ON Sept. 16, 2022, the Bulacan-based GreenEarth Heritage Foundation finished planting 87,271 seedlings in its fields. However, Typhoon 'Karding' a few weeks later, followed by Typhoon 'Paeng' the next month, destroyed thousands of seedlings and knocked down 2,600 mature trees in the area.
Still undeterred, the foundation has since then dedicated its efforts to the clearing of fallen trees and grass-cutting on planting sites, the creation of thousands of bamboo markers for the planting areas, the filling of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles to act as drip irrigation for live plants and the propagation of new seedlings, among others.
(From left to right) Renz Hernandez, GreenEarth Heritage Foundation scholar; Mabegail Cacal, HR business partner of Fujitsu Philippines Inc. (FPI); Mylene Matti, founder and executive director of GreenEarth Heritage Foundation; Marje Balbuena, marketing director of FPI; and Raul Santiago, president and chief executive officer of FPI, during the awarding of the certificate of partnership. PHOTO FROM FUJITSU PHILIPPINES
Already have an active account? Log in here to continue
reading.
Or Subscribe
to the Premium
Subscription plan to access this subscriber-exclusive article.