July 23, 2015
The third installment of the 2015 Weaving Demonstrations of the National Museum in partnership with Senator Loren Legarda will be held this weekend—July 25-26, 2015.
Senator Legarda invites everyone to view and observe buri mat weavers from Banton, Romblon featuring weavers Marilyn Delgado, Ilyn Fabonan and Fanny Forfieda. They will be joined by Deogracias Faminiano, Jr., President of Asi Studies for Culture and the Arts in Romblon, and Decoroso Fadri who will give informal lectures.
“These weaving demonstrations allow us to look […]
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July 23, 2015
Paris – UNISDR’s Champion for Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia, Senator Loren Legarda, declared the willingness of the Philippines to lead the fight to combat climate change during this week’s Summit of the Consciences for the Climate in Paris, France.
Mankind’s relationship with nature was the focus of the Climate Summit of Conscience in Paris, hosted by French President Francois Hollande. With the UN climate conference just months away, faith leaders, Nobel laureates, economists and artists from around the world […]
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July 23, 2015
“Until we have taken it upon ourselves that the key to climate change adaptation and mitigation lies in each and every individual’s effort to be part of the solution, then the greatest challenge we will have to fight to combat the warming climate and its effects is our own indifference,” said Sen. Loren Legarda, at the Summit of the Consciences for the Climate held the other day. Legarda was the only Filipino among the more than 40 religious, […]
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July 22, 2015
Senator Loren Legarda said that the Philippines is ready to lead the fight to combat climate change during the Summit of the Consciences for the Climate in Paris, France.
“I come from a country that is 0.3 percent emitter of carbon in the world and yet we are one of the most vulnerable nations as you have seen and witnessed with Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. Being a vulnerable nation that is not the cause of this vulnerability, we hope that the Philippines will […]
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July 21, 2015
“Climate change goes beyond science, beyond politics, beyond territorial boundaries. Inaction and apathy would spell death and loss.” With this statement, Senator Loren Legarda signed the Call to Conscience for the Climate and said that she will launch a Summit of the Consciences for the Climate in the Philippines.
Legarda, a panelist speaker at the Summit of the Consciences for the Climate in Paris, France that will be held today, July 21, said that everyone, especially leaders, should reflect on how […]
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