Kimberly dela Cruz
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Recycling changes the world
Recycling is one of the most important environmental activities that should be imposed in the world. There are a lot of help that recycling can contribute into maintaining the beauty of environment and our earth.
Garbage is another problem in the society even decades ago. Government and non-government organizations keep finding ways on how to solve this garbage problem and make our surroundings clean and healthy. With this vision, everything starts with recycling. Through recycling, we can reduce the garbage that we are producing every day, garbage problem will be minimal and we can help our government to deal with this problem. If we recycle, the amount of garbage being thrown in the landfills will be minimized and toxic wastes has a bad effect in our health will be also reduced. We need to recycle because the garbage that we threw will come back to us someday if we don’t make a move on preserving our environment. Aside from that, recycling is an eco-friendly activity. You can make money out of recycled garbage or you can make handicrafts from garbage. Recycling also helps prevent floods and disasters during storms because there is no need for a lot of trees to be cut out to accommodate our garbage. There are still a lot of good things that recycling can do to us. Recycling can offer jobs to others, can discipline people regarding garbage problem, recycling means less garbage and less pollution and most of all, recycling can save our existence in this world.
If we don’t want climate change to fully destroy our world, we should take part upon making our environment neat and healthy. We can start in simple things if we really want change. Start with recycling. You don’t know how huge favor you are doing for all the human beings in this earth especially yourself.
Garbage is another problem in the society even decades ago. Government and non-government organizations keep finding ways on how to solve this garbage problem and make our surroundings clean and healthy. With this vision, everything starts with recycling. Through recycling, we can reduce the garbage that we are producing every day, garbage problem will be minimal and we can help our government to deal with this problem. If we recycle, the amount of garbage being thrown in the landfills will be minimized and toxic wastes has a bad effect in our health will be also reduced. We need to recycle because the garbage that we threw will come back to us someday if we don’t make a move on preserving our environment. Aside from that, recycling is an eco-friendly activity. You can make money out of recycled garbage or you can make handicrafts from garbage. Recycling also helps prevent floods and disasters during storms because there is no need for a lot of trees to be cut out to accommodate our garbage. There are still a lot of good things that recycling can do to us. Recycling can offer jobs to others, can discipline people regarding garbage problem, recycling means less garbage and less pollution and most of all, recycling can save our existence in this world.
If we don’t want climate change to fully destroy our world, we should take part upon making our environment neat and healthy. We can start in simple things if we really want change. Start with recycling. You don’t know how huge favor you are doing for all the human beings in this earth especially yourself.
Monday, February 8, 2010
WE AS ONE
Since environmental awareness has began, we have been educated that abuse of human to nature has been the cause of global warming. It might have been true, if not the blame became centered in the individual cases of wrong disposal of non-biodegradable materials or for the simplest of terms, throwing our garbage improperly.
If you've been blaming the tragedies of Ondoy, Pepeng and the other catastrophes; that left grave damage upon the earth; on each individual you saw sneaking up throwing their candy wraps everywhere, well, you could now think twice and try researching the Kyoto Protocol which determined that over-production is the number one source of global warming.
This proves that environmental problems are not solely a problem of an individual but also to our society, thus, it should be solved collectively.
However true that each of us should be responsible in every piece of thrash we threw, long-time solutions to these environmental problems wouldn't be solved just by keeping it to ourselves. Community awareness should be conducted to educate others about these environmental problems concerning our society.
Planting trees wouldn't be enough to stop flash floods if illegal loggers and mining companies continue to linger and destroy our lands. The problem should be, collectively, solved with real solutions, implemented not only to each individual but also to the roots of our problem.
-Kimberly dela Cruz
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Environmental Advocacy by Dianne Lynn A. Dulgach
Senator Loren Legarda attended a forum in the University of the Philippines last February 6, 2010 and gave her speech in front of the students and professors regarding its theme: Mga Kandidato ng Kalikasan at Kapaligiran: May Boboto ba?
Senator Loren said that because of the environmental degradation and disaster risks that happened in our country, the present government had failed to take an action to solve and reduce these kinds of environment disasters.
Senator Loren’s advocacy is to protect and practice our different communities to be ready from different environment disasters and calamities caused by climate change. She advised that climate change must be added in the school curriculum. Aside from that, she also said that climate change adaptation should be practiced.
“We face other major threats of our time – poverty, threats to peace and order, and a widening gap between rich and poor. Formidable challenges, indeed. Advocating green politics is not as simple as a walk in the park, what with other issues and advocacies that appeal more to the masses of voters.”
Senator Loren believes that advocacy concerning the environment should be one of the top priorities of the next government and next leaders.
Senator Loren said that because of the environmental degradation and disaster risks that happened in our country, the present government had failed to take an action to solve and reduce these kinds of environment disasters.
Senator Loren’s advocacy is to protect and practice our different communities to be ready from different environment disasters and calamities caused by climate change. She advised that climate change must be added in the school curriculum. Aside from that, she also said that climate change adaptation should be practiced.
“We face other major threats of our time – poverty, threats to peace and order, and a widening gap between rich and poor. Formidable challenges, indeed. Advocating green politics is not as simple as a walk in the park, what with other issues and advocacies that appeal more to the masses of voters.”
Senator Loren believes that advocacy concerning the environment should be one of the top priorities of the next government and next leaders.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Nature is Crying
Are you throwing your waste anywhere? Do you stick your chewing gum under the armchair? Do you dispose your waste properly?
Nowadays, we are completely aware of the environment that surrounds us. We witness different exhibition of human ill behaviour especially how they dispose their garbage. Here in the Philippines, it is normal in our sight to see those wastes anywhere because we used to be with it in our normal lives. We can see piles of waste materials besides the street, we can see dogs and cats scavenging garbage around it, and sometimes we see even those street people doing the same thing. We Filipino, most of us are messy, disobedient and arrogant, it hurts nut that’s ironic. We don’t obey proper management of our wastes. In instance, in schools, students just randomly hurl their garbage in trashcans regardless of the cans label (bio, non-bio, recyclable). We don’t pay attention to the label for as long as we dispose our waste immediately. In some instance, students or even others will just toss the filter of their cigarette butts on the roads right away after they’ve smoke, others will spit their chewing gums and saliva anywhere.
Most people no longer care for the environment, and as a result they forget how to manage their waste properly. With the practice of improper waste disposal, we are just adding burdens to the nature. If we could just reverse everything or be simply disciplined creatures, not only we can help ourselves but furthermore save earth away from its austere state. It’s still fresh in our minds, the storm and the floods that make our country devastated. Somehow I can’t blame the nature, this are the consequences of our illicit acts. Our environment is really suffering because of us. You can’t blame someone about this, WE, we all have to take responsibility of our nature that’s slowly deteriorating. THINK NOW, ACT NOW… is this the environment we want to handed down through the next generation and to the generation after next generations? We are depriving their right to live, their chance to see how our nature is magnificently created.
WE SHOULD TAKE PART, YOU ARE HUMAN AND YOU ARE PART OF THE ENVIRONMENT!!! WE CAN DO BETTER TOGETHER…
Dona Charmaine P. Delizo
Nowadays, we are completely aware of the environment that surrounds us. We witness different exhibition of human ill behaviour especially how they dispose their garbage. Here in the Philippines, it is normal in our sight to see those wastes anywhere because we used to be with it in our normal lives. We can see piles of waste materials besides the street, we can see dogs and cats scavenging garbage around it, and sometimes we see even those street people doing the same thing. We Filipino, most of us are messy, disobedient and arrogant, it hurts nut that’s ironic. We don’t obey proper management of our wastes. In instance, in schools, students just randomly hurl their garbage in trashcans regardless of the cans label (bio, non-bio, recyclable). We don’t pay attention to the label for as long as we dispose our waste immediately. In some instance, students or even others will just toss the filter of their cigarette butts on the roads right away after they’ve smoke, others will spit their chewing gums and saliva anywhere.
Most people no longer care for the environment, and as a result they forget how to manage their waste properly. With the practice of improper waste disposal, we are just adding burdens to the nature. If we could just reverse everything or be simply disciplined creatures, not only we can help ourselves but furthermore save earth away from its austere state. It’s still fresh in our minds, the storm and the floods that make our country devastated. Somehow I can’t blame the nature, this are the consequences of our illicit acts. Our environment is really suffering because of us. You can’t blame someone about this, WE, we all have to take responsibility of our nature that’s slowly deteriorating. THINK NOW, ACT NOW… is this the environment we want to handed down through the next generation and to the generation after next generations? We are depriving their right to live, their chance to see how our nature is magnificently created.
WE SHOULD TAKE PART, YOU ARE HUMAN AND YOU ARE PART OF THE ENVIRONMENT!!! WE CAN DO BETTER TOGETHER…
Dona Charmaine P. Delizo
Monday, February 1, 2010
Our Humble Abode
This would be the perfect getaway if you want to escape the noise and pollution of the city. A simple house perched in the middle of the hill with bananas and papayas scattered across the area. Fresh air, green surroundings, simple lifestyle. Beautiful.
Kimberly dela Cruz
BJ 3-1D
Sunday, January 31, 2010
How green is the next President?
Ecowaste Coalition made its call to ten Presidential candidates to set aside their political platforms and disclose their positions and solutions for dealing w? climate change, for the imminent 2010 Election campaign period.
The group has denounced its Presidential forum as it held its general assembly at the University of the Philippines which drew more than 100 civil society leaders.
"It is not enough for the candidates to profess their concern for the environment. Voters need to know where the candidates stand on key challenges, as well as their plans and respective track records in the environment field", Calonzo said via PDI.
The group will showcase a survey on the candidates' environmental agenda, like the one it did last national election.
The survey will be composed of questions that deal with zero waste, water protection, climate change mitigation, chemical safety, renewable energy and other various environmental issues.
Ecowaste will conduct the survey as it launches the Green Electoral Initiative (GEI) to relinquish the environmental agenda of the 10 Presidential candidates.
A scale from "green to gray" will be graded to the candidates after analyzing their answers by the panel of evaluators.
Jerold Anthony F. Dalmacio
The group has denounced its Presidential forum as it held its general assembly at the University of the Philippines which drew more than 100 civil society leaders.
"It is not enough for the candidates to profess their concern for the environment. Voters need to know where the candidates stand on key challenges, as well as their plans and respective track records in the environment field", Calonzo said via PDI.
The group will showcase a survey on the candidates' environmental agenda, like the one it did last national election.
The survey will be composed of questions that deal with zero waste, water protection, climate change mitigation, chemical safety, renewable energy and other various environmental issues.
Ecowaste will conduct the survey as it launches the Green Electoral Initiative (GEI) to relinquish the environmental agenda of the 10 Presidential candidates.
A scale from "green to gray" will be graded to the candidates after analyzing their answers by the panel of evaluators.
Jerold Anthony F. Dalmacio
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