Karla Paula Henry, representing Cebu City, ran away with the coveted title of Miss Philippines Earth 2008. It was a tense moment because she and Miss USA East Coast were the only 2 remaining contestants to be called. One would be crowned Miss Philippines Earth while the other would be crowned Miss PAGCOR Philippines.

When Melanie Felix’s name was called as the winner of Miss PAGCOR Philippines, Karla Paula Henry burst into tears with the knowledge that she had won the Title.
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Saw this in the news a couple of days ago, that Electric Jeepneys sponsored by Green Peace have already been approved by the local Transportation authority to start plying the nation’s route’s.
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Renowned Philippine Columnist, Mr. Rey “Butch” Gamboa, reported that Eco Securities of Ireland offered a local piggery, Uni-Rich, $12000/year ($4/carbon credit) for their carbon revenues till the year 2012. Uni-Rich gets carbon credits for trapping and using the methane generated from their pig manure to power some of their facilities.

In turn, Eco Securities sells their rights to big banks (Caisse des Depots) at $18/carbon credit. Does it look like a fair trade?, or is there just too much money for the middle man? But if Eco Securities are the one themselves investing in the certification and the methane trapping equipment, then it is a fair trade off. Not to mention that there are yearly monitoring costs that have to be spent to check whether Uni-Rich is indeed following its Green practices of processing their solid wastes.
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Palawan Governor, Joel Reyes, said that P110 million from the Malampaya Natural Gas Royalties that the Philippines are receiving will be used to fund their Solar Home System Project

This will give electricity and power to over 960 households. These households reside in 24 barangays (town) within the municipalities of Coron, Culion, Dumaran, Linapacan and Quezon. Aside from powering homes it will also power streets via the inclusion of five solar-powered streetlights for each town.
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