UP Environment and Tourism Society

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The UP Environment and Tourism Society (UP Ecotour) is among the student organizations in the University of the Philippines Asian Institute of Tourism that has a commitment in preserving our environment. It was founded in August 1996 by Percivil Carrera, and from then on, UP Club Ecotour had never ceased in dedicating itself to projects and activities that would help increase the awareness of its members, fellow students inside and outside the university, and countrymen. With 44 members at present, the organization yearly organizes Ecoskool, with the aim of teaching children during their early age on how to care for the environment; Domestikwhiz, a quiz-bee held to promote domestic tourism and to foster camaraderie among college students; and Ecotourista, an annual coastal clean-up drive. One of its major achievements is the organizing of a benefit concert, dubbed as Rockalikasan, held last April 2016 at Conspiracy Cafe. The organization is also proud to have won the prestigious recognition of being the Best Student Organization in the Asian Institute of Tourism consecutively from AY 2005-2006 to AY 2007-2008 and AY 2014 to AY 2015.

๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—บ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ: ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต, ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’กExactly forty-seven years ago today, World Tourism Day was es...
27/09/2026

๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—บ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ: ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต, ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’ก

Exactly forty-seven years ago today, World Tourism Day was established to bring more consciousness to the ways in which tourism boosts the social, political, cultural, and economic value of communities. This celebration pushes forward a different advocacy annually, and for this year, we explore the incorporation of digital innovations to create better tourism experiences through the theme: Digital Agenda to Redesign Tourism. More than just another celebration, this is a representation of another global tourism journey aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals.

The past few years have manifested the immense contribution of travel and tourism to the world, being the second-fastest growing sector. The industry has provided 366 million jobs worldwide with a continuous potential of creating even more opportunities for women, youth, and individuals globally. This major number aims to be supported by the World Tourism Organization through implementing policies that will elevate sustainable tourism and promote local tourism products by the year 2030.

Artificial intelligence and digital innovation are reshaping the way we discover and experience destinations, but this transformation should not come at the expense of the people, resources, and environments that sustain tourism. In the Philippines, the US-led Pax Silica Initiative and its proposed industrial hub in New Clark City show that the ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐˜†๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜.

The development of semiconductor and advanced manufacturing infrastructure to support AI will require significant amounts of land, water, and energy, directly affecting surrounding ecosystems and communities. Water sustains hotels, resorts, and local communities; energy keeps tourism services running; and natural landscapes and cultural heritage give destinations the character that draws visitors in the first place. When these pressures reach communities whose livelihoods, cultural practices, and local economies are intertwined with tourism, the consequences extend beyond environmental loss.

This World Tourism Day, let us embrace innovation with purpose. As AI and digital technologies increasingly shape how we discover and experience destinations, we must also ask who benefits from this transformation and who bears its costs. Let us promote responsible digital tourism that creates meaningful opportunities for communities, protects the resources that sustain destinations, and ensures that technological progress does not leave the people and places behind. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—บ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ, ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฎ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด. ๐ŸŒ




โ€œ๐˜ฝ๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™– ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง ๐™–๐™œ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™– ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง ๐™–๐™œ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™๐™ž๐™ข๐™จ๐™š๐™ก๐™›.โ€ โ€“ ๐™๐™–๐™˜๐™๐™š๐™ก ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ง๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃToday, we ...
26/09/2026

โ€œ๐˜ฝ๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™– ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง ๐™–๐™œ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™– ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง ๐™–๐™œ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™๐™ž๐™ข๐™จ๐™š๐™ก๐™›.โ€ โ€“ ๐™๐™–๐™˜๐™๐™š๐™ก ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ง๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃ

Today, we celebrate the annual World Environmental Health Day, raising global awareness on how our physical environmentโ€”air quality, water safety, sanitation, and environmental protectionโ€”affects public health. We commemorate this year with the theme: โ€œ๐—˜๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต: ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€โ€, signifying the importance of being responsible stewards by grounding our decisions, policies, and scientific knowledge to the pursuit of genuine protection of our communities who bear the heaviest burden of environmental harm.

However, in the Philippines, the threats we face hinder how we can truly translate science to environmental and community protection. In this age of development, we continue to build projects in the name of evolution and economic growth, compromising ecological systems that provide the vital resources and stability for human survival. Local communities face not only threats on public health, but also risks brought by displacement, extreme weather, loss of livelihoods, economic inequality, and loss of cultural identity.

The US-led Pax Silica initiative is framed as a pioneering modernization strategy, but if industrial development is defined as structural submission to foreign economic interests to trade off local mineral wealth and cheap labor, is it truly โ€œdevelopmentโ€ at all? With how much the project demands resourcesโ€”energy, electricity, water, land use, all of which shouldโ€™ve been for local communitiesโ€™ livelihood and survival, science is used to destroy, displace, and marginalize. Furthermore, as a country that experiences numerous natural calamities, its intense effects brought by climate change and environmental degradation have raised public health concerns with numerous illnesses, vector-borne diseases, and loss of life. With how much our countryโ€™s environment, resources, and people have gone through and will continue to go through, how much more are we willing to suffer and tolerate everything behind blind โ€œresilienceโ€?

๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—˜๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒโ€”๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ. It insists that clean air, safe water, and a livable environment are not privileges to be traded away for foreign capital or economic convenience, but conditions science has long proven indispensable to human survival. Standing with science means refusing to let profit, political interest, or the promise of โ€œmodernizationโ€ dictate what happens to our air, our water, and our land. It means rejecting the notion that resilience is something communities should have to perform, over and over, in place of accountability. ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜, ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บโ€”๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.

We do not just call for awarenessโ€”we call for accountability. We call on the ๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜, ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ-๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜†, not in the promises of investors or the tempting appearance of โ€œdevelopmentโ€. We call for the ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต.

๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ง๐—˜๐—–๐—ง ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ก๐— ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง!




๐ŸŒŠ ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—•๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚! ๐Ÿ’šAs we wrap up UP Ecotourโ€™s 30th Anniversary celebration, we would like t...
25/09/2026

๐ŸŒŠ ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—•๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚! ๐Ÿ’š

As we wrap up UP Ecotourโ€™s 30th Anniversary celebration, we would like to extend our heartfelt appreciation to all the organizations, communities, and businesses who joined us throughout this milestone.

Your support, collaboration, and shared commitment to environmental advocacy and sustainable tourism helped make our anniversary celebration more meaningful. From supporting our initiatives to helping us bring our activities to life, we are grateful to have had you as part of our journey.

Three decades of Ecotour would not have been possible without the communities that continue to believe in and support our advocacy. Thank you for voyaging with us, standing with our mission, and being part of the journey toward a greener future.

Hereโ€™s to the partners who helped make our 30th Anniversary a voyage to remember. ๐Ÿ’š

๐—œ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต:

UP ALGORITHM PLUS-PLUS
Tau Alpha Fraternity
United Tourism and Hospitality Professionals
UP AIT Student Council
UP AIT FST Council
We Care & CLAYGO Club
The Maru Coffee
Cocina Mexicana
Grind Yard Coffee Co.
The Hungry Pita
Egg Sarap
Edelweiss Treasures
Pshot Photobooth
Sisko Something Crispy
Gill's Food
Flinkโ€™s Streetfood
Tender Juicy

๐—œ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต:

UP Association of Biology Majors

๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ:

UST Community Achievers Association - Commerce Unit
CPU English Language Society
START AIT
UP Association of Public Health Students
UP Arirang
UP Bukluran sa Sikolohiyang Pilipino
Kathaang Ugnayan ng Likhain, Talastasan, Obraโ€™t Ulat



24/09/2026

Quack! We're back to recruiting ducks (read: inviting members)!!! (โ€ขำฉโ€ข)

Interested in competitive programming? Want to brush up on your coding skills or simply just want to learn a new hobby? Regardless of reason and experience, you are all welcome in UP Algo++!

Curious about what we do? Here's a glimpse of our activities, ranging from group study sessions to lectures and contests ๐ŸŽ‰

Want to give us a try? If you're interested, join our Discord server:
https://discord.gg/zNfw2ktJrX
https://discord.gg/zNfw2ktJrX
https://discord.gg/zNfw2ktJrX

Our apps orye is on Sept 26, 7pm. But you can always follow later :)

See you there!

P.S. The problem solution hints for the past problems are now posted on the comment section of their respective posts ๐Ÿซก

As we reach the end of ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟโ€™๐˜€ ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ๐˜๐—ต ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, we close this yearโ€™s voyage with a meaningful step toward...
24/09/2026

As we reach the end of ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟโ€™๐˜€ ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ๐˜๐—ต ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, we close this yearโ€™s voyage with a meaningful step toward a cleaner and greener tomorrow ๐Ÿ’š

To cap off our anniversary festivities, UP Ecotour took part in a cleanup drive at the ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฃ๐—ถรฑ๐—ฎ๐˜€โ€“๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎรฑ๐—ฎ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐˜๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ โ€“ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—œ๐˜€๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ, bringing together our members and applicants to give back to the natural spaces that continue to inspire our advocacy.

Together, we collected a total of ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฑ.๐Ÿฐ ๐—ธ๐—ด of trash across ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ sacks! From plastic bags and wrappers to PET bottles, glass, rubber materials, and other discarded waste. โ™ป๏ธ

Our 30th year may be coming to an end, but our journey doesnโ€™t stop here. May every trail we take lead us toward a future where nature and communities thrive together.

Hereโ€™s to 30 years of wandering, learning, and taking action! ๐ŸŒ

๐—ง๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„!

๐—œ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต:

UP ALGORITHM PLUS-PLUS
Tau Alpha Fraternity
United Tourism and Hospitality Professionals
UP AIT Student Council
UP AIT FST Council
We Care & CLAYGO Club
The Maru Coffee
Cocina Mexicana
Grind Yard Coffee Co.
The Hungry Pita
Egg Sarap
Edelweiss Treasures
Pshot Photobooth
Sisko Something Crispy
Gill's Food
Flinkโ€™s Streetfood
Tender Juicy

๐—œ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต:
UP Association of Biology Majors

๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ:
UST Community Achievers Association - Commerce Unit
CPU English Language Society
START AIT
UP Association of Public Health Students
UP Arirang
UP Bukluran sa Sikolohiyang Pilipino
Kathaang Ugnayan ng Likhain, Talastasan, Obraโ€™t Ulat



๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ: ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐ŸŒEvery September 20, the world observes World Cleanup Day, a d...
20/09/2026

๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ: ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐ŸŒ

Every September 20, the world observes World Cleanup Day, a day adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2023 to be observed annually. We recognize the collective responsibility we share in protecting our environment and managing waste sustainably.

This yearโ€™s theme puts food waste in focus. Every day, more than a billion meals are wasted worldwide even as millions face hunger. Food waste generates up to 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions and costs the global economy about USD 1 trillion each year.

In the Philippines, food loss begins long before food reaches our plates. Post-harvest losses in key crops can reach as much as 40%, exposing gaps in our food systems that demand urgent action.

This World Cleanup Day, let us confront food waste in the Philippines. Buy only what we need, consume what we take, preserve what we can, share surplus, and compost what cannot be eaten. But individual action is not enough: we must demand systems that prevent waste, strengthen food security, and make responsible consumption possible. A cleaner city starts with a conscious plate. Let us turn awareness into collective action. โ™ป๏ธ




โš“๏ธ ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—–๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ, ๐—˜๐—–๐—ข-๐—ฉ๐—ข๐—ฌ๐—”๐—š๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ! ๐ŸŒŠThe voyage back to the wetlands is almost here! ๐ŸšJoin us for ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ: ๐—” ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฐ...
18/09/2026

โš“๏ธ ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—–๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ, ๐—˜๐—–๐—ข-๐—ฉ๐—ข๐—ฌ๐—”๐—š๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ! ๐ŸŒŠ

The voyage back to the wetlands is almost here! ๐Ÿš

Join us for ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ: ๐—” ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐˜๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ and spend the morning exploring, learning, and taking action for our wetlands.

๐Ÿƒ ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ
๐Ÿฆœ ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด
๐Ÿงค ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—–๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป-๐—จ๐—ฝ

๐Ÿ“… September 21, 2026 | 8AMโ€“12PM
๐Ÿ“ Las Piรฑas-Paraรฑaque Wetland Park

๐ŸŽฏ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—š๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—ง๐—˜๐— ๐—•๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต, ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ๐—ก๐—ก!

๐Ÿ”— https://forms.gle/rP1yaspyKoMuWFgM9

Donโ€™t miss the chance to be part of our voyage back to the wetlands!

๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ, ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ-๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€! ๐Ÿ’š


โš“๏ธ ๐—”๐—น๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ, ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ-๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€! ๐—ช๐—ฒ'๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐˜๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€! ๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿƒ

As UP Ecotour celebrates 30 years of environmental advocacy, this yearโ€™s EcoVoyage brings us back to a destination that has been part of our environmental journey before.

Three years after our last EcoTourista at the Las Piรฑas-Paraรฑaque Wetland Park, we return to the wetlands for another voyage of learning, exploring, and taking action for the environment. ๐ŸŒฟ

Introducing ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ: ๐—” ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐˜๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€! โš“๏ธ

This year, rediscover the beauty and ecological significance of LPPWP through:

๐Ÿƒ ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ โ€“ Explore the wetlands and learn more about its ecosystems and wildlife

๐Ÿฆœ ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด โ€“ Observe and appreciate the diverse birdlife that calls the wetlands home

๐Ÿงค ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—–๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป-๐—จ๐—ฝ โ€“ Take part in hands-on action to help protect and care for the wetland environment

Join us to protect the sanctuaries that sustain our ecosystems! ๐ŸŒฑ

๐Ÿ“… September 21, 2026 | 8AMโ€“12PM
๐Ÿ“ Las Piรฑas-Paraรฑaque Wetland Park

๐ŸŽฏ ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—š๐—ก ๐—จ๐—ฃ ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ช!
https://forms.gle/rP1yaspyKoMuWFgM9
https://forms.gle/rP1yaspyKoMuWFgM9
https://forms.gle/rP1yaspyKoMuWFgM9

Secure your spot and be part of our journey back to the wetlands! ๐Ÿ’š

๐—œ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต:
UP ALGORITHM PLUS-PLUS
Tau Alpha Fraternity
United Tourism and Hospitality Professionals
UP AIT Student Council
We Care & CLAYGO Club
The Maru Coffee
Cocina Mexicana
Grind Yard Coffee Co.
The Hungry Pita
Egg Sarap
Edelweiss Treasures
Pshot Photobooth
Sisko Something Crispy
Gill's Food
Flinkโ€™s Streetfood
Tender Juicy

๐—œ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต:
UP Association of Biology Majors

๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ:
UST Community Achievers Association - Commerce Unit
CPU English Language Society
START AIT
UP Association of Public Health Students
UP Arirang
UP Bukluran sa Sikolohiyang Pilipino
Kathaang Ugnayan ng Likhain, Talastasan, Obraโ€™t Ulat


๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ! ๐ŸšขWhat a splash yesterday was! Our ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ฒ was filled with new faces and waves of excitem...
17/09/2026

๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ! ๐Ÿšข

What a splash yesterday was! Our ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ฒ was filled with new faces and waves of excitement as applicants got briefed on all things UP Ecotour and officially took their first plunge into the world of environmental advocacy and adventure. ๐Ÿ’š

As we celebrate 30 years of UP Ecotour, seeing a new wave of Ecovoyagers ready to join the voyage makes this milestone even sweeter. To our newest applicants, the waters are calling, and your journey with us has just begun!

But if you missed our Grand Orientation! You still have a chance to join us through our ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป!

๐Ÿ“… ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿด, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ (๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†)
๐Ÿ•– ๐Ÿณ:๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฃ๐—  โ€“ ๐Ÿด:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฃ๐— 
๐Ÿ“ ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—น๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜

๐Ÿ”— https://bit.ly/UPEcotourOrientationForm1stSem2627

See you there! โœจ


๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€!Missed the Grand Orye? No worries, the voyage isnโ€™t over yet! โ›ต๐Ÿ’™Join us for our ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ...
17/09/2026

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€!

Missed the Grand Orye? No worries, the voyage isnโ€™t over yet! โ›ต๐Ÿ’™

Join us for our ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป and get to know more about ๐—จ๐—ฃ ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟโ€”our community, our advocacies, and the adventures waiting for you as an Ecovoyager! ๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿณ

๐Ÿ“… ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ: ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿด, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ (Friday)
๐Ÿ•ฐ๏ธ ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ: ๐Ÿณ:๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฃ๐— โ€“๐Ÿด:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ๐—ฃ๐— 
๐Ÿ’ป ๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฒ: ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—น๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜

Ready to set sail? Click the link below and secure your spot on the voyage! โ›ต๏ธ

๐Ÿ”— https://bit.ly/UPEcotourOrientationForm1stSem2627

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ด, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ. ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ! ๐ŸŒŠ


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