Wellness in Environment Update: Run 2 Plant 4 GREENIN Philippines” on June 25 in commemoration of Philippine Environment Month & World Environment Day

Run 2 Plant set - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos: "Putting its GREENIN Philippines program’s advocacies into action, the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI) will hold “Run 2 Plant 4 GREENIN Philippines” on June 25 in commemoration of the Philippine Environment Month and World Environment Day in June.

The run and plant event is organized in collaboration with the Cebu provincial government’s Green and Wholesome Environment that Nurtures (eGWEN) Our Cebu program, local government units (LGUs), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), various government institutions and corporate groups.

Neil Papas, program coordinator of GREENIN Philippines, said “the event has two segments, the running and the planting. This event is an approach to promote health among people by running and health of the environment by planting native tree species.”

The central event will be held in a 30-hectare forestland in barangay Jaclupan, Talisay City. The area, which is within the Mananga watershed, will be developed into a forest model by the DENR, Cebu provincial government, Talisay City government, Metro Cebu Water District and RAFI."