ENVIRONMENT: Biking is not only for healthier environment but for making people healthy, too
On July 20, 2021, the city government of Davao City inaugurated the 54.74-kilometer Metro Davao Bike Lane Network, which stretches across 14 road sections of the city. For its part, the regional office of the Department of Public Work and Highways installed bollards along sections of these bike lanes.
ENVIRONMENT: El Niño also threatens endangered coral reefs
What you read in newspapers, watch on television, and hear in radios about the effects of the current El Niño phenomenon like drought, dry...
ENVIRONMENT: Saving giant clams from extinction
A group of fisherfolk based in barangay Adecor in Kaputian District of Island Garden City of Samal (IGACOS) are trying to save some of...
ENVIRONMENT: Philippines more prone to climate change consequences
This one is for Ripley’s Believe It Or Not: Too much rain and floods during the summer season and scorching heat of the sun...
ENVIRONMENT: Davao City’s watersheds need protection
From time to time, the country’s largest city in terms of land area is confronted with water issues: either there is too much water...
ENVIRONMENT: Expect future intense typhoons due to climate change
The recent super typhoons that hit the country were just a “dry run” of what to happen in the coming years.
Filipinos should be...
ENVIRONMENT: Deforestation, climate change threaten Philippine medicinal trees, plants
Deforestation and climate change are threatening the country’s medicinal trees and plants, according to a line agency of the Department of Environment and Natural...
ENVIRONMENT: Blue economy paves way for country’s progress and development
We need to create and protect our wealth for a sustainable blue economy, said Science Secretary Renato U. Solidum, Jr. during the country's largest...
ENVIRONMENT: Harnessing the power of winds
Most of the electricity generated in the Philippines comes from fossil fuels. In fact, about 70% of it and 90% are generated from coal...
ENVIRONMENT: Using biofuels to the max
These days, with the problem of increasing price of oil and climate change, biofuels come to mind. Unfortunately, most Filipinos are not aware of...