Last February 26, The Climate Reality Project Philippines held a two-day ‘Klima Eskwela: Climate Science, Arts, and Action’ workshop at Pangasinan State University (PSU) Main Campus in Lingayen, Pangasinan.
On May 21, The Climate Reality Project Philippines held its first leg of Klima Eskwela
at Caraga State University in Butuan City, Agusan del Norte.
Designed to engage students in addressing the climate and plastic crises, Klima Eskwela is an offshoot project of the Climate Reality Philippines’ Plastic-Free Reality Program. Every year, the organization takes Klima Eskwela to different provinces, training student leaders in movement-building for climate action.
This year, Klima Eskwela also serves as a launching pad for Project Niche, an incubator program that empowers the youth to solve their communities’ problems with plastic waste.
Hosting its biggest group of students yet, Klima Eskwela capped off a successful 2024 run with a stop at the Camarines Norte State College (CNSC).
Klima Eskwela aims to make advocates out of the youth. Its lectures were designed to leverage students’ experience with global warming and from there stir them into action.
More than 80 student leaders from CNSC and neighboring schools joined the two-day event, wherein they were taught to craft campaigns against plastic dependence. Also included in the attendees were senior highschool students.
As the popular Filipino adage goes, the youth is the hope of the country. Or, as they say in Cebu: ang kabataan ang paglaum sa nasud. When it comes to climate action, the youth have a crucial role to play as the Earth’s defenders.
To empower this generation of climate advocates in the Visayas region, The Climate Reality Project Philippines brought Klima Eskwela: Climate Science, Arts, and Action to Lapu-Lapu City College (LLCC) last August 15 and 16. This two-day workshop, co-organized with the Climate Change Commission (CCC), Lapu-Lapu City Government, and LLCC, offered youth leaders an in-depth exploration of climate science and practical strategies for addressing the linked challenges of plastic pollution and climate change.
Siargao Island’s youth leaders are championing climate change and sustainability through the community-based and campus-wide campaigns and initiatives they have crafted during their participation in Klima Eskwela: Science, Arts, and Action in Del Carmen, Siargao, Surigao Del Norte last May 16 to 17.
