Baligtarin Mo!

Visual and graphic arts have been used to improve communication of scientific findings and increase research awareness, allowing science to have a greater impact and reach. The team behind Baligtarin Mo! explores the development of a card deck that encapsulates the lamentations and aspirations of the youth on the current climate and biodiversity crisis. The group examines the role of experiential learning and art in promoting ecological education, and intends to propose ways to formulating or reframing academic and co-curricular activities that introduce age-appropriate and contextualized inputs on climate change and biodiversity.

While movements on biodiversity conservation and climate justice are currently more mainstream and better supported, how people feel and respond to such issues cannot be generalized. Though many student organizations and universities have committed to further sustainability practices in their manner of proceeding, personal reflection and commitment are often left out of the discussions.

Baligtarin mo! intends to explore the role of experiential learning and art in promoting ecological education within and beyond the Ateneo. The project aims to (1) formulate or reframe academic and co-curricular activities that introduce age-appropriate and contextualized inputs on climate change and biodiversity, and (2) to develop a card deck featuring the voices of the Atenean youth on climate change and biodiversity