Philippine elections is about a year off but both political aspirants, government, religious and other sectors are mobilising for the historical event. One such group, the EcoWaste Coalition, calls for minimal waste and pollution during the campaign period for all candidates. In a small ceremony at COMELEC HQ last Wednesday, “Zero Waste 2010 Elections” was initiated which aims to exhort all election stakeholders to heed the plea for reduced campaign on waste and pollution.
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First time I saw this i was blown away by the simplicity of the design. The Watercone offers a safe and cheap way to produce drinkable water from salt water and other brackish water by using the rays of the sun and the property of water to evaporate once it hits 100′C.

Aside from not needing electricity, you don’t have to keep careful watch over it too while it does its work. Areas without potable water and electricity could use this simple product to produce drinking water.

Found this via reddit.

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) revoked a Jan. 17, 2006 agreement between them and the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) which allows the SBMA to issue environmental compliance certificate (ECC) to companies prior to starting ventures in the free port zone.

The privilege was revoked after recent complaints by locals against the SBMA owing to some environmental violations perpetrated by some companies operating in the free port. Add to that, SBMA failed to secure from the DENR the ECC’s for the economic zone itself. They also failed to issue regular monitoring reports to the DENR on the compliance of companies who have been issued ECC’s.
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I was looking through the USGS data for earthquakes in the Philippines and I found out that a total of 45 earth quakes have been reported at the USGS in 2008. 12 of which have occurred in the island of Mindanao and the strongest being an intensity V last March 13, 2008.
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A few months back NCCC Mall, the store where we regularly buy our groceries from, started offering their own version of the reusable shopping bag. Its being sold for just P55.00 ($1=P49) and comes in the store’s colors, which is predominantly blue with a dash of yellow. Reusable shopping bags can be used by customers to carry their groceries in instead of the more common method of a plastic bag.
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Imprisoned Senator, Antonio Trillanes IV, filed recently a bill in the Philippine Senate to amend the Clean Air Act so that waste incinerators could be exempted from its coverage.

According to his site:
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