Tag Archive: Apu Palamguwan Cultural Education Center

Strengthening Indigenous education and environmental advocacy: APC and ESSC chart a course for 2025 to 2030

Apu Palamguwan Cultural Education Center (APC) and Environmental Science for Social Change (ESSC) convened in January 2025 for an institutional planning session to set the direction for the next five years. The two-phase gathering provided an opportunity to reflect on…
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Faith and Indigenous wisdom safeguard the only sustainable water source for miles (video)

In the forests of the Pantaron mountain range in the southern Philippine province of Bukidnon, the indigenous Pulangiyēn youth in Bendum are leading efforts to restore their ancestral lands. Once devastated by logging under the regime of former President Ferdinand…
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APC’s partnership with Jesuit Worldwide Learning: Learning together to strengthen community, culture, and land

Education goes beyond the classroom in APC. Education here is a way to support marginalized communities where learning happens in culture and land. Through its partnership with Jesuit Worldwide Learning (JWL): Higher Education at the Margins, APC continues to create…
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Water over troubled forests

APC shares this story written by Mark Z Saludes of LiCAS News who visited the upland village of Bendum in September 2024. With climate change threatening their lands, the Indigenous Pulangiyēn people are rebuilding Bendum’s forests and restoring life-giving water…
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