As an adage goes โplant a tree today; it will help us breathe tomorrow,โ PSU celebrates World Environment Day 2024 through tree planting and environmental clean-up activities, June 5.
The Pangasinan State Universityโs division, Research, Extension and Innovation headed by ๐๐ซ. ๐๐๐ณ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐. ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐๐ฒ, extended the effort to Brgy. Laois in Labrador town as the location of the said activities.
OIC-REI Vice President, Dr. Joseph Campit, thanked the local folks led by Brgy. Captain Valentino Arenas in welcoming the team and in giving assistance for the success of the event.
โ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐บ ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ข๐บ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ ๐ช๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐บ ๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ต๐ข ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ช๐ด๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ญ๐ข ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ข๐ด๐ข๐ฏ,โ Dr. Campit shared.
Themed as โREI-freshing the World thru Tree Planting and Environmental Clean-up,โ PSU team together with Barangay Laois locals planted seedlings donated by Tanggol Kalikasan (TK) Organization.
Meanwhile, the Director for Extension Services, Dr. Armando D. Junio, also shared that the universityโs mandate in bringing quality education is not confined inside the classroom, โ๐๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐บ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฎ๐จ๐ข ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ต๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐จ๐ข๐บ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฉ๐ถ๐ญ๐ถ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ข ๐ด๐ข ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ข๐ด๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ต ๐ฃ๐ข๐บ๐ข๐ฏโ in his exact words.
As the tree planting ended, the team also reached the stream in the area cleaning garbage and segregating it properly with the hope to maintain the practice of proper disposal management.
PSU REI centerheads, Dr. Jun S. Camara, Prof. Irene De Vera and Dr. Nova Arquilano, also took part in the said activity.
With PSU led by ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ, ๐๐ซ. ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐. ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ, a holistic education does not end inside the institution, but transpires in the community promoting social and environmental responsiveness.
