Articles Archive for January 2007
environment, garbage »
…Â and voila! Art!
Environmental Art Assemblages. A new friend, rj , is the brains behind it, transforming a gazillion ceramic tile pieces into a giant mural masterpiece — and I must say, that’s patience and creativity to a very high degree.
Which brings me to the fact that there is money in garbage. There’s the KILUS Foundation, who made “bazura bags” a craze (i believe they have a shop in Tiendesitas), and then I remember having watched this business show in ABS featuring an entrep who makes “angels and other figures” out of …
climate change »
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Do something for our Earth. Please watch “An Inconvenient Truth”.Â
www.climatecrisis.net
water »
March 22 marked yet another milestone for the Philippine environment as water took its front seat in the national legislative, through the enactment of the Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004 (Republic Act No. 9275), during the National Water Forum in celebration of the World Water Day.
Undeniably, this year’s observance of the World Water Day justly magnified the importance of water and its contribution to the sustenance of life on Earth, and, the National Water Forum’s theme “Securing Our Future: Effectively Managing Water Now†is nothing short of a wake-up …
air »
How would you like to wear a gas mask?
You don’t think so? Consider this.
Every day, millions of Filipinos, most probably including you, brave the danger of having to breathe heavily polluted air. We could take our pick from a long list of diseases associated with dirty air – from headaches and visual impairment, asthma and chronic bronchitis, decreased lung functioning and premature death. Air has become a silent killer and we have but ourselves to blame for it. Countless smokers, plants and factories, cars, buses, and jeepneys – smoke-belchers, all …


