Michelle Obama recognized a Filipina environmentalist for her conservation efforts as the world marked the
Earth Day on Thursday. Carmela Bagum, a 21-year-old fisheries technologist “committed to protecting our planet.”
“Carmela grew up in a fishing village, where her passion for marine life pushed her to become a licensed fisheries technologist despite the floods and typhoons that often closed her school,” Obama wrote.
“She is one of millions of girls whose education has been disrupted by the climate crisis, but she is also part of the rising generation of leaders who are already taking charge as we confront it,” she added.
February 25, 2021 HERE is a question we are confronted with almost every day: “Damo Usik?” Or “Wala Usik?” Usik is a Hiligaynon word for “waste.” Damo means many, while wala means none. Is it possible to dream of a world, a life, or a household without waste despite human consumption?
Last week, I was privileged to have been invited to join one of several series of multi-stakeholder roundtables, focused on micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and agencies and organizations supporting initiatives for sustainability and sustainable development.
The activity was ably initiated by the Philippine Reef and Rainforest Conservation Foundation, Inc. (PRRCFI), the non-government organization (NG) behind Danjugan Island, Sea Waste Education to Eradicate Plastic (Sweep) and Wala Usik Tiangge+Kapehan. Their aim is to encourage and promote a circular economy in the city and the province as part of their continuing initiatives to reduce waste that goes into t
SunStar ‘Wala Usik Economy’ to develop innovations on reducing waste
BACOLOD. The virtual and face-to-face round of “Wala Usik” business consultation under our new project Rethinking Plastics - Circular Economy Solutions to Marine Litter in the cities of Bacolod and Talisay recently. (Contributed photo)
+ February 21, 2021 A LOCAL non-government organization is promoting the “Wala Usik Economy” and developing business innovations to reduce waste in the Cities of Bacolod and Talisay, funded under the “Rethinking Plastics–Circular Economy Solutions to Marine Litter” project.
“Wala Usik,” a native phrase meaning nothing is wasted, adapts the principles of zero-waste and circular economy in the local context.