The fires in Australia, the earthquakes in Mindanao, the devastation left by typhoon Ursula, and now the eruption of Taal Volcano. What is the earth trying to communicate to us?
And how would sustainable agriculture look like amidst all this? The Organic 4.0 National Conference is one of the avenues of trying to address the climate crisis.
Let us all hold our spaces together to create a safer world for the future generation. Register through this link:Â https://forms.gle/yBbnH7BjAcweA6hr7Â to participate!
This National Conference on Organic 4.0 will share some of the best practices in sustainable agriculture. It will also be a venue to convergence with other stakeholders and emerge new collective initiatives together to give greater energy to a rapidly growing movement.
The National Conference is the inaugural conference of the Ecosystem of Stakeholders in Sustainable Agriculture (ESSA). The goal of ESSA is to bring all the key stakeholders of sustainable agriculture together and emerge new inspiring action that would make sustainable agriculture the dominant form of farming in the Philippines, eradicate poverty in rural areas and improve the health of consumers.
Join us in our advocacy on Building Meaningful Partnerships for Sustainable Agriculture like the World depends on it.
Sustainable agriculture including permaculture, organic and bio-dynamic farming have been with us in the Philippines since the 1980s. Yet many practitioners and supporters are not aware of the tremendous 21st century innovations and developments in sustainable agriculture: from scientific innovations and technological refinements; new approaches to the market in the context of solidarity economics; massive LGU involvement in organic farming; inner conditioning to nurture creativity, innovation and commitment; deeper understanding of systemic connections in agriculture; convergence of initiatives for greater impact; to creating new cultures based on post-materialist sciences that affirm the active presence and working of the spiritual in nature, communities, and the universe.
In addition, more and more people are beginning to realize how deeply embedded they are in web of life that agriculture makes possible: from farmers, doctors, research scientists, teachers, students, business people, cooks, restaurants, supermarkets, coops, communities, networks to consumers. This is the Ecosystem of Stakeholders in Sustainable Agriculture.
This National Conference on Organic 4.0 will share some of the best practices in sustainable agriculture. It will also be a venue to convergence with other stakeholders and emerge new collective initiatives together to give greater energy to a rapidly growing movement.
The National Conference is the inaugural conference of the Ecosystem of Stakeholders in Sustainable Agriculture (ESSA). The goal of ESSA is to bring all the key stakeholders of sustainable agriculture together and emerge new inspiring action that would make sustainable agriculture the dominant form of farming in the Philippines, eradicate poverty in rural areas and improve the health of consumers.
For registration and for more information, contact the ESSA Secretariat at:
Telephone No: (033) 338 2376
Contact No: 0907 061 2226
Email us at essustainableagriculture@protonmail.com
To engage with the advocacy, join us and fill-up the online registration form NOW! https://forms.gle/yBbnH7BjAcweA6hr7 and this the final program that may subject to change.
As has been practiced by the ESSA staff in preparation for the day’s activity, is having a morning breathing exercise. During a Heartmath training given by Ms. Rowena Ebdane-Suarez last November 7-8, 2019 at Solution Ecosystems Activator, Inc. office at Barangay Liboncogon, Zarraga, Iloilo, this breathing exercise was supplemented with different techniques thought in this activity. Among these techniques are: Heart-Focused Breathing Technique; Inner-Ease Technique; Quick Coherence Technique; Freeze Frame Technique; and Heart Lock-In Technique.
The two-day activity was a very fruitful moment of ESSA staff. Many realizations and appreciations came up and the bond among the staff was boosted. Every participants were very truthful with their feelings and sharing of personal experiences and struggles without thinking that others might be judgmental specially that the attendees were not only from SIAD and ESSA staff of SEA, Inc.  The facilitator was able to bring everyone to be sincere and engaged in order to come up a very successful result.
The ESSA staff has been in its staff development/trainings that focus on values formation however this is also a different kind that poses a great impact among the staff because it recognizes the intelligence of the heart. The resilience that will be developed because of this activity will be of great help not only in the staff’s daily office responsibilities, specially that the engagements are with different kinds of persons, but on their personal daily life.
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