CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines – The Guinness World Records announced on November 28, 2024, during the conduct of the National Science, Technology, and Innovation Week 2024 that the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and its Kawayanihan partners have officially achieved the world record for the most people planting bamboos simultaneously (multiple venues).
Guinness World Records adjudicator Ms. Sonia Ushiriguchi announced that a total of 2305 planters was the record set by the DOST and its Kawayanihan partners, who conducted the simultaneous planting last October 18, 2024, at 19 different locations in Mindanao and Leyte.
The record set is an initiative spearheaded by DOST-X to raise awareness of the potential of bamboo to promote a Circular Economy, Climate Resilience, and Sustainability.
A circular economy is essential to conserving finite resources, reducing environmental impacts, and promoting economic resilience. It advocates prioritizing the reuse, repair, and recycling of materials, minimizes waste, lowers greenhouse gas emissions, and helps combat climate change.
DOST partnered with Bukidnon 1st district representative Hon. Jose Manuel F. Alba and 85 other LGUs, NGAs, private sectors, and congresspersons.
The Kawayanihan Circular Economy Movement aligns with DOST’s framework on Science, Technology, and Innovation for Circular Economy (STI4CE). As the lead in providing Innovative S&T solutions and opening opportunities, the framework directs DOST agencies to collaborate to promote a circular economy, sustainable consumption and production, and integration of Environmental, Social, and Government aspects.
“We must love our environment as much as we love our children. Where we want them to be healthy, where we want them to be in a peaceful and stable place,” said DOST Secretary Renato U. Solidum Jr. as he emphasized the importance of implementing the framework during the DOST Circular Economy Initiative Towards Smart and Sustainable Communities activity.
The officially amazing collaboration of DOST and its Kawayanihan partners paved the way to provide solutions and open opportunities in the green economy. (Joshua Robin/DOST 10)
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