This globe is an island of resources, a delicate sphere adorned with tropical flora and fauna. There is only one home – and that is the Earth. In the grand scheme of things, it is everyone’s shared home. Humanity is the greatest asset that maximizes significant changes seen in the environment. They are catalysts of global resource depletion but the ones entrusted for its management. The standpoint is that when environmental issues emerge, the domino effect creates a state of devastation. The vicious cycle of ecological ignorance is the feedback loop behind all: everything in this common home connects.
Environmental dilemmas stem from fragments of infinite cadence to the ecosystem. Moreover, humans are the most intelligent species on the earth, capable of anything. Nonetheless, the Earth is being governed by humanity’s aggression. Environmental issues, such as climate change, are being felt globally, and people are doing their best way to provide solutions to them. Our ecosystem is in a state of danger of sinking into total deterioration. The planet now lies in shambles, robbed of its resources and beauty and exploited by humanity’s negligence.
World peace begins with a knowledge of how all life on Earth operates. It takes collaborative effort to achieve environmental justice for all. This special day enables humans to reconnect and restore global issues. Each individual is a unit that changes the Earth by being a solution to this crisis. To take part in the celebration of earth day means to be agents of social and environmental change.
In line with this, a student government from Cadiz City, Negros Occidental played their part in supporting the environment by implementing “Project Protekta Bakhaw: Conservation of Biodiversity through Restoration and Protection of Mangrove Forest.” A Supreme Student Government President, Jonathan S. Aguilar, who is also an Eagle Scout and a Silver Anahaw awardee, administered the said project.
Dr. Vicente F. Gustilo Memorial National High School – Vicentinian Supreme Student Government (VSSG) was one of the 56 youth organization grantees for the #Youth4Biodiversity project of the Foundation for the Philippine Environment (FPE).
Among the 56 youth organizations, VSSG is the only Supreme Student Government qualified as a grantee. Also, VSSG is one of the six grantees on Negros Island and one of the 17 grantees in the Visayas Region.
VSSG received a grant from FPE used to install the Project Protekta Bakhaw: Conservation of Biodiversity through Restoration and Protection of Mangrove Forest. This plan is a six-month-long sustainable project that future generations may continue.
Determined to execute this project, the VSSG visions an active community amidst the pandemic.
“ I wanna leave a legacy project for our school and city that is sustainable and will be beneficial to the future generations,” Aguilar claimed.
The consequences of environmental negligence on the world are profound. Everything impacts everything, meaning that one must plant the seed of change in their heart. Indeed, humans get the capability to renew the face of the earth and make the planet a place for everyone. It is alarming that humankind will live in piles of rubbish regardless of how wealthy they are. Hence, wake up to the call to break the chains of these vicious loops of blindness. Once the ultimate peak of unity in environmental preservation becomes stronger, it will touch the grail of everything.
