RISe – Remembering Isagani SErrano
(March 1, 1947 – February 22, 2019)
A non-government organization providing a channel for family, friends and the many people whose lives Isagani Serrano touched globally, to keep alive his memory and legacy of pursuing “fairness in a fragile world.”
New York Launch of Reimagining Sustainability Inspires Dialogue on Climate Justice and Development
A powerful and heartwarming U.S. launch of Reimagining Sustainability: Selected Works of Isagani Serrano on Environment, Climate Justice, and Sustainable Development took place at the City College of New York (CCNY) on September 26, 2025. The event was held at CCNY’s Shepard Hall S-350 and streamed via Zoom, bringing together academics, advocates, and youth leaders to celebrate the life and ideas of the late Filipino environmentalist and thought leader, Isagani R. Serrano.
Book Launch: Reimagining Sustainabillity by Isagani R. Serrano
Reimagining Sustainability containing Gani’s selected works on environment, climate justice and sustainable development was launched last 12 July 2025, 3-5PM at PRRM Penthouse.
Isagani R. Serrano’s 6th Anniversary Commemoration
It’s been 6 years! Last February 28, a forum-soft launch of Isagani Serrano’s book on Reimagining Sustainability to commemorate his 6th Anniversary at the Bataan Peninsula State University Abucay Campus, Bataan.
A channel to pursue the legacy of Isagani R. Serrano of fairness in a fragile world.
From Isagani R. Serrano’s “Humanity in Trouble but Hopeful” (1994)
“Citizens have placed their own perspective in the global agenda. They are exercising their public responsibility to keep the hands and feet of states and markets in the fire of reform even as they strive to better their lot on their own…..Surely humanity, though in trouble, has good reasons to be hopeful.”
“Small is beautiful. Big may be beautiful too if it is a mere aggregation, not concentration, of myriads of small. This is probably one of the most cherished values of the NGO. And it is this value that has the strongest influence on the NGO concept of a future society, strategy of change and politics.”
Isagani R. Serrano
in “Developing a Fourth Generation NGO Strategy”, 1989
Nature of RISe
RISe is a channel for family, friends and the many people whose lives Gani touched globally, to keep alive his memory and legacy of pursuing “fairness in a fragile world”.