Posts made in 2023

In partnership with the Forest Foundation Philippines under the Enhancement of Community Capacity for Sustainable Ecological Protection and Economic Development-2 (ECOSEED-2) project, Xavier Science Foundation, Inc. (XSF), released the first episode out of three (3) documentaries capturing the lives and journey of the Bantay sa Yutang Kabilin or BYK and how their work is significant to the global efforts of climate change mitigation. The first episode will take you closer to how the...

On September 15, 2023, the first ever Barrio Food Festival was organized by Xavier Science Foundation, Inc. where it showcased traditional foods made by participating Indigenous Peoples Organizations (IPO) from the municipalities of Pangantucan, Maramag, and Valencia City. The Barrio Food Festival is part of the USAID and Gerry Roxas Foundation project titled Investing in Sustainability and Partnership for Inclusive Growth and Regenerative Ecosystems (INSPIRE). In XSF’s Mt. Kalatungan BioCon...

Maximizing the time and attendance on the afternoon of December 16, 2022, the Xavier Science Foundation (XSF) reconvened 39 young leaders representing 21 barangays within the Mt. Kalatungan landscape in the province of Bukidnon, Mindanao for the activity titled Youth, Land and Culture: A Summit for Young Defenders towards Protecting Ancestral Domain at the Hotel De Susana, Bagontaas, Valencia City, Bukidnon. This time, the summit is under XSF’s project Mt. Kalatungan BioCon: Creating...

Xavier Science Foundation, Inc. (XSF) in partnership with the SD (Sustainable Development) Environmental Projects distributed over 2,200 Project Buhay cookstoves in five (5) barangays in Pangantucan, Bukidnon on February 23 to 25, 2023. The Project Buhay cookstoves aims to reduce carbon emissions, wood consumption, local deforestation, indoor air pollution, and social burdens caused by inefficient biomass cooking. The activity is in line with XSF’s Payment for Ecosystems (PES) initiative in...