UP Green League

History

The UP Green League (UPGL) is a non-profit, non-sectarian, non-partisan organization composed of concerned young individuals who advocate environmentalism as a way of life. UPGL aims to protect, restore, and conserve the natural environment through information dissemination campaigns and by promoting a PRO-ACTIVE consciousness regarding the present state of both local and global environment.

August 1992	Founding members, mostly from Narra Residence Hall, drafted and ratifies the UPGL Constitution. Tambayan was located at the Main Library steps.
March 1993	First batch of applicants (92-B) were inducted. Tambayan transferred to Lorena Barros Hall.
1995-1996	UPGL was awarded by the Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Student Affairs as one of the six Most Outstanding Organizations in UP Diliman.
1997	First Place, “Tipid Tubig Contest”
February 2, 1998	UPGL became registered non-government organization (NGO) of Security and Exchange Commission (SEC). UP Green League changes its name to UP Green League Inc.
1998	UPGL was awarded by the Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Student Affairs as one of the Most Outstanding Organizations in UP Diliman.
2000	First Place, Presidential Youth Achievers Awards for Most Outstanding Environmental NGO.
2001	UPGL bagged two awards –the Best Student Organization at the UP Gawad Chancellor, and again, as a First Placer in the Presidential Youth Achievers Awards.
December 2002	The UPGL website became a finalist in the Philippine Webby Awards.
October 2003	UPGL won in the 2nd Vice-Mayor Awards as the Best Student Organization in Quezon City.
April 2004	UPGL became one of the finalists in the Ten Achieving Young Organizations (TAYO) Awards.
2007	UPGL, one of the founding members of League of the Youth for the Environment (LYFE).