Earth Savers Sing, Dance and Capture Hearts at Kyoto
The Earth Savers Dream Ensemble, a group of about 20 young singers
and dancers from the Philippines, provided an emotional high point
at the Kyoto Conference. Credentialed as part of the Climate Institute
delgation to COP3, the group performed at the Institute’s
December 6 Green Energy Symposium, before GLOBE, an international
parliamentarians group, and at a press conference of the Philippines
delegation supporting the Kyoto Basket.
The group’s lead singer and keyboardist are both blind,
and some other performers are deaf or otherwise disabled. Recruited
by Cecile Alvarez, they sang environmental songs in English and
Tagalog, delighting Kyoto conferees.
From a project in Ninoy Aquino park just over 10 years ago that
included a learning center for street kids, the disabled and tribal
youth, the Earth Savers has grown into a large organization with
a credo on protecting the trees, flowers, rivers and lakes. It
has held an On-the-Spot Painting Contest, a tribal art exhibit,
a DREAM (Development, Rehabilitation of the Environment through
Arts and Media) Festival/Conference, an eco-science and technology
exhibit, an eco-communications workshop, an eco-play and eco-songs.
Inspired by early Earth Savers activities, SenatorAlvarez Heherson,
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Ecology,
convened the 1st National Earth Savers Conference of environmentally
concerned citizens in April 1990 which drew two thousand participants
- scientists, farmers, fishermen, youth and indigenous people.
