being short-listed, they were required to implement their project ideas within a given period of time. Each of them presented before a panel of judges the outcome of their individual projects, as well as the obstacles they encountered along the way, and how they managed to overcome these problems.
The panel of judges were composed of Undersecretary Manuel Gerochi of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources; Ms. Odette Alcantara, Convenor of Mother Earth Philippines, Ms. Rina Jimenez-David, Opinion Editor and Columnist of the Philippine Daily Inquirer and national chairperson of the national women’s group Pilipina and founding convenor of Abanse Pinay, a national women’s political movement and party list organization; Mr. Reynaldo Esguerra, Coordinator of the Program on Cleaner Production Technologies of the Department of Science & Technology; Mr. Bambam Aquino, television Bayer awards the top four winners of the 2006 Bayer Young Environmental Envoys who will go to Germany in November.
Bayer awards the top four winners of the 2006 Bayer Young Environmental Envoys who will go to Germany in November.
A civil engineering student, Gersava, Jr. introduced the technology of making rice hull cement bonded blocks for the communities of Gawad Kalinga in Sultan Kudarat. His project helps provide livelihood to the community and cuts the costs of construction materials. Gawad Kalinga is a nationwide a housing program for the poor initiated by the non-governmental organization.
Udasco, Jr., who already finished his Forestry degree and is now a licensed forester, is promoting vermicomposting as an alternative way of converting agricultural wastes into organic fertilizers. He uses earthworms to turn organic wastes into high quality compost.
Dellava was able to develop a device that converts residual plastic wastes into vegetable pots for use in urban gardening.
Recabar launched an anti-soil erosion campaign to educate people about the risks of soil erosion in Polomolok, South Cotabato and bringing the community and the private sector together to address the issue.
Gracing the awards night was Congressman Neric Acosta, one of the youngest legislators in the country and the representative of the first Disctrict of Bukidnon, who authored the landmark Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act of the Philippines. In his speech, Cong. Acosta encouraged the youth to continue with their passion for the environment by being an inspiration to others to act, to bring to the table their ideas and keep on introducing innovation, which coincidentally was similar to Bayer's Triple-III program.
Also present during the awards night were Bayer Philippines, Inc. (BPI) Vice President for Corporate Services Mr. Norbert Gilcher, BPI Director Francisco Ortigas III, BPI Chemicals General Manager Romeo Arceo, BPI Material Science Comptroller Mr Greg Ajero, Ms. Lisa Antonio of Philippine Business for Environment and Atty. Gia Ibay of KLIMA Climate Change Center.
news:www.bayeryoungenvoy.com/news-photos/all-news/philippines/philippines-2006-10-19/page8925.htm
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