Greentayo

25/09/2026

GREENTAYO AT CIRCULAR ECONOMY RESEARCH PRESENTATION. ’s Co-Founder and Advocacy Manager Patmei Bello Ruivivar served as one of the reactors to the Circular Economy Presentation conducted by Interfacing Development Interventions for Sustainability - IDIS.

Patmei shared what she learned from founder Irene Santiago about making change meaningful and sustainable, which must involve three things: (1) conceptual shift - rethinking and rewriting colonial and patriarchal narratives; (2) technical skills - building our capacity to be effective changemakers and alternative system builders; and (3) political organizing - big changes can only happen when people work together as a powerful movement.

She added that personal and individual change is good but it is not enough. We need to create a conducive environment and a system and structure that will enable the behavioral changes we want.

It was wonderful to have meaningful exchanges with fellow circular advocates. Patmei thanked Ms. Norma Javellana — who is part of the IDIS Board of Directors and Datu Bago Awardee, recognized for her environmental advocacy — for blazing the trail for the new generation of Davaoeño advocates in promoting circularity in Davao City.

IDIS Executive Director, Atty. Mark Peñalver, and UNDP Project Coordinator, Mie Shen Reyes are both excited to collaborate with GreenTayo’s “Green Tagging” initiative to incentivize people and enterprises to shift to circular practices.

25/09/2026

GREENTAYO x DAVAO SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND (DSB). partners with the Davao School for the Blind (DSB), a nonprofit educational institution that provides free basic education and full board for visually impaired children from disadvantaged families.

GreenTayo Project Manager Raissa Cinco Ling is helping build the capacity of DSB to become a circular social enterprise while Advocacy Manager Patmei Bello Ruivivar is linking the school with civil society partners like to increase community awareness on the challenges of as well as the opportunities for persons with disabilities (PWD).

To start, GreenTayo will supply affordable local, natural, nontoxic, and eco-friendly massage oils to the Association of Blind Masseurs, who are based in DSB. Their members will also set up refill store for their livelihood.

Because building a is making sure disadvantaged and marginalized groups can fully participate in and benefit from it.

25/09/2026

GREENTAYO AT TAPOK MERCADO. Promoting green and sustainable weekends at - a curated local flea market and pop-up bazaar in Davao City designed for community gathering, good food, and unique local finds.

This September, the weekend market held at Pryce Park Drive in Bajada also hosted interactive experiences like Beyblade tournaments, ai***ft activities, and RC rentals alongside live music.

Young Davaoeños brought their own containers and refilled them with our local, natural, and nontoxic household and personal care products.

Thank you, Rotary Club of Downtown Davao and Rotaract Club of Downtown Davao - Poblacion, for sponsoring GreenTayo’s participation in Tapok Mercado.

25/09/2026

STRATEGIZING SESSION. Entrepreneur Ryan Carlo Dominguez shared his innovative ideas to promote with local businesses and how we can help them shift to more sustainable and circular business practices.

Project Manager Raissa Cinco Ling and Advocacy Manager Patmei Bello Ruivivar invited Ryan to be part of the business network to help grow the movement in the private sector.

24/09/2026

GREENTAYO PROMOTES CYBER HYGIENE FOR MSMEs. Co-Founder and Advocacy Manager Patmei Bello Ruivivar gave the closing message on behalf of the participants of the Cyber Hygiene Training for MSMEs last September 9, 2026 at the Holy Cross of Davao College, supported by The Asia Foundation.

Her message focused on women-led micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Mindanao and the challenges they face in participating in the digital economy.

“Women are the backbone of the Mindanao economy. The vast majority operate as ‘nano-enterprises’ (assets under P150,000) and they are often informal, under-banked, and highly reliant on face-to-face, cash based transactions. They are also primary caregivers so their business hours are frequently fragmented by domestic responsibilities,” she shared.

“We cannot include women in the digital economy without protecting them. women-led MSMEs in Mindanao are the most vulnerable because: (1) they are new to digital tools and easily fall for phishing scams and fake loan apps; (2) losing a few thousands of pesos to an online scam is not just a minor inconvenience, it is a business-ending disaster for nano-enterprises; (3) without cyber hygiene, they will be burned once and never return to digital platforms. Therefore, inclusion without security is a betrayal. True digital inclusion means providing women with simple, accessible, and localized cyber hygiene training at the same time they are being onboarded to e-commerce,” she stressed.

“The future of Mindanao depends on bridging two gaps -- the connectivity gap and the security gap. Cyber hygiene training such as this given by The Asia Foundation and the Holy Cross of Davao College demonstrates our commitment to a Mindanao where women are not just connected, but protected. Because an empowered and secure woman entrepreneur is the most powerful peacebuilder and economic driver this region will ever know,” she declared.

The three-day cyber hygiene training gathered more than 750 MSMEs, students, and NGOs in Davao City.

23/09/2026

07/09/2026

GREENTAYO JOINS AGRIBUSINESS FORUM. project manager Raissa Cinco Ling shares effective marketing strategies for Davao City’s vegetable-based enterprises last September 4, 2026 at The Ritz Hotel, Davao City. This is an initiative of the Davao City Agriculture Office, which is a partner of GreenTayo and Mothers for Peace.

07/09/2026

GREEN TOKENS FOR OUR DOCTORS & SCHOOLS 💚. products make excellent tokens and gifts for our doctors, teachers, and schools. Our partner, the Rotary Club of Downtown Davao, gives away green gifts that promotes our shared advocacy to reduce single use plastics and encourage refilling of local, natural, and nontoxic home and personal care products.

26/08/2026

GREENTAYO SUPPORTS HUMAN MILK BANK PROJECT. Maternal and child health is an important advocacy of and supports refilling of human milk in the SM Human Milk Depot and in the Human Milk Bank of the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC).

We celebrate this milestone in our human milk donation campaign as our advocacy partners, SM Cares and the Rotary Club of Downtown Davao, launch this innovative way of making donation easier and more accessible for Davaoeño mothers. Through the breastfeeding facilities of SM malls in the city, mothers can comfortably and safely feed their babies as well as share their extra milk to others.

Donating human milk through SM and SPMC Human Milk Bank, the pioneering facility in the Davao Region, is part of the ! 💚