Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Jose L. Atienza, Jr. says:

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CLIMATE CHANGE LAW – SECRETARY LITO ATIENZA
October 26, 2009

 

The Climate Change Act of 2009, which President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo signed into law, puts local government units into the center stage of governance, given the important roles city, town, and barangay leaders play in the implementation of whatever plans and programs on climate change adaptation and mitigation measures that will be crafted by a body tasked under the new law.

The substance and efficacy of Republic Act (RA) 9729 will only be as good as those executing climate change measures. The new law may even be a potent tool in bringing about a stronger green-minded electorate because of the centrality to local elected officials in mainstreaming the climate change agenda into their platforms of governance at the provincial and down to the barangay level.

See more about Sec. Atienza’s post here…

There are two events in 2010 that I would like to wholly support:

1.  The 2010 Hazard Mapping and Environment Summit in Manila, Apr 8-15, 2010

2.  One Festival, Rock Concert for the benefit of the victims of Philippine typhoon, earthquakes and tsunami in the ASEAN Region in Rizal Park Grandstand, April 16, 2010.

We encourage the Philippine Government, Asian Governments, combines like the United Nations, ASEAN, financial institutions like the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, to support this milestone activity the 2010 Hazard Mapping and Environmental Summit in Manila from the remainder of 2009 up to 2010. The actual even is as mentioned above.

We encourage everyone to support the One Festival, to raise token assistance for those that were victims to the Philippine floods, the tsunami and earthquakes that rocked many nations in ASEAN.

ANNUAL ECOLOGY CRISIS CONFERENCE

The Resource Recovery Movement will hold the first 2010 Hazards Mapping and Environment Summit (Eco 2010 Summit) in Manila, Philippines. This is ultimately borne about by the tremendous changing of the Philippine landscape and those of other countries in the Pacific Rim in the last few decades. All efforts towards risk mapping in relation to calamities and disasters in the past should now take into consideration the great shifts and transformations in land mass, the enormous amount of rainfall brought about by Climate Change and many new factors that were heretofore not factored into national and sub-national planning by governments as well as even by business establishments and non-government organizations.

Click this link to sign up: Join Resource Recovery Movement!

The 2010 Hazard Mapping and Environmental Summit (HMES) is intended to develop better approaches to mapping risks and dangers to communities in the Philippines and other countries with tropical climates. It takes a cue from the recent experience in China, Indonesia and the Philippines, notwithstanding the previous experiences in Thailand, Bangladesh, Pakistan where scores of people died due to unforeseen occurrences during the incidence of a natural disaster: earthquake, typhoon, tsunami and other calamities. The databasing, mapping and full coordination of efforts towards use and sharing of a full function GIS on hazards, volcanoes, water, flood, forests in the Philippines and Asia, vulnerability areas, liquefaction potential, crisis and hot spots is long due because of the long-running phenomenon of Climate Change in the planet. This is also significant in that the Philippines, among other countries, lies in the Pacific Rim of Fire where a large number of earthquake faults lie.

The most important value of the conference is to determine the plan and the cost of implementing such a plan to make the Philippines and other participating nations safer from increasingly hazardous calamities.

Note: The organizers reserve the right to make minor changes in the Conference details prior to the actual Event.

HMES 2010 Organizers

ONE FESTIVAL LIVE MANILA 2010

The Event is a music festival, with a concert and side activities. There will be a side exhibit to be put up by professional event managers. Culture, performing arts, similar exhibits and other featured side shows will also be part of the entire undertaking.

This is the culminating Event of the 2010 Hazard Mapping and Environment Summit in Manila. The activity is a Music Festival intended to raise funds for the victims of man-made and natural calamities such as Philippine Typhoons, IDPs in hostilities in various areas in the Philippines, victims of the tsunami in the ASEAN-Pacific Regions, and to support the Private Sector Led database development and the creation of a full-functional integrated geographic information system that will include the ASEAN Flood GIS, Forest GIS, Water GIS, Volcanoes GIS, Earthquake GIS, Typhoon GIS, Political conflicts and hostilities GIS.

Come everyone!  You are invited!!!

Click here to Join and Sign Up:  OFLM2010 Sign Up

SEE YA ALL THERE GUYZ!!!

Amazing Beijing

Despite what the detractors say, China has redeemed itself. Beijing was a tremendous, astounding success. The opening that was a panorama of colors, a touch of history and more than a pinch of drama. Thousands of athletes, hundreds of games, a little faux pas here and there, but all in all Beijing’s reclaimed fame! Preparations for the games by China’s athletes was rigorous and had paid off well. The Sinos got most of the gold. China is trying to prove her mettle as a responsible power, or so it seems. It is hoped that in as many other respects, such as giving what is due to its distinct peoples China might also shine some day. I rest my case, Your Honors.

I cry Mindanao

you are within the axis of blaring clatter

you are a child on the way to school

there is so much gunfire

there is so much thundering cannon fire

you can’t pass in the street

you pass by the rice fields

you run by the banana fields

you skirt through the rubber farm

you step on a foot

a hand

a head

a broken down chest heaving, heaving

a myriad of images

food to make you choke

to choke until death

i cry Mindanao

an old man with a pen

emmanuel he says

emmanuel i am

emmanuel succor of Christians

enemy of islam

with a moustache

with a paper for magistrates

says simply: let muslims die

we can’t give them land

we can’t turn back

the hands of time

a lady in waiting in the Kingdom

shouts, why give muslims

land?

papers papers papers

read the papers

study study study

a lady with a penis

says, kill them all

kill them all

kill them all

ping them with a gun

ping them all

the old man with a guilty penis

says

kill them all

kill them

use the hand

of iron

the peppery named man

says

blame the dwarf in pasig!

kill the dwarf

kill the muslims

the son of the warrior

who urinated in his pants

and became commander of

all the praetorians in the Kingdom

many eons ago said

get that pact

take it away!

give it to us and

we shall make gold of it

the commander of the guard

raised his gun

i will therefore do as bidden

i shall kill muslims

my ladies my lords

pay me well

pay me well

for e’ery head I cause to fall

pay me well

and my masters evil

that do not believe in god

will jump for joy in hell!

i cry Mindanao

i cry

i cry

The song written by ezky, is about a child grown-up who realized his or her final goal. It is an inspirational song about hurdling obstacles, seeing things and seasons changed after a long, hard-won battle. It is like the beginning of the new life for tribes in Mindanao who will soon, have their own home, finally… it is also dedicated to the heroes that were martyred for the sake of freedom, for all our sakes, so that we are where we are now. It tells of respecting the deeds of those that sacrificed their lives to allow us to be what we are, today. Click here…