Filipino active transport advocacy group Move as One Coalition recently won the grand prize for the 2025–2026 World Resources Institute Ross Center Prize for Cities.

In this interview, we talk to Reycel Hyacenth Bendaña, national coordinator of Move As One Coalition on the significance of a grassroots movement being recognized internationally. Bendaña talks about the growing rejection of car-centric cities and the problems their expanding network faces.

https://www.rappler.com/environment/the-green-report-active-transport-makes-liveable-cities/

More Filipino households are shifting to solar power to lower electricity costs.

In this episode, Rappler environment journalists Jee Geronimo and Iya Gozum talk to business reporter Tatiana Maligro and New Energy Nexus’ country director Brenda Valerio about the developments and challenges in the local solar power industry, and how consumers can make better decisions.

At a time when countries still can’t reach a consensus on transitioning away from fossil fuels, it’s the communities that are eager to see a fossil-free future.In this episode of the The Green Report, Rappler’s Liveable Cities editor Jee Geronimo talks to environment and climate reporter Iya Gozum, researcher-writer Shay Du, and Community Growth and Development specialist Aidan Bernales about how the Philippines’ just energy transition is shaping up in communities most affected by it.