MANILA, Philippines - Environmental organization World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Philippines) recently inked an agreement with a telecommunications group for an education campaign that promotes environment protection and conservation in the academe.
Under the partnership, wireless services provider Smart will work with WWF-Philippines for Project Connect — the development of education modules advocating energy efficiency and conservation plus renewable energy in selected elementary schools, high schools and universities.
WWF-Philippines Environmental Education Program team leader Obel Resurreccion explains, “Project Connect aims to synergize technology with education to nurture and inspire a fresh generation of environmental stewards. Lessons deal mostly with climate change and energy efficiency.”
Smart and WWF will pilot the program in the winning schools of the Smart-supported 2009 National Search for Sustainable and Eco-Friendly Schools.
The nationwide competition done in partnership with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Environment Management Bureau aims to recognize schools with the best practices in terms of implementing environmental programs.
The contest dubbed, “2011 National Search for Sustainable and Eco-Friendly Schools,” is a direct response to Republic Act 9512 also known as the Environmental Awareness and Education Act of 2008. It is also the Philippine initiative in support to the ASEAN Environmental Education Action Plan (2008-2012), that calls for the establishment of sustainable schools in every ASEAN member-state.