ESSA continued it’s nationwide Initiative of conducting Inner Conditioning Workshops in Panay, thanks in part to the efforts and availability of facilitator and ESSA council member Elias Romualdez. The ICW is an intensive 3- day long that takes participants through…
This past May 7-9 and June 18-20 at CBE, Bulacan, ESSA President Nick Perlas conducted the ICW 2.0: From Fear To Hope. This workshop builds on the inner development process that started in the ICW 1.0, and contextualizes it in…
Elias Romualdez, the 19- year old ESSA Youth Sector council member, has completed his training as an ICW facilitator, concluding his nearly 7-month long preparation by conducting the workshop at The Center for Bayanihan Economics in Angat, Bulacan this past…
On June 2-4 the ESSA Secretariat conducted it’s Sustainable Agriculture workshop for a class of high school students (and a handful of LGU officials and farmers) from Brgy. Cabugao, New Lucena. The training was initiated by Municipal Mayor and ESSA…
Here is a message from the Health Sector of the ESSA Antique cluster describing their efforts to promote sustainable agriculture and health in their province: The ESSA Antique health sector is promoting Sustainable Agriculture and Food as Medicine. We make…
Over the month of April, the Antique cluster distributed organic food to various hospitals and quarantined areas in Antique. This initiative called “Burubligay Kita” continued over the course of one month. Here are the details as provided by the members: The ESSA…
ESSA, in cooperation with SRI Pilipinas is conducting a season long training on the System of Rice Intensification with 14 farmers and farm owners from Lambunao. They aim to create a community of sustainable farmers in the area that will…
On January 18th, ESSA staff writer and workshop facilitator Rafael Mapa conducted a webinar for Palmolive-Colgate corporation. Although he was asked to teach the participants about urban gardening, Aeon was also able to share about the climate emergency, stating that…
Speakers of this webinar were members of ESSA Iloilo City Cluster invited to share their respective expertise. Dr. Tetchie Layson talk was on “Bridging the Gap” Human Health and the Entire Ecosystem; in which she spoke about the interconectedness of the…
Last October 10, 2020 the cluster of Iloilo City, composed mostly of dedicated and determined women, dedicated to Sustainable Agriculture continued on their weekly activities at Barangay Cochero, Iloilo City. This week’s topic was about Seed Banking and Seed Libraries. Seeing how…
Central Iloilo Cluster on its 5th meeting was joined by its new members from the Municipalities of Pototan represented by the Organic Agriculture Focal Person and two Organic Farmers; Passi City Organic Agriculture Focal Person; and from the Municipality of…
The highlight of this week activity is about Soil. Ms. Joy Ayupan, the resource person of this topic interestingly shared to the participants the soil nutrients, soil structure and the soil food web. As the group customarily starts with the…