ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2022
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. Over 31,000 young leaders on 2,400+ campuses across 140+ nations applied to join the Class of 2022. 200+ campuses worldwide (just 8%) were selected to host the 3,000+ Millennium Fellows.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT MARY ANGELIE MEDRANO BUELA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
University of the Philippines Diliman | Quezon City, Philippines | Advancing SDG 12 & UNAI 9
" I believe that change lies in the passion and determination of the youth to address the world’s pressing environmental challenges. The future of our planet lies within our hands and it is time to act now. I am happy to be a part of this Millennium Fellowship to bring my ideas into action through guided training and collaboration with people who share the same advocacy. I am ready to learn, teach, and work to advance the SDGs for our better future. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Zero-UP!
This project aims to upscale the reach of a zero-waste lifestyle to the entire population of the UP community, one step at a time, for the planet.
This project will focus on practicing a zero-waste lifestyle within the campus of the University of the Philippines Diliman. This aims to address people's ignorance about the grave condition of our generated wastes, the massive use of single-use plastic, and improper segregation and disposal. Also, it aims to create value from collected wastes.
To make this goal happen, the proposed solutions under this project include information dissemination, practicing 5Rs, proper solid waste management, strict trash segregation, total ban of single-use plastics, and putting up a zero-waste shop that sells zero-waste products, reusables, and goods from a jar.
The proponent wishes to change the throwaway culture and the flawed system of solid waste management within the UP community. As a result, UP can be a clean and plastic-free campus that could inspire its stakeholders to shift to better options and a conscious lifestyle for the benefit of the environment.
You can check the specific details of the project at this link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1atNLz7UvaZruaNMwYTIIiaDKSg6s0CTG/view?usp=sharing
About the Millennium Fellow
Mary Angelie Buela is a passionate, goal-oriented, and environmentally conscious individual from the Philippines. Currently studying Biology education at the University of the Philippines Diliman, she is determined to protect, preserve, and restore the environment through sustainable solutions, which she has shown through her past projects that forward SDG 12: Sustainable Consumption and Production. With her course, she believes that she has the potential to be an educator and a scientist who highlights the importance of science and research in addressing the most pressing environmental issues such as climate change, loss of biodiversity, plastic pollution, waste generation, and resource depletion.
