Thinking Green - Environmental Tips, News, Commentary

With today’s technology there are quite a lot of ways when it comes to energy generation. But the most commonly used and oldest way is the energy conversion from fossil fuels. However, the impact of fossil fuels to our environment has not been taken seriously for the last decades thus it has created menacing effects to our environment. It was only after experiencing the effects of global warming did the whole world starts taking accord on the matter. And the call towards sustainability and environmental conservation is now a corollary measure that we should all carry out. What many countries aspire nowadays is to improve the way we consume and generate energy to finally decrease our dependence on fossil fuels particularly on oil. The use of biofuels, researches on science including capturing of energy from yeast and genetically engineered bacteria, and conversion of wastes into green energy has been considered to fight global warming and other environmental problems. While...

With the alarming effects of global warming, I want to give a brief talk about solid wastes in the Philippines which is always considered to be one of the major problems of the Filipino community. This pressing issue has been addressed by the government through implementing the solid waste management system to LGUs(Local Gov’t Units). But the question here is; how sustainable is this system to reduce the generated waste daily? The answer--it is not sustainable at all. The result is quiet visible in congested cities all over the Philippines. According to a study, the Philippines generates more than 10,000 tons of solid wastes per day. Imagine the garbage crisis that the Philippines is facing every day. It’s tons of garbage piled in every corner. Actually, it’s not the solid waste management system that is difficult to sustain but the implementation. However, in the Philippines, the implementation has always been a problem. If only there will be more programs or projects calling the pa...