Prepared by the Environmental Studies Institute for MC 102 students of Miriam College.

1. 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.

2. Principle # 1
Nature knows best.
Ang kalikasan ang mas nakakaalam.

3. 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”

4. Any disruption of the natural
processes/cycles would have detrimental
effects on the environment.
ECOLOGICAL BACKLASH

5. 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

6. 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.
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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.

8. GMO free cafeteria
Rally against GMOs

9. Foods containing genetically
engineered components
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Nestle Cerelac
Ensure
Kwello‟s Chocos Chez
Bonus Protina Hotdogs
Purefoods Beefies Hotdogs
CDO Corned Beef
Argentina Beef Loaf

10. Mollie‟s Garden

11. Principle # 2
All forms of life are important.
Lahat ng uri ng buhay ay mahalaga.

12. A place under the sun…
Each organism has a role:

13. BAT
MONKEY
ORCHIDS
FLYING
LEMUR
MOSSES
DEER
COBRA
PITTA
APITONG TREE

14. 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.

15. Global Reef Distribution
Low
Note:
Medium
High
Based upon coral reef totals (equaling 255,000sq.m.) derived from the World Conservation
Monitoring Center base maps (Reefs At Risk - World Resources Institute (WRI).

16. Feast day of St. Francis Of
Assisi

18. Eating meat of rare
and endangered
species! e.g.,
pangolin
accessories made
from rare and
endangered species
eg. pawikan, ivory!
NO!!
furniture from
hardwood!
buying corals &
seashells!
mink coats!
shoes& bags made
from alligator skin &
snake skin!
Life Style
shooting birds for
ecotourism!
Gathering orchids
from the wild!

19. We are all creatures of one
family.
•St. Francis of Assisi

20. Name the indigenous trees and
plants in your school....
MC Living Museum

21. Principle # 3
Everything is related to
everything else.
Ang lahat ng bagay ay
magkaugnay.

22. Forest ecosystem
Agricultural ecosystem
Mangrove
ecosystem
Water

23. Southern Sierra Madre
Wildlife Center

24. Environmental Principle No. 4 CHANGE
The only thing constant
is change

25. Cyclic, linear
and random
change have
shaped the
natural world.
HUMAN activities
have
superimposed on
these changes

26. Linear changes may be
accelerated by human activities.
• Erosion is natural
• Accelerated by
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- deforestation
- mining
- illegal logging
- improper logging
- conversion to large
scale agricultural use

27. Extinction is natural
• Accelerated by
- habitat loss
- clear-cutting of forest
- destruction of coral reefs,
mangroves & seagrasses
- over-extraction / hunting
- pollution
- introduction of alien species

28. Cumulative result of human
activities:
Global warming =
Climate Change

29. In nature, carbon sources
balance carbon sinks

31. NATIONAL LAWS
• CLEAN AIR ACT
• EIA
• ECOLOGICAL
SOLID WASTE
MANAGEMENT
ACT
• Organic
Agriculture Act
• CLEAN WATER
ACT
• NIPAS
• Climate Change
Act
• Environmental
Education Act

32. INTERNATIONAL TREATIES –
•KYOTO PROTOCOL (climate change)
•MONTREAL PROTOCOL (ozone layer depletion)
•BASEL CONVENTION
(transport of hazardous
waste)
•CONVENTION ON BIODIVERSITY
•CARTAGENA PROTOCOL (GMO BIOSAFETY)

33. Unfortunately----

34. “Don‟t expect it to change at the
top. This will happen from the
grassroots moving up.”
Altus Pienaar

35. WE MUST BE THE CHANGE WE
WISH TO SEE IN THE WORLD.
- Mahatma Gandhi

36. MC DRRM Activity

37. Environmental Principle 5
EVERYTHING MUST
GO SOMEWHERE
(Ang Lahat ng Bagay ay
may Patutunguhan)

39. AEROBIC and ANAEROBIC
DECOMPOSITION
Carbon
Carbon dioxide
methane
Sulfur
Sulfate salts
Hydrogen sulfide
(stinks and poisonous)
Nitrogen
Nitrate salts
Ammonia
(stinks and poisonous)

42. Enter the food chain through
Endocrine Disrupters
Cadmium
Lead
Mercury
PCB
DDT
Malathion
DBCP
DIOXIN

43. Biomagnification
An example of Biological Magnification of a Persistent
Pesticide, DDT
PPM
DDT Residues
Water
Plankton
Silverside Minnow
Sheephead Minnow
Pickerel (predatory fish)
Needlefish (predatory fish)
Heron (feeds on small animals)
Tern (feeds on small animals)
Herring Gull (Seavenger)
Fish Hawk (Opsrey) egg
Merganser (fish-eating duck)
Cormorant (feeds on larger fish)
0.00005
0.04
0.23
0.94
1.33
2.07
3.57
3.91
6.00
13.8
22.8
26.4

44. 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.

45. EFFECTS
Declining sperm count
Congenital malformation in children
Cancer of breast & ovary, testes & prostate
Retarded sexual development
Retarded neurobehavioral development
(impairment of memory & intelligence)

46. Segregation at source

47. ENG’G.: PROCESSING OF
BIODEGRADABLE

48. Compost pits

49. Recyclables / nabebenta?

50. REJECT/ RESIDUAL

51. MRF
Material Recovery Facility

52. MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITY
Delivery 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: __________________________________

53. Student Involvement in QC
Training

54. Social Entrepreneurship of Kilos
Foundation

55. Residual Waste Management at Bagumbuhay, Proj. 4

56. Waste is a resource in the wrong
place.
Put them in the right container and they
become a
RESOURCE

57. Environmental Principle # 6
Ours is a Finite Earth

58. Philippines blessed with abundant
and clean H20 supply . . .

59. CARRYING CAPACITY / ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY

60. MAKITIPS PROGRAM
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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

61. Makitips Program
Solar lamps and solar lights

62. • 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

63. 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.

64. “There is enough for everyone’s
needs but not for everyone’s
GREED”
SAPAT –
LIVE SIMPLY
SO OTHERS
MAY
SIMPLY LIVE

65. EP # 7. Nature is beautiful and We
are Stewards of God’s Creation
STEWARDSHIP

66. Genesis Chapter 1:26-28
Characteristics
Greed; abuse;
exploitation
Local
Language
“diyosdiyosan”;
“hari-harian”
Earth as >
Resource;
“Gamit”
(tool)

67. Western Cosmology:
•The Earth and Universe are totally
material; it does not have “spirit”. It is not
part of our psycho-spiritual culture
GOD
•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)
DOMINION
MODEL

68. Genesis Chapter 2:15
Characteristics Local
Language
Earth as >
Entrusting;
caring;
earth keeping
Responsibility
“tagapagalaga”;
katiwala
“response-able”

69. Characteristics Local
Language
Solidarity;
Mutually
energizing
Kaputol “’tol”;
kapatid
Earth as >
brother;
sister;
partner

70. 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

71. 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 Dulag
Kalinga Chieftain

72. “
Characteristics Local
Language
Makes God
PRESENT;
Paramdam;
Banal na tanda
connects man Tanda na nagto god
papabanal
Earth as >
Revelation of
God;
Beauty,
order,
harmony

73. Caring for nature is a
covenant . . .
• A sacred covenant
between man and
God
For we are stewards of the
flow of life as COCREATORS
(Tagapagpadaloy ng BUHAY)

74. Annual Environment Week Celebration

75. EDUCATION
Green Chef
Fashion Show during Carless Day
Celebration in Pasig

76. OUR DREAM
O
TERTIARY
SECONDARY
PRIMARY
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROFESSIONALS
ENVIRONMENTAL
CITIZENS
ENVIRONMENTAL
PERSONS

77. Positive Responses
• 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

78. Let tHE WORLD be as BEAUTIFUL
as that WHICH the CREATOR gave US
WITH the EDUCATION to keep it so.

79. 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.

81. •
• 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

82. Carbon Footprint
• Carbon footprint makes up
50% of humanity‟s overall
Ecological footprint. Adopting
a low carbon lifestyle is
essential.