Category: Environment and Nature
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ELEVENTH HOUR: Food Today, Food Tomorrow, Makisawsaw, and climate action
FTFT combines the previous food relief model 'Food Today' (which aims to immediately address hunger) with the micro food gardens 'Food Tomorrow' (which aims to address food insecurity).
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Eleventh Hour: Mainstreaming post-disaster mental health interventions in the Philippines
With the recent Typhoon Odette leaving unprecedented destruction, we must expedite the mainstreaming of psychosocial services into our current disaster risk reduction and management plans.
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ELEVENTH HOUR: The climate emergency and the need to shift to low-carbon tourism
Stakeholders from across the tourism value chain need to unlearn old habits and embrace new tourism business practices hinged on sustainability.
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What happens when a hotel embraces sustainability
Sheraton Manila showcases green efforts from the food they serve to the way they care for guests
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ELEVENTH HOUR: The Philippines’ carbon emissions are so small, why should we care about the COP?
This COP26, we saw a unique country delegation from the Philippines, this time headed by the Department of Finance as the point person for climate finance in the country.
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ELEVENTH HOUR: Turning the wheels of the circular economy in the Philippines
The past few years have seen a surge in circular activity in the country, with the eruption of sustainability agencies, firms, and organizations.
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ELEVENTH HOUR: How the earth thinks—Why indigenous knowledge systems play key roles for climate action
Indigenous people’s lifeways have been, and will always probably be, the best models for climate action. It only took us recently to recognize and appreciate our indigenous peoples, unfortunately.
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ELEVENTH HOUR: Gender-inclusive resilience building in the agriculture sector
The worsening climate does not just increase the risk to farmers’ livelihoods, it also increases the pressure on women to prepare better against disaster events.
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ELEVENTH HOUR: An open letter to Philippine leaders on the climate crisis
'On behalf of the Filipino youth, I urge you to think about our future. You have a crucial role to play to turn the commitments you’ve made in COP26 into real, tangible, and transformative actions.'
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ELEVENTH HOUR: Veganism, the climate crisis, and a multi-billion-dollar opportunity
There is indeed diet in the definition, but clearly, it shows that veganism is not just about diet, but a way of life that seeks to end animal exploitation.
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ELEVENTH HOUR: Can social media chatbots save Filipinos from climate disasters?
MapaKalamidad.ph enables users to make decisions about safety and navigation and increases response times during disaster scenarios.
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ELEVENTH HOUR: Development and environment protection are not mutually exclusive
For the past four months, Dumaguete has been getting media attention because of the controversial 174-hectare reclamation project.
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ELEVENTH HOUR: Amadeo Coffee farmers fighting a lesser-known enemy
It was climate change that was threatening the coffee industry in Amadeo.
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ELEVENTH HOUR: Will climate change be an election issue?
When deciding in the upcoming elections, think of our children and future generations not having the same quality of life that we can still enjoy now.
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ELEVENTH HOUR: Reclaiming our future from the plastic waste crisis
Last March, Dr. Deo Florence Onda made history as the first Filipino to reach Emden Deep, the third deepest part of the Earth. At 34,100 feet below sea level, the Filipino scientist was shocked to find plastic in one piece. It seems that man-made plastics have reached the world’s most remote areas well before humans.
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ELEVENTH HOUR: A tapestry of species for biodiversity protection
It’s been more than a century of habitat destruction, pollution, invasive species spread, overharvesting, climate change, and excessive population growth. Undeniably, human activities have really pushed millions of species to the brink of disappearing—the current extinction crisis is clearly of our own making.
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ELEVENTH HOUR: Hope and optimism through youth-led local climate solutions
“Where can we find hope during the pandemic while facing the climate crisis?” There is one answer: the youth.
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ELEVENTH HOUR: The overlooked story of the Upper Marikina Watershed and its defenders
Now more than ever, the world needs to pay attention to the reality and situation of those that are holding the line for the forests. The world can no longer pretend to not see and hear the plight on the ground.