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Backyard Gardening and Climate Change
I started my small organic herb and vegetable garden in front of my apartment in mid-2012 with the simple goal of growing pesticide-free vegetables for me and my family. Like…
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True Cost of Coal in the Philippines (Volume 2)
Given the economic, social and environmental havoc that climate change has wrought in the Philippines, embracing coal is a dangerous policy. Short term benefits of coal to some elite players…
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True Cost of Coal in the Philippines
Coal burning has existed for centuries. It powered the Industrial Revolution, changing the course of the world. At present it provides 29.9% of global primary energy needs and generates 41% of the world's electricity. It is also used in the production of 70% of the world’s steel. Total world coal production reached a record level…
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Greenpeace calls for ratification of Basel Ban Amendment following discovery of Canadian toxic shipment
Manila, Philippines—Environmental group Greenpeace today expressed alarm at the discovery of fifty container vans from Canada, supposedly carrying plastic scraps, but found to contain a mixture of different household waste that include adult diapers, and plastic containers with liquids.
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Carbon majors: accounting for carbon and methane emissions 1854-2010
Climate change is no longer an abstract concept that scientists and environmentalists discuss, but a reality of many people’s lives. Over the past few years record breaking and extreme weather…
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An open letter of solidarity and support
Dear friends, It is impossible to put into words the despair that millions of Filipinos are going through right now. Days after Haiyan (Yolanda) sliced through the central islands of the Philippines, it has become horrifyingly clear that the damage wrought by the super typhoon has been colossal, the devastation absolute. As of this writing, almost…
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Energy [R]evolution: A Sustainable ASEAN Energy Outlook
Southeast Asia needs energy – sustainable, clean energy! Renewable energy is the solution to the region’s energy needs and it is undeniable that the potential for the 10-member countries of…
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Green is gold: how renewable energy can save us money and generate jobs
Green can bring us gold: renewable energy can bring jobs, cost savings, and money to the Philippines. However, in the Philippines, ordinary citizens, business people, government workers, and even the…
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SONA reflection on the state of water in the Philippines
Every year the President of the Republic of the Philippines, opens the resumption of the joint session of the Congress to report on the status of the nation in what we call the State of the Nation Address (SONA).Early this morning a handful of Greenpeace volunteers and concerned citizens together with Fr. Robert Reyes, Former…
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Climate change and water: impacts and vulnerabilities in the Philippines
Climate change is undoubtedly the biggest challenge the Philippines faces today, and the vulnerability of our water resources to this phenomenon is a reality that can no longer be ignored. But while water scarcity is perhaps one of the most alarming projected effects of climate change on water resources, two recent typhoons in the Philippines—Ketsana…
