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The Name "PeacePond" The Philippines has 7,107 islands and more than 170 dialects. The Visayas island is where our fishpond property is located. Our dialect is called "Ilonggo". In the Visayas island, "fishpond" is pronounced "pispond". It was but natural that "pis" became "Peace" as it appropriately signified the life PeacePond's founders wanted to lead. Dos Mil Kuwatro y Cinco 2004-2005 The PeacePond Eco Center is part of the PeacePond property in Alo, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental, Philippines. The organization was born on February 2004 when Jet and Checcs semi-retired from Manila to the fishing village called Alo. The advocacy of Solid Waste Management (SWM) came from their involvement in the National SWM Conference and the Nationwide Search for Model Barangay (village) through mentors Odette Alcantara and Binggirl Clemente.
Coastal cleanups in neighboring
public beaches and active promotion for solid wastemanagement came next.
Then the Eco Center started its
On June 2005, Jet and Checcs eventually realized their dream of helping their town Binalbagan realize its SWM program. They were appointed NGO representatives of the Solid Waste Action Board-Binalbagan (SWAB-Bin) headed by Mayor Emmanuel Aranda. PeacePond was responsible for the integrated Information, Education and Communication Campaign (IECC) of the board. Part of the IECC included the Kapehan sa Merkado (Coffee Date at the Market), school symposium attended by thousands of students, a series of barangay forum, billboards, drop down banners, flyers, instructional VCDs in the local dialect, a town-wide SWM manual and re-korida (public address) system. Together with SWAB-Bin, PeacePond pushed for the construction of the first Eco Park in South Negros, 12 Barangay (village) Materials Recovery Facilities (MRFs) and the investiture of the local Eco Police.
symposium forum Eco Park Eco Police Mayor Aranda
Payao MRF Canmoros MRF SWAB-Bin Planning Workshops As of date, the PeacePond Eco Center is still active in the advocacy of solid waste management through free SWM seminars and its board membership at SWAB-Bin. The center's products are regularly shipped to Manila and have reached foreign shores. See our PRODUCTS section for pictures....
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The couple gave the first seminar on solid
waste management to some 26 folks of the community. It wasn't long before
the women members and their husbands constructed a simple Eco Center to store
waste materials from the town's residents.
participation by the Eco Center ladies
and
a graduation ceremony. These seminars included those in Apo Island (Dauin, Negros
Occidental), Bethany Court (Bacolod City), the Municipality of Binalbagan and
Barangay Payao. The office staff of BISCOM Inc. and Rural Health Care Workers of
Binalbagan were also recipients of the seminar. The PeacePond Eco Center also
gave a two-day Solid Waste Management (SWM) Primer and Integrated SWM 12-month
Planning Workshop for the Metro Third District of 
Negros
Occidental. This included the cities of Silay, Talisay, Victorias and the towns of E.B. Magalona
and Murcia. The primer was ably managed by Mayor Diding Gamboa, Enviro
Express and Anita Celdran of SPM International.
The Eco Center was featured
in the TV talkshow "Amiga" and TV news "TV Patrol" of
ABS-CBN Bacolod. GMA 7 Manila reporter Mariz Umali likewise
interviewed the members. A full-page feature was also done by local daily
The Visayan Daily Star on the eco center's achievements.
Our products have also been
exhibited at the Gaisano Trade Fair, BInalbagan 2004 and 2005 Fiesta and the
Negros Panaad Festival 2005.
