>Leading wireless services provider Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) recently inked an agreement with international environmental organization World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Philippines) for an environmental education campaign in the academe.
Under the partnership, SMART will work with WWF-Philippines for Project Connect – the development of education modules advocating energy efficiency and conservation plus renewable energy in selected elementary schools, high schools and universities.
(Smart Public Affairs Community Partnerships Senior Manager Darwin Flores and Chief Wireless Advisor Orlando B. Vea and WWF-Philippines CEO and President Jose Ma. Lorenzo Tan and VP for Marketing and Corporate Relations Reggie Olalia)
WWF-Philippines Environmental Education Program Team Leader Obel Resurreccion explains, “Project Connect aims to synergize technology with education to nurture and inspire a fresh generation of environmental stewards. Lessons deal mostly with climate change and energy efficiency.”
SMART and WWF will pilot the program in the winning schools of the SMART-supported 2009 National Search for Sustainable and Eco-Friendly Schools.
The nationwide competition done in partnership with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environment Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) aimed to recognize schools with the best practices in terms of implementing environmental programs.
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