Environmental and International Exchange Events

In 2001, CGN held an "Ecology Painting Competition" in which the public was invited to submit artworks, and CGN not only created posters with the winning entries and distributed them throughout the Cordillera, but also held an exhibition in Baguio City where all the entries were displayed. Since then, CGN has been working to educate the public about environmental conservation and indigenous wisdom through art events.

The indigenous peoples of the Cordillera region live in harmony with nature and continue to pass on their knowledge, skills and customs. They have much to offer at a time when people around the world are concerned about the various environmental problems they face.

CGN organizes tours and international exchange programs for the indigenous people of the Cordillera, especially for the next generation of young people. In Japan, CGN participates in environmental events and EXPOs to share with the world the wisdom that the indigenous people of the Cordillera have inherited since time immemorial.

In 2007, CGN organized the "Eco-Caravan" environmental theater workshops for high school students from the Cordillera region in different municipalities. In December 2007, the first "Cordillera Youth Eco Summit" was held in Baguio City, bringing together indigenous youth from different provinces in the Cordillera to perform theater plays. This event was subsequently held in four other provinces: Kalinga, Ifugao, Abra and Mountain. Japanese artists participated in these events as guests, presenting performances and artworks.

Since then, many Japanese artists have participated and facilitated environmental education workshops and events using art as part of CGN activities.

Another major environmental art event was the eco-art festival "Kawanan nan Batawa" (Caring for the Environment) held in November 2012 in Sabangan, Mountain Province. Since 2012, Setsu Hanasaki was involved as a facilitator in CGN's environmental education projects utlizing theater as facilitator.

List of CGN's Environmental and International Exchange Events (2001-2019)

2001 - 2002

Ecological Painting Competition

Venue: SLU Elementary School in Baguio City

Grant: Japan Fund for Global Environment (JFGE)

Participating Artists:

Tsuyoshi Ozawa (Japan)

Shimabuku (Japan)

Ben Cabrera (Philippines)

June 2005　

Global Village of Aichi EXPO 2005

Venue: Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

CGN participate as a partner organization of KEEP (Hokuto City, Yamanashi Prefecture)

2006　

Zaragoza Expo in Spain

CGN's representative participant

June 2007　

United Nations Environment Day "Where Have All the Monkeys Gone?"

Venue: Kibungan, Benguet Province & V.O.C.A.S, Baguio City

Grant: Nomura Foundation

Participating Artists:

Midori Hirota (Japan)

Sasan (Indonesia)

Rey Pellos (USA)

Kawayan de Guia (Philippines)

Kidlat Tahimik (Philippines)

Mabel Batong (Philippines)

December 2007　

1st Cordillera Eco-Youth Summit

Venue: Convention Center, Baguio City

Organizer: KEEP

Grant: Japan Fund for Global Environment

Participating Artists:

KURI/Playback (Japan)

Theatre Rashinban (Japan)

January 2009　

2nd Cordillera Youth Eco Summit

Venue: Lubuagan, Kalinga Province / Mayoyao, Ifugao Province

Partner Organization: KEEP, Japan

Grant: Japan Fund for Global Environment

Participating Artists:

Kosei Yamamoto (Japan)

Jun Amanto (Japan)

OTO (Japan)

Ravi Masaki (Japan)

Sadam Komukai (Japan)

Natsuko Hirota (NGO Waon, Japan)

Yasuhiko Naoi (Japan)

JP Alipio (Philippines)

Kidlat Tahimik (Philippines)

April 2009　

Kalinga Photography Exhibition "Land of Earth Beat"

Venue: SM Baguio

Participating Artists:

Ruel Bimuyag (Philippines)

JP Alipio (Philippines)

Yasuhiko Naoi (Japan)

October 2009　

Ruel Bimuyag Rice Terraces Photo Exhibition at International Rice Paddy Education Conference

Venue: KEEP Conference Hall, Hokuto City. Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan

January 2010　

Third Cordillera Youth Eco-Summit

Venue: Lepanto, Mankayan, Benguet/ Banged, Abra

Partner Organization: KEEP

Grant: Japan Fund for Global Environment (JFGE), Japan Foundation

Participating Artists:

Raye Baquirin (Philippines)

Toshihisa Yoshida (Japan)

Jun Amanto (Japan)

Takanori Kawaharada (Japan)

Zoha (Israel)

Consome-W Punch

Tapati (Philippines)

December 2010　

Community Art Project for Peace Building and Rice Terraces Preservation

Venue: Hapao Elementary School, Ba-ang Rice Terrance, Hungduan, Ifugao Province

Grant: Japan Foundation

Participating Artists:

Midori Hirota (Japan)

Jun Amanto (Japan)

Kosei Yamamoto (Japan)

KURI (Japan)

Yasuhiro Minamisawa (Japan)

Takudo Fukumoto (Japan)

Asao Shimura (Philippines)

Edgar Banasan (Philippines)

Kent Banasan (Philippines)

Fara Manuel (Philippines)

Vincent Navarro (Philippines

A community art festival in a World Heritage Site of terraced rice fields in Hungduan, Ifugao Province. The event was held to preserve the environment and to commemorate the people of Japan and the Philippines who died in World War II. Many artists from Japan participated in the event, including dancers, musicians, and visual artists. Artists who supported the purpose of the festival also displayed their works of art in the terraced rice fields.

May 2011　

Aanak di Kabiligan, an Environmental Theatre Group of Indigenous Youths Japan Tour

Venue: KEEP, Hokuto City / Tsugane Eco Village, Sudama-Cho, Hokuto City, Yamanashi Prefecture / Performance Theater in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

July 2011

Japan-Philippines Friendship Month Photo Exhibition

Venue: Baguio Museum, Baguio City

Fund: Japan Foundation/ Japanese Association of Northern Luzon (JANL)

Participating Artists:

Kidlat Tahimik (Philippines)

Yasuhiko Naoi (Japan)

February 2012　

Peace Caravan- Exhibit of Hiroshima Atomic Bomb

Venue: Ifugao State University, Lamut, Ifugao Province

Organizer: Akiyo Kimura, JOCV

Participating Artists: Kosei & Hishiko Yamamoto (Japan)

May 2012　

Aanak di Kabiligan, "Abot" Theater Performance at KAPWA-3

Venue:Baguio City VOCAS

Organized by H.A.P.I

Participating artists:

Setsu Hanasaki (Japan)

Jun Amanto (Japan)

November 2012

Kawanan nan Batawa Eco-Art Festival

Venue: Sabangan, Mountain Province

Grant: Japan Fund for Global Environment / Japan Foundation

Participating Artists:

[JAPAN]

Kosei & Hoshiko Yamamoto

Jun Amanto

Chiyo Ogino

Meeko Koike

Asayo Yamamoto

Nobuhiko Terasawa

Setsu Hanasaki

Haruka Furusaka

Mayuko Fukumoto

Atsuko Yamagata

Takafumi Fukasawa

Yasuhiro Takemoto

Makiko Wakai

[PHILIPPINES]

Asao Shimura

Alma Quinto

Rocky Cajigan

Angelo Aurelio

Vince Navarro

Tara Lalaine Natividad

Romel Pidazo

Carlo Villafuerte

Gawani Gaongen

Bong Sanchez

Sacha Garah

Hector Kawig

Dan delos Reyes

Jason Domling

Binangi

Waway Saway & Talaandig Artists from Mindanao

August 2013

Furusaka Haruka Woodblock Print Workshop

Venue: Saint Mary High School, Sagada, Mountain Province

Organizer: Japan Foundation

October 2013　

Haruka Furusuka Woodblock Printing Workshop

Venue: Baguio National High School / Guesthouse TALA in Baguio City

Organizer: Japan Foundation

January 2014　

Haruka Furusaka Woodblock Printing Workshop

Venue: Hapao,Hungduan, Ifugao Province

Organizer: Japan Foundation

February 2014　

Art Workshop and Performance for Typhoon Yolanda disaster area, Leyte Island

Venue: High Schools in Leyte

Fund: Japan Foundation

Participating Artists/Facilitators:

Jun Amanto (Japan)

Vincent Navarro (Philippines)

Rochelle Bakisan (Philippines

Hector Kawig (Philippines)

May 2014　

Theater Company "A La Place" Tsuyoshi Sugiyama's Workshop

Venue: Kayan, Tadian, Mountain Province / Kabayan, Benguet Province

Grant: Saison Foundation

May 2014　

Aanak di Kabiligan theater performance "Fugtong - Kalinga Falk Tale"

Venue: TIU Theater, Makati City

Grant:

Resona Asia Oceania Foundation

TIU Theater

Performing Artist:

"Journey to the West" by Kei Takei

Moving Earth

Black Tent

February 2015　

Tetsuya Umeda Performance Workshop & Performance "COMPOSITE"

Venue: Kayan, Tadian, Mountain Province

University of the Philippines Deliman Campus

Organizer: Japan Foundation

Participants: Children & youth from Kayan

April 2015　

Movie Coordination for the Film Commemoration "Crossroads": 50th Anniversary of the Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV)

Venue:

Mayoyao, Ifugao

Itogon, Benguet

Baguio City

La Trinidad, Benguet

Production company: JOCA(Japan Overseas Cooperative Association )

January 2016　

Exhibit of the "Luplupa Village and River Creatures"

Venue: Cafe by the Ruin Dua, Baguio City

Grant: The Resona Foundation for Asia and Oceania

Participating Artists:

Children from Luplupa Elementary School, Tinglayan

Alex Tumapang (Philippines)

Artwork Display:

Haruka Furusaka (Japan)

Meeko Koike (Japan)

Hiroko Takahama (Japan)

August 2016

Theatre Workshop and Presentation: Mining Stories

Venue: Holy Rosary High School, Kayan, Tadian, Mountain Province

Grant: The Resona Foundation for Asia and Oceania

Participating Artists:

Setsu Hanazaki (Japan)

Toshihisa Yoshida (Japan)

Kaya Hanazaki (Japan)

Rocky Cajigan (Philippines)

Roger Federico (Philippines)

2014-2018

NEC World Children's Nature Club, Environmental Education Workshops and SKYPE Exchange Program with Children from Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Mongolia, China, Indonesia and Japan

Venue: Baguio City, Benguet Province

Organizer: KEEP, Hokuto City, Yamanshi Prefecture

Fund: NEC

Facilitators:

Aida Pagtan

Lily Jamias

Kenneth Kelcho

Vincent Navarro

Jocelyn Aoas

Hector Kawig

Rochelle Bakisan

2014 ~ Present

Environment Exchange Program with KEEP

With the cooperation of the KEEP (Kiyosato, Hokuto City, Yamanashi Prefecture), "English Camps" and art workshops are held every year by Filipino staff dispatched by CGN at schools in Hokuto City and other facilities in the KEEP

August 2017

Workshop & Performance "Balitok-Voices from the Mine"

Theare Project on Environment Issue for Youth in Philippines, Indonesia and Japan

Venue:

CAP Development Center Hall, Baguio City

TIU Theater, Makati City

Sultan Selim II, Banda Aceh, Indonesia

Grant: Japan Foundation Asia Center

Participating Artists:

[JAPAN]

Setsu Hanasaki

Toshihisa Yoshida

Asami Nakamura

Ayako Kaihatsu

Kenichi Abe

Katsu Mizumachi (KURI)

[PHILIPPINES]

Roger Federico

Rocky Cajigan

Adela Bantasan

SDS Multimedia

[INDONESIA]

Agus Nur Amal

May-August 2018

PAYO-Voices from the Community

Theare Project on Environment Issue for Youth in Philippines, Indonesia and Japan

Venue:

Hapao National High School

Hapid National High School

Tinoc National Hugh School

Lagawe National High School

Tulaed National Hugh School

Banaue National High School

BangBang National High School

KIangan National High School

ANAVS National High School, Lagawe

Caba National High School

Grant: Japan Foundation Asia Center

Participating Artists:

Hiroko Takahama

Meeko Koike

Saeko Koyama

Kyoko Miwa

Yasuhiro Takemoto

November 2018

"PAYO - Voices from the Community" in Japan

Part of the Ueda Street Theater Festival, three Hugh schools teachers and three theater actors were invited to perform PAYO- Voices from the Community. Some Japanese artists visited as facilitators came together and support the play as musicians, actors or art installations.

Venue: Sai no Tsuno Theater, Ueda City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Participating Artists:

KURI (Miho Igi, Katsushi Mizumachi)

Setsu Hanasaki

Hiroko Takahama

Meeko Koike

Kyoko Miwa