SM City Cebu, SM City Consolacion, and SM Center Ormoc recently launched Beyond Green: Where Art Meets Sustainability exhibit, to inspire the youth about nature preservation. The malls featured a number of local artists who converted discarded everyday materials into beautiful masterpieces.
In SM City Cebu, the exhibit featured the works of landscape architect and well-known gardener and plant collector Jaime Chua, and driftwood sculptor James Doran-Webb. The display featured birds, swans, eagles, roosters, owls, the Philippines’ very own Fruit bat, Kalaw, and the Philippine cockatoo in masterfully crafted wooden sculptures that depict nature’s beauty.
SM City Consolacion which partnered with SEED4Com, a local organization pioneering sustainability, featured art from its Eco Artist and National Clean Up Ambassador, Pedro Angco Jr., and its community partner, Caohagan Women. Pedro Angco Jr. showcased art made out of discarded rubber slippers collected during his ocean cleanups.
The Caohagan Women Quilts displayed hand-stitched quilts that featured small and large-scale hand-sewn quilts made by residents of Caohagan Island — one of the seven islands that compose the Olango Island Group in Mactan.
At the SM Center Ormoc, students from New Ormoc City National High School Special Program in the Arts, incorporated the trash we see everyday into mixed-media artwork, the first time for students according to Ms. Ma. Theresa M. Ablen, Grade 10 teacher of SPA.
SM has consistently implemented programs and activities to inspire Filipinos and educate them on the importance of sustainability and the need to help protect the environment. SM also has projects that directly engage mall-goers, focusing on solid waste management, like the monthly Trash to Cash recycling market and the collection of used lead-acid batteries, the Electronic Waste Collection Program, and the Plastic Waste Collection Program held in partnership with the Plastic Credit Exchange.
