UPM CAS Faculty Webinar on Ecological Solutions to the COVID-19 and Pandemics
The Center for Environmental Concerns, a socio-civic group established in the 1990s to promote a “just, free, democratic and prosperous society that considers regenerative capacity and sustainability of resources”, organized the State of the Philippine Environment Forum 2020. The free webinar series on the ecological challenges to the COVID-19 Crisis featured various lecturers discussing ecology-based solutions to the ongoing pandemic.
One of the speakers was CAS professor Dr. Marilen Parungao Balolong who talked on “Ecological Roots of COVID-19 and Pandemics”. She introduced the HOLOBIONT Concept, One Health and the Planetary Health approach as ways to help policy makers include science in planning and preventing pandemics in the future. Interested parties can view the recoded webinar here.
The CASama sa Quarantine Facebook Group: An Online Open Space on Enclosed Days
CAS faculty members were concerned about the well-being of CAS constituents amidst the ECQ; hence, the team decided on the creation of a Facebook group on March 27, 2020.
Currently with 571 members, the “CASama sa Quarantine” aims to coordinate and facilitate access to information that are beneficial for the well-being of current and former students, REPS, administrative staff, and faculty of CAS during the ECQ. If you belong to the UPM CAS community, you are very much welcome to join! Visit the “CASama sa Quarantine (UPM CAS Quarantine Diaries)”.
Can’t Go to the Gym? The Department of Physical Education’s Exercises on Zoom Got You Covered
Lack of physical activities by the constituents during ECQ is a concern; but Prof. Guiller Realin came to the rescue with his yoga sessions via Zoom. Participation in the yoga sessions is easy: one has to join the CASama sa Quarantine Facebook group, prepare a yoga/exercise mat or towel, and a bottle of water for hydration and you’re all set!
