Keith Anthony Fabro

Puerto Princesa carries us through its forests, rivers, coasts, seas, biodiversity, clean air, and landscapes, the natural systems that shape our economy, livelihoods, and everyday life. But as our waste generation grows, the city can only carry so much. Waste does not disappear when it leaves our hands; it only changes address, sometimes to a landfill, a drainage canal, the sea, or back to the communities that live with its consequences.

Ramon “Chin-Chin” Uy Jr. is a sustainable-food entrepreneur based on Negros Island in the Philippines, which recently hosted the global “good food” movement Slow Food’s first-ever regional conference in Asia and the Pacific. Held in Bacolod City, in Negros Occidental province in November 2025, the gathering brought together farmers, chefs, food artisans and policymakers from across the region to discuss agroecology, biodiversity and climate-resilient food systems.

Ramon “Chin-Chin” Uy Jr., is a sustainable food entrepreneur based on Negros Island in the Philippines, which recently hosted the global “good food” movement Slow Food’s first-ever regional conference in Asia and the Pacific. The gathering last November brought together farmers, chefs, food artisans and policymakers from across the region to discuss agroecology, biodiversity and climate-resilient food systems.