Ecological historians have often tried to link major environmental phenomena and social unrest leading to revolution. They come up with an environmentally deterministic theory that environment changes are major factors in fueling social unrest leading to revolution.
It’s really bad and frightening
February 27, 2010 By 36 Comments
The Chickens Come Home to Swim
October 2, 2009 By 4 Comments
Clean up the trash. Upgrade the sewage system. Pick up your trash. Don’t throw plastic into the rivers. Rationally apply Urban Planning. Enough of “spot zoning”. Don’t vote bozos into Congress. Vote for bozos who provide winning solutions and demonstrated these in the past – not because they are “winnable”. Everything that can go wrong, [...]
Field notes from a continuing catastrophe
August 11, 2009 By 5 Comments
August 11, 2009 marks the 3rd anniversary of the Solar I oil spill that hit the provinces of Iloilo, Negros Occidental and Guimaras. Of the three, Guimaras was the hardest hit. The province marks the day as a day of tragedy by holding a public forum. This year scientists from three UP campuses, Visayas, Manila [...]
Too much rain for the next Premier (or President!)
July 29, 2009 By 11 Comments
Dr Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is probably the first President of the Philippines to seriously recognize that the effects of global climate change will have an impact on Philippine society. Dr Arroyo has to be commended for not glossing over this issue. Why this sudden epiphany? Was it the forthcoming visit to Mr Obama Esq? I reckon [...]
Bottled water: suckering an entire generation
July 8, 2009 By 58 Comments
Imagine getting your power supply from big 220-volt cylindrical batteries that are charged at power generating plants and then delivered to you every week by truck to be hooked up to your home’s wiring. You then load the spent battery from the previous week onto the truck which then hauls it back to the nearest [...]
Pasig River as a Litmus Test of Filipino Lifestyle
May 1, 2009 By 15 Comments
This scene baffles me every morning when I walk the stretch of Jones Bridge to go to my office. The mystery that my mind always thinks about is those water lilies that are floating toward the Manila Bay. Where were those lilies came from? How many water lilies are there alive in all the rivers [...]
Tony Oposa: environmental lawyer
April 24, 2009 By 27 Comments
Well this lawyer does not deserve to be tied with a rock and cast into the sea. :-) He is defending the sea, most specifically the seas surrounding the Visayan islands. I have worked with Antonio “Tony” Oposa Jr on several environmental concerns. I was pleased to learn that he was given a prestiguous laurel, [...]
Ruminating about Earth Day, teaching and the new EnviSci building
April 22, 2009 By 20 Comments
This summer I am not teaching but I am preparing new ways of teaching Environmental Science 1 (Environment and Society) for the coming academic year. ES 1 is one of the more difficult introductory courses to teach. Unlike other general subjects, you cannot “box in” environmental science with a straight laced syllabus.
Put a caption for this photo, April 2009 edition
April 21, 2009 By 31 Comments
Put a caption for this photo.
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