Brief Description of Demo Projects
Two demonstration projects were implemented by the Local-EPM project on urban community greening and community-based solid waste management. The first addressed urban blight; the second, pollution and sanitation (documentation available for uploading). In addition, a new demonstration project on Watershed Conservation in one upland community commenced implementation from 2007

• Community- based Solid Waste Management Project in Sitio San Nicolas

The community based solid waste management project called for a change in attitude among project participants, to change from indiscriminate garbage disposal to waste segregation, reduction and reuse at source. A variety of methods were employed to inform, sensitize and involve the different stakeholder groups. Awareness was raised through City to City exchanges, when visits were made to successful projects to get innovative ideas on how to introduce new or alternative approaches and technologies to reduce, reuse, recovering and recycling of solid waste.

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• Community-greening project - “ Barangay Environmental Rehabilitation and Development” (BERDE)

Since the improved management of recreation and green areas was identified as an important priority for the city, an issue specific working group was established after the City Consultation, which developed a strategy to better manage Lipa’s green space through the community-based urban greening demo-project (BERDE), which aimed to mitigate the adverse effects of industrial development and urbanization. BERDE focused on three core components namely; 1) Information, education and mass media awareness raising, 2) capacity building, 3) plant nursery establishment and greening. The project implementation improved the barangay’s coordination with local agencies like the City Agriculturist Office (CAO), as well as the community awareness on environmental concerns which broadened channels for effective participation.

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• Watershed conservation in one upland community

In 2006, building on the lessons learned during L-EPM implementation, officials from the LGU, private and public sectors and AIM carried out consultations to discuss strategies and action plans to better manage Lipa’s water resources and watersheds. This resulted in the development of a new initiative to address the threat of groundwater depletion and over- extraction. The Malarayat watershed was identified as priority site for the protection strategy, supported by reforestation demonstration projects in the priority barangays of Sto Nino, Malitlit and Talisay during 2007.