Join Muni’s #CutTheCrap gig on June 15!

The gig will round up Muni’s #CutTheCrap #NoMoreButts campaign to raise awareness on the impact of cigarette butts on the environment. Film canisters will be distributed to serve as cigarette butt bins at our #CutTheCrap gig on June 15 at Route 196 featuring Pedicab, Ciudad, Your Imaginary Friends, No Rome, Slow Hello and RomCom!

Part of the proceeds will go our Pawikan Watchers program too ;)

Confirm your attendance here. Find out more about the campaign here.

Check out the window of LUSH Bonifacio High Street Branch! Proceeds of the limited edition soap goes to SPS’s shark conservation efforts in Malapascua Island, Cebu. 

Do you have a plan for a mobile app on sustainable seafood choices? Or creating a website where critters found in a dive site are listed? Join Cat@lyst, a nationwide competition for young Filipinos to pitch their tech-based solutions to existing community problems.

Proceeds of Anemone Swimwear’s Save Our Seas bikini goes to SPS’s upcoming projects. It comes in sizes for little girls and adults!

That’s Chief Mermaid Anna O. wearing the SOS bikini top in Boracay Island :)

The Seatizen’s Festival has been moved to September. We promise a bigger, better, and more fun celebration!

One event at the Seatizen’s Festival is the Fun Run. What makes this fun run different from others? We’ll be walking running our talk.

• You can come in a sea-inspired costume. Prizes await the most creative ones!
• No plastic and paper cups will be provided at the water stations. Participants and organizers alike must bring their own water bottles.
• Meals of the marshals and other volunteers will not be in Styrofoam or plastic.
• All materials for the directional signs are tarps that have been re-used every R4C’s races since 2008, replacing only those that are not usable.
• All publicity materials printed on tarpaulin will be donated to the Children’s Environmental Education Awareness Foundation, a non-profit that upcycles tarps into schoolbags.

This race is organized by Save Philippine Seas and Run4Change.

Save Philippine Seas (SPS) is celebrating marine life with up to 2,000 attendees at the Seatizen’s Festival, a big fundraiser with a fun run, Sunday market, and concert at the Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Center (NAPWC) in September 2013.

Green race

SPS and Run for Change (Run4change, Inc.) will be putting a new kind of fun into a fun run. The race will be a “green race” and will strictly implement various green practices for minimal waste. Several aspects of the event will be done digitally or using recyclable materials.

Participants will be encouraged to come in costume made from recyclable or reusable materials. These could be full costumes, shirts they made themselves, or hats with coastal and marine life designs. Photos of costumed runners will be uploaded immediately to the Seatizen’s Festival Facebook page for the public to vote on their favorites. Winners with the most “Likes” will be announced at the end of the month and will receive special prizes.

Some ideas:

Here’s SPS’s very own Wahine Warrior Kage Gozun wearing a scuba diver costume during the Manila Surfers Cup.

Kage says, “Twin tanks were made out of two 2L Coke bottles wrapped in foil tape. BCD was an old backpack. Tanks attached via velcro and cable ties. Regulator and hose were made out of a recycled sampaloc candy container wrapped in electric tape and an unused Gasul attachment. Weights carved out of styrofoam (not worn in the water). Mask was a P30 ‘safety’ mask that I doubt is very protective (not worn in the water).”

Another idea:

Source: Liquid Dumaguete

Fun run distances are 1k for kids, and 3k, 5k, 10k for teens and adults, with a route that will take runners from North Avenue to Agham Road to Quezon Avenue and back into NAPWC. Registration fee is P350.

Runners will also be reminded to bring their own water bottles and bring snacks in biodegradable or reusable packaging. All race and publicity materials printed on tarps will be donated to the Children’s Environmental Education Awareness Foundation, a non-profit organization that upcycles tarps into schoolbags for public school students in poor communities.

Sunday market

The Sunday market will showcase up to forty exhibitors and feature creative activities, artwork by local artists, eco-friendly products, retailers, food establishments, exhibits by NGOs and school organizations. The “green” practice extends here as well; all exhibitors will be encouraged to use recyclable or reusable materials for booth décor, product packaging, and other purposes.

Rock the Boat concert

Exciting rock bands and performers will be keeping seatizens entertained all throughout the festival.

To participate in the Seatizen’s Festival and support SPS’ projects, please contact Nix Nicolas at savephseas@gmail.com or 0917-9015216.

ABOUT Save Philippine Seas

SAVE PHILIPPINE SEAS is an independent movement to protect the country’s marine resources by harnessing the power of social media; lobbying for the strict enforcement of environmental laws; and implementing various information, education, and communication projects.

To find out more, visit www.savephilippineseas.com, follow @SavePHSeas on Twitter, or “Like” Save Philippine Seas on Facebook.

ABOUT Run for Change

RUN4CHANGE INC. is a non-profit organization with the goal to motivate and inspire individuals through running. As an organization it advocates social change and reform through various programs, activities and events. Its 3-pronged program includes sports education, sports development, and events.

To find out more, visit www.run4change.com, or “Like” Run for Change on Facebook.