{"id":135645,"date":"2022-12-16T02:40:47","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T02:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xs.edu.ph\/?p=135645"},"modified":"2022-12-16T02:59:15","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T02:59:15","slug":"rexspect-nature-2022-the-environmental-fair-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xs.edu.ph\/index.php\/rexspect-nature-2022-the-environmental-fair-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"ReXSpect Nature 2022: The Environmental Fair Returns"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Xavier School hosted its annual environmental fair titled \u201cReXSpect Nature\u201d, Nov. 29. This was also the first onsite environmental fair since the start of the pandemic. The Xavier School Environmental committee invited many exhibitors to promote environmental sustainability and caring for our common home. The onsite Environmental fair guests were: All natural Philippines, Art Sea, Back to Basics Ecostore, Ecoenzyme, Ecoshift, Mau Art, Precious Plastics Philippines, Roots Collective, Siklo Pilipinas, SN Aboitiz Power, The Bamboo Company, The Firefly Brigade, Tzu Chi Philippines, Unioil, Wild Bird Club of the Philippines and Xavier School\u2019s Green Team Committee.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

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Xavier\u2019s Green Team member Kyle Su greeted the fairgoers. The Green Team is Xavier School\u2019s Environmental Committee headed by overall head\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Marc Villegas (G11) and Administrative Officer Garrick Uygongco (G10). The Green Team set up their own booth at the Environmental Fair. Uygongco spread the committee\u2019s passion for protecting the earth by introducing Xaverians to their dedication to nurturing the environment, as well as introducing the committee\u2019s current and future projects.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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Apart from student leaders, Biology teacher Ms. Mau Vardeleon, on behalf of MauArt, hosted her own booth promoting sustainability and biodiversity through art. The booth boasted of MauArt\u2019s paintings and gave away free stickers. Fairgoers could write pledges to protect the environment to be displayed on the booth wall alongside the paintings.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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Booths from guest companies and organizations also filled the venue. ArtSea<\/strong> in particular, befitting the play on words, depicts their agenda: creating art by protecting the sea. ArtSea uses plastic waste from seas and oceans to produce small turtle wax figures. These miniatures are attached to pencil butts to produce their main product: turtle-end pencils. ArtSea brings life to everyday items to unearth the fruits of protecting the environment and cleaning up waste.<\/span><\/p>

ArtSea\u2019s booth representative has expressed the company\u2019s disappointment in the sheer amount of plastic and toxic waste present in oceans and waves. They urged the Xavier community to be mindful of plastic use and disposal.<\/span><\/p>

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Back to Basics (BTB)<\/strong>, another guest stall, sold an abundantly wide variety of eco-friendly products. These included refillables and organic soaps to different upcycled products. Standing by the hashtag, #zerowastemadeeasy, BTB promotes the refill of essentials to lessen waste and carries out the mission of reusing and refilling. They also expressed their gratitude toward the Xavier Community for inviting them to the fair. They added, \u201cthe kids are quickly learning new things to support the advocacy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

Roots Collective<\/strong> is another booth focusing on day-to-day reusable and sustainable items, featuring upcycled wallets and Bamboo utensils among other recycled and upcycled products. The company strives towards sustainability while promoting social entrepreneurship and supporting local businesses.<\/span><\/p>

Finally, the Firefly Brigade<\/strong> booth drew students in with their displayed bicycles and biking equipment. Firefly Brigade teaches customers, and sometimes other companies, how to bike, typically through bicycle clinics. They advocate for clean air and stable communities through the use of bicycles. Firefly Brigade envisions a world with clean air filled to the brim with bicycles. They hope that the Xavier community can pioneer the shift from cars to bicycles to reintroduce clear air into Metro Manila.<\/span><\/p>