Urgently Wanted: Strong Climate Leadership
2008-08-04 - Murphy’s Law says that if anything can go wrong, it will. Oh dear, that seems the situation this side of the world. I do not have to repeat the challenges we face as a nation – even elementary school kids know – but a more serious crisis, climate change, is rapidly showing its unwelcome color. The fury of the fairly recent visitor, Typhoon Frank, and the devastation suffered by Panay Island, among other islands, should awaken the most lethargic of us to the reality that climate crisis is creeping in dangerously and is affecting all of us.

Carbon Savings at Home -- A Little Can Go a Long Way
2008-07-21 - Recently a Chicago Tribune reporter asked me how consumers could get the most bang for their "green" buck. Specifically, which changes in household practices, she wanted to know, would reap the biggest reward for consumers in terms of reduced global warming pollution. The Green Grok team has come up with some simple, perhaps surprising tips to cut carbon emissions.

Electrification of Transportation
2008-07-15 - Now plying the streets of Makati, specifically the Legazpi and Salcedo Villages, is the long-awaited and much-needed E-Jeepney. “Long-awaited” because it was introduced 10 months ago but only now has it been finally allowed by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board to hit the streets. The Department of Transportation and Communication also only released the guidelines for E-jeepneys’ operations last April 28, perhaps adding to the delay.

Destructive Natural Events
2008-07-03 - DURING the past two months, two major natural events occurred in Asia. One is the Cyclone Nargis, which hit Myanmar on May 2-3, 2008. This cyclone generated a very strong whirlwind with a speed of 190 kph and 2-meter-high waves that devastated the Irrawaddy delta, killing an estimated 78,000 people and causing injury to at least 56,000 people.

Al Gore’s Purpose
2008-06-15 - MY DAUGHTER CANDY GAVE ME A COPY OF “Our Purpose,” the Nobel Peace Prize Lecture delivered by Al Gore in Oslo, Norway, on Dec. 10, 2007. It is a perceptive presentation of a serious problem confronting the world that deserves the participation of its inhabitants in its solution which he believes will be difficult but not impossible.

Turning Green
2008-06-02 - GOTHENBURG – The king of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf, drives a biofuel Volvo C30. Some of his other vehicles are hybrids or powered by ethanol.

Negros Island and Climate Change
2008-05-29 - HOW vulnerable is Negros Island to climate change? To attempt to answer this question, it is necessary to have an idea what vulnerability is.

5 Things Filipinos Should Know About Climate Change
2008-05-12 - “Don’t run away from your problem,” 10-year-old Xandrinne admonishes her playmate who hurriedly left their game to seek the intercession of a favorite relative. Eavesdropping, I marvel at the child’s wisdom and maturity. How I wish the same could be said of our political leaders.

EDITORIAL — Energy in Garbage
2008-05-05 - In other countries, alternative forms of energy such as wind, solar and geothermal power are fueling industries and providing electricity to office buildings and even homes. As world oil prices continue to soar, the Philippines should also focus on the utilization of alternative energy sources that it has in abundance. Apart from natural gas, wind and hydro power, there are also the mountains of garbage and sewage that can be tapped to produce methane.

It’s Getting Hot In Here
2008-04-27 - MANILA, Philippines – Quick question: how many times have you cursed this unusually hot weather in the last few days? And how many times has some wise guy beside you attributed the heat to that new green byword, global warming? If you still haven’t kept abreast of the facts―and if you haven’t seen Nobel Prize winner Al Gore’s incredible (and incredibly scary) film “An Inconvenient Truth”―then maybe it’s about time you did. That’s because the consequences of global warming will be a lot more serious for human beings than just sunstroke and heat rash.

How Green is My Building
2008-04-27 - MANILA, Philippines - Now that the world's attention is focused on the impending catastrophes to be unleashed upon us as a result of global warming, the new buzzword in environment-conscious circles is "carbon footprint."

The Green, Green Glow of Home
2008-04-27 - MANILA, Philippines - For home-owners, Manosa offers a few common-sense tips that can make their dwellings greener:

Can Capitalism Survive Climate Change?
2008-04-09 - This whole week, beginning Monday, the United Nations Ad Hoc Working Groups on climate change are meeting in Bangkok in the critical first round of negotiations to follow up on the resolutions of the climate talks in Bali in December.

Saving the Environment: Is it Worth Dying For?
2008-04-03 - I received very disturbing information that Hanjin Shipping, a Korean company that’s supposedly investing a lot of money in Subic has reportedly finished construction of a 22-story building right in the middle of the tropical rainforest in Subic to house its employees. This is really very disturbing considering that everyone all over the world is talking about preserving natural resources, the effects of deforestation and other activities that could potentially destroy the environment and their impact on global warming. If this is true, officials have a lot of explaining to do. Why did they allow this to happen and who was responsible for this?

Human Activities Build Disturbing Climate Changes
2008-04-03 - The orbiting of planet Earth on its side is causing great changes in solar and lunar energy affecting human life and the biosphere (living creatures on land, water and air). In addition, people do not completely understand how modern technology in food production, transportation, and water system have added to environmental problems.

Mapping the World’s Climate Change
2008-03-27 - Today’s headlines and recent events reflect the seriousness of climate change. Heat waves, droughts, and flooding are causing deaths among vulnerable populations, destroying livelihoods, and driving people from their homes. Observations by naturalists of animal and plant behavior suggest that ecosystems are now being forced to adjust.

Dengue -- Now a Global Threat
2008-01-29 - An environment report published last month showed that climate change is causing larger than usual disease outbreaks across the globe. Tropical diseases have been reported outside their zones in other regions which have experienced rising temperatures and longer rainy seasons. An example is dengue fever. "Dengue fever is spreading like a vagabond virus and some think climate change is to blame," a Time Magazine journalist emphasized. Across Southeast Asia, doctors have been grappling with alarmingly increasing dengue infection rates. Aside from climate change, another factor that causes increase in dengue incidents is the continuous migration of people from one city to another. Increased air travel makes infected fliers spread the disease quickly worldwide.

World's 'Greenest City'
2008-01-16 - MANILA, Philippines--WHAT DOES it take to be named, or become, a "green" city?

Climate Change in our Global Village
2008-01-15 - The new year is only a few days old and already, a powerful storm had hit several states in the US, like Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Colorado, and most especially California. The powerful coastal storm also affected a large area in Western North America stretching from western British Columbia to the Tijuana, Mexico area. The super storm was responsible for flooding rains across many areas in California along with hurricane force winds as well as heavy mountains snows in Idaho, Utah and Colorado. The storms were responsible for the death of at least 12 people and extensive damage to utility services as well as to some structures.

Eco-entrepreneurs Main Drivers of Green Marketing
2008-01-11 - Over-consumptive behavior and urban societies breed on convenient disposables; global industrialization and resulting flagrant disregard for the environment and the need to maintain biological diversity; overpopulation and lack of government safeguards to maintain the country's eco-balance are some of the major causes of ecological and health issues, deterioration of natural and renewable resources, air and water pollution and contamination.