Environment & Sustainability |
Jul 23, 2017 |
Volunteer Event
Registration DEADLINE until midnight MONDAY, 17 July 2017 only.
Assembly time is at exactly 5am
► UNVERIFIED PARTICIPANTS (if you're name is still here but already paid the event fees, please contact us immediately)
CALINGACION, LIEZYL MARIE
► UNVERIFIED PAYMENTS (Kindly send us clear photo of deposit slipt or bank transaction details at payments@greenantsec.com or PM us at fb.com/greenantsec)
FAULKNER, FIONA NATASHA JEAN
► MT. BALAGBAG (paid and verified)
► MT. PARAWAGAN (paid and verified)
Contact Details
http://fb.com/greenantsec
greenantsec@gmail.com
09178523239 sms only
TPJ project – a mass tree planting event to be held on two deforested mountains simultaneously, namely Mt. Balagbag of Ipo Watershed, Norzagaray, Bulacan and Mt. Parawagan of Upper Marikina River Basin Protected Landscape, Rodriguez, Rizal on Sunday, July 23, 2017.
TPJ is open to all individual, group, and/or families ages 7 and up for Mt. Parawagan and for those who have experience in climbing/hiking a mountain may choose to go to Mt. Balagbag. You may only select one planting site.
Every participant would plant a minimum of ten (10) trees.
Or join our TREE PLANTING CHALLENGE! Plant 'til you DROP! Plant as many as you can!
The project objectives are as follows:
- To help restore our denuded forest in our own little ways.
- To encourage the public to act and play a significant role in environmental conservation like reforestation.
- To empower the local communities living near protected areas to make planting of native tree species as a form of alternative livelihood instead of their destructive norms like kaingin and illegal logging.
Twenty percent (20%) of income generated from this project shall proceed to the development of the Project Colony – a tree farm project for and by the local communities.
Note: This is a RAIN/SHINE event. An inclement weather during this time is possible; therefore, may cause postponement of the event. Should this happen, it shall be automatically moved on the following Sunday, July 30, 2017.
ITINERARY
0545 Assembly: Start of On-site Registration
0615 Invocation and Flag Ceremony
0620 Opening Remarks
0630 Environmental Awareness or LNT Seminar
0730 ETD Jump-off: Start Trek to Planting Site
0930 ETA Planting Site: Start of Planting
1130 End of Tree Planting Jamboree Program
1200 Lunch Break
1300 Open Time: Enjoy the Scenery;
Start of Tree Planting Challenge
1700 ETD Trek Back to Jump-off Point
1800 ETA Jump-off Point - Giving of Certificates, End of Program
EVENT FEE
Php399 - Early Bird Rate (EXTENDED until July 7, 2017 or until slots last, 100pax slots only per site)
Php549 - Regular Rate (Closing of registration on July 17, 2017)
Php699 - Walk-in Rate
INCLUSIONS
✓ Tree Planting Certificate
✓ LNT Awareness Certificate (Mt. Parawagan only)
✓ Land Preparation
✓ One/pax Bare Root native tree seedling from local community
✓ Nursery Transfer
✓ Seedling Porters
✓ Use & Maintenance of Facilities, Tools & Equipment.
✓ Medic, Marshalls, & Facilitators
✓ Snacks and Drinks (morning)
✓ Miscellaneous
OPTIONAL
- Chartered Vehicle Service (Ranging from Php320 to 400)
- Packed Lunch (Php150)
- Event Shirt (Php250)
- Seedling Fund - for next year tree planting (Php10 each)
- Additional Bare Root seedlings to support local nursery (Php30)
- Additional seedlings from DENR (free)
Change of order/information (rebooking) accaptable only on or before July 18, 2017.
PROMOS
10% OFF - Government Employee
10% OFF - Teachers/Professors
10% OFF - Resident of Noragaray/Rodriguez
20% OFF - Student/PWD/Senior Citizen (must provide valid requirements)
50% OFF - Children (ages 7-15, must be accompanied by parent/guardian, must provide consent letter)
+1pax for 50% OFF - Group of 6 or more
+1pax FREE - Group of 12 or more
FREE - Sponsors/Partners (limited slots)
Promo Tickets are NON-REFUNDABLE, NON-RESALABLE, NON-TRANSFERRABLE
PAYMENT OPTIONS
BDO 000-251-367-789 JONATHAN H DELA CRUZ
BPI Express 3389 0846 96 MA ANN H DELA CRUZ
PayPal or Credit/Debit Card http://tinyurl.com/TPJ2017-Payments
TREE PLANTING JAMBOREE (TPJ) PROJECT DETAILS
BACKGROUND AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROJECT
“Lowland communities depend on mountain environments for a wide range of goods and services, including fresh water, energy, timber, biodiversity maintenance, and opportunities for recreation and spiritual renewal. Mountains provide for the freshwater needs of more than half of humanity, and are, in effect, the water towers of the world.” – Convention on Biological Diversity, 2017.
These resources may become very rare in the coming decades if we neglect to protect the mountains. They are very prone to climate changes, land degradation, deforestation and natural disasters.
Sierra Madre Mountain Range alone, which serves as the first line of defense for the Luzon Island, the largest island of the Philippine Archipelago, faces against the full force of the northeast monsoon and the waves of the Pacific Ocean. It is the longest mountain range in the country and dubbed as the eastern backbone that mitigates disasters for low land communities.
In the Philippines, mountain people are habitually the subject of racist remarks. When you act rude, shouts, or not familiar with something, people would say to you “taga bundok ka b?” (are you from the mountain?) or “wala sa bundok nyan” (we don’t have that in the mountain).
There are also many other superstitions and beliefs that deface our mountains and its people.
In addition, mountain people often face marginalization, poverty, and the lack of basic services such as health and education. These underprivileged people would cut the last remaining tree to so that they may have their last meal to put in their stomach and their children. Their needs are very much stronger than our desire to reforest the area. These often leads to the deforestation of our mountains.
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Sierra Madre, not known to many dwellers of Metro Manila, is their source of 98% of potable water thru Ipo Watershed. It faces many imminent threats for it to function properly. Mt. Balagbag is just one of the mountains that supplies water directly to rivers of Ipo Watershed. It was a densely forested area during World War II but now have long been facing grave deforestation and almost totally bare.
Mt. Parawagan, also a part of Sierra Madre mountain range, faces the same consequence of deforestation as Mt. Balagbag. It supplies water to Upper Marikina River Basin Protected Landscape. It forms the upper area of the drainage basin of the Marikina River all the way to Pasig River. Wawa dam was constructed over it during American Colonial era. It used to be the only source of water supply for Metro Manila until Umiray-Angat-Ipo Watershed System was built. Incidentally, deforestation in these areas played a major share on the destructive flash floods during the slaughter of Tropical Storm “Ondoy”.
The task of maintaining of watershed system is so immense that we, people of Metro Manila, need to work hand-in-hand with DENR, MWSS, and other government bodies. We cannot say that this is the job of the government alone and that they should be the one to do it. We, somehow, have fault on these. Local communities and its neighbors, often poor families, unsustainably extract resource from its mountains to supply the demand of Metro Manila from charcoal and other forest products.
Reforestation projects alone cannot be effective to restore the verdant state of its mountains. We have to help these poor families to have an alternative livelihood and educate them about the very essence of the mountains that we have.
Twenty percent (20%) of income generated from this project shall proceed to the development of the Project Colony – a tree farm project to propagate myriad native tree species cultured by local communities as part of their alternative livelihood. It is composed of seed bank, germination cell, wildling chamber, greenhouse, compost pits, and a wholesale and retail nurseries. Along with other alternative livelihood programs like mushroom culture, rabbitry, bee culture vermiculture, organic farming, and many more.
