“When we say we plant trees, we actually don’t just plant trees. Tree planting is just 10% (of the work); 90% of it is actually nurturing or growing or making sure the trees grow taller and provide the benefits for us. Some call it tree nurturing, tree growing, or tree mothering—but the point is it’s not a one-day event that you go to a site, take pictures, and that’s it. It takes more effort to make sure that trees grow. It takes a lot of reinforcement, maintenance, and monitoring”, says Pagaduan.

Meanwhile, Ibasco shared her environmental conservation journey and how she utilized her platform as a beauty queen to campaign for environmental preservation by working alongside the government, the United Nations, and WWF-PH. She also encouraged viewers to use GCash as a way to reduce their carbon footprint and help Mother Nature.