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ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMPIONS TO BE AWARDED
Manila Bulletin
April 15, 2008
A select group of environmental champions will receive the 2008 Fr. Neri Satur Award for Environmental Heroism during the week-long Earth Day observance from April 20-26, EarthSavers Movement founding chairman former Senator and Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Heherson T. Alvarez announced yesterday.
Alvarez said this year’s awardees are Dipolog Bishop Jose Manguiran, who was nominated by former Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) president Davao Archbishop Fernando Capalla, for being a true "Earth saver and a farmer" advocating responsible mining.
Cagayan Bishop Diosdado Talamayan, nominated by Nueva Vizcaya Bishop Ramon Villena for advancing the rights of indigenous people.
Fr. John Couvreur, CICM, parish priest of St. John the Evangelist in Quirino, Isabela, chairman of the ecology desk of the parish, who was nominated by Laoag Bishop Sergio Utleg for running after illegal loggers and timber poachers in his hometown.
Ecology-friendly business firm SM Group of Companies, through SM Vice Chairman Tessie Sy, which was selected for innovative eco-programs such as SM Waste Markets, SM Greenbags, participation in Earth Hour, and the free showing of the documentary film "Inconvenient Truth," in partnership with Earth Savers Movement.
Kongreso ng Komiks chairman film and TV director Carlo J. Caparas, who is being recognized for media advocacy and for partnering with the Earthsavers Movement and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) in holding a comics competition on climate change and the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (UNMDG).
Scientist, artist, and educator Prof. Tomas Ongoco, president of the Quezon City Academy, who will be honored for environmental education. His book, "Ambon sa Tagtuyot," contains scientific data presented through drama and poems, including the ills of smoking, and a unique "Balagtasan on Climate Change."
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