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Category Archives: Solutions
Reusable Bag Day
Environment Secretary Ramon Paje has highlighted the sad fact that most of our bodies of water are no longer fit for human activity. Of course, he didn’t really need to say it, one need only visit the nearest river to … Continue reading
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Tagged DENR, Environment Secretary Ramon Paje, malls, reusable bag day, supermarkets
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Oil Firm Starts Relocation From Pasig River; Will Other Companies Follow Suit?
Now here’s good news from one of the big companies operating a facility along the Pasig River. It’s from Petron. Here’s part of the report from inquirer.net: Petron Corp., the country’s largest oil refiner and retailer, will finally start relocating … Continue reading
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Tagged chevron, industrial facilities along pasig river, pandacan depot, petron, relocation, shell, unilever
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Ideas for Pasig River
How you can help save Pasig River. Stop littering. Practice recycling. Minimize your plastic waste. Support this site. Share it. Subscribe to keep updated. Write and publish your own thoughts about Pasig River, preferably good ones that suggest real solutions … Continue reading
Campaign Against Plastic Pollution
Here’s a report from inquirer.net that is related to my previous post about the group Alliance For A Cleaner Earth or ACE. Plastics and ‘Ondoy’ By Rina Jimenez-David Philippine Daily Inquirer THE MINUTE floodwaters from last year’s “Ondoy” disaster receded … Continue reading
Alliance For A Cleaner Earth Bats For Plastics Pollution Tax
A group identifying itself as Alliance for a Cleaner Earth sent me a press release about their own initiative against the improper disposal of waste materials specifically those made with plastic. The group is basically pushing for a plastics pollution … Continue reading
Greenpeace Philippines Launches Water Patrol Campaign
Greenpeace Philippines has launched a new campaign, which aims to get the government to institute policies that will ensure public access to information on toxic emissions that end up in our water. I will support this campaign as it is … Continue reading
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Tagged greenpeace, pasig river, philippines, right to information, right to know, toxic emissions, water patrol, water pollution
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We Can Bring About Real Change
Here’s a report from inquirer.net that should serve as an inspiration to anyone who wants to make a difference in this world. This one should be particularly interesting to real advocates of Pasig River’s rehabilitation. Chinese photographer wins RM for … Continue reading
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Tagged chinese photojournalist, floods, henan, huai river, huo daishan, ondoy, pasig river, Ramon Magsaysay awardee
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“Awareness to Action”: Let’s make sure we don’t stop at awareness this time
Often we hear others say that people have goodness in them by nature. Many believe that an individual would opt to do the right thing when given a choice between right and wrong, or at least, pick whatever he or … Continue reading
Posted in Problems, Solutions
Tagged awareness, lack of action, Manolo Campued, niagara falls, ondoy, pasig river fun runs, pasig river rehabilitation
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Dengue Threat Will Cease When Esteros Are Cleaned Up
The year’s total of dengue cases in the Philippines so far this middle of August 2010 is a significantly larger number than it was for the same period of last year. In GMA7’s 24 Oras August 19 report, there has … Continue reading
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Tagged clean up, Dengue fever, department of health, estero, Health, Health department, Infectious Diseases, Mosquito, pasig river, philippines, stagnant water, Wet season
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Whose job is it to care about what happens to Pasig River?
If only Ilog Pasig were like this, our children would have been able to see the river still alive. But it’s not. The real fighting back has to be done by you and me, and everybody who claims to care … Continue reading
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Tagged ilog pasig, industrial polluters, pasig river, spanish colonial times
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