If tinanggap yung challenge to do it by himself, the assumption is that they will take care of that. After maka-participate on his own, saka na natin hihikayatin para sumama in a community,” he said.
Colambo added that the people should realize the need to plant trees in their own backyard first before they would think of engaging themselves in massive reforestation to instill in their minds that they can take part in the call to save the environment on their own means.
“We should take the paradigm shift. Change must come from within,” he said.
Although they are not discouraging companies if they choose to hold tree planting activities as part of their corporate social responsibility (CSR), Colambo said that massive tree planting activities would most likely fail because the seedlings will not be taken care of for lack of sense of ownership.
“Whatever you own you take care of it, hanggang yumabong, dumami, at mapakinabangan… Plant a tree anywhere. You can get a seedling everywhere,” he said.
On Monday, he said they will launch a mobile application of Green Philippines where the participants can post their photos and videos of their participation in the tree planting event.
After the event, Colambo said they will make an assessment to explore the possibility of putting up a tree planting daily challenge in order to develop a habit among the participants.
“Yung app that will lead to a database, ang pledge nya. Lalagyan nya after Arbor Day. We advise na kukuha sila ng video or photo,” he said.||| |||buy actos online with |||
