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A short story about Rodne Gakucha y Rodnino

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A short story about Rodne Gakucha y Rodnino

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Rodne Galicha y Rodiño was born in  June 2 1979, he is 42 year old, and he lives in San Fernando, Sibuyan Island, Romblon, Philippines, he is the eldest son of government employee Nenita Rodiño y Romero of San Fernando, Romblon, and postman Rodrigo Galicha y Galindez of Alcantara, Romblon he is a Filipino environmentalist and human rights activist currently involved in climate justice, biodiversity conservation and natural resources conflict management. He is the author of a pocket-sized book on emerging environment issues: we Are Nature. On  December 5 2013, he received the 2013 Hero for the Environment national individual award from the Center for Environmental Concerns in collaboration with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources of the Republic of the Philippines. He is now serves as Philippine Manager The Climate Reality Project while doing his voluntary work for ecological and cultural organization called Bayay Sibuyanon in his home-island of Sibuyan. He is Protecting the biodiversity and natural resources of Sibuyan Island  through sustainable programs and social media, Galicha served as executive director of Sibuyan Island Sentinels League for Environment Inc.  since 2007. His group, Sibuyanons Against Mining  successfully campaigned against nickel mining giant BHP Billiton and lobbied for the suspension of mineral extraction of a Canada-based mining company being operated by a Filipino corporation.

Kiel Yosef R. Domingo

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Rue B. Montante III

He embarks on extreme projects to bring attention to important global issues and inspire positive change. His work has been covered by media worldwide including National Geographic and he’s been named “The Robin Hood of Modern Times” by France 2 TV.  Rob’s life is an embodiment of Gandhi’s philosophy, “Be the change you wish to see in the world.”

He believes that our actions really do matter and that as individuals, and communities we have the power to improve the world around us. Rob donates 100% of his media earnings to grassroots nonprofits and has committed to living simply and responsibly for life.

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Jai Luthor L. Escobia
Grade 4-Matiyaga

Von Hernandez is a leading environmental activist from the Philippines. He was Executive Director of Greenpeace Southeast Asia (GPSEA) from 2008 to 2014, where he led the environmental group's programs and operations in the Southeast Asian region. Prior to that, he served as Campaigns Director for the organization, and was responsible for driving the group's campaigns in Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines on a number of issues including climate change, forests, sustainable agriculture and toxics pollution. Currently, he serves as Development Director for Greenpeace International.
Von Hernandez is a former literature professor from the Philippines, drew the line at another lucrative export from the developed world: mountains of trash. Across Asia, waste incinerators pump out clouds of dioxin and other harmful chemicals that come from processing imported garbage. It's a highly profitable business for waste companies, but the onslaught of pollutants can wreak havoc on local health. He became aware of the Philippines' garbage problem in 1995, when he started working for Greenpeace. Every day the capital, Manila, creates 6,000 tons of trash, much of which festers in massive dumps where street children make a living picking through the ooze. In 2000, a giant landfill collapsed during a downpour, killing at least 200 people. Some government authorities called for waste incinerators to be built to eradicate the trash eyesores; as a side benefit, the Philippines could profit from burning imported trash from the industrialized world. But Hernandez's campaign quashed such plans. Even slum dwellers now know that dioxin from waste incineration can cause birth defects, while the toxic matter can poison future generations if it makes its way into the groundwater.

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In September 2019, Sharon Lavigne, a special education teacher turned environmental justice advocate, successfully stopped the construction of a US$1.25 billion plastics manufacturing plant alongside the Mississippi River in St. James Parish, Louisiana. Lavigne mobilized grassroots opposition to the project, educated community members, and organized peaceful protests to defend her predominantly African American community. The plant would have generated one million pounds of liquid hazardous waste annually, in a region already contending with known carcinogens and toxic air pollution.

Jia Amelia Cabrera

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Whang-od Oggay (born 17 February 1917) is a Filipina tattoo artist from Buscalan, Tinglayan, Kalinga, Philippines. She is thought as the last mambabatok (traditional Kalinga tattooist) from the Butbut people in Buscalan Kalinga and the oldest tattoo artist in the Philippines.

Akisha Faye Ramirez

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Biography of Sharon Lavigne - Environment Defender

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Biography of Sharon Lavigne - Environment Defender

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Kenji Ecko M. Ilagan
Grade 4 - Matiyaga

A retired special education teacher from Louisiana who led a successful grassroots campaign to stop construction of a toxic plastics plant in America’s Cancer Alley has won the 2021 Goldman prize for environmental defenders.

Sharon Lavigne, 68, organized marches, petitions, town hall meetings and media campaigns after elected officials gave the green light to the construction of another polluting factory in St James parish – a majority-Black community already blighted by heavy industry and exorbitant cancer rates.

Lavigne mobilised the community against the Wanhua plant through Rise St James – a faith-based environmental justice organisation she founded in 2018. She was at the forefront of the opposition, knocking on doors, testifying at parish council meetings and other hearings, and petitioning local and state officials to issue moratoriums on new industrial construction.

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Sharon Lavigne is a well-known environmental justice advocate. She is a 49-year daughter of civil right activists. Her whole life, she lived in St. James Parish, and she is continuously making efforts to never let this happen. She is a special education teacher who devoted her full time in environmental activism in 2018. She is also the founder of RISE St. James which is a grassroots, faith-based, environmental organization. Her activism stopped the construction of a billion-dollar plastic manufacturing plant alongside the Mississippi River in Louisiana's notorious "cancer alley."

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Mikaela Therese S.Estrada Personal Pronoun:Regina Paz "Gina"La'o Lopez was born on December 27, 1953. She was a Filipino environmentalist and philanthropist who served as Secretary of the Philippines' Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).She was previously the Chairperson of the Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission under two consecutive administrations. She was also a yoga missionary. She was the daughter of ABS-CBN Chairman Emeritus Eugenio Lopez, Jr. of Iloilo and Conchita La'o of Manila and she had six siblings. She had two sons,Roberto and Benjamin. She audited all mining sites and firms in the entire country and stripped environmental certificates. She was also pushing for the establishment of numerous protected areas in the country  such as  the West Panay Mountain Range National Park. Her environmental policies were much criticized by some big business ventures and pro- mining lawmakers. She was called a symbol and champion of environmental conservation in the country ever since.She died of multiple organ disease at Makati Medical Center on August 19,2019 at the age of 65

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Jake S. Canarias

Grade 4 English

Environmentalist #2

-Liz's age is 38 Years old
-She is the leader of indigenous Bora Community
Of Loreto. Peru.
-She is also the president of an agricultural cooperative and former president of the Federation of Indigenous Communities of the Ampiyacu  River.
- Liz's Community decided to create a formal national park in their region that would establish protection against increased invasion from illegal loggers.
-She and community's campaign aims to protect the forest, peatland and waterways.
-She is an indigenous leader whos activism helped to create the Yagus National Park, protecting an area the size of yellow stone National Park in the united states.

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Environmentalists #1- Christel Maria Ken F. Villarama 

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Environmentalists #1- Christel Maria Ken F. Villarama 

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Autobiography of Sharon Lavigne

Sharon is a 49-year daughter of civil rights activists. Sharon lived her whole life in St. James Parish, and making efforts to never let this happen. Lavigne is a special education teacher. Lavigne devoted her full- time in environmental activism in 2018. Sharon Lavigne founded RISE St. James a grassroots, faith-based, environmental organization. Sharon Lavigne’s activism stopped the construction of a billion-dollar plastics manufacturing plant alongside the MISSISSIPPI River in Lousiana’s notorious “ cancer alley “

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Wangarĩ Muta Maathai (1 April 1940 – 25 September 2011) was a Kenyan social, environmental and political activist and the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.[1] As a beneficiary of the Kennedy Airlift she studied in the United States, earning a bachelor's degree from Mount St. Scholastica and a master's degree from the University of Pittsburgh. She went on to become the first woman in East and Central Africa to become a Doctor of Philosophy, receiving her Ph.D. from the University of Nairobi in Kenya.

In 1977, Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement, an environmental non-governmental organization focused on the planting of trees, environmental conservation, and women's rights. In 1984, she was awarded the Right Livelihood Award for "converting the Kenyan ecological debate into mass action for reforestation". Maathai was an elected member of the Parliament of Kenya and between January 2003 and November 2005 served as assistant minister for environment and natural resources in the government of President Mwai Kibaki. She was an Honorary Councillor of the World Future Council. As an academic and the author of several books, Maathai was not only an activist but also an intellectual who has made significant contributions to thinking about ecology, development, gender, and African cultures and religions.

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Georgio Jr. T. Alvarez

Grade 4 - Matiyaga

Sharon is a 49-year daughter of civil rights activist

Sharon lived her whole life in St. James Parish, and making efforts to never let this happen.

Lavigne is a special education teacher.
Lavigne devoted her full-time in environmental activism in 2018
Sharon Lavigne founded RISE ST.  James, a grassroots, faith-based, environmental organization.
Sharon lavigne’s activism stopped the construction of a billion-dollar plastics manufacturing plant alongside the Mississippi River in Lousiana’s notorious “cancer alley”

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Biography of Wangari Maathai

Wangari Maathai or in her full name Wangari Muta Maathai, born April 1, 1940 died September 25 2011. Kenyan politician and environmental activist who was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize for Peace, she is the first Black African woman to win a Nobel Prize. Maathai was educated in the United States at Mount St. Scholastica College (now Benedictine College; B.S. in biology, 1964) and at the University of Pittsburgh (M.S., 1966). In 1971 she received a Ph.D. at the University of Nairobi, effectively becoming the first woman in either East or Central Africa to earn a doctorate. While working with the National Council of Women of Kenya, Maathai developed the idea that village women could improve the environment by planting trees to provide a fuel source and to slow the processes of deforestation and desertification. The Green Belt Movement, an organization she founded in 1977, had by the early 21st century planted some 30 million trees.

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G4 Matiyaga English Luke Skyler D. Guerrero 

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G4 Matiyaga English Luke Skyler D. Guerrero 

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Biography of Sharon Lavigne

She is already 49 years old. She is a daughter of a civil rights activist. She lived in St. James Parish since she was born. Right now, she is a teacher. She is also a full-time environmental activist in 2018. RISE St. James is founded by her. This is a Faith-based environmental organization. Her activism stopped a billion-dollar construction that is manufacturing plastics alongside the Mississippi river in Lousiana’s notorious “cancer alley”.

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Biography of Wangari Maathai Wangari
Prince Sepdy M. Lagmay

Grade 4-Matiyaga

She is one of the recipients of the prestigious Nobel Prize. She received the Nobel Peace Prize in the year 2004.  Her contribution to sustainable development, democracy, and peace made her qualified for the said award. She took the lead in the fight to promote ecologically viable social, economic, and cultural development in Kenya and in Africa.

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Edward gariguez is 59 years old and a Filipino religious leader and environmentalist. He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2012, for his voicing of protests on behalf of indigenous communities against large scale mining projects in the Philippines.[1] Edwin Gariguez was the former executive secretary of National Secretariat for Social Action (NASSA), the humanitarian, advocacy and social development arm of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP).

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Liz Chicaje Churay

Liz is an 38 years old she is a leader of indigenous
bora community of loreto peru. liz is president of an agricultural
cooperative and former president of the federation of indigenous
and she decided to create a formal national park in their region
that would establish protection against increased invasion from illegal
loggers. liz and her community's campaign aims to protect the forest, peatlands, and waterways
she protect her people and her communitys.

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Jude Martin C. Martinez          April 4, 2022
English 4                          Grade 4 - Matiyaga

Liz Chicaje Churay

She is 38 years old. She is the leader of Indigenous Bora
Community of Loreto, Peru. She is also a president of an agricultural
cooperative and former president of the Federation of Indigenous Communities of
the Ampicayu River. Her community decided to create a formal national park in
their region that would establish protection against increased invasion from
illegal loggers. Her and community’s campaign aims to protect the forests, peatlands and waterways. She is an indigenous leader whose activism helped to create the Yaguas National Park, protecting an area the size of Yellowstone National Park in the United States.

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Jhudiel Malchom C. Martinez

English 4                                              Grade 4 Matiyaga

Sharon Lavigne

She is a 49 year old daughter of civil rights activists.  She also lived her whole life in St. James Parish and making efforts to never let it happen.  She is a special education teacher and she devoted her full-time in environmental activism in 2018.  She founded RISE St. James, a grass roots, faith-based environmental organization.  Her activism stopped the construction of a billion dollar plastic manufacturing plant alongside the Mississippi River in Lousina’s notorious “Cancer Alley”.

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Mathea Anne L. Mejia

Liz Chicage Churay

Liz Chicage Churay is 39 years old. She is the leader of Bora Community of
Loreto,Peru. Also she is the president of an agricultural cooperative and former president of the Federation of Indigenous Communities of the Ampiyacu River.
Her community decided to create a formal national park in their region that would establish protection against increased invasion from illegal loggers.
Their campaign aims to protect the forest, peatlands, and waterways.
She is an Indigenous leader whose activism helped to create the Yaguas National
Park,protecting an area the size of Yellowstone National Park in the United States.

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Matheo Raymond L. Mejia

Sharon Lavigne

She is a 49-year old daughter of civil rights activists.She lived her whole life in St. James Parish,and making efforts to never let this happen again.She is a special education teacher.She devoted her full-time in environmental activism in 2018.She founded RISE St. James,a grassroots,faith-based,environmental organization.Her activism stopped the construction of a billion-dollar plastics manufacturing plant alongside the Mississippi River in Lousina's notorious
"Cancer alley."

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Mathan Vincent L Mejia

Grade-4  English

Environmentalist #2

Liz Chicaje Churay
-She is 38 years old.
- She is the leader of Indigenous  Bora Community of Loreto, Peru.
-She is the president of an agrikultural cooperative and former president of the Federation of Indegious Communities of the Ampiyacu River.
-Her community decided to create a formal  national park in their region that would establish protection against increased invasion from illegal loggers.
-Their community campaign aims to protect the forests, peatlands, and water ways.
-She is an indegious leader whose activism helped to create the Yaguas National Park, protecting an area the size of YellowStone National Park in the United States.

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Prince Sepdy M. Lagmay
Grade IV Matiyaga

Rodne Galicha y Rodiño was born in  June 2 1979, he is 42 year old, and he lives in San Fernando, Sibuyan Island, Romblon, Philippines, he is the eldest son of government employee Nenita Rodiño y Romero of San Fernando, Romblon, and postman Rodrigo Galicha y Galindez of Alcantara, Romblon he is a Filipino environmentalist and human rights activist currently involved in climate justice, biodiversity conservation and natural resources conflict management. He is the author of a pocket-sized book on emerging environment issues: we Are Nature. On  December 5 2013, he received the 2013 Hero for the Environment national individual award from the Center for Environmental Concerns in collaboration with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources of the Republic of the Philippines. He is now serves as Philippine Manager The Climate Reality Project while doing his voluntary work for ecological and cultural organization called Bayay Sibuyanon in his home-island of Sibuyan. He is Protecting the biodiversity and natural resources of Sibuyan Island  through sustainable programs and social media, Galicha served as executive director of Sibuyan Island Sentinels League for Environment Inc.  since 2007. His group, Sibuyanons Against Mining  successfully campaigned against nickel mining giant BHP Billiton and lobbied for the suspension of mineral extraction of a Canada-based mining company being operated by a Filipino corporation.

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Alexius Jon Bernice A. Cabral
Grade 4 Matiyaga

Liz Chicaje is 38 years old. She is the leader of indigenous Bora Community of loreto Peru. She is a president of an agricultural cooperative and former president of the federation of indigenous Communities of the Ampiyacu River.
Her Community decided to create a formal national park in their region that would establish protection against increased invasion from illegal loggers.  She and Her communtiy's campaign aims to protect the forest peatlands and waterways. She is an indigenous leader whose activism helped to create the Yaguas National Park, Protecting an area size of Yellowstone National Park in the United states.

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Beatriz Gyle Cabusora
Grade IV-Matiyaga

Liz Chicaje was born in 1982 into the indigenous community of Boras de Pucaurquillo in the Pebas District of Peru's Loreto Region. She belongs to the Newat (sparrowhawk) clan. When she was a child, she was brought up in the forest where she learnt to appreciate the importance of nature and the wild animals. As she grew older, the native communities living in the area were increasingly threatened by illegal logging and mining. After deciding to take on the task of fighting for the well-being of these communities, she developed her leadership skills and in 2013 sought to become mayor of the Pebas district. Although she did not win, she became more familiar with the problems of the people in the district. Thanks to her work, in 2014 she was elected president of FECONA, a federation of native Ampiyacu communities, providing an opportunity for collaboration with other native federations in the area. She worked towards the preservation of the area surrounded by the Napo, Putumayo and Amazon rivers neighbouring Colombia and Brazil. As a member of the Committee for the Categorization of the Yaguas Reserved Zone, she worked towards the development of the Yaguas National Park in which the native communities could be integrated and protected.

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Trixie Zarene G. Dominguez
Grade IV-Matiyaga

Regina Paz "Gina" La'o Lopez was a Filipino environmentalist, philanthropist and eco-warrior who served as Secretary of the Philippines' Department of Environment and Natural Resources. She was best known for fighting against destructive mining practices in our country. She is also the founder of Bantay Bata 163 a social welfare program of ABS-CBN Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation that aims to protect disadvantaged and at-risk children through a nationwide network of social services. Lopez was diagnosed with brain cancer. She died of multiple organ failure related to the disease at Makati Medical Center on August 19, 2019 at the age of 65.

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Kurt Andrei C. Casiedo
Grade IV-Matiyaga

Sharon Lavigne is a 49-year daughter of civil rights activists. She is a special education teacher who devoted her full-time in environmental activism in 2018. She also founded RISE St. James, a grassroots. faith-based, environmental organization. Her activism stopped the construction of a billion-dollar plastics manufacturing plant alongside the Mississippi River in Lousiana's notorious "cancer alley". She lived her whole life in St. James Parish, and making efforts to never let this happen.

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Jullie Anne B. Rafael
Grade IV

Wangari Maathai is one of the recipients of the prestigious Nobel Prize in the year 2004. Her contribution to sustainable development, democracy, and peace made her qualified for the said award. This is evident in her deeds as she took the lead in the fight to promote ecologically viable social, economic, and cultural development in Kenya and in Africa.