THE Quezon City Police District on Tuesday launched its Project Green Camp Karingal eyeing to plant one million trees.
The project was in line with Mayor Joy Belmonte’s ecological initiatives to uphold environmental laws, QCPD director Brig. Gen. Rederico Maranan said.
The mayor lauded the entire QCPD for becoming the first police unit to transform its area into a green camp in Metro Manila.
Upon her arrival at Camp Tomas Karingal in Barangay Sikatuna, Belmonte was surprised to see the camp’s greenery transformation.
Maranan said the initiative is anchored on one of the Philippine National Police’s core values, “Makalikasan.”
Since last year, members of the QCPD have grown various fruit-bearing trees and ornamental plants, as well as vegetables inside the camp.
Maranan said they support Belmonte’s advocacy of environmental awareness and the importance to protect the environment.
The project has the theme “Million Trees Begin With One” to symbolize, he added.
Another activity under the project is the implementation of solid waste segregation and management practices, embracing the Reuse, Reduce, and Recycle (3Rs) concept.
The mayor planted a guyabano tree near the camp’s grandstand as a gesture of here unity with the police’s project.
At least 166 police officers or the so-called green cops had been sworn in to oversee the green project not only at Camp Karingal but in all 16 police stations in the city.