F or 25 years now, the Metrobank Art and Design Excellence (MADE) national competition has featured and celebrated the creativity of Filipinos in various media—from painting to architecture, with the GK (Gawad Kalinga) Metrobank Designer Village Challenge added for the 2009 competition.

On Sept. 23, 2009, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. (Manila time), Kalikasan, Kaunlaran! (KK!) will feature two outstanding MADE 2009 winners. The first winner, Interior Designer Karina Diana Cortez, searched for and rescued waste materials in crafting her winning interior design for a condominium. The second is the Luzon winner for the GK-Metrobank Designer Village Challenge—the team from the University of Sto. Tomas, which shall be represented by Manuel Hermano, Trustee and Chair, Youth Committee of the Sustainable Development Solutions for Asia and the Pacific. Metrobank Foundation President Aniceto Sobrepena will join the talakayan in conversational Filipino and English and will announce another milestone in the history of MADE, the MADE-NOW. Dr. Cora Claudio, president, EARTH Institute Asia, will moderate the discussion.

Tune in or watch KK! on DZRH-AM radio (666 in Metro Manila, other kHz nationwide), TV (Channel 9 in Metro Manila, other cable TV channels nationwide), and Internet (http://dzrh.tripod.com or http://dzrh.prepys.com) and hear how art can be used to contribute to the sustainable development of the country and to uplift the living conditions of the poor.

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