Learning and Living the Green Life in the Philippines

10 Things we Miss to Recycle

Ms. Katherine Tworsey sent us a link of her article on http://compareelectricityrates.com/blog/ about the things we miss to recycle and why we don’t bother to put effort to it. In the article she made suggestions that had escaped most us and it aims to give us information that we didn’t have before.

VERTICAL CITIES CONFERENCE

VERTICAL CITIES CONFERENCE

Marcus Evans

Large Scale International up Coming Conference
Date: 5th to 7th March 2010
Venue: InterContinental Grand Stanford, Hong Kong

 

For details of the Conference follow this link:  http://www.verticalcities-lse.com

General Inquiries: Esther Wong - estherw@marcusevanskl.com

Overview of the Event from www.verticalcities-lse.com 

The epitome of Vertical Cities is an integration of buildings within a city life with important sociocultural implications. Vertical Cities is a collaboration of typical high-rise forms which includes retail malls and multi-use towers that stack and mix commercial, retail, and residential functions.

In a congested city, the main concerns are designing of sustainable high density built environments where the problems of urban sprawl, traffic congestion and pollution have threatened the prospects of biodiversity, greenery, livability and general well-being of the inhabitants. The solution to cope with high density cities is to build upwards. In the past, many countries have deployed tall buildings as a way to solve urban problems, while at the same time creating national identity for the country through a powerful skyline. Vertical cities are now a sought-after urban habitat in upcoming cities. Vertical cities are seen as the only solution to achieving economies of scale and to address issues pertaining to space, high land prices and density challenges.

 

First Coron Environmental Forum

“A Call for Action and Cooperation”

THEME: Towards Sustainable Coron in the next Millennium November 8-9, 2011 The FIRST CORON ENVIRONMENTAL FORUM will be held on November 8-9, 2011 at Busuanga Island Paradise to convene the public and private tourism stakeholders of Coron and Calamianes with distinguished line up of Resource Persons from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, AIT-RRCAP-UNEP, international Sustainable Tourism & Hospitality consultant as well as esteemed Environmental NGOs to enlighten on Ecological, Coastal and Marine Resources responsibilities and experiences.

How to Save Water in Your Garden

Australia is a perfect example of where people are making the most out of water tanks, low-power water pumps and other techniques to save water while keeping their gardens looking great. Here are some of the lessons we can learn, such as limiting water dispersion by spray gun, particularly at night, from those who have had to adapt in Australia.

i-rEcover. I-rEcycle

Donate your old mobile phones and help save Philippine tarsiers

Nokia,Globe Telecom, Ayala Foundation and Philippine Tarsier Foundation partner to spearhead recycling project aimed at supporting efforts to save local endangered species

In an effort to help create awareness on the importance of saving the environment and its endangered species, Nokia, together with Globe Telecom, Ayala Foundation and the Philippine Tarsier Foundation Inc. (PTFI), today announced their partnership that aims to raise funds to help preserve the local tarsier through a mobile phone recycling program.

The Truth About Eco-friendly Packaging

Eco-friendly packaging is gaining more and more traction as consumers choose to vote with their wallets. Avoiding plastic bags and using re-usable ones has become common practice.

 

Lighting Design the Green Way

Allow the Green AP to help shed light on how to design for more sustainable lighting. They have invited an expert in the field for this month's Lecture on Green Architecture.

Pinoy Low Carbon Lifestyle Website

Planet Earth today is threatened by climate change, with worsening natural disasters leading to loss of life and property, destroying biodiversity, and altering agricultural patterns.

To mitigate climate change, there is a need to lessen the emission of greenhouse gasses (GHG), example: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrate and sulphate. While countries reduce GHG through policy and other structural measures, every global citizen must contribute in reducing greenhouse gas through a low carbon lifestyle.

Filipinos can achieve a low-carbon lifestyle. This can be done by applying traditional as well as new innovative practices.

The Pinoy Low Carbon Lifestyle website highlights practices of the Filipino culture that are inherently eco-friendly and have low-carbon roots. In addition, innovative modern practices are introduced. Information on how to achieve low-carbon living is disseminated through the links, discussion forum, practical tips and recommendations.