Category: Green news

Ever heard of embodied energy? This refers to the amount of energy it takes to produce, market, transport and dispose of products. Visit How Products Impact to see a product’s lifecycle. So instead of buying individual water bottles for example, use a reusable one. Buy organic, but purchase from local farmers to decrease shipping costs….

Our mother and I headed to National Bookstore earlier to look for some magazines with house designs (Digression: We found a horribly ungrammatical one. Nice designs, but embarrassingly poor writing.). To my surprise, there were signs all over the place promoting the R.E.D. Bag, the R.E.D. standing for “Reduce Earth’s Deterioration.” It costs P65 (or…

Dr. Merle Tan of UP NISMED best sums up how schools should approach environmental matters, and also has some interesting ideas on setting up green schools. Greening Schools… … is NOT just about planting trees… is NOT just about improving waste disposal techniques… is NOT just about keeping rivers, lakes, and seas clean and safe…

Now I’m not going to call myself the biggest fan of Manny Pacquiao, but I do agree with what he’s planning for his next project: saving the Philippine eagle. Filipino boxing icon Manny ‘Pacman’ Pacquiao is the country’s newest defender of the Philippine eagle and donated to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)…

I was just in Baguio City a few weeks ago. I adore that place; it’s still one of my favorite spots ever, despite the urbanization, the traffic, and the alarming increase in pedestrian overpasses. Portions of it still retain their original charm, though I do concede that people who remember Baguio in its heyday will…

Treehugger has a list of the top places that have successfully put a stop to the use of plastic bags. Check it out here. Doesn’t it just make you wish your own town or city is taking action to reduce plastic bag use, too?

The Miss Earth pageant is held annually in order to highlight the importance of working for the environment, but most especially, this event features young women–the “beauties for a cause”–who are actively involved in environmental issues. I’ve expressed my disapproval for this event in another blog last year, and I’m going to repeat it again…

Every year, Blog Action Day marshals the world’s bloggers to unite on a single issue, and this year, October 15 will be all about the environment! You don’t even have to be an environmental or a green living blog to participate; everyone’s welcome! Blog Action Day is only four days away, so make sure to…

It’s about time an event focusing on biofuels was held locally. The 1st Philippine Biofuels Summit will take place from December 4 to 5 at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Makati City. Unfortunately, Biofuelshub.com‘s webpage for the event isn’t up yet, but we’ll keep you posted on the event. I’m definitely going to try to…

I saw a feature on the Diaper free baby movement on the Today Show this morning. These parents believe that babies are able to communicate their need to go to the bathroom and they can go diaper-less. Apparently this is a common practice in rural Asia, Africa and some Latin American countries, mainly because people…