"no-styro" articles

We have been browsing around for information that would help us in our styro-free campaign, and we found some interesting articles. We linked these below. :)

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SPUP: A University Within a Botanical Garden
St. Paul University Philippines (SPUP) – the lead university of the St. Paul University System- is located at the center of a developing northern city of the Philippines – Tuguegarao City. Yet, it is surprising that its land area of 7.6 hectares is home to hundreds of trees, thousands of flowering plants and numerous species of birds and butterflies amidst scores of infrastructures – mini-parks, school and office buildings, mini-gymnasium, and a chapel.
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The University has been implementing revolutionary mandates on the protection of the environment since last year. SPUP has enjoined everyone to reduce, reuse and recycle waste materials. At present, SPUP’s garbage truck just conveys waste materials which are neither reusable nor recyclable and only goes to the dump site twice a week. This truck used to transport voluminous garbage daily from Monday to Friday.

How did this happen? Well, here are SPUP’s best practices on environmental stewardship:
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NO TARP, NO STYRO POLICY. Last June 2009, the management representative of the University, issued a memorandum against the use of tarpaulin and styrofoam in the school premises. As of now, the SPUP Canteen and the SPUP Wellness Center no longer use plastic or styrofoam for any of the food served to the Paulinians.

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Private and gov’t establishments to be required to use eco-friendly products

A Publication of the Committee Affairs Department of the House of Representatives.

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http://www.thegreentheory.com/
a blog about environmentalism in the Philippines. It was nice to read about what other institutions and groups have been doing to help the environment.

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FEU goes greener
A neighbor university along the U-belt decides to go green!

"Additional words “eco-friendly” and “care for the environment” will be added to the FEU vision-mission statement to symbolize FEU’s seriousness in caring for the environment."

Click the link to read the article from the FEU Advocate.