{"id":8235,"date":"2023-08-14T09:21:53","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T01:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/?p=8235"},"modified":"2023-08-14T09:23:26","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T01:23:26","slug":"santa-rosa-ph-recognizes-iclei-sea-during-citys-green-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/2023\/08\/14\/santa-rosa-ph-recognizes-iclei-sea-during-citys-green-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Santa Rosa, PH recognizes ICLEI SEA during city\u2019s GREEN Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>(in photo above) Zenaida Ranario-Tagolino, ICLEI Southeast Asia Operations Manager (third from left); Edu Vira, ICLEI Southeast Asia Administration Assistant (second from left); Hon. Sta. Rosa City Mayor Arlene Arcillas (fourth from left); and Hon. Sta. Rosa City Vice Mayor Arnold Arcillas (fourth from right) along with other city representatives during the city\u2019s GREEN Awards last 21 July 2023 (photo from <a href=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.691544719690614&amp;type=3&amp;mibextid=ncKXMA&amp;_rdc=1&amp;_rdr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">Sta. Rosa City Environment and Natural Resources Office Facebook page<\/span><\/a>).<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>The City Government of Santa Rosa City, Laguna in the Philippines recognized ICLEI \u2013 Local Governments for Sustainability Southeast Asia as one of its sustainable development partners during the \u201cGearing towards Robust, Engaging, and Eco-friendly Nature\u201d (GREEN) Awards ceremony held on 21 July 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Carrying the theme \u201cAmidst GREEN City: Amplifying Local Actions through Transformative GREEN Solutions,\u201d this year\u2019s GREEN Awards recognized 46 individuals, groups, private businesses, non-government and citizen\u2019s organizations, and national government agencies for their role in helping the city protect its environment.<\/p>\n<p>The GREEN Awards form part of the city\u2019s celebration of its Environment Day and is held in commemoration of both its Environment Code through City Ordinance number 1720-2011 and the 19<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of its cityhood.<\/p>\n<p>Leading the 2023 GREEN awards were Hon. Sta. Rosa City Mayor Arlene Arcillas, Hon. Sta. Rosa City Vice Mayor Arnold Arcillas, and City Environment and Natural Resources Office Head Engr. Maria Amor Salandanan, EnP, alongside City Counselors and Environmental Committee Members Hon. Sonia Algabre, Hon. Roy Gonzalez, and Hon. Mythor Cenda\u00f1a.<\/p>\n<p>ICLEI and Sta. Rosa have worked together on various sustainability efforts throughout the years, including <a href=\"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/2022\/07\/27\/iclei-and-ph-government-forge-partnership-for-new-climate-action-planning-webinar-series-for-local-governments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><strong>Harnessing Cities\u2019 Share in the Implementation of the Environment and Natural Resource Component of the Philippine NDC<\/strong><\/span><\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/2022\/12\/07\/sea-cities-tackle-how-to-decarbonize-buildings-in-the-region\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><strong>Zero Carbon Building Accelerator (ZCBA)<\/strong><\/span><\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/2022\/05\/31\/eu-funded-asep-cells-celebrates-successes-of-sustainable-energy-initiatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><strong>Access to Sustainable Energy Programme \u2013 Clean Energy Living Laboratories (ASEP \u2013 Cells)<\/strong><\/span><\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/2022\/10\/24\/iskandar-malaysia-mandaluyong-city-and-santa-rosa-city-ph-share-their-progress-and-outlook-on-building-energy-efficiency-and-decarbonization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><strong>Building Efficiency Accelerator<\/strong><\/span><\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/2017\/02\/12\/cities-of-naga-and-santa-rosa-renew-partnership-with-giz-urban-nexus-and-iclei-seas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><strong>The Urban Nexus: Integrated Resource Management in Asian Cities<\/strong><\/span><\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ACCRN-Cities-Project_PRINT.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><strong>Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN)<\/strong><\/span><\/a>; and the <a href=\"https:\/\/wwf.org.ph\/resource-center\/story-archives-2023\/15-philippine-cities-strengthen-their-journey-for-urban-climate-action-in-wwfs-one-planet-city-challenge-2023-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><strong>One Planet City Challenge<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sta. Rosa has been an ICLEI Member City since 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(in photo above) Zenaida Ranario-Tagolino, ICLEI Southeast Asia Operations Manager (third from left); Edu Vira, ICLEI Southeast Asia Administration Assistant (second from left); Hon. Sta. Rosa City Mayor Arlene Arcillas (fourth from left); and Hon. Sta. Rosa City Vice Mayor Arnold Arcillas (fourth from right) along with other city representatives during the city\u2019s GREEN Awards [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,51],"tags":[1773,1774,1772,1764,1765,1769,1076,1767,1771,1768,1770,1763,756,1174,297,1534,231,425,313,625,1766],"class_list":["post-8235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-news","category-news","tag-amidst-green-city","tag-amplifying-local-actions-through-transformative-green-solutions","tag-and-eco-friendly-nature","tag-arlene-arcillas","tag-arnold-arcillas","tag-awards","tag-city","tag-edu-virta","tag-engaging","tag-environment-day","tag-gearing-towards-robust","tag-green-awards-2023","tag-iclei-southeast-asia","tag-laguna","tag-mayor","tag-member","tag-philippines","tag-santa-rosa","tag-sta-rosa","tag-vice-mayor","tag-zenaida-tagolino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8235"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8240,"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8235\/revisions\/8240"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}