ESI Plenary Presentation

Environmental Principles

1. Nature knows best.

2. All forms of life are important.

3. Everything is connected to everything else.

4. Everything changes.

5. Everything goes somewhere.

6. Ours is a finite earth.

7. Nature is beautiful and we are stewards of God’s creation.

Principle # 1

Nature knows best.

Ang kalikasan ang mas nakakaalam.

There exists in nature mechanisms that tend to maintain a steady state despite shifting in the components of the system.

Principle of HOMEOSTASIS

“check and balance”

Any disruption of the natural processes/cycles would have detrimental

effects on the environment.

ECOLOGICAL BACKLASH

Genetically modified organism (GMO)

• or genetically engineered organism (GEO) is an organism whose genetic material has been altered using genetic engineering techniques. These techniques are generally known as recombinant DNA technology. With recombinant DNA technology, DNA molecules from different sources are combined in vitro into one molecule to create a new gene. This DNA is then transferred into an organism and causes the expression of modified or novel traits.

BT CORN

• by molecular biologist and endocrinologist Professor Gilles-Eric Seralini, co-director of the Risk Quality and Sustainable Environment Unit at the University of Caen, France.

Researchers found that rats fed on a diet containing NK603 Roundup tolerant GM corn, or given water containing Roundup at levels permitted in drinking water and GM crops in the US, died earlier than rats fed on a standard diet. They suffered mammary tumors and severe liver and kidney damage.

Rally against GMOs

GMO free cafeteria

Foods containing genetically engineered components

• Nestle Cerelac• Ensure• Kwello’s Chocos Chez• Bonus Protina Hotdogs• Purefoods Beefies Hotdogs• CDO Corned Beef• Argentina Beef Loaf

Mollie’s Garden

Principle # 2

All forms of life are important.

Lahat ng uri ng buhay ay mahalaga.

A place under the sun…

Each organism has a role:

MOSSES

ORCHIDS

BAT

COBRA PITTA

DEER

FLYING LEMUR

MONKEY

APITONG TREE

About 70% of the world’s species are located in the humid tropics, mostly in the

rainforests that cover about 7% of the earth’s surface.

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LowLow MediumMedium HighHigh

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Feast day of St. Francis Of Assisi

Eating meat of rare and endangered species! e.g., pangolin

accessories made from rare and endangered species eg. pawikan, ivory!

furniture from hardwood!

buying corals & seashells!

mink coats!

shoes& bags made from alligator skin & snake skin!

shooting birds for ecotourism!

Gathering orchids from the wild!

NO!!

Life Style

We are all creatures of one family.

• St. Francis of Assisi

Name the indigenous trees and plants in your school....

MC Living Museum

Principle # 3

Everything is related to everything else.

Ang lahat ng bagay ay magkaugnay.

Forest ecosystem

Mangrove ecosystem

Agricultural ecosystem

Water

Southern Sierra Madre Wildlife Center

The only thing constant is change

The only thing constant is change

Environmental Principle No. 4 - CHANGE

Cyclic, linear and random change have shaped the natural world.

HUMAN activities have superimposed on these changes

Linear changes may be

accelerated by human activities.

• Erosion is natural• Accelerated by• - deforestation

- mining- illegal logging- improper logging- conversion to large scale agricultural use

Extinction is natural• Accelerated by

- habitat loss

- over-extraction / hunting- pollution- introduction of alien species

- clear-cutting of forest- destruction of coral reefs, mangroves & seagrasses

Cumulative result of human activities:

Global warming = Climate Change

In nature, carbon sources balance carbon sinks

NATIONAL LAWS

• CLEAN AIR ACT

• ECOLOGICAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT

• CLEAN WATER ACT

• NIPAS

• EIA

• Organic Agriculture Act

• Climate Change Act

• Environmental Education Act

INTERNATIONAL TREATIES –

• KYOTO PROTOCOL (climate change)

• MONTREAL PROTOCOL (ozone layer depletion)

• BASEL CONVENTION (transport of hazardous waste)

• CONVENTION ON BIODIVERSITY

• CARTAGENA PROTOCOL (GMO BIOSAFETY)

Unfortunately----

“Don’t expect it to change at the top. This will happen from the

grassroots moving up.”

Altus Pienaar

WE MUST BE THE CHANGE WE WISH TO SEE IN THE WORLD.

- Mahatma Gandhi

MC DRRM Activity

EVERYTHING MUST GO SOMEWHERE

(Ang Lahat ng Bagay ay

may Patutunguhan)

Environmental Principle 5

Carbon Carbon dioxide

Sulfur Sulfate salts

Nitrogen Nitrate salts

methane

Hydrogen sulfide(stinks and poisonous)

Ammonia(stinks and poisonous)

AEROBIC and ANAEROBIC DECOMPOSITION

Enter the food chain through Endocrine Disrupters

CadmiumLeadMercuryPCB

DDTMalathionDBCP

DIOXIN

An example of Biological Magnification of a Persistent Pesticide, DDT

Biomagnification

PPM DDT Residues

Water 0.00005 Plankton 0.04 Silverside Minnow 0.23 Sheephead Minnow 0.94 Pickerel (predatory fish) 1.33 Needlefish (predatory fish) 2.07 Heron (feeds on small animals) 3.57 Tern (feeds on small animals) 3.91 Herring Gull (Seavenger) 6.00 Fish Hawk (Opsrey) egg 13.8 Merganser (fish-eating duck) 22.8 Cormorant (feeds on larger fish) 26.4

Wild Albacore(Low Mercury)

• Laboratory testing shows a correlation between the size and age of fish and their mercury content. This can contains only young fish no larger than 16 pounds. We have separated these young fish from the rest of the catch to produce a product significantly lower in mercury.

EFFECTS

Declining sperm count

Congenital malformation in children

Cancer of breast & ovary, testes & prostate

Retarded sexual development

Retarded neurobehavioral development (impairment of memory & intelligence)

Segregation at source

ENG’G.: PROCESSING OF BIODEGRADABLE

Compost pits

Recyclables / nabebenta?

REJECT/ RESIDUAL

MRFMaterial Recovery Facility

MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITYDelivery Record

Unit: _____________________________ Date: __________Time : _______Unit Representative: _____________________________________________

Materials Delivered # of bags / boxes

Weight

Carton

White paper

Plastic bottles

Plastic cups

Aluminum cans

Tin cans

TOTAL

Signature of MRF staff: __________________________________

Student Involvement in QC Training

Social Entrepreneurship of Kilos Foundation

Residual Waste Management at Bagumbuhay, Proj. 4

Waste is a resource in the wrong place.

Put them in the right container and they become a

RESOURCE

Environmental Principle # 6

Ours is a Finite Earth

Philippines blessed with abundant and clean H20

supply . . .

CARRYING CAPACITY / ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY

MAKITIPS PROGRAM

• Re-use and proper disposal of paper• Limited time on the use of air conditioners• Limited access to buildings• Self closing faucets• Green building principles• Bi-annual shut down

Makitips Program

Solar lamps and solar lights

• Let us all work for positive changes that will bring about improved quality of life without compromising the quality of nature.

For those who will come after us

Be a model - Live a Simple Life

• Use less, buy less• Buy products that are natural, have

less packaging and made of renewable resources.

• Recycle what you can; if you can’t, sort out for others who can.

BE ADVOCATES >>>• Tell developers, politicians and

authorities to protect watersheds (forests) and natural sea defenses (mangroves and coral reefs) and our food supply (farmlands) (HES);

• Encourage industries in your areas to re-use or treat wastes and produce non-pollutive products.

SAPAT –

LIVE SIMPLY SO OTHERS MAY

SIMPLY LIVE

“There is enough for everyone’s needs but not for everyone’s

GREED”

STEWARDSHIP

EP # 7. Nature is beautiful and We are Stewards of

God’s Creation

Characteristics

Local Language

Earth as >

Greed; abuse; exploitation

“diyos-diyosan”;

“hari-harian”

Resource;“Gamit”

(tool)

Genesis Chapter 1:26-28

Western Cosmology:

• The Earth and Universe are totally material; it does not have “spirit”. It is not part of our psycho-spiritual culture

• Things that cannot be explained by scientific experiment is not “reality”; believing in unseen beings is superstition.

• Western economics, law and ethics function out of this reality. Morality is concerned with behavior only toward God and fellowman. Treatment of the earth has not generally been considered a moral issue.

(Democracy vs. Bio-cracy)

GOD

DOMINION MODEL

Characteristics

Local Language

Earth as >

Entrusting; caring; earth keeping

“tagapag-alaga”;katiwala

Responsibility “response-able”

Genesis Chapter 2:15

Characteristics

Local Language

Earth as >

Solidarity;Mutually

energizing

Kaputol “’tol”;kapatid

brother; sister; partner

Iba ang pananaw ng mga katutubo sa lupa . . .

How can you buy or sell the sky,

The warmth of the land?

The idea is strange to us.

If we do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of the water,

How can you buy them?

Every part of this earth is sacred to my people. . .

Chief Seattle

Such an arrogance to speak of owning

the land

When you shall be owned by it

How can you own that which will

outlive you

Only the race owns the land

Because only the race lives forever. Makli'ing DulagKalinga Chieftain

Characteristics

Local Language

Earth as >

Makes God PRESENT;connects

man to god

Paramdam;Banal na tandaTanda na nag-papabanal

Revelation of God;Beauty, order, harmony

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• A sacred covenant between man and

God

For we are stewards of the flow of life as CO-

CREATORS(Tagapagpadaloy ng BUHAY)

Caring for nature is a covenant . . .

Annual Environment Week Celebration

EDUCATION

Green Chef

Fashion Show during Carless Day Celebration in Pasig

OUR DREAMO

SECONDARYTERTIARY

PRIMARY

ENVIRONMENTALPROFESSIONALS

ENVIRONMENTALCITIZENS

ENVIRONMENTALPERSONS

• Students: traditional Christmas party from MC community donations

• Student /faculty volunteers: INSA, NSRC,• PTC involvement• Alumni: South Supermarket, Alumni Batch

‘61, ‘85, ’59• Fund raisers: Fun Run (Run Forest Run

2012), cards and poster contest• Student debut in Laiban

Positive Responses

Let tHE WORLD be as BEAUTIFUL as that WHICH the CREATOR gave US

WITH the EDUCATION to keep it so.

Ecological Footprint

Measures how much land and water area a human population requires to produce the resource it consumes and to absorb its wastes, using prevailing technology.

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• is a conscious effort by individuals and communities to change their daily routine and practices to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and to create carbon dioxide sinks

Low carbon lifestyle defined

Carbon Footprint

• Carbon footprint makes up 50% of humanity’s overall Ecological footprint. Adopting a low carbon lifestyle is essential.