Nagpapaka-Berde

UP ORG Medical and Dental Mission for Aetas - Call for Donations

2008-11-05T12:47:00.000+08:00

Dear Friends,UP ORG will once again extend medical assistance to our indigenous brothers and sisters on November 15-16. The Aetas of Baranggay Baag and the Abelling tribe of Baranggay San Pedro will be at the Tarlac Eco Camp in Lubigan San Jose, Tarlac for the 2 day free clinic. Since they will leave their homes to be at the site, we will be providing food and temporary shelter during their stay.

Calling for WWF Volunteers for Project Ecokids!

2008-08-16T05:15:00.000+08:00

Repost from Maye's multiply:Hello friends! We're once again inviting volunteers for PROJECT ECOKIDS - our climate change awareness campaign for KIDS! World Wide Fund for Nature - Philippines (WWF-Philippines), the global conservation organization, together with The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) has formed a partnership to increase the knowledge and awareness of students

Greenpeace on Unilever and the Destruction of Indonesia's Rainforests

2008-04-30T14:49:00.007+08:00

Unilever, the makers of Dove beauty products, are buying palm oil from suppliers who destroy Indonesia's rainforests. It is driving forest destruction and speeding up climate change by buying palm oil from companies which are destroying Indonesia's rainforests to make way for palm oil plantations. By their own admission, Unilever is the biggest single user of palm oil in the world.Greenpeace is

Green Choice Philippines

2008-04-15T13:40:00.000+08:00

A few months back, I met some nice ladies from the Clean and Green Foundation who were nice enough to tell me that, contrary to popular belief of our country's backwardness, there is a group of dedicated individuals composed of both the public and private sector which reviews locally available products for environmental risks assessment.The Ecolabeling Programme awards the Green Choice

Long delayed post: Earth Hour Philippines saves 56MWh!

2008-04-15T13:24:00.000+08:00

Sorry for the very long delay. I just realized I had almost a dozen posts about Earth Hour but no actual results aside from the video posts I got.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------WWF and Meralco estimates that more than a million Filipinos participated, saving 56MWh of energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions

Teenagers On E(nvironment)

2008-02-27T08:42:00.002+08:00

Cordillera teens find ways to deal with wasteFebruary 26, 2008 00:33:00Vincent CabrezaNorthern Luzon BureauLA TRINIDAD, BENGUET – Fifteen-year-old science students of this town have come up with new ways to deal with wastes, and the local government has taken notice.Kherrylo Baludda and Beverlyn Backian stumbled on bacteria that consume plastic bags and investigated how these could be used to

The Iloilo Coal Plant

2008-02-16T12:27:00.002+08:00

February 08, 2008Manila, PHILIPPINES — Greenpeace today slammed the proposed 165 Megawatt coal-fired power plant in Iloilo while criticizing the Philippine government's two-faced energy policy that purports to address climate change, even as it continues to invest in coal, which is now recognized by international climate experts as a major contributor to destructive global warming.In a joint

Earth Hour 2008

2008-01-28T09:03:00.001+08:00

Let's join the world and turn off our lights for one hour at 8pm 29 March 2008.

Mayabong Mundo?

2008-01-08T10:07:00.000+08:00

Magandang Araw!Madalas gingamit ang salitang "mayabong" sa pagtukoy sa isang malagong halaman o kaya'y kapag hitik ito sa bunga. Nasa pinakamagandang kalagayan ng kalusugan ang isang halaman kapag inilarawan itong "mayabong." Berdeng-berde ang mga dahon, matibay ang katawan, malawak ang lilim - simbolo ito ng kasaganahan.Maaaring ihalintulad ang mundo sa isang halaman, bagama't nalalanta ito sa