CNN YouTube Debate winning articles

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Raise Your Voice by Filipino environmental advocatesTraditional and social media audit (November 30 onwards)

Online and newspaper

Media/online outfit Writer Date Title

Manila Bulletin (Students

and campuses)

Ronald Lim Jan 13 They raised their voiceand they

were heardManila Bulletin (online) Ronald Lim Jan 12 They raised their voiceand theywere heard

GoodNewsPilipinas.com Press release Dec 20 Pinoys join global leaders inCNN/YouTube Debates

Denmark.dk Marie SauerJohansen

Dec 18 YouTube users raised their voicesat COP15

2401 (Official newsletterof De La Salle University)

Press release Dec 14 Climate change video brings alumnito Copenhagen

GoodNewsPilipinas.com Press release Dec 10 Pinoy CNN/YouTube winning entryon-air in Copenhagen

ABS-CBNnews.net Press release Dec 8 Winning climate video plays to

global audienceAsian Journal (online andnewspaper)

(taken fromPhilippine Star)

Dec 4 2 Pinoys win web debates

Embassy of thePhilippines, WashingtonDC

Press release Dec 3 Ambassador Gaa congratulateswinners of UN Climate ChangeVideo competition

2 Pinoys win web debates(online)

Evelyn Macarian Dec 3 2 Pinoys win web debates

2 Pinoys win web debates(broadsheet)

Evelyn Macarian Dec 3 2 Pinoys win web debates

Inquirer Global Alex Villafania Dec 3 2 Filipinos win in UN-sponsoredvideo tilt

ABS-CBNnews.net David Dizon Dec 2 2 Filipinos win CNN, YouTubeclimate video tilt

The Mindanao Examiner Press Release(same withGoodNews Pilipinas)

Dec 2 2 Pinoys win CNN/YouTube debate

GoodNewsPilipinas.com Press Release Dec 1 2 Pinoys win CNN/YouTube debate

The LaSallian Ricardo Teehnakee December2009

Lasallians win climate changevideo, set for Copenhagen

The Benildean Lord LeomerPomperada

November2009

Lasallians fight against climatechange

Broadcast (TV and Radio)

Broadcast mediaand program

Title Reporter Date andtime

Duration

The FilipinoChannel

TFC Global Pinoy (commercial) January and1st quarter of2009

1:30 minutes

Balitang Europe(ANC)

Tagumpay ng dalawangPinoy sa CNN/YouTubeDebate, ipinagbunyi ng mgakababayan

Elisa Acacio Jan 11 3 minutes

ABS-CBN BalitangEurope (aired on Tagumpay ng dalawangPinoy sa CNN/YouTube Elisa Acacio Jan 10 3 minutes


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TFC Europe) Debate, ipinagbunyi ng mgakababayan

RPN-9 News Watch 2 Filipinos winCNN/YouTube Debate(news report and interview)

Vikki Sambilay Jan 7 8 minutes

DZAS Oras NaPilinas

Oras na Pilipinas segment Pastor Eric CMaliwat

Jan 4 1 hour

NBN (governmentchannel)

Balita VeronicaBaluyut

Dec 29 2 minutes(estimate)

ABS-CBN TV PatrolWorld

Mga bayani pinangaralanngayong 2009

TJ Manotoc Dec 31 3 minutes

ANC Year ender2009

2009 Heroes: Bringing hopeand pride


ANC BalitangEurope

2 Pinoy wagi saCNN/YouTube Debate

Elisa Acacio Dec 21 2:54 minutes

ABS-CBN BalitangEurope (aired onTFC Europe)


Elisa Acacio Dec 20 2:54 minutes

COP15 Channel COP15 Behind the Scenes:

CNN/YouTube Winners

Marie Johansen Dec 17 2:05 minutes

GMA Saksi 2 Pinoy wagi saCNN/YouTube

Roseti Rivera Dec 17 22 seconds

GMA 24 Oras 2 Pinoy wagi saCNN/YouTube

Mel Tiangco Dec 17 40 seconds

Japan BroadcastTV (NHK)

Filipinos join CNN/YouTube Naoko Nishiumi Dec 16 3 minutes

CNN Europe:Connect the world

YouTube winners (interviewwith Paul and Ponch)

BeckyAnderson

Dec 16 1:00 minutes

CNN/YouTubeDebate

CNN/YouTube Debate onClimate Change (excerpts ofvideo were shown)

BeckyAnderson

Dec 16 1:53 seconds

ABS-CBN TV PatrolWorld


TJ Manotoc Dec 15 1:45 minutes

ABS-CBNUmagang KayGanda

Panalo sa Climate ChangeDebate, mainit nasinalubong ng mga Pinoy

Pinky Webb Dec 14 40 seconds

Studio 23: NewsCentral

RPs representative toCopenhagen

TJ Manotoc Dec 7 40 seconds

Mornings@ANC Proudly Pinoy: 2 Pinoys joinworld leaders inCopenhagen to discussclimate change


The Edge Radio Pinoys win in CNN/YouTubeDebate (interview withAlfonso Orioste)

Owie Burns andRob Titular

Dec 4 20 minutes

Mornings@ANC Social Media news: 2 Pinoyswin CNN/YouTube RaiseYour Voice Video Contest

TJ Manotoc Dec 3 2:12 minutes

Balitang America Pinoys win in CNN/YouTubeDebate

Jel SantosRelos

Dec 2 30 seconds

DWIZ Morning news Erwin Aguilon Dec 2 5:23 minutes


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January 13, 2010


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They raised their voiceand they were heardBy Ronald Lim

January 12, 2009

The days and weeks after Ondoy were anextraordinary time. Filipinos, rich and poor alike,found themselves working side by side to helpthose who took the brunt of the typhoon. If itwasnt packing relief goods, it was helpingreunite families through the online communityon Twitter, Tumblr, and Facebook.

For De La Salle University alumni PaulDarwynn Garilao and Alfonso Orioste, Jr., thetime after Ondoy proved as inspiring as it waschallenging.

Rather than be defeated by the challenges, both Garilao and Orioste took it as a sign to do something moreconcrete with their timejoin Raise Your Voice: the CNN/Youtube debate on Climate Change.

A week after Ondoy, Kuya Paul emailed me about Raise Your Voice, and he told me that it is a good wayto help those who were affected by the typhoon, recalls Orioste. Back then, I was looking for ways to helpout other than packing relief goods.

Raise Your Voice is a partnership between CNN, YouTube, and the Danish government that sought to

bring the voice of the common people inside the conference meeting rooms of the world leaders whogathered in Copenhagen during the recently United Nations Climate Change Conference.

Over 1,000 participants all over the world submitted views, opinions, and questions for the participants inthe said conference, with the YouTube community voting on the two entries with the strongest voices tobe sent to Copenhagen.

Garilao and Oriostes six-minute video discussing disaster risk management and alternative energyresources was voted one of the best, along with the entry Global Warming Project from Brazil.

TIME TO GET SERIOUS

The pair had already been fond of uploading videos on YouTube before the competition, but they saw inRasie Your Voice an opportunity to do something more substantial.

Yung mga ginagawa naming mga video dati, panay mga kanta lang, mga kalokohan, says Garilao. Nungnakita namin yung opportunity na sumali, naging inspiration namin yung mga dumaang typhoon saPilipinas. Gusto namin maging productive naman yung mga ginagawanaming video.

The six-minute videoentitled Raise your Voice by Filipino environmental advocates would take a weekto finish, as Garilao and Orioste were working on different sides of the world. Orioste is taking up Law inSan Beda College, while Garilao was in Hawaii preparing to take the examinations to get into the US Navy.The two would e-mail each other clips shot with simple digital cameras from their respective locations, with

Orioste editing the whole thing.


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The Filipino community also gave them an extra venue to share their own views on the present climatesituation.

Lahat ng ginawa namin doon may katuturan. Pinagasalita kami sa mga church, sa mga organizations, samga Christmas party. We shared the video with them, says Garilao. Jampacked talaga yung week na itinigil namin dun.

This was a far cry from the welcome they had initially been expecting in Denmark.

Ini-expect namin na magtre-tren papuntang hotel, tapos bahala na, cowboy naman tayo, Garilao says witha laugh. Wala naman kasi kaming kakilala. Alam naming may Filipino community sa bawat bansa, perohindi namin ini-expect yung treatment na iyon para sa amin. Sinabihan pa nga kami kung gusto naminmag-Pasko dun!

Sabi namin May pamilya po kami! says Orioste.

Now that the boys are back, they say that their experience in Denmark has only strengthened their resolvein their environmental advocacy.

Ive always been involved with environmental concerns nung college pa lang. When I was in college, na-

instill na sa amin yung clean as you go. Hanggang pagdating dun sa Hawaii, na -instill sa akin yungganong attutude.

Pumupunta ako sa mga bahay, gina-gather ko yung mga bote nila, in a week Id have $50 to $60, saysGarilao. When I was in Denmark, I was able to be more involved in environmental advocacies, and Ipersonally want to pursue a career in in environmental technology.

Ive become more environmentally concerned. Now, I would like to be more knowledgeable about ourenvironmental policies in the Philippines. As we know, we have policies that are weakly implemented, likethe Clean Air Act of 1999. Ive become more open to those things andwant to pursue them in the future,ends Orioste.

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Pinoys join global leaders in CNN/YouTube DebatesDecember 20, 2009

As the camera pans the audience, you can see CNN/YouTubeDebates winners Paul Darwynn Garilao and Alfonso Orioste, Jr.together with Google executives, distinguished panelists,international journalists, and global leaders who were invited towitness the CNN/YouTube Debates on climate change lastDecember 15.

The panel included Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the UnitedNations Framework Convention on Climate Change; U.S. journalistand author Thomas L. Friedman, Bjorn Lomborg, author of the TheSkeptical Environmentalist; Hollywood actress and environmental

activist Daryl Hannah and former U.N. Secretary-General KofiAnnan who is live from Geneva.

Excerpts from their award winning documentary film were shown inthe program as one of the featured videos. Anderson said, Alfonso and Paul are actually the first people tosubmit the video unto our YouTube site and according to you the viewers(its) one of the best. As ofthe moment, their YouTube entry received 9,000 views.

Right after the program, Anderson interviewed the Pinoys for the show Connect to World that was aired lastDecember 15. Alfonso Orioste shared, We were inspired to make the video because of the TyphoonKetsana that hit Luzon few months ago. I had a firsthand experience as our house was flooded in Manila.

When Anderson asked about their next steps, Garilao answered, We will share our key learningexperiences to school, private sectors, and the media. Aside from them, another Filipino was featured inCNN/YouTube Debates. Paula Regina Kho, a nursing student from University of Sto. Thomas, asked ifglobal leaders are willing to take action in the usage of non-echo materials.

Meanwhile, Anderson said she liked the way the young Pinoys narrated their concern for the environment.Your video it was a worthy winner because it showed exactly what was going on in one place. It mademe feel energized about the issue on climate change. It was good narrative

Anderson furthered, It was a good narrative and it showed pictures thats what television is all about.Thomas Friedman, author of Hot, Flat, and Crowded, was also impressed with the video production.

The two Pinoys were also guests in a Filipino gathering in which President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is thekeynote speaker. In her speech, Arroyo congratulated the young Pinoys for their major role in raising issuesabout climate change. She said this is an indication the Filipinos are actively participating in climate changetalks.

When they arrived in Copenhagen, Garilao and Orioste were heartwarmingly welcomed by the FilipinoDanish Community. Emulating the spirit of bayanihan, some residents also shouldered their foodallowances. CNC Travel and Tours donated 1,000 kroner (10,000 pesos) and a one week free stay at theCoco beach Resort in Mindoro. The Jesus Is Lord Church Denmark chapter will provide them shelter forthree days.The CNN/YouTube Debates will be aired on CNN International.

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YouTube users raised their voices at COP15

by Marie Sauer JohansenDecember 18, 2009

People from all over the world sent in questions to a panel of some of the worlds most prominent climateexperts for a CNN debate on climate change in the Bella Center

CNN presenter Becky Anderson relocated her London studio to the Bella Center on December 15 for aninteractive debate organised by YouTube, CNN and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark.

New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, Hollywood actress Darryl Hannah, Executive Secretary ofthe UNFCCC Yvo de Boer and Danish climate sceptic Bjrn Lomborg answered questions such as this onefrom an eight-year-old boy: what do you plan on leaving for my generation?

The question was answered by Yvo de Boer, who said: A world without an issue which has run out ofcontrol. I hope that what we will see here in Copenhagen is the beginning to not only get greenhouse gasemissions under control, but also help especially developing countries deal with the inevitable impacts ofclimate change. So I would want to walk away from here with a radical turning point.

Other questions came from a British man dressed up as a pirate, a Bangladeshi professor and threerapping English schoolgirls.

Two very special guests were in the audience; the makers of the two highest rated videos, Breno AlmeidaCoelho from Brazil and Paul Darwynn Garilao from the Philippines, who won a trip to COP15 and a stay inCopenhagen for two.

When we heard that we won the trip AND the chance to participate in COP15, it was like a dream cometrue, said Mr. Coelho, whose artistic black-and-white video lists realistic steps to prevent climate changeand asks viewers to open their minds and begin making changes immediately.

He thinks that the internet can be used to empower people and create connections globally.

This video allowed us to show the world the problems that were dealing with in Brazil as a result of climatechange, in a format that everyone has access to, he said.

Mr. Garilaos video also brought local problems to global attention, by showing the devastating effects ofthe hurricane Felicia in the Philippines and Hawaii. He is enthusiastic about how social media provides aplatform for young people to share their ideas with the world.

This competition and debate have been a great opportunity to get our voices heard, expressing a seriousissue in a creative way, he said, after participating in the CNN debate.

More than 1000 videos were entered in the competition and around 4000 people posed text and videoquestions.

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Pinoy CNN/YouTube winning entry on-air in CopenhagenDecember 10, 2009

From the town hall in Copenhagen to the streets in Manila, the winning CNN/YouTube video entry from thePhilippines is playing everywhere to communicate the effects of climate change to the citizens of the planet.The video called Raise Your Voice by Filipino environmental advocates is one of the winning entries forthe CNN/YouTube Debates online competition held to raise awareness on environmental issues in time forthe United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in Denmark set to happen this week.

Produced by Paul Darwynn Garilao and Alfonso Orioste, Jr., the six-minute documentary film discusseddisaster preparedness and the need to shift to alternative energy resources. As of press time, the video has7,000 views with 38 comments.

Local scenario

In the Senate, Senator Loren Legarda shared, I am inspired by your passion to lead the youth in standingagainst climate change and getting your voice heard by our world leaders. The senat or, a staunchadvocate of the environment, will also participate in the conference. She furthered, Being one with you incalling for environmental protection and climate change adaption, I am glad to share with you that I haveendorsed your video entry in all my social networking sites. I do hope that we can work together in ourshared advocacy.

De La Salle UniversityManila, where the Pinoys graduated, will show the video on LCD screen. Next year,the Marketing Communications Office plans to invite the winners as keynote speakers in a forum.In a recent environmental awareness event in University of Sto. Thomas, the video was watched byhundreds of nursing students.

Rhomir Yanquiling, an English professor from Pangasinan State University, campaigned the video to hisstudents. Convincing my students to watch the video is in a way to raise awareness about climatechange, the professor shared.

At the southern portion of the country where massive and brutal killings took place, Mindanao TV aired thedocumentary film in one morning news show.

A global video

Although majority of Filipinos are watching the video, citizens from other countries are also taking time toview the short documentary film. A recent YouTube analytics reveals that it is now being watched from

many countries. Here is the breakdown of audience share: Philippines 31%, United States 20%, UnitedKingdom 14%, Spain 12%, Germany 12%, Canada 3.4%, Netherlands 3.4%, Brazil 1.7%, HongKong 1.7%, Italy 1.7%.

In Copenhagen, the organizers have set up big screens in town hall meetings for the multi-mediapresentations and the Raise Your Voice entries. Global leaders from 193 nations are expected to watchthe Pinoys documentary film.

Ana Lindenhann, a Filipina blogger and architectural student in Copenhagen, said more Filipinosappreciated the video when it made the cut. She invites the Pinoys in community engagements to raiseawareness on climate change.

A government worker in the Silicon Valley, Loreto Dimaandal said the Worldwide Filipino Alliance worked towin so the young guys can participate in the conference. Convinced that nuclear energy is the cleanest
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source of energy, Loreto shared, If handed properly, the re-commissioning of the Bataan Nuclear PowerPlant will help alleviate the energy problem, provide much-needed occupation and revenues for the people,will entice investors, at the same time helping keep the environment clean.

In Brazil, Breno Coehlo who is another winner of CNN/YouTube Debates contest shared that he ispromoting the Pinoy entry. Coehlo recently won in another video contest for the United NationsAmbassador last October 2009. The first time I saw your video was actually part of it in an editing I saw aday I learned about the contest. I guess it was a promo video.

Coehlo referred to the promotional video of COP15 in which the Pinoys were featured together with anItalian, German, Indian, and Finnish. Coehlo, a photography teacher at Faculdade Estacio de Sa in Vitoriain Brazil, commented, your video is very strong. It really got me into it. The scenes you selected wereparticularly special for the video. A few days ago, some friends and I were discussing the subject here, andyou put in your video almost the same point of view I had

In return, Garilao linked the Global Warming Project in his social networking sites and spread about thecampaign to his fellow Pinoys. Even if we are yet to meet Breno in Copenhagen, we share the samepassion with him in raising our voice to the global leaders, he said.

The two Pinoys and Coehlo are considering to work together to make more visible the climate changeadverse effects.

Skepticism despite victory

There are always two sides of the coin. Although the documentary film is receiving praises from all aroundthe world, it is not spared from skeptical opinions.

While campaigning for the video, Garilao and Orioste shared they encountered some skeptics who believeglobal warming is just a hoax. When he blasted an e-mail, he received one opposing reply from a wellknown blogger who shared I believe that human activities dont contribute to the effects of global warmingas it is a natural cycle.

Even their YouTubes channel is filled with negative comments on climate change. YouTube userDerrickjon said, Go and actually learn about this fraud called global warming. Yes there is a globalwarming but it isnt humans is (sic) the cause of this. People open your eyes.

Thats the purpose of discussions. Whether you believe climate change is a cause ofhuman activities orjust a natural occurrence, the point is that discussions on climate change have been raised, Orioste ended.

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While campaigning for the video, Garilao and Orioste shared they encountered some skeptics who believeglobal warming is just a hoax.

Even their YouTubes channel is filled with negative comments on climate change. YouTube userDerrickjon said: Go and actually learn about this fraud called global warming. Yes there is a globalwarming but it isnt humans is (sic) the cause of this. People open your eyes.

Thats the purpose of discussions. Whether you believe climate change is a cause of human activities or

just a natural occurrence, the point is that discussions on climate change have been raised, Orioste ended.

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December 4, 2009

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Ambassador Gaa congratulates two young Filipinos for winning a competition to attend the United Nations ClimateChange Meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark

December 3, 2009

Philippine Ambassador to the United States Willy C. Gaa congratulated two young Filipinos, bothgraduates of De La Salle University in Manila, for winning invitations to the United Nations Raise YourVoice climate change conference in Copenhagen, Denmark from December 7 -21, 2009. The six-minute youtube video created by Paul Darwynn Garilao and Alfonso Orioste, Jr. bested 600 otherentries in the online competition sponsored by You Tube, CNN, and the United Nations. AmbassadorGaa said, I wish to commend Paul Darwyn Garilao and Alfonso Orioste Jr. for their remarkableachievement of securing an opportunity to propose potential solutions to climate change in aninternational forum. This is a testament of Filipino ingenuity and creativity and a source of pride for ourcountry.

Drawing inspiration from Typhoon Ondoy and Pepeng, Garilao and Orioste discussed disastermanagement systems and the global shift to extensively explore the use of alternative energies. Theirgoal is to keep conversation and debate about climate change solutions alive among world leadersand in local communities.

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2 Filipinos win in UN-sponsored video tilt

By Alexander VillafaniaDecember 3,2009

MANILA, PhilippinesAfter Efren Penaflorida, the Philippines does it again by bagging another onlineaward. This time, it is for an international YouTube video contest on climate change.

The six-minute video entry of Paul Garilao and Alfonso Orioste Jr. is one of the two winning entries for theonline contest Raise Your Voice: Change Climate Change that was organized by United Nations andnews organization CNN.

They bested over 500 videos for the contest that is part of the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference(COP15) in Copenhagen on December 7 to 18. They received nearly 4,000 views for their video.

Garilao and Orioste, both graduates of the De La Salle University, will fly to Copenhagen for the two-weekdiscussions to be part of the live debate on December 14 to be hosted by CNN's Becky Anderson.

The debate will be streamed live on CNN.com and on the YouTube channel of the COP15 video contest.

They will also be joined by the second winner of the video contest from Brazil.

In a phone conversation, Garilao, who is in Maui, Hawaii, said the idea for the video came after he sawimages of the devastation left by typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng. Afterwards, he contacted Orioste, whowas in Manila, to shoot videos of both the storms' aftermath as well as relief efforts.

I also took some videos of industrialized areas here in Hawaii, and also took videos while I was in Detroit inthe US. Detroit was considered one of the big industrial areas in the US but when I went there, it was like aghost town, Garilao said.

Garilao said the purpose of the video was to encourage Filipinos, especially local leaders, to know moreabout climate change and to create policies on disaster mitigation and preparedness.

Garilao also said he and Orioste are advocating alternative sources of energy to replace the use of fossilfuels, which create greenhouse gases that destroy the ozone layer.

We also want our candidates for the upcoming elections to put climate change as one of their priorities intheir platforms, he said.

Garilao added that he hopes to be back in the Philippines to share what they will learn during the summitand open discussions with local leaders on environmental issues.

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2 Pinoys win web debatesBy Evelyn MacarianDecember 3,2009

MANILA, Philippines - Two young Filipinos won the recent CNN/YouTube Debates and their prize includesa free trip to Copenhagen, Denmark to attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference.

Paul Darwynn Garilao and Alfonso Orioste Jr., both graduates of De La SalleUniversity(DLSU) in Manila,won the CNN contest a week after another Filipino, Efren Peaflorida, was hailed as the CNN Hero of theYear.

Garilao and Orioste will be part of the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) and attend the live debatesponsored by CNN and YouTube.

CNN news anchor Becky Anderson will host the live debate that would include leaders from 193 countries.

Out of 600 entries, another entry, Global Warming Project from Brazil, also made the cut. The online votingtook place between Nov. 6 and 30.

Weve proven the bayanihan spirit online. Filipino consumers wherever they are massively voted for ourvideo. Based on our count, more than 600 Facebook users linked the video and shared steps on how tovote. At least 12 bloggers also campaigned for the video and shared their thoughts on climate change,Garilao said.

The organizations and networks that supported Peaflorida were also the same groups who campaignedfor their video. Definitely Filipino, an online organization with almost 400,000 Facebook members, alsocampaigned for both advocacies by gathering online votes.

DLSU president Brother Armin Luistro FSC, who is a passionate environmental advocate, had endorsedtheir video.

Students of the University of Santo Thomas (UST) recently watched the video during an environmentalseminar in the school.

The six-minute amateur documentary discussed disaster management and the drive to shift to alternativeenergy.

They were motivated to join the contest after seeing the effects of typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng.

Through this online campaign, the young Pinoys jumpstarted discussions that will serve as a springboard toraise awareness on climate change.

We have to beat the climate change buzzer. The Philippines is currently the centerfold of climate changediscussions because of the super typhoons that recently devastated us. Serving as the Filipino voice inCopenhagen, we will convince global leaders to include discussions on disaster preparedness programs.This will benefit not only the Philippines but also other countries prone to natural disasters, said Gari lao, aFilipino engineer and freelance journalist based in Hawaii.
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Orioste, now a freshman law student at San Beda College, said: There should be a stakeholder approachin dealing with disaster preparedness. Instead of becoming reactive, the government should be proactive. Aclose and efficient coordination with different sectors both public and private during calamities will helpreduce the impacts of severe typhoons. We should take a leap in mobilizing not just relief efforts but alsoalarm systems before a natural disaster strikes.

The two Filipino winners also asked world leaders to discuss ways to reduce carbon emissions thatadversely affect the environment.

The best step is to shift to using clean energy if countries want to reduce their emiss ions. This is a difficulttransition but it is the best step to combat climate change. Samples of clean energy resources include solarpanel, wind turbine, and biogas.

The World Research Institute said the cumulative carbon dioxide emissions of the United States reached29.3 percent, while the Philippines only accumulated .03 percent.

Garilao and Orioste also called on those running for local and national positions to prioritize climate changein their platforms. They would be sharing their key learning experiences with government officials,environmental organizations, and the private sector.

They also encouraged film aficionados to produce user-generated videos that would raise awareness onclimate change. A few days before the online voting ended, three video makers from the Philippines alsoparticipated.

The COP15 channel said that those who want to raise their voices to the world leaders can still be part ofthe live debate by uploading their comments and questions about climate change. Submission is open untilDec. 14.

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2 Filipinos win CNN/YouTube Debate climate video tilt

By David DizonDecember 2, 2009

MANILA - Two Filipinos are set to join world leaders at alandmark climate change conference in Copenhagen,Denmark this month after topping the "Raise Your Voice" videocampaign sponsored by CNN, YouTube.com and the Danishgovernment.

The six-minute video created by Paul Darwynn Garilao and

Alfonso Orioste, Jr. bested 600 other entries in the onlinecompetition. The campaign encouraged individuals to submituser-generated videos about the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference and the winnerswere chosen via online voting from November 6 to 30.

Aside from the Filipino duo's entry, another entry "Global Warming Project" from Brazil also made the cut.

In an interview, Orioste said he and Garilao will be leaving for Copenhagen on December 13 to attend the15th Conference of the Parties (COP15). He said they will also attend a live debate sponsored by CNN andYouTube, which will be hosted by CNN news anchor Becky Anderson. Their video will also be shown onCNN International News.

Orioste said the victory allowed him and Garilao to voice their concerns about the effect of climate changein the Philippines. He urged government leaders to take a stakeholder approach in disaster preparednessthrough "close and efficient coordination with both the public and private sectors."

Similarly, Garilao said he hopes to bring back their learnings from the Copenhagen event to teach allstakeholders in the Philippines about the need for disaster preparedness and reduction of carbon emissionsto combat climate change.

"We hope to share our learning experience to private sector, government officials and everyone who isinterested to learn. We will maximize social media to report everything that happened there," he said.

The effectiveness of online relationships

Garilao said their victory in the "Raise Your Voice" campaign also showed the effectiveness of tapping thePhilippine online community. He cited a 2008 Universal McCann study that showed that 83 percent ofFilipino Internet users (3 million users) are members of a social network.

"We are the social networking capital of the world. Other countries may be more developed but I think thatFilipinos are more active, more participative when using the Internet," he said.

Garilao said their campaign video first appeared in the blogosphere via the Awesome Planet blog of AntonDiaz and the enviromental blog Pinoy Green Academy. "Diaz [alone] has 5,624 subscribers in his Typepadblog, 3,024 Facebook friends and 1,559 Twitter followers - in which a significant portion participated inonline voting," he said.

He said a total of 14 bloggers campaigned for their video for the "Raise Your Voice" campaign.


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Garilao also tapped social networking site Facebook to spread the word. He said Definitely Filipino, aFacebook group with close to 400,000 members, campaigned for them while more than 600 Facebookusers linked to their video and shared steps on how to vote.

He said they also created a Facebook page on the last day of voting and invited users to vote for them.

For microblogging site Twitter, Garilao said he and Orioste got help from columnist Manolo Quezon III whotweeted about the campaign to his 4,548 followers.

He said they also tapped online and offline news media including the Philippine Star, Good News Pilipinas,The Philippine Daily Inquirer, ABS-CBN Balitang America and abs-cbnNews.com. He said their embeddedvideo on abs-cbnNews.com was watched at least 151 times during the campaign period.

For their offline campaign, he said researcher and community advocate Maria Embry from California helpedthem by tapping her contacts in the Filipino American community for the campaign.

Their alma mater De La Salle University-Manila also supported the campaign through the endorsement ofDLSU President Br. Armin Luistro FSC. The video was also shown in an environmental seminar inUniversity of Sto. Thomas attended by hundreds of students.

Offline pull to online push

Garilao said their campaign sought to convert "offline pull" to "online push" by informing the audience howto vote at every instance.

"For example, after ABS-CBN's Balitang America featured us on November 12, we immediately recorded itand uploaded the video on YouTube. Somehow, the video served as campaign material as it highlights theprocess of voting," he said.

He said their experience also made them realize that tapping social media was not enough to win thecampaign.

"We realize that it's not just the social media platforms but the number of relationships in those platformsthat spell the difference. We spent zero on this campaign in terms of advertisement. We used a laptop andour own time to mount the campaign and we created a dialogue with the online community," he said.

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2 Pinoys win in CNN/YouTube Debate contest

December 1, 2009

A week after Efren Peaflorida is hailed as the CNN Hero of the Year, two Pinoys again reigned in anonline competition as they win the CNN/YouTube Debates contest for climate change. The contestencouraged individuals to send videos with their views, opinions, and questions about the upcoming UnitedNations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. The online voting took place between November 6and 30.According to the YouTube channel designed for the event, the global YouTube community has voted onthe strongest voices to send them to Copenhagen.The two Pinoys Paul Darwynn Garilao and Alfonso Orioste, Jr. will be part of 15th Conference of the Parties

(COP15) and attend the live debate sponsored by CNN and YouTube. CNN News Anchor Becky Andersonwill host the live debate that will be participated by global leaders from 193 countries. Out of the 600 entries, another entry Global Warming Projectbased from Brazil also made the cut.What needs to be done?The six-minute amateur documentary film discussed disaster management and the drive to shift toalternative energies. The Pinoys were motivated to join the contest after seeing the effects of Ondoy andPepeng tragedy. Through this online campaign, the young Pinoys jumpstarted discussions that will serve asa springboard to raise awareness on climate change.We have to beat the climate change buzzer. The Philippines is currently the centerfold of climate changediscussions because of super typhoons that recently devastated us. Serving as the Filipino voice inCopenhagen, we will convince the global leaders to include discussions on disaster preparedness program.This will benefit not only the Philippines but also other countries prone to natural disasters, shared Garilao,a Filipino engineer and freelance journalist based in Hawaii. Orioste, who is a freshman law student from San Beda College, furthered, There should be a stakeholderapproach in dealing with disaster preparedness. Instead of becoming reactive, the government should beproactive. A close and efficient coordination with different sectors both public and private duringcalamities will help reduce the impacts of severe typhoons. We should take a leap in mobilizing not justrelief efforts but also alarm systems before a natural disaster strikes.The two Pinoys also asked the global leaders to discuss ways in reducing carbon emissions that contributeadverse effects to the environment. The best step is to shift to using clean energy if countries want toreduce their emissions. This is a difficult transition but is the best step to combat climate change. Samplesof clean energy resources include solar panel, wind turbine, and bio-gas.According to World Research Institute, the cumulative CO2 emission of US reached 29.3 percent, whilePhilippines only accumulated .03 percent. Despite its tiny carbon footprint, the Philippines will be affectedas revealed by the contributions of developing countries in terms of carbon emissions.Garilao and Orioste also called those running for local and national elections to prioritize climate change intheir platforms.


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Right after the event, the environmental advocates will share their key learning experiences to governmentofficials, environmental organizations, and private sectors.Bayanihan onlineOnce again, we have proven the Bayanihan spirit online. The Filipino consumers wherever they are massively voted for our video. Based on our count, more than 600 Facebook users linked the video and

shared steps on how to vote. At least 12 bloggers also campaigned for the video and shared their thoughtson climate change, Garilao said.Those organizations and networks that supported Efren also campaigned for their video. Maria Embry, acommunity advocate from California, campaigned for both Efren and for this video to the Filipino-Americanorganizations. Spending an average of four hours a day, she rallied votes for both causes. Meanwhile, Definitely Filipino, an online organization with almost 400,000 Facebook members, alsocampaigned for both advocacies through gathering online votes.De La Salle University-Manila (DLSU), where the two Pinoys graduated, massively supported the videothrough the endorsement of DLSU President Br. Armin Luistro FSC who is also a passionate environmental

advocate. The video was also shown in an environmental seminar in University of Sto. Thomas attended byhundreds of students.Garilao and Orioste encouraged film aficionados to produce user-generated videos that will raise

awareness on climate change. Few days before the online voting ended, three video makers from the

Philippines also participated.According to the COP15 channel, those who want to air their voices to the global leaders still have the

chance to be part of the live debate. They can upload their comments and/or questions about climate

change and submission is open until December 14.


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