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We all delivered a victory for Efren Penaflorida to become the CNN Hero of the Year via an online campaign, now let’s continue our support by voting for our fellow Filipinos Paul Garilao and Alfonso Orioste in the CNN/YouTube climate change video tilt.
The two young Filipinos are seeking an opportunity to attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark from December 7 to 21, by winning the video contest on climate change.
Their video “Raise your Voice by Filipino Environmental Advocates” is the single entry from the Philippines and South East Asia; there are more than 500 entries around the world.
If they generate a significant number of votes, the Filipino advocates will represent the Philippines and raise environmental concerns with the leaders during the convention. This will also be aired on CNN/YouTube Debates on December 15.
“We ask everyone to vote for our entry as climate change is a major issue we have to address with urgent importance. One click will make all the difference,” Orioste said.
“We are massively campaigning for our video through social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. We have also tapped schools and environmental organizations to use the video as a campaign drive to fight climate change,” Garilao said.
Multiple votes are allowed. Deadline: November 30, 2009, 8:32 a.m.
Multiple Voting
1. Click on this link: www.youtube.com/cop15
2. Click Vote (The other choices are HOME, SUBMIT and PRIZE)
3. On Search the videos per country, click the dropdown menu tab and SELECT Philippines, then Click GO, which brings up and plays the video on the next screen.
4. Click the “green thumbs up” sign for the entry entitled: Raise Your Voice by Filipino environmental advocates. After you’ve done this, notice that the pink thumbs down sign becomes faded.
5. To vote again, refresh the link by clicking on the green up and down arrows to the left of the red x in your URL toolbar, then repeat steps 2-4.
Garilao, who used to work in a public relations firm in Manila , is now based in Kahului, Maui , Hawaii. He is a licensed engineer in Manila and had made a research on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) engines.
Orioste is now a law student in San Beda College.
Both are graduates of De La Salle University
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