Globe Telecom Highlights Project 1Phone at TEDxDiliman

Globe Telecom supported this TEDxDiliman 2014 as part of the telecommunication provider’s advocacy for innovation and development of new ideas.

The mobile operator also highlighted its 1Phone Project at the forum. The company’s biggest and most ambitious mobile recycling program, Project 1Phone is designed to create awareness on proper e-waste disposal and to promote sustainability.

A venue for “sharing ideas worth spreading”,TEDxDiliman 2014 was held recently at the University of the Philippines’ School of Economics. Organized by the Center for Art, New Ventures and Sustainable Development (CANVAS), the forum featured speakers with big ideas on diverse topics. Sharing their thoughts before a specially curated audience of thought leaders, bloggers, social entrepreneurs, artists, other accomplished individuals and captains of the industries, the speakers included prima ballerina Lisa Macuja, noted contemporary artist Leeroy New, social entrepreneur James Deakin, young congressman Sherwin Gatchalian, and rap artist Gloc 9. Their talks focused on this theme of “What I’ve Learned”. More than 500 guests attended the forum, a conference licensed by the famous TED Conference.

”Globe values innovation and this is apparent in our Project 1Phone as it seeks to transform lives through proper disposal of old mobile devices,” Globe Senior Vice President for Corporate Communications YolyCrisanto said, adding the 1Phone campaign augurs well with the objective of the forum of sharing ideas worth spreading.

She explained that the campaign calls for donation of unused, non-working, or damaged phones and tablets, mobile phone batteries, and even personal computers. All devices and accessories that Globe will gather through the campaign will be turned over to TES-AMM, a leading electronics waste recycler which will take responsibility for at end-of-life products to ensure that they are managed responsibly. Proceeds from the recycling program will be utilized for the construction of school buildings in Aklan.

CANVAS is non-stock, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting greater awareness and appreciation for Philippine art, culture and the environment. It runs the Looking for Juan Program which explores the use of art to encourage reflection and debate on selected social issues, particularly free expression, technology and culture, and national identity, as well as the One Million Books for One Million Filipino Children Campaign that donates CANVAS-published books to children in public schools, hospitals, and disadvantaged communities nationwide.

Photo above: Atty. GigoAlampay, director-general of CANVAS, which organizes the annual TEDxDiliman forum, shows support for Globe Telecom’s 1Phone campaign.