Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. Luis “LRay” Villafuerte has thrown his support behind the Department of Environment and Natural Resources' (DENR) plan to legalize more Minahang Bayan (MB) areas. Photo from Mines and Geosciences Bureau The MBs are zones wherein small-scale mining (SSM)...
No less than Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina G. Frasco will deliver the keynote address of Manila Bulletin’s 1st Sustainability Forum, which will be held online on Nov. 23-24, 2022. The theme of the two-day event is “Beyond Green,” featuring a lineup of prominent speakers...
As part of its commitment to regulate plastic packaging and reduce waste, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is exploring partnerships with private companies in creating a plastic waste management action roadmap. Plastic waste (Photo courtesy of Pixabay) Joining the recent...
By Diann Calucin The Caloocan City local government announced on Saturday, Nov. 5, that it has deployed 120 environmental police of the Caloocan City Environmental Management Department (CEMD) to reinforce the city's programs on ecological conservation. Caloocan Environmental Police is a group...
The Pasig City local government partnered with the Masungi Georeserve Foundation to raise awareness and train local teachers on environmental protection in order to mainstream watershed education. Photo from Masungi Georeserve FB page Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto and officials from the Pasig Schools...
The Philippines needs to enhance its assessment of natural hazards and their risks and impacts following the massive devastation brought by Severe Tropical Storm "Paeng," Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Maria Antonia “Toni” Yulo-Loyzaga underscored. DENR...
“Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.” This famous quote from the late American biologist and Pulitzer winner E. O. Wilson brings to mind the massive denudation and degradation of the country’s forests and watersheds through rapid...
EDITORS DESK If you find environmental topics boring or if you don’t care at all, and you feel you don’t have the time to listen about how we can help make our lives sustainable and planet habitable, then there is something wrong with you. Your planet — our home — is being destroyed by our...
Since 2019, St. Joseph's Academy of Las Piñas (SJA) has been the Global Lead School in the collaborative international youth program # Decarbonize organized by the Centre for Global Education and TakingItGlobal based in Canada. #Decarbonize seeks to gather the voices and opinions of youth...
Remembering departed loved ones does not mean forgetting yourself and risking your health. (Photo courtesy of EcoWast Coalition) As Filipinos spend the All Saints' and All Souls' Days, or Undas, holidays praying for the souls of their loved ones who passed away, environment watchdog EcoWaste...
WASHINGTON, United States -- Plastic recycling rates are declining even as production shoots up, according to a Greenpeace USA report out Monday that blasted industry claims of creating an efficient, circular economy as "fiction." Pixabay Titled "Circular Claims Fall Flat Again," the study found...
EDITORS DESK When I took an environmental reporting course last year, one of the most important takeaways that I learned was that a majority of the world’s population consider reading or learning about the environment “boring” and not “sexy” enough. There was even a criticism from regular...
