HOW MANY EARTHS DO WE NEED? We do need 9 Earths to support our lifestyle. We have just overextracted our resources and we overconsume resources so what we harvest does not really go to human nutrition , for example. We actually waste a lot of food , a lot of water and a lot of everything. You may call him the original tree hugger, but environmentalist Tony Oposa does know the numbers (like amount of trees we have lost so far) and in a witty way, asks us to remove Waste and reduce, reuse and recycle. I finally got to listen up close to Tony and it is interesting to see a lawyer-professor explain our Earth’s situation in simple words. Like defining environment. What is environment? Luckily a young member of an IP community (who looked like a TV actor actually) answered: Environment is Life. And it really is. Environment is LAW (according to Atty Oposa): Land, Air and Water. Next lesson: Ex-Con to CPR. Extraction and Consumption are our favorite activities. We extract and we consume. And then we waste because we cannot consume everything we extract. Third lesson: The definition of development. The definition of a developing country and a highly developed one. He defines the developed countries as Over –Consuming countries and underdeveloped countries as Under consuming countries. Because, it is true, why should over consumption be the measure of development? This reminds me of our exposure to communities in the remote areas. To them P6000 a month income is enough. When they have earned that amount, they can stop working and enjoy the time with family. So, who are we to call them poor? By whose standards are they poor? It may be difficult listening to the obvious. Because we need to pinch ourselves that this is now the reality. We have a Climate Crisis and we need to act yesterday, not tomorrow. And the numbers do not lie. We have just 3% of forests remaining and more than 90% of our fish is gone (1996 figures yet). They say that if we do not do anything to change things, we could have nothing by 2030. Tony Oposa may be the “extremist” as some people perceive him. But if we did not have people like him, who will wake us up from our slumber? I hope to see his Sea camp in Bantayan Island, where he showcases positive environmentally-sound or sustainable practices. I specifically want to see his “urban vertical garden” or food farm for urban households. Tony’s tips: 1. Waste not, want not. An old adage we can practise even when we do everyday things like brushing our teeth. Everyday, we waste water by leaving the tap open as we brush. Use a glass, he says. We only do this conservation tip when we are really out of water and have to use bottled water for brushing. 2. Grow your own food. Have a small patch of garden and grow your vegetables. 3. Do not take more than you can consume. Waste not. Simple rules to make the world a better place. On another note, his seatmate Presidential Assistant on the Environment Neric Acosta spoke about all the laws he helped pass in Congress like the Clean Air Act, and the other laws that are environmental in nature. But the problem, he agrees, is implementation. So, who’s in charge? Today, Secretary Acosta is also tasked with cleaning up Laguna Lake. Did you know that Laguna Lake now is just 2 meters deep, down from 15 meters when it first was measured? All the difference is silt which of course causes our floods in Metro Manila. The good news? They are 95% done with cleaning and dredging 5 major tributaries. Let’s see. Though the job he says requires $84 Billion to really reinstate the depth and cleanliness of Laguna Lake, we start with the low hanging fruits. One tributary at a time. I wonder if our Ondoy damage cost $84 Billion, too. So the choice is to prevent it or to just put our hands up in surrender and submit to these natural disasters whose damage wrought is of course exacerbated by manmade causes—like a dirty Laguna Lake. Good luck, Secretary Neric! I am still in awe thinking of all the things I learned and now have consciousness of—after attending this forum on Environment at the recently-held OCEAN14 forum- Open Collaboration for East Asia New Champions. OCEAN14 is related to the World Economic Forum East Asia Conference. OCEAN14 gathered the global young leaders, innovators, social entrepreneurs and other new thinkers for solution to solve the world’s challenges. HOW MANY EARTHS DO WE NEED? We do need 9 Earths to support our lifestyle. We have just overextracted our resources and we overconsume resources so what we harvest does not really go to human nutrition , for example. We actually waste a lot of food , a lot of water and a lot of everything. You may call him the original tree hugger, but environmentalist Tony Oposa does know the numbers (like amount of trees we have lost so far) and in a witty way, asks us to remove Waste and reduce, reuse and recycle. I finally got to listen up close to Tony and it is interesting to see a lawyer-professor explain our Earth’s situation in simple words. Like defining environment. What is environment? Luckily a young member of an IP community (who looked like a TV actor actually) answered: Environment is Life. And it really is. Environment is LAW (according to Atty Oposa): Land, Air and Water. Next lesson: Ex-Con to CPR. Extraction and Consumption are our favorite activities. We extract and we consume. And then we waste because we cannot consume everything we extract. Third lesson: The definition of development. The definition of a developing country and a highly developed one. He defines the developed countries as Over –Consuming countries and underdeveloped countries as Under consuming countries. Because, it is true, why should over consumption be the measure of development? This reminds me of our exposure to communities in the remote areas. To them P6000 a month income is enough. When they have earned that amount, they can stop working and enjoy the time with family. So, who are we to call them poor? By whose standards are they poor? It may be difficult listening to the obvious. Because we need to pinch ourselves that this is now the reality. We have a Climate Crisis and we need to act yesterday, not tomorrow. And the numbers do not lie. We have just 3% of forests remaining and more than 90% of our fish is gone (1996 figures yet). They say that if we do not do anything to change things, we could have nothing by 2030. Tony Oposa may be the “extremist” as some people perceive him. But if we did not have people like him, who will wake us up from our slumber? I hope to see his Sea camp in Bantayan Island, where he showcases positive environmentally-sound or sustainable practices. I specifically want to see his “urban vertical garden” or food farm for urban households. Tony’s tips: 1. Waste not, want not. An old adage we can practise even when we do everyday things like brushing our teeth. Everyday, we waste water by leaving the tap open as we brush. Use a glass, he says. We only do this conservation tip when we are really out of water and have to use bottled water for brushing. 2. Grow your own food. Have a small patch of garden and grow your vegetables. 3. Do not take more than you can consume. Waste not. Simple rules to make the world a better place. On another note, his seatmate Presidential Assistant on the Environment Neric Acosta spoke about all the laws he helped pass in Congress like the Clean Air Act, and the other laws that are environmental in nature. But the problem, he agrees, is implementation. So, who’s in charge? Today, Secretary Acosta is also tasked with cleaning up Laguna Lake. Did you know that Laguna Lake now is just 2 meters deep, down from 15 meters when it first was measured? All the difference is silt which of course causes our floods in Metro Manila. The good news? They are 95% done with cleaning and dredging 5 major tributaries. Let’s see. Though the job he says requires $84 Billion to really reinstate the depth and cleanliness of Laguna Lake, we start with the low hanging fruits. One tributary at a time. I wonder if our Ondoy damage cost $84 Billion, too. So the choice is to prevent it or to just put our hands up in surrender and submit to these natural disasters whose damage wrought is of course exacerbated by manmade causes—like a dirty Laguna Lake. Good luck, Secretary Neric! I am still in awe thinking of all the things I learned and now have consciousness of—after attending this forum on Environment at the recently-held OCEAN14 forum- Open Collaboration for East Asia New Champions. OCEAN14 is related to the World Economic Forum East Asia Conference. OCEAN14 gathered the global young leaders, innovators, social entrepreneurs and other new thinkers for solution to solve the world’s challenges. HOW MANY EARTHS DO WE NEED? We do need 9 Earths to support our lifestyle. We have just overextracted our resources and we overconsume resources so what we harvest does not really go to human nutrition , for example. We actually waste a lot of food , a lot of water and a lot of everything. You may call him the original tree hugger, but environmentalist Tony Oposa does know the numbers (like amount of trees we have lost so far) and in a witty way, asks us to remove Waste and reduce, reuse and recycle. I finally got to listen up close to Tony and it is interesting to see a lawyer-professor explain our Earth’s situation in simple words. Like defining environment. What is environment? Luckily a young member of an IP community (who looked like a TV actor actually) answered: Environment is Life. And it really is. Environment is LAW (according to Atty Oposa): Land, Air and Water. Next lesson: Ex-Con to CPR. Extraction and Consumption are our favorite activities. We extract and we consume. And then we waste because we cannot consume everything we extract. Third lesson: The definition of development. The definition of a developing country and a highly developed one. He defines the developed countries as Over –Consuming countries and underdeveloped countries as Under consuming countries. Because, it is true, why should over consumption be the measure of development? This reminds me of our exposure to communities in the remote areas. To them P6000 a month income is enough. When they have earned that amount, they can stop working and enjoy the time with family. So, who are we to call them poor? By whose standards are they poor? It may be difficult listening to the obvious. Because we need to pinch ourselves that this is now the reality. We have a Climate Crisis and we need to act yesterday, not tomorrow. And the numbers do not lie. We have just 3% of forests remaining and more than 90% of our fish is gone (1996 figures yet). They say that if we do not do anything to change things, we could have nothing by 2030. Tony Oposa may be the “extremist” as some people perceive him. But if we did not have people like him, who will wake us up from our slumber? I hope to see his Sea camp in Bantayan Island, where he showcases positive environmentally-sound or sustainable practices. I specifically want to see his “urban vertical garden” or food farm for urban households. Tony’s tips: 1. Waste not, want not. An old adage we can practise even when we do everyday things like brushing our teeth. Everyday, we waste water by leaving the tap open as we brush. Use a glass, he says. We only do this conservation tip when we are really out of water and have to use bottled water for brushing. 2. Grow your own food. Have a small patch of garden and grow your vegetables. 3. Do not take more than you can consume. Waste not. Simple rules to make the world a better place. On another note, his seatmate Presidential Assistant on the Environment Neric Acosta spoke about all the laws he helped pass in Congress like the Clean Air Act, and the other laws that are environmental in nature. But the problem, he agrees, is implementation. So, who’s in charge? Today, Secretary Acosta is also tasked with cleaning up Laguna Lake. Did you know that Laguna Lake now is just 2 meters deep, down from 15 meters when it first was measured? All the difference is silt which of course causes our floods in Metro Manila. The good news? They are 95% done with cleaning and dredging 5 major tributaries. Let’s see. Though the job he says requires $84 Billion to really reinstate the depth and cleanliness of Laguna Lake, we start with the low hanging fruits. One tributary at a time. I wonder if our Ondoy damage cost $84 Billion, too. So the choice is to prevent it or to just put our hands up in surrender and submit to these natural disasters whose damage wrought is of course exacerbated by manmade causes—like a dirty Laguna Lake. Good luck, Secretary Neric! I am still in awe thinking of all the things I learned and now have consciousness of—after attending this forum on Environment at the recently-held OCEAN14 forum- Open Collaboration for East Asia New Champions. OCEAN14 is related to the World Economic Forum East Asia Conference. OCEAN14 gathered the global young leaders, innovators, social entrepreneurs and other new thinkers for solution to solve the world’s challenges. HOW MANY EARTHS DO WE NEED? We do need 9 Earths to support our lifestyle. We have just overextracted our resources and we overconsume resources so what we harvest does not really go to human nutrition , for example. We actually waste a lot of food , a lot of water and a lot of everything. You may call him the original tree hugger, but environmentalist Tony Oposa does know the numbers (like amount of trees we have lost so far) and in a witty way, asks us to remove Waste and reduce, reuse and recycle. I finally got to listen up close to Tony and it is interesting to see a lawyer-professor explain our Earth’s situation in simple words. Like defining environment. What is environment? Luckily a young member of an IP community (who looked like a TV actor actually) answered: Environment is Life. And it really is. Environment is LAW (according to Atty Oposa): Land, Air and Water. Next lesson: Ex-Con to CPR. Extraction and Consumption are our favorite activities. We extract and we consume. And then we waste because we cannot consume everything we extract. Third lesson: The definition of development. The definition of a developing country and a highly developed one. He defines the developed countries as Over –Consuming countries and underdeveloped countries as Under consuming countries. Because, it is true, why should over consumption be the measure of development? This reminds me of our exposure to communities in the remote areas. To them P6000 a month income is enough. When they have earned that amount, they can stop working and enjoy the time with family. So, who are we to call them poor? By whose standards are they poor? It may be difficult listening to the obvious. Because we need to pinch ourselves that this is now the reality. We have a Climate Crisis and we need to act yesterday, not tomorrow. And the numbers do not lie. We have just 3% of forests remaining and more than 90% of our fish is gone (1996 figures yet). They say that if we do not do anything to change things, we could have nothing by 2030. Tony Oposa may be the “extremist” as some people perceive him. But if we did not have people like him, who will wake us up from our slumber? I hope to see his Sea camp in Bantayan Island, where he showcases positive environmentally-sound or sustainable practices. I specifically want to see his “urban vertical garden” or food farm for urban households. Tony’s tips: 1. Waste not, want not. An old adage we can practise even when we do everyday things like brushing our teeth. Everyday, we waste water by leaving the tap open as we brush. Use a glass, he says. We only do this conservation tip when we are really out of water and have to use bottled water for brushing. 2. Grow your own food. Have a small patch of garden and grow your vegetables. 3. Do not take more than you can consume. Waste not. Simple rules to make the world a better place. On another note, his seatmate Presidential Assistant on the Environment Neric Acosta spoke about all the laws he helped pass in Congress like the Clean Air Act, and the other laws that are environmental in nature. But the problem, he agrees, is implementation. So, who’s in charge? Today, Secretary Acosta is also tasked with cleaning up Laguna Lake. Did you know that Laguna Lake now is just 2 meters deep, down from 15 meters when it first was measured? All the difference is silt which of course causes our floods in Metro Manila. The good news? They are 95% done with cleaning and dredging 5 major tributaries. Let’s see. Though the job he says requires $84 Billion to really reinstate the depth and cleanliness of Laguna Lake, we start with the low hanging fruits. One tributary at a time. I wonder if our Ondoy damage cost $84 Billion, too. So the choice is to prevent it or to just put our hands up in surrender and submit to these natural disasters whose damage wrought is of course exacerbated by manmade causes—like a dirty Laguna Lake. Good luck, Secretary Neric! I am still in awe thinking of all the things I learned and now have consciousness of—after attending this forum on Environment at the recently-held OCEAN14 forum- Open Collaboration for East Asia New Champions. OCEAN14 is related to the World Economic Forum East Asia Conference. OCEAN14 gathered the global young leaders, innovators, social entrepreneurs and other new thinkers for solution to solve the world’s challenges. HOW MANY EARTHS DO WE NEED? We do need 9 Earths to support our lifestyle. We have just overextracted our resources and we overconsume resources so what we harvest does not really go to human nutrition , for example. We actually waste a lot of food , a lot of water and a lot of everything. You may call him the original tree hugger, but environmentalist Tony Oposa does know the numbers (like amount of trees we have lost so far) and in a witty way, asks us to remove Waste and reduce, reuse and recycle. I finally got to listen up close to Tony and it is interesting to see a lawyer-professor explain our Earth’s situation in simple words. Like defining environment. What is environment? Luckily a young member of an IP community (who looked like a TV actor actually) answered: Environment is Life. And it really is. Environment is LAW (according to Atty Oposa): Land, Air and Water. Next lesson: Ex-Con to CPR. Extraction and Consumption are our favorite activities. We extract and we consume. And then we waste because we cannot consume everything we extract. Third lesson: The definition of development. The definition of a developing country and a highly developed one. He defines the developed countries as Over –Consuming countries and underdeveloped countries as Under consuming countries. Because, it is true, why should over consumption be the measure of development? This reminds me of our exposure to communities in the remote areas. To them P6000 a month income is enough. When they have earned that amount, they can stop working and enjoy the time with family. So, who are we to call them poor? By whose standards are they poor? It may be difficult listening to the obvious. Because we need to pinch ourselves that this is now the reality. We have a Climate Crisis and we need to act yesterday, not tomorrow. And the numbers do not lie. We have just 3% of forests remaining and more than 90% of our fish is gone (1996 figures yet). They say that if we do not do anything to change things, we could have nothing by 2030. Tony Oposa may be the “extremist” as some people perceive him. But if we did not have people like him, who will wake us up from our slumber? I hope to see his Sea camp in Bantayan Island, where he showcases positive environmentally-sound or sustainable practices. I specifically want to see his “urban vertical garden” or food farm for urban households. Tony’s tips: 1. Waste not, want not. An old adage we can practise even when we do everyday things like brushing our teeth. Everyday, we waste water by leaving the tap open as we brush. Use a glass, he says. We only do this conservation tip when we are really out of water and have to use bottled water for brushing. 2. Grow your own food. Have a small patch of garden and grow your vegetables. 3. Do not take more than you can consume. Waste not. Simple rules to make the world a better place. On another note, his seatmate Presidential Assistant on the Environment Neric Acosta spoke about all the laws he helped pass in Congress like the Clean Air Act, and the other laws that are environmental in nature. But the problem, he agrees, is implementation. So, who’s in charge? Today, Secretary Acosta is also tasked with cleaning up Laguna Lake. Did you know that Laguna Lake now is just 2 meters deep, down from 15 meters when it first was measured? All the difference is silt which of course causes our floods in Metro Manila. The good news? They are 95% done with cleaning and dredging 5 major tributaries. Let’s see. Though the job he says requires $84 Billion to really reinstate the depth and cleanliness of Laguna Lake, we start with the low hanging fruits. One tributary at a time. I wonder if our Ondoy damage cost $84 Billion, too. So the choice is to prevent it or to just put our hands up in surrender and submit to these natural disasters whose damage wrought is of course exacerbated by manmade causes—like a dirty Laguna Lake. Good luck, Secretary Neric! I am still in awe thinking of all the things I learned and now have consciousness of—after attending this forum on Environment at the recently-held OCEAN14 forum- Open Collaboration for East Asia New Champions. OCEAN14 is related to the World Economic Forum East Asia Conference. OCEAN14 gathered the global young leaders, innovators, social entrepreneurs and other new thinkers for solution to solve the world’s challenges.
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