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Nov 2018
GC CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR DECEMBER 2018 DATE ACTIVITY December 14 Green Convergence Christmas Party Details to be announced December 14 Green Convergence Board of Trustees Meeting Details to be announced December 21 Kamayan Para Sa Kalikasan Forum Topic to be announced 10:30 AM-2:00 PM Kamayan Restaurant, Greenhills, EDSA, Mandaluyong City ...
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‘Cheaper fuels may impact public health’
October 23, 2018 at 09:30 pm by Rex Arcadio R. San Diego II via Manila Standard Is cheaper fuel the answer? While there is a clamor for more affordable fuels to address inflation, it might be wise for the government and the public to consider its health impacts. Speakers and participants to the recent Kamayan para sa Kalikasan Forum in Quezon City were one in this conclusion. Environment Undersecretary Juan Miguel T. Cuna noted that while...
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No to the Return of Euro-2 in the Philippines! Sign the Petition Now!
Just this August 2018, the Department of Energy released Department Order 2018-08-0012 “directing the Philippine downstream oil industry to offer Euro II-compliant diesel as a fuel option for the transport and industry sector to reduce the impact of rising oil prices in the world market.” Euro II, a cheaper diesel than what the country is currently using (Euro IV) contains 500 parts per million sulfur. The latter only has 50 parts per million sulfur....
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Calendar of Activities: November 2018
GC CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR NOVEMBER 2018 DATE ACTIVITY November 5 2018 Climate Reality Leadership Awards Climate Reality Project Philippines 6:00-9:00 PM, National Museum of Natural History, Teodoro F. Valencia Circle, Ermita, Manila Contact Isabelle at (0915) 593 7352 November 7 Living Laudato Si Philippines Climate Reality Project Philippines 7:30-10:00 AM, Manila Cathedral and Casa Manila Contact Sheena Katrina A. Orihuela at (0966) 452 4848 November 10 (6:00 PM) November...
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Talking about troubled waters
By Patricia Bianca S. Taculao via Agriculture Monthly Life in the Philippines also comes from the sea that surrounds the archipelago. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Philippines ranked 8th among the major fish producing countries in the world in 2012. We had a total production of 3.1 million tonnes of fish, crustaceans, mollusks, and other aquatic animals. But the country’s ranking has gradually decreased to 12th with the...
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Calendar of Activities: October 2018
GC CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR OCTOBER 2018 DATE ACTIVITY October 15 Board of Trustees Meeting Faculty Conference Room (Room 121), Mother Mary Joseph Hall, Miriam College 9:00 AM October 19 Kamayan Para Sa Kalikasan Forum Is Euro-2 the Solution to Rising Fuel Prices? 10:30 AM-2:00 PM Kamayan Restaurant, Greenhills, EDSA, Mandaluyong City
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Monsters of today: lessons learned from forum on greenhouse gases
By Tricia Buendia, Haribon Membership, edited by Haribon Membership Visibility Committee via Haribon Foundation Haribon member Tricia Buendia shares this reflection after attending the Kamayan Forum on Philippine NDCs to reduce global greenhouse gases with Green Convergence last June 2018. Every year monsters visit and haunt the Philippines. We name each one, anticipating its destruction on the country. Each visiting monster passes through, devouring souls and resources. These monsters are our typhoons. Typhoons get stronger and leave devastating impacts. Though...
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Green Convergence forum takes on Philippine fisheries
Representatives from the National Coastal Watch Council, Oceana Philippines, Pangisda Pilipinas and the Department of Interior and Local Government discussed the state of Philippines fisheries and talked about ways to solve its immediate concerns. Environmental Coalition Green Convergence held the 342nd session of the monthly Kamayan Para sa Kalikasan Forum on September 21, 2018 (Friday) at Kamayan Restaurant, Greenhills, EDSA, Mandaluyong City. The recent approval by Agriculture Secretary Piñol of the importation of...
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Thermal waste-to-energy tech, unsafe says environmental scientist
Plastic trash. by TNM/Sherwin De Vera Posted on August 27, 2018 via Tawid News Magazine BAGUIO CITY – An environmental scientist and former United Nations Development Program (UNDP) consultant said the waste-to-energy (WtE) program promoted by the government is unsafe for the public and environment. In his talk during the State of the Nature Assessment at Albergo Hotel, Baguio City on August 20, Dr. Jorge Emmanuel, underscored that the people’s health and environment must come first when...
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Green SONA tackles “environmental monsters”
By SHERWIN DE VERA via Northern Dispatch Weekly BAGUIO CITY — Environmental advocates across the country gathered at Hotel Albergo in this city on Monday, August 20, for the annual State of the Nature Assessment (Green SONA) organized by Green Convergence (GC). This year’s theme, “Environmental monsters are back; Superheroes needed!” underscored the call for action to protect the environment. FIGHT THE ‘MONSTERS’. Institutions and environmental advocates converged at Hotel Albergo in Baguio City on...
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