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Going beyond the written stories in Alabel
“Write stories that seek to inspire people to take action.” This has been my mantra as a citizen journalist. Since the enhanced community quarantine started, I spent my time on social media looking for news. I pitched inspiring stories of the locals doing their own way to help the community. While I was keeping myself…
Breaking down the harmful effects of microplastics
“The problem with microplastics is that we have found out that on the surface of microplastics are persistent organic pollutants…and this is what ends up going into our food for that matter, into our water,” said Visiting Scientist Dr. Jorge Augustin Emmanuel of the Silliman University Institute of Environmental and Marine Sciences at the Visayas launching…
5 Decades, 5 Champions: Anna Oposa
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, we will be featuring 5 local Environmental Defenders who tirelessly fought and championed their respective environmental causes in the last 5 decades. Anna Oposa is the Chief Mermaid and Executive Director of Save Philippine Seas (SPS). SPS is a turning 9-year old environmental NGO that focuses…
Exploring what we can do while on ECQ
Whenever I’m asked what I will be doing after the quarantine, who I will be meeting and catching-up with, where my first destination will be when I get outside of the comforts of my own home, it makes me pause for a moment. I compose myself and try not to burst with overwhelming words brought…
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Are coastal clean-ups just band-aid solutions?
Last Saturday, September 15, you probably woke up at 5:00 A.M to check your phone, wishing that activities will be cancelled due to Typhoon Ompong (international name Mangkhut). You smile sleepily as your wish was granted, reading a chat saying that all outdoor activities, including the Coastal Cleanup, will be postponed. You look out the…
5 Decades, 5 Champions: Von Hernandez
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, we will be featuring 5 local Environmental Defenders who tirelessly fought and championed their respective environmental causes in the last 5 decades. Von Hernandez is a decorated Asia’s leading activist against waste incineration. He helped make history in 1999 when the Philippines became the first country…