DAVAO CITY – Davao City-based Interfacing Development Interventions for Sustainability (IDIS) has pushed for a local measure implementing a weekly car-free day on certain streets here. Lemuel Manalo, IDIS program coordinator, said that the measure would require the people here not to use their...
DAVAO CITY – An environmental group has urged the government to shut down all mining operations in all identified geohazard zones in the Davao region. A SMALL-SCALE miner at work in Pantukan, Davao de Oro. (Keith Bacongco) Interfacing Development Interventions for Sustainability (IDIS)...
DAVAO CITY – As casualties mount in the landslide in Barangay Masara, Maco, Davao de Oro, an environmental group believes that local government officials and Apex Mining Co. may be held liable for allowing the construction of structures in identified no-build zones that led to the loss of lives....
DAVAO CITY – An environmental group has attributed the widespread flooding and landslides in the Davao region to the diminishing forest cover, massive land conversion, and poor urban planning. RESIDENTS gather beside a destroyed road in San Isidro, Davao Oriental. (Contributed photo) ...
DAVAO CITY – A Davao City-based environmental group urged newly elected barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan officials to be more proactive in addressing environmental issues. Mark Peñalver, executive director of the Interfacing Development Interventions for Sustainability (IDIS), said that local...
DAVAO CITY – An environmental group lambasted the Department of Public Works and Highways-Davao region, calling its drainage improvement project on Dacudao Ave. in this city a “waste of time, funds, and resources.” THE Department of Public Works and Highways' drainage improvement project is...
A piece of advice to students going back to classes on Monday, August 22: you may want to think twice before putting an eraser into your mouth. (Photo by EcoWaste Coalition) Non-government organizations Interfacing Development Interventions for Sustainability (IDIS) and EcoWaste Coalition raised...
As schools started to implement limited face-to-face classes, pro-environmental and non-profit groups discovered endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), particularly phthalates, in erasers for children that are being sold in local retail stores. (Photo courtesy of EcoWaste Coalition) EcoWaste...
Environmental groups EcoWaste Coalition (EWC) and Interfacing Development Interventions for Sustainability (IDIS) commended Citi Hardware in Davao City on Tuesday, Jan. 25, for heeding their call to stop the sale of spray paint products with lead content. In a statement, both groups lauded Citi...
