ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT Articles *Written by the Members of Katoy and the Protectors of Mother Earth. |
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Balon, Kimberlin Alegre "KHIM" Mother Earth Hates Styrofoam Have you ever wondered how Styrofoam is bad for the environment? Most people have heard it said that this material does detrimental things to the Mother earth, but very few people actually understand what it is that Styrofoam does and how it harms the environment. This article will explain the impact Styrofoam has on the Mother Earth and will suggest things you can do to help minimize the damage caused by this material. (Read more...) Environmental Impact of Discarded Cigarette butts It’s true that littered cigarette butts are a public nuisance, and not just for aesthetic reasons. The filters on cigarettes four fifths of all cigarettes have them are made of cellulose acetate, a form of plastic that is very slow to degrade in the environment. A typical cigarette butt can take anywhere from 18 months to 10 years to decompose, depending on environmental conditions. Vehicles and Air Pollution
Smokes of the car are annoyance to the people especially to those who live in the city. When you accidentally inhaled the smokes, you’re tendency is to cough, your eyes become watery and somewhat you had a feeling of irritations. The thing most motorists forget though is that, whether you use leaded or unleaded petrol, your car will still be polluting more than necessary if it is not properly tuned and maintained. 
Enteria, Jejasmin Bucio "JJ" Our Life Support System Everybody is caught up in their own work, working to have a ‘life’, a better future and a stable living. But on top of it, what really is it that we must work for? What really is it that we must value? What really is it that gives us life?(Read more...) Greener Community Last summer, we had our biosummerian in Laguna. One thing that amazed us all was their accomplishment of not using plastic bags in all their establishments. Everything that you’ll buy in Laguna will be packaged in recycled cartons, or paper bags of their firms. It is chiefly a plastic-free place.(Read more...) Tree Living
Everyone knows the pollution that we have caused in this world. We are aware of what we have done, and now we must know what we should do. An immense way to protect environment is to save trees and to plant trees. Trees are our natural life sustainers that give us oxygen, clean our air, bear products and hold the earth.
SPECIAL FEATURE!!  Brutas, Kattleya Fay Beloso "Katoy" Dengue and Climate Change Environmental issues are negative aspects of human activity on the biophysical environment. Environmentalism, a social and environmental movement that started in the 1960s, addresses environmental issues through advocacy, education and activism.Major current environmental issues may include climate change, pollution, environmental degradation, and resource depletion .(Read more..)Greenpeace Moves to Decontaminate Bt Eggplant Field Trial Site in the Philippines Greenpeace is taking action today to prevent any further contamination from the hazardous genetically engineered crops. The Bt eggplant experiment poses a threat to the environment and to farmers’ livelihoods, aside from violating the spirit of the Organic Agriculture Act. (Read more..) Pollution and global warming Climate change in black and white When air pollution hurts people’s health and heats up the climate it makes sense to do something about it. But what about pollution that cools the planet?An ideal fossil-fuel power-plant would produce power, carbon dioxide and nothing more. (Read more..) |
Morilla, Kurt Genesis Escopete
"KURT" Getting Flood-er by the Minute I remembered last December 31, when the supposed year-end escapade with my family in the center of Legazpi turned out to be an agonizing ride due to the heavy rains that resulted to serious flooding. I won’t forget that day because in one moment the streets was soaked in the downpour that seemed to go endless, as if the entire Pacific ocean was poured in Legazpi (Read more...) Of Economic Consumption and Environment We have reached a point in time when we have a lot of needs, a lot of demand, and a time when the basic needs of man has been updated to a more complex one, that if we fail to satisfy them it’s as if we can’t live without them. It’s time when food, shelter and clothing have been coupled with cellphones, computers, lotions, perfumes, tissue paper, wristwatch, sanitary napkins, shoes, designer clothes. The list goes on, as the “basic needs” of a typical modern-day person becomes more and more updated.(Read more...Krasnoyark-26 Have you ever heard of a city right inside a mountain, by that I mean literally inside, where a hundred thousand people live, eat and work for the rest of their lives? Probably you might think it was absurd. Who would even want to, and how could they ever survive living inside a mountain? And why in the world would they live there? 
Vacaro, Ianchross Nocillado "IAN" The Green Roof After 2 Years Two years ago, the Green Roof project by Jonathan Jaime G. Guerrero was launched in Bicol University College of Science. After two years, let us know what happened in this project which was recognized nationally by BAYER Young Environmental Envoy Program. Last week I had the chance to interview Prof. Guerrero all about this Green Roof project. Below is my conversation with him, held at the faculty room of the Department of Biology.(Read more...) Students must be Crazy The world is in trouble now. Mother Earth is experiencing Global Warming and other effects of Climate Change. Hundreds of thousands of people all over the world have died recently because of natural calamities like typhoons, hurricanes, landslides and even drought. Here in the Philippines, typhoons seem to become a regular visitor; destroying the farmlands, flooding the lowlands, and killing thousands. (Read more...) OOC: Out of Curiosity
In the past few years, our region (Bicol) experienced a lot of calamities like floods, landslides and volcanic eruptions. In every calamity, the government is always ready to support its people and make sure that all those that are affected will be given help immediately. The calamity funds of every Local Government Units (LGU) are released once the weather worsens and people got affected. Oftentimes, these funds are rendered as relief goods for victims, to provide them one of the basic needs, the food.(Read more...) |
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