culmination and showcase night: happy and thankful campers pose with direk tsong after showcasing their newly acquired talents presented to the Maayong-Tubig community who were invited to watch.
campers enjoy the pristine blue waters of Poblacion 1 Marine Sanctuary in Dauin which is the site of the camp community integration where campers where introduced to the success story of the PODUFFA a People's Organization (PO) which maintained the MPA (marine protected area) of Poblacion 1. 
time to nurture nature: participants took time out to plant bamboo seedlings at the camp grounds of BBI
campers from Silliman University and La Consolacion College of Bacolod City enjoying their lunch
Levy Balgos Dela Cruz or Direk Tsong as he is fondly called is a seven time Palanca awardee. Actor, playwright, scriptwriter, movie and theater director, husband of the famous movie director Lualhatti Bautista of the Muro Ami, Dekada 70 and kasal, Kasali, Kasalo fame
acting workshop conducted by Levy Balgos Dela Cruz at the bamboo kiosk
time to praise the Lord
campers listens intently to the speakers
from top to bottom: Ms. Marissa Orillana Buglas Bamboo Institute-Executive Director lectures on Bamboo: An Alternative Resource Towards Sustainable Development. Prof. Renee Paalan of the Center for Tropical Studies of Silliman University talks on the topic, The State of Negros' Environment while Mr. Pete Pinlac, the National President of the Manggagawa sa Komunikasyon ng Pilipinas tackled the issue on the Environmental Problem and It's Social Dimension
Mt. Talinis backdropping the BBI bamboo kiosk which served as the workshop hall for the participants
the early morning sun peers out from the bamboo thicket that surrounds BBIWELCOME TO THE BUGLAS BAMBOO INSTITUTE!
March 27, 2007 - around 50 students from Silliman University in Dumaguete City, La Consolacion College and University of St. la Salle in Bacolod City converged at the Buglas Bamboo Institute Training and Retreat Center for a 6 day Environmental Youth Camp organized by the VMPRDC of Bacolod, SOAN Department of Silliman University, Center for Tropical Studies of Silliman University and the host partner agency, the Buglas Bamboo Institute of Dumaguete City and Dauin in cooperation with SOAN Society of Silliman and PRRM of Bacolod City and SCA Development Foundation.
"DEVELOPING ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM THROUGH THE ARTS"
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