Green Thumb Coalition endorses "green candidates"
- Alyansa Tigil Mina
- May 1
- 2 min read
On Earth Day 2025, the Green Thumb Coalition (GTC) announced its endorsement of the following electoral candidates:
Senatorial candidates:
๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฑ ๐โ ๐๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐น๐ผ
๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ผ๐ป
๐ฅ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ
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๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ถ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ฎ
Partylists:
๐๐ธ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ป
๐ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น
๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ด๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ฎ
Jaybee Garganera, co-convenor of GTC and national coordinator of Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM) said the coalition is endorsing these senatoriables and partylists as green candidates who have pledged to push for legislation and uphold measures that protect the environment and marginalized communities.
โThese endorsements were decided after a thorough study of the track records, platforms and positions on environmental issues by the various candidates,โ Garganera added.
According to the environmental coalition, the endorsed candidates also replied to a Green Scorecard Survey, where they expressed support for the 11-point Green Agenda pushed by various environmental, human rights and church groups.
The green scorecard asked candidates for their positions on key environmental issues such as biodiversity and natureโs rights, land and resource governance, food sovereignty, waste management, climate justice, mining and extractives, just energy transition, equitable development, indigenous stewardship, community resilience and climate education.
GTC also declared support for the candidates being endorsed by the Green Agenda 2025 consortium listed in the Power of Purple report. The groups also expressed backing for the candidates being endorsed by 1Sambubungan coalition representing the indigenous peoples and the 4K candidates being pushed by indigenous women.
โWe urge the public to support these green candidates and enable them to institutionalize solutions to our countryโs environmental and climate-related problems. Together with these green candidates, let us make the environment a top priority in the governmentโs programs and legislative agenda,โ GTC concluded.
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