Love Month
The 2nd week of the New Year is here. One month gone, a new one has started. Where January is met with some anxiety, being the first month of a new year, February is warmly more welcomed, being perceived as the season of love.
Perhaps love can be directed to love for nature, love for the environment starting this month this year?
"Walay plastikan," we heard colleague Leo Lastimosa say over the radio yesterday morning. Then he proceeded to inform his listeners about how the use of plastics translates into more need of imported oil. I did not catch the earlier portion of his discussion but Leo must have been echoing the campaign of the environmental group ECOWASTE Coalition to encourage people "to bring your own bayong when shopping so as to help the country save on imported oil."
According to a statement of Gigie Cruz of ECOWASTE reported in the news, some 430,000 gallons of oil are used up to produce 100 million plastic bags. A study by Worldwatch Institute noted that of
Hence, we join ECOWASTE and Leo who are advocating and campaigning for "Way Plastikan!" Show your love for yourself, for Mother Nature, for a sustainable earth, for the next generations as well – stop using plastic!
Let's start by bringing our own non-plastic bag to shop and to the market. We can refuse to use the plastic bags offered in stores and malls and perhaps we can request for paper cartons instead?
Business establishments that use eco-friendly alternatives to plastics should be given incentives, like eco-tax credits, by government since government, in turn, will save from less costs to damage caused by plastic trash. Remember how much floods are caused by clogged plastics in the trash?
Love nature, love dolphins and set them free at
Be like Bais City Mayor Hector "Tata" Villanueva who declared in a forum at
Be like former Environment Secretary Dr. Angel Alcala, marine mammal expert Dr. Lemnuel Aragones, and Dr. Ruth Gamboa, the President of Philippine Association of Marine Scientists and their colleagues who have called on the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to reconsider the decision "to extend the oil exploration permit for the Tañon Strait issued to the Japan Exploration Corporation," and who called "for a transparent review of the whole Environmental Impact Assessment process for this activity.. and who lamented the claim of the Department of Energy and the DENR that there were no negative impacts on the marine ecosystem of
Please visit http://www.visayandailystar.com/2008/January/28/negor1.html for more details of their statement written by Alex Pal.
For love of Tañon, the sea creatures and the fisherfolks there, Atty Ramos has shared that February will be a busy month as follows:
KAABAG has lined up several activities for fast tracking awareness on Tanon. Materials and posters will be distributed in the schools and there will be a congressional forum on
February 25 is the formal launch of Save Tanon Strait Citizen Movement. Earlier, on February 22, Dr. Lem Aragones will be speaking at UP
February 24-25, there is a plan open to all interested to visit Alegria, to speak with the stakeholders and to try to do dolphin-watching if weather permits. If not feasible, there is a plan to explore the lake, waterfalls, caves and other "nature treats in the area," as per Jane Petralba, the Provincial Prosecutor from Alegria.
Let February be a month of love for nature. Show your love for the environment!
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