What is LCOY or the Local Conference of Youth?
We are no longer the future leaders. We are already the leaders of today and the champions of tomorrow and of the generations to come.
No other time but now to act against climate crisis
In solving the crisis that we are in, we have to treat the climate crisis as a crisis. Individual contributions matter, but what we need most is an abrupt systemic change to mitigate this crisis.
Bishop Alminaza on Zara Alvarez’s 1st death anniversary: We ring the bells to prick the conscience of those who kill
We remember Zara and the hundreds and thousands, whose most basic and God-given right, the Right to Life, were violated.
Inequality puts Indigenous People in extreme proneness to climate crisis
A global network of Indigenous Peoples rights advocates blamed the prevailing global economic and political system that aggravates the vulnerability of the Indigenous People to the impacts of the climate crisis.
Catholic diocese rolls out petition against lifting of open-pit mining ban
The Diocese of Marbel urged the local government of South Cotabato to uphold its Provincial Environment Code that prohibits open-pit mining and stand firm in its duty to protect the people and the environment.
Recent posts
Children in six Asian countries at ‘extremely high risk’ of the climate crisis
Understanding where and how children are uniquely vulnerable to [the climate] crisis is crucial in responding to it.
Green group questions Asian Development Bank’s coal buy-out scheme
ADB and other key financial institutions earlier expressed intention to pursue a scheme to buy out coal power plants.
Philippine bishops back call for action for ‘healthy planet and healthy people’
The petition specifically tells global leaders how they should care for “our common home”
Philippine artisanal fishermen cry for help as illegal fishing empties municipal waters
Community fishermen are typically poor and buried in debt as they lose out to dynamite fishing as well as commercial fishing boats intruding into municipal waters. A proposed law will exacerbate their woes.
British rock band urges Brazilian governors to protect the environment
The British rock band Coldplay on August 23 has called on eight Brazilian governors to join “Global Citizen Live” and commit to protecting the environment.