Why We Should Plant a Tree?

Tree planting is the most basic thing that we can do to help Mother Earth.

In the Philippines, the forest cover is fast depleting which is a very sad development. We urge everyone to reverse this trend and get our acts together. At least, we can plant a tree or help projects like the UPV Centennial Forest Project.

The Centennial Forest is a reforestation initiative of the UPV Beta Sigma Fraternity Alumni Association. You can visit the site for more info about the project.

Planting a tree is a way of making our voices heard in the fight against global warming and environment destruction. It is an act that will benefit the future generation.

When you plant a tree, it helps Mother Nature in more ways than you know.

Trees…

• are natural filter against air pollution
• help in water recycling
• prevent soil erotion
• provide you with shade to keep you cool
• are natural protection against strong winds and rain
• shelter the animals
• are sources of food, especially the fruit-bearing ones.
• can serve as inspiration for the community to maintain and protect the environment
• if you can think of other things that trees can bring, post it here.

Trees provide life. Without them, we could not exist on the planet.

Help The Centenial Forest Project. It's your contribution to posterity...

New Centennial Forest Website at WordPress is Now Live

Hi to Everyone,

As promised, the New Centennial Forest Website is up. This time, it is hosted at WordPress. The new Centennial Forest Website is simpler but it promises to give you the most important information about the CenFor project.

Please do visit and bookmark our new site at http://centennialforest.wordpress.com.

CHEERS!

New Website Of UPV Centennial Forest Coming Soon

Dear Friends,

The NEW UPV Centennial Forest Website will be going live soon. It will be simpler so that you can load its pages faster.

The Centennial Forest Web Team is very optimistic that we can re-launch it in mid May. In the meantime, please bookmark this site because soon enough we will be publishing the New Centennial Forest Website.

The project is still going strong. More donors are contributing seeds, seedlings, and finances for the project. The UPV Beta Sigma Fraternity will not let you down, folks. This project will certainly push through and make its impact on the environment.

The Following are the new donors and we are very grateful for your contributions:

1. Selderico H. Saul - P500.00 cash gift

2. Macario Velasco - 100 seeds of Cashew Nuts

3. Marvin Mendoza (UPLB) - P500.00 cash gift

4. Ferdinand Suan (5FS Feedmill) - P1,500.00 cash gift

5. Renante A. Mondragon (Central Phil. University) - P500.00 cash gift

6. Brod Armand Dayrit (UPLB BSF) - P500.00 cash gift

Again we are very grateful for your help.

Finally, if you happen to visit the New UPV Centennial Forest Website, you might notice that it is still blank and have no content. It will be up soon, please bookmark it also because it will be updated sooner and not later.

CHEERS!!!

The Centennial Forest Nursery

The CenFor Nursery

UPV Memo 2008-050 Approving the The Centennial Forest Project

Visions For the Centennial Forest

Centennial Forest: Poject Profile and Location

The UPV Beta Sigma Fraternity Alumni Association (UPVBSFAA) will implement a tree planting and reforestation project. This project is the Fraternity’s humble contribution to arrest the detrimental effects of global warming and environmental degradation.

The project is called The UPV Centennial Forest and is billed by fellow brothers and friends as the most noble and ambitious project of the organization for the year 2008. As we welcome the New Year, we also want to make a lasting contribution to the community and to future generation.

The Centennial Forest will be located within the campus of the University of the Philippines in the Visayas in Miag-ao, Iloilo. The University of the Philippines in Miag-ao is the biggest campus of the UP system. It covers 8 barangays spanning 1200 hectares of rolling hills and beaches. However, only 600 hectares of the total land area are fully utilized.

The UPVBSFAA have bigger plans for the site. The Brothers have all agreed that the organization should go beyond tree planting and reforestation. We envision the site to become a fully functional Forest Park in the future.

The Fraternity believes that this noble project will have significant impact not just for the UP and Miag-ao communities but also for the entire country.