I was reading in the news about a company that was offering a rain water catchment and processing facility for would be buyers. This just got me thinking, is our air so polluted that we can’t even drink God given water from the clouds anymore?

My Dad worked in the island of Mindanao in the early 50’s. He was a teenager then and he contracted and suffered a severe bout of amoebiasis. Mindanao at that time was a forest, not really much development. So electricity and potable water wasn’t available yet at that time.
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I was watching a segment on the news the other day with regards to children having to carry over weight textbooks and notebooks in their bags when going to school. The doctor interviewed says that as a rule of thumb, kids should only carry between 2-3 kg on their backs.

Recalling my own childhood I remembered having to carry more than that. Of course to me it really wasn’t a problem because my house was nearby and the whole trek with full gear lasted not more than 8 minutes. So I feel sorry for those kids who have to carry those heavy books much farther.
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Current Department of Environment and Natural Resource (DENR) secretary, Lito Atienza, announced that “Green” courts will be set up in specific places around the Philippines to specifically handle offenders of the country’s environment laws. Most specifically those who violate Republic Act (RA) No. 9275 or the Philippine Clean Water Act. He said that there are a lot of cases where those who were caught violating this law but only a few reach the country’s courts to get prosecuted.

Sec. Atienza seems to have it bad for those who operate illegal fishpens in the country as the report stated that these “Green” courts will set their eyes on prosecuting these types of offenders. According to a person I know who operates fish cages, it is quite easy to setup fish cages compared to traditional fish ponds in the Philippines. That is because it is not as capital intensive and resource intensive.
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Multi Awarded, Von Hernandez, has been appointed to head Greenpeace in South East Asia.

Mr. Hernandez is a recipient of a Goldman Environmental Prize in 2003. He has also been honored by Time Magazine, as one of the Heroes of the Environment for 2007. Aside from these accolades, Mr. Hernandez also brings with him over 15 years of environmental activism experience.

Greenpeace is an independent, global campaigning organization that acts to change attitudes and behavior, to protect and conserve the environment, and to promote peace.[source]

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Didn’t have time to post about this yesterday so I’ll just do a quick summary and throw in some of my $0.02 worth of opinion for these events that happened that I think will have an impact on the “Greening” of the Philippines.
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A few posts back I quoted the Cocktales Column for their article on SM Supermarket issuing Recyclable bags in lieu of plastic ones. I finally got a first hand look of these bags courtesy of our Google Country Consultant [click on the image to enlarge].
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