Enderun Care: Changing the World Through Media
From the 23rd to the 25th of September 2021, the organization Enderun Care, also known as E-Care, held a mini-event that was an “Online Demonstration of Solidarity”, in collaboration with the worldwide event, the Global Climate Strike.
The Global Climate Strike is an annual international strike that transpired on the 24th of September 2021, led by the famously known youth activist, Greta Thunberg. Physical protests and strikes have occurred all over the world, with over 100 countries participating and demanding for each respective government to take action and responsibility regarding the problem of climate change. Countries such as Germany, the United States, Canada, and Mexico have been storming the streets demanding changes for the environment. German protests boasted of drawing out more than 100 thousand attendees.
The Philippines has not been a mere bystander to these protests. Even within the community, activism and demand for change have been prominent as our very own Enderun Care hosted an online strike on their Facebook page. Over the three-day event, Enderun Care uploaded a series of posts revolving around the hashtag #UprootTheSystem. The mini-event resulted in over 150 Facebook impressions, with many mindful Titans sharing and interacting with these posts to raise awareness about this pivotal world issue.
#UprootTheSystem was this year’s theme chosen for the Global Climate Strike. “Our systems either allow or restrict us. Uprooting the systems that make it difficult to reach the 17 SDG goals would be the kind of systems targeted here”. This quote by Netanya Escote elaborates on targeting practices that interfere with the UN’s SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals), which are a set of objectives placed by the UN to ensure the sustainability of our environment and its resources. Systems refer to the structure of the things we do, meaning that our daily actions may be detrimental to our surroundings. We need to change; uproot these practices and start anew.
E-Care believes and is advocating that climate change is a consequence of graver world issues, such as corruption, greed, and exploitation within the world. The environmental consequences are being ignored, as aspects such as the economy, and politics are being prioritized.
Enderun Care hopes to remind all of us that this is not a one-day, or even a three-day issue. We need to constantly act towards sustaining the environment, and by extension, the world. It might be true that the planet will inevitably deteriorate, but it is our job to prolong its existence, and we can only do that by working together in the present.
To learn more about other events regarding the Global Strike Event, you may use this link.
