Zenaida Darunday

Zenaida Darunday (popularly known as Zen or Jen Darunday)is a Philippine environmental activist, pathologist, organic farmer, biodynamic practitioner and photographer.
Darunday born to Cirilo and Abundia Darunday, Darunday finished her bachelors in agriculture at University of the Philippines-Los Banos and Masters in Plant Pathology at University of Wisconsin, U.S.A.
She spent 20 years in New York, United States of America as a photojournalist to several magazines in the USA and became a senior environmental technologist of Shel Oil Company in New York and associate editor of Research Institute of America in New York City.
She went back to Philippines to organize cooperatives for women and protecting the environment.
She co-chaired the Bohol's Environment Summit that drafted the Environmental Code of Bohol.
She gives lecture on environment, homeopathy, anthroposophy, sustainable agriculture and organic farming, genetic engineering, vermi composting, herbal medicine, agnihotra and wellness programs.
Founder
Darunday organized the Tagbilaran All Women's Multipurpose Cooperative, Bohol Federation of Women Cooperatives, Cedar Children's Garden, JLW Foundation, Mayacabac Ubi growers and Processors Producers Cooperative and Permaculture Institute of the Philippines (PIP).
She also co-founded the Bohol Nature Conservation Society, Ubi Center Foundation and the Bohol Initiators for Sustainable Agriculture and Development.
Awards
* Distinguished UP alumna award in Community Leadership" from the University of the Philippines, 1999
*Ten Outstanding Boholanos Around the World for her work in agriculture in 1999

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