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Prepared by the Environmental Studies Institute for MC 102 students of Miriam College.TRANSCRIPT
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.
Global Reef DistributionGlobal Reef Distribution
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
“
• 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.
•
• 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.