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Earth: The Only Planet which contains …. 4.5 Billion years

Power of Thought A STORY OF A RICH MAN 82 YRS OLD Inheritance, 10 M, Trustee 1 M a day, 9.5 days, Lost it all CALL IT REVENUE, PROFIT ?. Earth: The Only Planet which contains …. 4.5 Billion years. Composed of the delicate mixtures of the basic elements of Life. Air, Water and Soil.

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Earth: The Only Planet which contains …. 4.5 Billion years

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  1. Power of ThoughtA STORY OF A RICH MAN 82 YRS OLDInheritance, 10 M, Trustee1 M a day, 9.5 days, Lost it all CALL IT REVENUE, PROFIT ?

  2. Earth: The Only Planet which contains …. 4.5 Billion years Composed of the delicate mixtures of the basic elements of Life. Air, Water and Soil

  3. LIFE -600 M Yrs, Man-1 M; Human Civilization – 7-10,000 yrs ago when humans descended from the trees and mountains, and settled in the fertile plains of Sumeria and Mesopotamia

  4. Cut down trees and wiped out forests, and then called it income, Gross National Product Applying the Mindset of Extraction and Consumption

  5. 70%

  6. Forest Cover 1999 CEBU IS THE WORSE: FOREST COVER: __%, MOST SEVERELY ERODED, MOST CRITICAL IN WATER SUPPLY, CEBUANO KAINGINEROS CEBU-TRADING CENTER

  7. FISH Catch– 90 to 95%in some, facing total collapseCall it: Revenue, Income

  8. FROM 3 MILLION 3 Million Hectares

  9. 0.2% INTACT CEBUANOS: BLASTING POWDER, BLASTING CAPS, CYANIDE (MACTAN AND BTYN) Destructive Forms of Fishing

  10. Revenue IncomeProfit, GNP

  11. Mining: DISEMBOWELED THE EARTH, SCRAPE AWAY LIFE GIVING SOIL AND THROW AWAY WATER >Revenue? PARADOX OF DIAMOND AND WATER > Or Depletion of the natural capital?

  12. Revenue; Profit; Progress, Development? DEVELOPMENT BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY PRODUCED AND USED AND VOLUME OF WASTE GENERATED? BURNING OF FOSSIL FUELSAir Pollutionand Global Heating Development!

  13. Used, used up, dirtied Waters

  14. Share of Domestic, Industrial, and Agricultural BOD at the National Level Industrial 15% Domestic 48% Agricultural 37% WATER POLLUTION

  15. Biologically Dead Rivers 16 Rivers are dead Violations of Laws!

  16. Called it income, revenue, and contribution to the GNP; • Rate of Consumption used as model of “progress and development”

  17. “Industrialized” Developed economy?” • CONSUMPTION??? Synonym? waste • Highly-consuming Economics efficient use of scarce resources. • “Development based on Extraction and ‘Consumption’ • 5% of people- • 30% of resources) • Need 9 earths to satisfy the consumption patterns • Is Waste Economical? • “Developed Economy” -- contradiction of terms?

  18. Story of grandfather?Not 10 MFalse accounting: Fact, Fiction and Fantasy ENRON?Wall Street?US EconomyStory of Wealth and Responsibility

  19. Economy based on Waste in not economical nor is it sustainable

  20. Remove Waste from our Vocabulary, and mindset Waste-less society!

  21. A little favor please.. • Developed countries: Call them Over Consuming Countries (OCCs), a.k.a., Obsessive-Complusive Countries) • Obsessive-Compulsive – in Psychology, it is a kind of psychological and mental disorder a symptom of which is excessive hoarding of material things. • Low Consuming Countries • We will turn the established ideas around – no, we will turn it upside down. The last will be first…

  22. ENVIRONMENT?

  23. Environment-Not about birds and bees, Sources of Life Land, Air and Water (L_W) Vital Organs of LIFE on Earth - Trees and forests- Lungs • Land & soil - skin and flesh • Sea and waterways – blood and bloodstreams • 70% of the human body and of the Earth is water

  24. EnforcementAction Solid WasteWhy? - civilization- nation-building - basic service- awareness into action- confidence- 20x + HTG

  25. MAYOR

  26. The Philippine Bar Association (PBA) filed charges against three Metro Manila Mayors before the Office of the Environmental Ombudsman for non-compliance with the Phil Solid Waste Management Law. Linda Jimeno, Ruben Fruto, Hector Martinez, Al Ancheta, Marites Sison Go, Tony Tria

  27. Formula: CPR= E x E x E • Education • Engineering • Enforcement

  28. THE BEST FORM OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IS WHEN THE LAW DOES NOT NEED TO BE ENFORCED

  29. Focus on a bio-geographic unit CENTRAL PHILIPPINE ISLANDS VISAYAN MARINE TRIANGLE/ WWF-thank you

  30. 36 SITES 16 SITES 18 SITES 3 SITES Control Marine Resources Criminality

  31. Environmental ComplianceAuditSolid Waste Management

  32. Sta. Fe, Cebu: Dumpsite to Garden

  33. TWO ROUNDS OF ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AUDITS – NOVEMBER 08 AND JUNE 09 Using the tools of good governance Transparency – people are watching Accountability – the public officers can and will be held accountable Participatory Governance – students, volunteer lawyers, local govt officials

  34. Bacolod and Iloilo Law students, lawyers, Civil society/NGOs

  35. ILOILO-close the dumpsite No filing fee, no injunction bond Green courts Serves to prod all local officials to address the impt, and not the superfluous

  36. Results • Initiated Compliance: Kicked-start the process of compliance for: • All 22 towns

  37. Results • Partial Compliance: Enabled implementation of some real actions on the ground • 17 of 22 towns

  38. Results • Full compliance: enabled compliance of all basic provisions of RA 9003 and RA 8550. • 4 of 22 towns

  39. Challenges: • From the LGU’s end: • Lack of knowledge on “How to” • Competing Priorities • Behavioural Changes such as segregation wastes takes a little while to fully trickle down to households level

  40. Challenges: • From the ECA team: • Implementation Methodology needs further fine-tuning • Volunteers need further capacity building • Time for consolidation and analysis of results given that team members do this only on a part-time basis

  41. Way forward • Institutionalization • Working with congress and office of ombudsman to provide long-term financial mechanism for full-time ECA team • Involving more partners (MOA) • Capacity Building: Training on the methodology • Legal recourse for those non-compliant towns

  42. The Story of the King

  43. CRISIS danger opportunity

  44. Story of the first shoe, of crisis, of natural resources conservation, and of what happens when there is a mind-shift from use that is wasteful to use that is wise

  45. THANK YOU: Sonia Mendoza, Zero Waste movement, Annie Guerrero, Luz Sabas, Narda Camacho, Odette Alcantara, Foreign guests YOU! Ordinary citizens, YOUTH … 20 yrs ago (right to speak and take action. Now … it is up to you to take action.) A GREAT MOVEMENT MAY BE BORN IN THE MINDS OF THE FEW, BUT IT MUST BE SPOKEN BY THE MOUTHS OF MANY, AND CARRIED ON THE SHOULDERS OF ALL What light through yonder window breaks?

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