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Seoul and Southeast Asian cities conduct series of dialogues to foster knowledge exchange and city-to-city collaboration
Experts from the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) met with city officials and representatives from Indonesia, Philippines, and Vietnam last March 05 to 09 to continue cooperation and knowledge exchange between SMG and participating cities of the Ambitious City Promises project. The week-long activity, dubbed ACP Experts and National Meeting, aimed to streamline support and explore […]
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Clean, green and safe: The Philippines’ first sustainable city to be built by 2022
By: Ping Manongdo, Eco-Business.com A metropolis that is green and lush, where the air is clean, where it’s safe to walk or bike on the road, and where everyone feels like they belong. This doesn’t sound like a city in the Philippines, but it soon will be, thanks to a new partnership between the Bases Conversion […]
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Climate-resilient housing technology in Naga state college, ready for scaling up
The climate change resilient pilot house (CCRPH) of the Bicol State College for Applied Sciences and Technology (BISCAST) in Naga City, Philippines is ready for scaling up as it secures approval from the Accreditation of Innovative Technologies for Housing (AITECH) of the Philippine National Housing Authority (NHA) last December 2017. “The AITECH certification gives BISCAST […]
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Pasig celebrates Ambitious City Promises Day; commits to strengthening local climate action through citizen engagement
Employees and officers of Pasig City Hall, led by Mayor Bobby Eusebio, former Mayor Maribel Andaya Eusebio, and officials of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (City Council) celebrated the Ambitious City Promises (ACP) Day during the Flag Raising ceremony last February 26 at Pasig City Hall. Starting the first workday of the week with an energetic note, Mayor […]
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ICLEI members from Indonesia and Philippines, finalists in WWF’s city challenge
From 133 cities from 23 countries, forty (40) cities including Makati, Pasig, and San Carlos in the Philippines as well as DKI Jakarta Province, Bogor City, Balikpapan City in Indonesia have been selected as national finalists of the 2017-2018 run of the World Wide Fund for Nature’s (WWF) One Planet City Challenge (OPCC), a biennial […]
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INVITATION TO CALL FOR PAPERS THE SEBERANG PERAI INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ECOTOURISM AND CONSERVATION EFFORTS 2018
The Seberang Perai Municipal Council (MPSP) with great enthusiasm would like to announce Call for Papers Seberang Perai International Conference and Eco-Tourism 2018 (SPICEC 2018) is now open. This is the opportunity to contribute to this SPICEC 2018 with the theme “Promoting Local Economic Development (LED) Through Ecotourism.” For more information, visit: http://spicec.mpsp.gov.my/
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