Category SDG 13 – CLIMATE ACTION

Acknowledging the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, SorSU has undertaken various climate change mitigation activities to support its commitment as a carbon-neutral university. SorSU has implemented community livelihood development, coastal and upland protection projects, critical resilient infrastructure assessment and implementation, widespread solid waste management, marine conservation, beach restoration, coastal governance, road sharing, and non-motorized mobility initiatives. The university values edible landscaping, renewable energy and conservation efforts, and recycling programs. SorSU also participates in the annual Earth Hour, and practices eco-governance through its policies.

UPLB-CAFS & SorSU, alongside PCAARRD, lead two-day AgriMOVE (7th Move) Symposium

With the aim to serve as an educational avenue for the youth to develop an awareness of the vital role of agriculture in the country and nurture their interest in agriculture and fisheries, the University of the Philippines Los Banosโ€ฆ

SorSU-Castilla Campus participates in the Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill

Faculty and students participated in the 1st quarter Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill on April 16, 2024, held at SorSU Castilla Campus’ ground. The said activity was spearheaded by the campus’ Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office through the active engagementโ€ฆ

2024 EARTH HOUR

Earth Hour is a Global Climate Change initiative that aims to create awareness of people taking responsibility towards a sustainable future by voluntarily switching off all non-essential lights for sixty minutes. Letโ€™s join the โ€œLights Outโ€ from 8:30 to 9:30โ€ฆ

SorSU students and personnel partake in quarterly Earthquake and Fire Drill

In line with CHED ROV Memorandum No. 29 s. 2024, all concerned personnel and students were directed to participate in the 1st Quarter 2024 National Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) scheduled on March 25, 2024. However, for Sorsogon City Campus, theโ€ฆ

SorSU Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change (DRRM/CC), Gender and Development and the Sorsogon City Fire Station conduct a Fire Safety Seminar

In an effort to raise awareness on the imminent threat of fire, the SorSU Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change (DRRM/CC) and the Gender and Development in partnership with the Sorsogon City Fire Station conducted a Fire Safety Seminar onโ€ฆ

SorSU-NSTP conducts mangrove planting activity for environmental protection and preservation

Sorsogon State University Sorsogon City Campus National Service  Training Program (NSTP) students actively took part in the mangrove-propagules planting last December 2, 2023 at Barangay Capuy, Sorsogon City, Sorsogon. The SorSU NSTP in collaboration with City Environment & Natural Resourcesโ€ฆ

SorSU Castilla Campus spearheads ‘Agroecology and Climate Change Forum’ in line with Environmental Awareness Month Celebration

SorSu-CC, – The Agroecology and Climate Change Forum, organized by the SorSU-CC Animal Science Students Organization (SorSU-CC ASSO), was held last November 14, 2023, at the Farmer’s Training Center Hall of SorSu-CC. With the theme “Growing Resilience: Agroecology and Sustainableโ€ฆ

SorSU-DRRMO spearheads 4th Quarter Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) 2023 across four campuses

Pursuant to Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Regional Memorandum No. 130, series of 2023, entitled: โ€œ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ โ€œ4๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜˜๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜•๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜Œ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‹๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ 9, 2023โ€, Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council Memorandum No. 76, s. 2023,โ€ฆ

SorSU – MC employees and students participate at the 3rd Quarter NSED

The SorSU Magallanes Campus employees and students participated the 3rd Quarter National Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) last September 14, 2023. Headed by Prof. Lynn C. Mendoza, Campus Director and Mr. Arvin H. Andes, DRR Coordinator together with SorSU Safety andโ€ฆ

ANNOUNCEMENT: National Disaster Resilience Month Celebration Webinar on DRRM

The ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐‘๐ข๐ฌ๐ค ๐‘๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง & ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž (DRRMO) led by Dir. Saturnino C. Carranza invites students and employees to join the ๐™‰๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐˜ฟ๐™ž๐™จ๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐™๐™š๐™จ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ ๐˜พ๐™š๐™ก๐™š๐™—๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™’๐™š๐™—๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ง with the theme, โ€œ ๐˜‰๐˜๐˜‹๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜—๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ: ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ-๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜›๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆโ€โ€ฆ