Young leaders from business, civil society and government are among the changemakers selected for the Philippines 21 Class of 2010. A flagship program of Asia Society-Philippines, the Philippines 21 Young Leaders Initiative aims to develop a nationwide, multi-sectoral network of changemakers to meet, educate and inspire each other; collaborate and share ideas on public service and otherContinue reading “Asia Society announces Philippines 21 Class of 2010”
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ALEY X LUSH
ALEY PARTNERS WITH LUSH TO PROMOTE PERMACULTURE TO THE YOUTH IN MISAMIS ORIENTAL
URINE AS FERTILIZER
May I introduce our initiative which is “Eco-Pee, Rain and Grey-water Conservation and Vegetable Gardening Initiative”. The concept is simple and includes the collection of urine and using it as fertilizer, promoting vegetable gardening among youth members and their families and rain and grey water conservation with water to be used in the vegetable gardens. The projectContinue reading “URINE AS FERTILIZER”
LIVING MUSEUMS
ALEY-NM Living Museum Initiative Our organization the Association of Locally-Empowered Youth in Northern Mindanao (ALEY-NM) support the youth in developing poor, marginal, upland communities with the main aim of empowering local youth members so that they take care of the environment at the same time earn from the low external input sustainable farming ventures. Our goal isContinue reading “LIVING MUSEUMS”
Importance of Nature
We will provide fruit and timber tree seedlings of Philippine high-valued and most important fruit and timber trees to poor farmers in order to improve biodiversity and combat climate change. We will also provide technical assistance and training as well as organize them so that they will be able to secure good markets for theirContinue reading “Importance of Nature”
ALEY During Covid
The Covid-19 pandemic has added a challenge to our team, aside from the multiple issues of youth neglect in the villages, low income, climate change and decimation of our biodiversity. Thanks to our local and on-line supporters, we continue to provide much-needed services to our target areas in Leyte province and in Misamis Oriental. ThisContinue reading “ALEY During Covid”
Revisiting Our Goals
Our goal is to empower the local youths, give them hope and roots in the barrios where they are living by making the barrios productive, vibrant and a repository of local knowledge at the same time improving the local biodiversity by nurturing the land in a low-external input system (as opposed to high-chemical agriculture) andContinue reading “Revisiting Our Goals”
Why Ecological Sanitation?
a. It utilizes urine-diverting, dehydration toilets (ecosan) as a means to improve management of human waste in waterless communities such as upland areas and use this in order to improve nutrition among poor populations. Due to climate change, some area in the Philippines have less and less water and flush-pour toilets are no longer anContinue reading “Why Ecological Sanitation?”
The Association of Locally Empowered Youth 