UP Diliman (UPD) woke up to a grim morning on May 2 as fire razed parts of Village A to the ground. According to reports, the fire began at 5:20 a.m. and reached the second alarm soon after. The authorities declared the fire out at 7 a.m. Three minors, two adults, two senior citizens, and one person with disability were reported dead, and around 250 families were affected or completely displaced. Drone footage of the fire. Screenshot from a video of Loyd…

At the second Gawad Kasarian of the UP Diliman (UPD) Gender Office (DGO), the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (OVCAA) Gender and Development (GAD) Committee received the highest honor for its active involvement in DGO activities and projects. The OVCAA GAD Committee received the Gawad Kasarian 2022 for its active participation in UPD’s celebration of  Women’s Month in 2021 and 2022, and in UP Pride Month 2021, and its projects such as the formulation of “Protocol for Gender-based Violence Prevention and Response,” a significant document responding to the needs of individuals…

Researchers from the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Home Economics (CHE) have just finished a 3-day seminar on the use of a digital loom as part of a project to preserve and propagate existing traditional Cordilleran textiles, especially the weaving techniques that have been lost to time. A team of researchers from UPD and UP Baguio (UPB) underwent training from April 4 to 6 on using the Thread Controller 2 (TC2), a digital Jacquard loom from Digital Weaving Norway (DWN) that can virtually create any fabric.

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I. Environment-related Offices Diliman Environmental Management Office (DEMO)The DEMO is the unit primarily responsible for environmental compliance of the University, collection and processing of compostable waste and conservation and protection of campus biodiversity. It was created in 2019 from the former Task Force on Solid Waste Management after the UP Board of Regents approved the expansion of its responsibilities beyond waste collection and processing.Head: L.Arch. James Christopher BuñoContact: (02) 8981-8500 local 4272, demo.updiliman@up.edu.ph Find them on their official

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Environmental sustainability entails a consciousness geared towards developing sustainable habits for optimized environmental utilization. This pertains to developing habits related to reduced consumption, reuse, recycle or repurposing of consumer products, and regeneration of resources through planting and rehabilitation. In operationalizing environmental sustainability, these supporting principles can be considered – societal needs, the preservation of biodiversity, regenerative and carrying capacity of our resources, reusability and recyclability of materials, and the constraints of non-renewable resources and waste generation. Specifically, the University aims to…

Our food choices provide a big impact on our carbon footprints through the production, packaging, and transportation of these foods. The University is committed to providing its community access to healthy, safe, and sustainably sourced food and drinks by aligning campus food providers and consumers to a shared vision of sustainability and security. Food packaging is essential and ubiquitous – from snacks bought from ambulant vendors and kiosks to meals supplied in canteens and food concessionaires, and even in University events. The pervasiveness of food packaging…