Metro Manila catholic schools are set to have a more active campaign on ecological issues as it launches the school road show on ecology, indigenous peoples and mining on September 1 at the Manila Cathedral during the Mass celebrated by Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales.
The Alyansa Tigil sa Mina (ATM) supports this launching of the school road show to focus on ecology, indigenous peoples and mining and sees this as a good sign of the church and the academe getting more involved in the campaign in ecological conservation, particularly mining.
“We are anticipating a more committed and active involvement of the schools in this campaign, especially as we try to make them more aware of the plight of the indigenous peoples in the Philippines and how they are the ones truly affected by the entry of large-scale mining companies,” Jaybee Garganera of the ATM Secretariat said.

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