This one’s for college students…
The search for the 2012 Bayer Young Environmental Envoy-Philippines is here. If you are a Filipino college student between 18 to 24 years old, and has got a passion to make a difference through an environmental project, you can be one of the 2012 Bayer Young Environmental Envoys. Applications must reach the Bayer office by March 9, 2012.
Anyway, to be eligible, you must:
1. Be a Filipino citizen, 18 to 24 years old by August 1, 2012
2. Be a college student, enrolled as of March 1, 2012, …

What do you think about dedicated road lanes?
For one, really love the motorcycle lanes the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has placed in Commonwealth Avenue. I feel that it contributed much to the smoother traffic flow, and to the lessened (I assume) accidents in that “killer” highway. Now, if they can get those smoke-belching buses out of that high way and provide better roadside assistance plans like what they have in super highways, the better.
Speaking of roadside plans, I also love the dedicated bike lanes in Marikina City. Some …

They say to be immortalized, you can do one of three things — write a book, be in a film, or plant a tree.
It’s going to be the second year run of the government’s National Greening Program, and hopefully, this time around will be better than the first (hopefully two steps up).
It’s a great program, and I know even private corporations have adopted areas where they could plant seedlings. Had the chance to be part of the program, planted trees along Mount Banahaw, although to be really honest about it, …

The other day, while at a Barangay Session for the rehabilitation of the Marikina River (first phase: Concepcion Creek), a line from one of the speakers struck me.
He told everyone that he had quit smoking.
… I would say perhaps, that is his biggest contribution to helping save the environment.
It was an affair for cleaner waters but he hit the nail right. When he decided to quit smoking, not only did he help clean the air — he also helped lessen solid wastes and also helped prevent the waterways from …

It’s been really scary these past few days. Sendong hit Southern Philippines, with the death toll quickly moving to a thousand. One of our office’s regional Section Chiefs even lost her home but we are thankful she survived.
I remember hearing a talk from Secretary Neric Acosta about the climate changing — and rapidly at that, and experts have even projected that some parts of the Philippines will be totally gone as submerged with water due to heavy rains and rising sea level. Could this be the start of …