By Rusieljs G. Lunasco

(from left) CPU College of Arts and Sciences Dean Dr. Stella Fernandez with CPU Safety Officer and Chairman of CPU Sustainable Committee Mr. Prim Vergara III, CPU Sustainable Committee Member  and Director  for Institutional Advancement Engr. Dimpna Castigador former Iloilo City Assistant Prosecutor and current member of CPUAAI BOT Atty. Jeremy Bionat.

Central Philippine University in cooperation with the CPU Sustainable Campus Committee joined the City-Wide, Multi-Sectoral Tree Planting Activity spearheaded by the Office of the City Mayor, last July 13, 2019 at the circumferential road along Jaro District.

Mr. Prim Vergara III, CPU Safety Officer and Chairman of the Sustainable Campus Committee, Engr. Dimpna Castigador, CPU Director for Institutional Advancement and member of the said committee and Mr. Jojee Roy Juarez, CPU Internet Services Administrator and Director of the CPU College Red Cross Youth were accompanied by members of the CPU ROTC and CPU Biological Society, headed by Prof. Analie Gilongos and Dr. Stella Fernandez respectively

“We were able to mobilize two companies from the ROTC which are composed of more than a hundred people as well as fifty-seven students from the CPU Biological Society,” Mr. Prim Vergara III said.

Volunteers from the CPU ROTC during the City-Wide Multi-Sectoral Tree Planting last July 13.

130 participants from the university helped in the planting of Tapuyay Tree seedlings along the Circumferential Road. Volunteers from government agencies, non-government organizations and the academe also took part in the said activity.

“CPU is very active in supporting projects that promote sustainability and environmental conservation. The Sustainable Campus Committee has always encouraged students as well as the CPU community to be involved in the said projects.” Vergara said.

The tree planting activity is part of the city government’s tree planting program to combat the effects of climate change.

CPU had the highest number of participants in the said event.