Protecting Tagubanhan Island
A city council officer enforces the municipal circular economy roadmap by engaging with and encouraging communities, industries, businesses, and schools to carry out waste management initiatives.
Unwrapping Sustainability: The Circular Economy with Natural Food Packaging
The traditional suman packaging of Antipolo City, Philippines, showcases how natural material packaging embody circular economy principles. From the palm leaves used to wrap the rice cakes to the community of makers and vendors who rely on this craft for their livelihood, these age-old practices offer valuable lessons for modern packaging innovations.
Filipino Volunteers Breathe New Life into Calatagan Reef, an Ecotourism Sanctuary
The Calatagan Reef Patrollers or CAREPAS was founded in 2001 to restore a 75-hectare mangrove forest from illegal and unsustainable fishing into an eco-tourism paradise. Their ecological success has since attracted tourists and income to CAREPAS volunteers.
A Tale of Two Rivers: Comparing the Mogpog and Clark Fork in Environmental Remediation
Chemical contamination caused by mining causes health and environmental disasters, regardless of in the United States or the Philippines