Articles Archive for October 2008
green choice »
Times are a bit tough now, and we need all the savings we could get.
Online shopping provides an opportunity for this — where us people could just log on to an e-commerce website, check the goods, and if we get lucky, get deals on items on sale.
For a recent online shopping experience, not mine though, my friend bought a few baby items from a multiply seller, and got it delivered via express21. So where’s the savings there?
First, no need to travel. No need for gas, or no need to …
green choice »
Termites, cockroach, spiders, ants… these are pests that we usually find at our homes, giving us adults a hard time, and our kids, a bit of a scare.
Now, in my case, I noticed we have a lot of ants in our unit — crawling on the kitchen countertop, or the walls. I dont wanna kill them, but I want to get rid of them.
Which leads us to the question — is there an environment-friendly way to exterminate pests? Is there a green pest control service?
Pest management, particularly green pest control, …
environment »
The Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park is leading at the live ranking for the new seven wonders of nature search. Chocolate Hills is fourth, the Tubbattaha Reef is fifth, and the perfect Mayon Volcano is twelfth.
There’s a notification at the Seven Wonders of Natures site though — that it’s only one national nominee per country, that the highest ranked on 31 December 2008 will be eligible to proceed into 2009.
So vote, vote, vote!
Anyway, these are just four of what we have to offer here in the Philippines. …
events »
Second Media recently opened the Biggest Outdoor Gallery in Asia. Their first collection — the environment.
The outdoor gallery presented ten masterpieces, each featuring a message for green consciousness, from ten artists, namely Popo San Pascual, Riel Hilario, Eddie Boy Escudero, Jose Terence Ruiz, Mario V. Fernandez, Gari Buenavista, MM Yu, Christina Quisumbing Ramilo, Lotsu Manes, and Tina Fernandez of ArtInformal.
The aim is to use billboards as promotional products, to create awareness on various concerns, starting with “the environment”.
I received an invite from Nuffnang to attend the press launch, …


