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Celine Murillo: ‘Green-fluencer’ championing love for nature

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Juliet Seva

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<div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span>The world celebrates Earth Month every April. Leaders and organizations use this time to raise awareness on matters concerning the planet—a task that influencer and environmentalist Celine Murillo does even on regular days. </span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span> </span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span>With her husband Dennis Murillo and their campervan named Eli, Celine tours the Philippines on a mission to explore the country and share interesting lessons about the environment.</span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span> </span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span>The environmentalist couple’s YouTube channel, which has over 15,000 subscribers, feature mini documentaries about wildlife, educational videos on biodiversity, a series about various waterfalls in the country, their road trip stories, and favorite nature photos. </span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span> </span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span>Celine, who also has nearly 700,000 Tiktok and Facebook followers, hopes that her work could help viewers reconnect with nature and live in harmony with it – which she said is the “first big step” in preventing ecological crises from getting worse. </span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span> </span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span>“We humans are part of the natural world. I think we have forgotten this simple fact. Whatever we do to the environment and other creatures will eventually come back to us, as evident in the triple ecological crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. All are human-induced, essentially karma,” she said.</span><br/><br/><span><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/11/27/23/heat-disease-air-pollution-how-climate-change-impacts-health">Heat, disease, air pollution: How climate change impacts health</a></span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/09/06/23/climate-change-worsening-heatwaves-air-quality-un">Climate change worsening heatwaves, air quality: UN</a></span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span> </span></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-2" src="https://www.instagram.com/reel/C32SXoPv-YR/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fnews-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A2%2C%22os%22%3A9803363%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="881" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-2" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span> </span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span>Celine also banks on her videos to shed light on various environmental issues. </span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span> </span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span>In her “Overnight in Masungi Georeserve” vlog with her husband, Celine shared their encounters with Masungi microsnail, Kalinga narrowmouth toad, and Botel Gecko in the park. She also called for the protection of the </span><span style="color:rgb(77, 81, 86)">conservation area</span><span> following reports that some groups were claiming it. </span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span><br/>Other videos by the couple explain the differences between endemic and exotic species, the characteristics of </span><span>﻿</span><span>country’s largest flower, and the wildlife and plants on peso bills.  </span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4NeTc7t0HgU?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span></span><br/></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span> </span><span><strong>A WORK OF LOVE </strong></span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span> </span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span> </span><span>When asked about her personal favorite among their videos, Celine said it’s hard to pick just one.</span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span> </span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span>“Every single one is a love offering. There are some more memorable ones because of what happened during the encounter or in the course of filming. Like with the second episode of the #SaribuhaySaSalapi series featuring Kapa-kapa or <em>Medinilla magnifica</em> and with my most favorite flowering tree, Malabulak or <em>Bombax ceiba</em>,” she said. </span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span> </span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span>She shared how seeing kapa-kapa, a rare flower, during her visit to the Makiling Botanic Gardens surprised her and made her run and cheer “like a fan seeing their idol.” She also described how she cried after seeing the vibrant red Malabulak tree stand out against the green foliage and blue sky.  </span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span> </span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1uMq1Y_xzX4?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span> </span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span>Even after Earth month, the Murillo couple will brave high mountains, cold waters, and long hours of adventure to produce entertaining and educational videos that they hope could inspire others to protect the only planet we call home. </span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span> </span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span>Just as Celine likes to put it, “When we love something, we do everything in service of its welfare.” </span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><br/></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/13/23/ph-is-5th-most-dangerous-country-for-environment-defenders-report">PH is 5th most dangerous country in the world for environment defenders: report</a></span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span> </span></div><div><a href="http://Thriving wildlife observed as Mt. 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<p>The world celebrates Earth Month every April. Leaders and organizations use this time to raise awareness on matters concerning the planet—a task that influencer and environmentalist Celine Murillo does even on regular days. </p>

The world celebrates Earth Month every April. Leaders and organizations use this time to raise awareness on matters concerning the planet—a task that influencer and environmentalist Celine Murillo does even on regular days.

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Get to know Celine Murillo, the ‘green-fluencer’ championing love for nature with online videos

Juliet Seva,

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Published Apr 01, 2024 03:07 PM PHT

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Updated Apr 01, 2024 03:10 PM PHT

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