But these five Miss Philippines Earth 2017 candidates tackle this difficulty by pursuing environmental sustainability through urban advocacies meant to inspire others to do more for the place they live in. Urban gardeningIf you don’t have a chance to join a reforestation project, start growing small plants in your garden. Miss Dauin Negros Oriental Cheysen Fabriquer Capuno is leading the charge towards sustainability with urban gardening. Use tumblers instead of one-use water bottles, stainless utensils in place of plastic spoons and forks, and cloth bags instead of plastic bags; and say 'no' to plastic straws. To know more about 1SIX8 and Merrell’s partnership with Miss Philippines Earth, visit Merrell Philippines on Facebook and follow @merrell_ph on Twitter and Instagram.

Source: The Standard July 08, 2017 09:33 UTC