Environment

July 16, 2025

Zamboanga Biomass Energy to Create Jobs and Help Farmers

Isabela City in Zamboanga is exploring the potential of Napier Grass as a biomass energy source to support clean energy goals, create local jobs, and enhance farmers’ livelihoods. On...

June 25, 2025

GNPK Drops LNG Project in Kauswagan After Community Pushback

In a win for climate advocates and local communities, a proposed 600-megawatt liquefied natural gas (LNG) power plant in Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte, has been halted. The project was...

May 29, 2025

Hedcor Powers Development in Bukidnon With ₱5.7M Community Share Distribution

Hedcor, the run-of-river hydropower unit of Aboitiz Renewables Inc., has turned over more than ₱5.7 million in community shares to its host communities in Bukidnon, Northern Mindanao. The funds,...

February 20, 2025

Reverse vending machine deployed to boost plastic recycling in Nasipit

Residents of Nasipit, Agusan del Norte, can now help boost recycling in their community with a reverse vending machine. This collaboration between the Nasipit local government and Therma Marine...

November 5, 2024

Cleanergy Park Offers Sanctuary to Davao’s Pawikans and Birds

Seven years ago, the illegal selling of pawikan was still commonplace in the Barangay Daliao public market in Toril, Davao City. There are anecdotes of local fishermen who would...

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September 6, 2024

How to practice sustainable living in the Philippines

There’s sustainable tourism, food packaging, clothing, and now, sustainable living. But what is sustainability and how do you get started? Sustainability is defined as “meeting the needs of the...

August 28, 2024

Davao engineering student gets asteroid named after her

What a day! On International Asteroid Day last June 30, Nadine Antonette Obafial, a robotics engineering student from Ateneo de Davao University, had an asteroid named after her as...

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August 28, 2024

How to build a garden that will save the world

If you enjoy growing things, it’s time you turn your hobby into a super power. Gardening is therapeutic. But did you know that it can also help protect the...

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August 1, 2024

Why Recycling Matters

Since we were kids, we’ve always been told to recycle. But how important really is it? How big of a difference does it even make? How are we making...

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August 1, 2024

The Ingredients Of A Sustainable Community

Is your community sustainable? Can it provide your needs and that of your family and neighbors? Does it foster growth, equal opportunities, and continued livability beyond the near future?...