Students and administrators of F. de Mesa School have developed a very creative use for old car tires, styro fruit containers, and plastic bottles.
These “waste-turned resource” are now being used as “pots” for ornamental plants and seedlings, as part of the schools alternative gardening project.

Old tires painted and lined-up as pots.

Plastic bottles this time.

Styro fruit containers as pots for seedlings.
It’s going green for the greens!
photo credit: emb

Miriam College has always been at the forefront as far as environmental education in the country (not just in schools, mind you!) is concerned. For one, they have an Environmental Studies Institute, where people interested in green issues and concerns go, to learn the principles needed for a better Philippines.
Miriam College leads by example. They continue to develop “easy” green strategies for students to follow, making being an environmentalist fun, too!

To make it easy for students to do solid waste management, they place “real” plastic cups, doy packs, what have …

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, in her State of the Nation Address”, has only a few things to say about the environment:
“I ask business and civil society to continue to work for a socially equitable, economically viable balance of interests. Mining companies should ensure that host communities benefit substantively from their investments, and with no environmental damage from operations.
Our administration enacted the Solid Waste Management Act, Wildlife Act, Protection of Plant Varieties, Clean Water Act, Biofuels Act and various laws declaring protected areas.
For reforestation, for next year we have budgeted P2 billion. …

NiHAO MINERAL RESOURCES PHILS, INC. (Bicol Region, C.A.R, Caraga, Central Luzon, Central Mindanao, Central Visayas, Eastern Visayas, Northern Mindanao, Southern Mindanao, Southern Tagalog)
Requirements:
Junior Mining Engineers – 1 to 4 years of working experience in mining operation of Nickel,Copper or Gold
Senior Mining Engineers -8 to 10 years of working experience in mining operation of Nickel, Copper or Gold
Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor’s/College Degree or Professional License (Passed Board/Bar/Professional License Exam) in Engineering (Mining/Mineral)
Required skill(s): computer literate, resource estimation
Preferred skill(s): mine planning and design, grade control.
Applicants should be …