Environment Day Celebration

Yesterday was fulfilling. It was fun and beautiful and good. Well, i just took part in my hometown's 2nd Environment Day Celebration. 

I woke up at 4 am and left my apartment at 5. A quite early start and it was tough but i had to, because i was assigned as one of the first-aiders for the fun run activity. The marathon started at 6:30, and the participants included young ones and adults. We had one case of a runner who fainted, but the activity was an overall success. 

We then proceeded to the river for the Zumba dance program. It was a nice sight to behold, seeing the LGU officials, local residents, and even elementary students dancing and sweating out in the tune of fast music for one hour straight. What made it more fun and interesting to watch and participate was that they danced in the river!

After the Zumba, we had no minute to waste. We went straight to our next activity- the Tree Planting. Holes were already dug the day earlier, and we only had to transplant different kinds of seedlings. It took no more than 10 minutes because, of course, we all worked hand in hand <3. Its astounding how amazing the power of trees is to provide benefits to our environment. 

Looking back, the river in our town has been subject to flooding over the years, especially during heavy rainfall and typhoon. Soil erosion and deposition have also been major problems affecting the river bank. In 2008, in the height of Typhoon Frank, 2 major bridges got wrecked because of the flood, making transportation really difficult for a long time. Since then, many tree-planting and clean-up drive activities have been conducted, including today's, with an impressive number of participants : ) It's overwhelming how people unite for an environmental change. 

Sounds like we've already done a lot when it's only 9 am, but we still had more to do! Next was the Clean-up drive. Our town mayor announced we could convert trash into cash by weighing the plastics bottles and tins we collected. But we're not up to how much money we could make, we just gladly made the area cleaner than it already was : ) 

After the quite tiring activities, it was time for some fun! And more exhaustion hahaha. But it's all for nature and ourselves, and there's no giving up. It's sports time! We were grouped into 8 teams for a volleyball match. It was, by far, the funniest match i have joined and witnessed. Well, it's not really hard to play volleyball in above-the-knee-level water (insert sarcasm). It was hard not to get wet, because once we hit the ball, we're bound to fall kkkkkkkkkk. Everybody was shrieking with laughter as we each tried hard to score. 

There were more activities on the list, but just before we all ran out of energy, we shared a sumptuous lunch and relaxed a bit. 

Our program continued in the afternoon. This time it's the representation of different sea creatures!

Many other activities followed in the evening, including more games and a live band. 

Yesterday was a really great day. And i hope to take part in our town's Environment Day every year. Pretty sure all of us would love to.