Students from 29 universities and colleges from around the country have joined a P1-million competition launched by clean energy provider First Gen Corp. for them to develop the best and most innovative ideas and solutions to cut their schools’ carbon footprint.
Lopez-led First Gen opened the tilt, dubbed “Code Green for Campuses,” as a way of encouraging students to contribute to the campaign against adverse climate change—a problem being aggravated by the continued buildup in the atmosphere of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping greenhouse gases.
The competition challenges the students to submit solutions and ideas in response to the following problem statement: “Given climate change, schools and universities are encouraged to look for ways to limit their carbon footprint. With this in mind, what innovative solutions and programs can you develop to manage, if not limit, your school’s current carbon footprint?”
First Gen vice president and head of corporate communications Ricky Carandang said that the school whose team submits the best solution or idea of decarbonization will win a P1-million prize in the form of an innovation fund for use as seed capital to bring to life the winning proposal.
Carandang said at least 52 teams from 29 schools, including the country’s top universities and colleges, registered as participants in the Code Green for Campuses competition during a recent virtual launch hosted by actor and motivational speaker RJ Ledesma.
