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This past October 23, 2010, TGEG joined up with the groundbreaking Tree 500 Movement with regards to the reforestation of Marikina Water Shed. The tree planting was held at Calawis Bridge, Marikina Water Shed. It is considered one of the lists of the water sources that need to have treatment solution to recover the forests. Responding to the corporation are Corporate President Chariza Lazaro and Corporate President Asst. Maria Luna Albofera.
The Tree 500 movement is certainly a treatment program by EX-LINKEVENTS. It endeavors to better develop plants much less than five hundred trees in Marikina Water Shed every three months which took the first step last August 28, 2010. Upon this movement, Marikina Water Shed may effectively increase productiveness through the area to make certain that bad weather rainfall water can therefore reduce the possibilities of flashfloods in addition to moreover making improvements to water supply for Metro Manila.
In addition, there are also some institutions who took initiatives in improving Marikina Water Shed and they are generally the following namely: Manila Water, Foundation for the Philippine Environment (FPE), Philippine Tropical Forest Conservation Foundation (PTFCF), Earthday Network Philippines, Education for Life Foundation, Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), National Power Corp., Fostering People's Education, Empowerment and Enterprise (FPE3), Meralco, UCPB Foundation, Sagip Sierra Madre Environmental Society, Smart, Haribon Foundation, Mga Anak ni Inang Daigdig, Kalingap Marikina Watershed, True Foundation, the PLDT-Smart Foundation, Antipolo LGU, DENR, and the Diocese of Antipolo.
Indeed, tree planting is among the ways in which we are able to do in order to scale down the unfavorable influences of climatic change such as experienced in the form of water shortages, drought and flooding. Let us be aware of the things that we are ought to know. The mission assignment is designed to encourage the greening and highly engaging every individual in taking accountability for the sake of our environment and to achieve one True Green Planet.
