This Earth Month, our focus shifts not only to the usual suspects of pollution and waste but to a more pressing and often overlooked crisis: the peril facing our protected areas. Recent weeks have seen a surge of concerns, as uproar emanates from popular hot spots like Bohol’s Chocolate Hills,...
Visit this newly opened 360-wellness superstore at Glorietta, where various sustainable products and practices encourage you to adopt an eco-friendly lifestyle. Catering for health and wellness, Heyday offers a range of eco-friendly items, including locally sourced loose-leaf tea and coffee...
Simple but effective: refill hubs help curb plastic use by requiring consumers to bring their own containers for refilling cleaning products, which are often packaged in single-use sachets and bottles. When washing the dishes daily, one may overlook the amount of plastic packaging discarded...
Public hospitals in the Philippines are looking to integrate sustainability into their operations, as they recognize the significant risks climate change poses to public health and economic wellbeing. The healthcare industry is focusing on transitioning to renewable energy, given its significant...
Humanity has only two years left "to save the world" by making dramatic changes in the way it spews heat-trapping emissions and it has even less time to act to get the finances behind such a massive shift, the head of the United Nations climate agency said. With governments of the world...
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration marked March 22, 2024 as the start of the warm and dry season. Paired with the increased risk of dry spells and droughts due to the El Niño phenomenon, local farmers — the nation's backbone — find their...
Sustainability is becoming a word used by a lot of companies and people promoting a greener lifestyle. Some may say it’s a trend finally catching on with everyone, but to Hacienda Crafts, this has been their motto since its inception. Christina Borromeo-Gaston and Joey Gaston are at the Hacienda...
SM Hotels and Conventions Corp. (SMHCC) stepped up its sustainability efforts with the launch of Tela Tales, a recycling program that advocates environmental stewardship aimed at creating a circular economy for condemned linens. Aside from linens, SMHCC has tablecloths, throw pillowcases, and seat...
The world will celebrate Earth Day, the “largest environmental movement” seeking to mobilize global stakeholders, including the average citizen, this April 22, 2024 under the theme “Planet vs. Plastics.” According to organizer Earthday.org, we are collectively responsible for...
SM Prime Holdings, Inc. (SM Prime), one of the leading integrated property developers in Southeast Asia, is embarking on a unified waste management and segregation campaign in response to the growing global crises on waste. SM Prime aims to bring all its property groups and stakeholders toward an...
SM Supermalls once again showed its continuous commitment to sustainable practices like this Earth Hour, by supporting the annual Global Lights Switch Off on March 23 from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. This year, SM went beyond the lights switch-off, encouraging public participation through a...
EcoWaste Coalition on March 24, 2024 urged the faithful to observe a plastic-free Holy Week, citing the potential surge of plastic waste from religious activities. “As we are invited to meditate on Jesus’ journey to the Cross and beyond, this is also an opportune time for devout Catholics to...
