We are honored to be part of an event honoring one of the country’s finest – and one of Pampanga’s greats – Pedro Abad Santos.
Join if you can, it's free - but remember, first come, first served basis. Seats are limited! Lezzgo and let's learn tons of insights together. It's not everyday one gets to hear the compelling scholar, Dr. Ian Christopher Alfonso, speak. #aPastRevisited #MabuhaySiDonPerico #MabuhayPedroAbadSantos Read More About The Lecture Here [READ]
🌱✨ A New Year, a New Celebration of Curiosity! ✨🌱
This January 2026, we highlight “Damayan” by Celine and Dennis Murillo, awarded 2nd Best Film in Indie-Siyensya, the pioneering science filmmaking competition of DOST-SEI. Their work reminds us how a nation is built, one mushroom at a time. Their film draws attention to the hidden networks beneath our forests --the mycelial[READ]
A LIGHT THAT REFUSES TO BE DARKENED
By Wilson Lee Flores | December 14, 2025 Between the dangerous, dazzling "ningning" (glitter) of false promises & the steady, guiding "liwanag" (light) of truth—which do we choose? Last December 12, at 87-year-old #KamuningBakery Cafe, the non-partisan #PandesalForum honored the 150th birth anniversary of the fierce, brilliant hero #EmilioJacinto—the “Brains of[READ]
Bake history into our lives.
Buhay si Pingkian kung nais natin! A pleasure to break bread with Wilson Flores, NHCP' Eufemio Agbayani III, Emilio Jacinto's descendants, LIRA's Abner Dormiendo, and the indefatigable Vim Nadera.
Decade and a half trial, Slain People’s Botanist elusive of Justice
On this 15th of November, we mark the 15th anniversary of the brutal killing of Leonardo L. Co, a respected botanist, plant taxonomist, and dedicated environmental defender. Co and his companions, Sofronio Cortez and Julius Borromeo, were murdered by elements of the 19th Infantry Battalion (19th IB) of the Armed Forces[READ]
Botanist Leonardo L. Co’s handwriting
Botanist Leonardo L. Co's handwriting. He is fluent in Hokkien and Mandarin, aside from English & Ilocano, having spent many years in the Ilocos and Cordillera while writing 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘢. He writes poems in Filipino. Ang hindi ko makakalimutang bilin niya: "Ang utak, hindi lang ginagamit para mag-imbak ng[READ]
Merch for a Cause!
Celebrate Native Plants Week 2025 by honoring the legacy of Filipino botanists who dedicated their lives to studying and protecting our native flora. From November 17–21 at UP Baguio, drop by the Native Plants Committee Booth to buy Leonard Co’s book and order limited-edition shirts inspired by the country’s pioneering botanists[READ]
Rare photos of PH flora species found 15 years after death of ‘People’s Botanist’ Leonard Co – Rappler
Nov 16, 2025 3:57 PM PHT | Sca isidro (The images were downloaded to a hard drive of Co’s friend, Imelda Sarmiento, just months before his untimely passing) MANILA, Philippines – On his 15th death anniversary, family and friends of the late ethnobotanist Leonard Co held a press conference to announce that[READ]
