Philippines Environment News

Negros Island eyes a slice of the US$9 billion global market for Arabica coffee as it joins the upcoming 37th International Food and Beverage Exhibition or FOODEX Japan 2012 slated on 6 to 9 March at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan.

Filipino civil society groups in the international climate conference in Durban called on delegates in the talks “to act with urgency and agree on real action” as negotiations neared its end on Friday, December 9.

International NGO Asia Society for Social Improvement and Sustainable Transformation (ASSIST) joined the 10th Asia Pacific Roundtable for Sustainable Consumption and Production held at the Sheraton Hotel in Yogyakarta, Indonesia on November 2011.

Fourth Annual Celebration of Volunteerism Across 12 Asia Pacific markets

SAVE PALAWAN SEAS FOUNDATION, Projectseventhousand.org and JEWELMER hosted an environmental symposium with Keynote Speaker, the eminent Dr. Kent E. Carpenter. He explores the Philippines as a unique epicenter and origin of marine biodiversity.

Briones said, the 3.5 hectare landfill will be generating electricity thru installation of a two-stage thermal Batch gasifier as waste conversion technology that complies with Philippine environmental and renewable energy Laws.

Banco De Oro Unibank, Inc. (BDO) officially announced its CSR partnership with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

"The event has two segments, the running and the planting. This event is an approach to promote health among people by running and health of the environment by planting native tree species, thus benefitting both people and environment."

The Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. heeds the challenge posed by the government’s National Greening Program recently issued by President Benigno Aquino III under Executive Order (EO) No. 26.

FedEx recently organized the “Seeds of Hope” activity for 30 terminally ill children as part of the Child Life Program run by Kythe, Inc., a nonprofit organization that provides psychosocial care to children with chronic illnesses such as cancer.

Briones declared that Greenergy Solutions had signed agreements with Local Government Units (LGUs) nationwide and intends to establish public-private partnership projects with Foreign financial equity partners.

Ted Staley is still sulking because his former live in girlfriend and business partner refuses to just shut up and go away. Far from rolling over she has come out fighting and given him a bloody nose.

FedEx Express and Safe Kids Philippines led the celebration of the International Walk to School Month with a series of activities designed to raise awareness on pedestrian safety issues.

FedEx Corp. (NYS: FDX) is recognized by The International Charter for clear commitment to understanding its environmental impact and reducing it. FedEx is the only company in its industry to receive the Committed to the Environment award.

FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., marks its annual FedEx Cares Week - a celebration of volunteerism at FedEx in the Asia Pacific. In its third year in the region, FedEx supports activities that will enhance the environment.

Nowadays, pests are common in any households, offices and even in plants. The usual methods are commercial pest control services and sprays. Pests are dangerous in human health that usually cause various bacterial and fungal diseases.

As an emerging trend with big implications for businesses and civil society alike, green building will be a featured sectoral track in the first government-led Philippine International Eco-Show (PINES) in August.

Manhattan Green Solutions, an Environmental Division of Panmanhattan Marketing Corporation, has recently launched the Enistic Professional Powerdown Screen Saver, a high tier computer energy manager.

Award-winning industrial firm Plantex (from the words "plant" and "extract") shows that beyond income generation, choosing to be green can also be an advocacy that has the power to preserve nature and better the lives of people at the same time.

Driven by how the Earth is exhausted from the mismanagement of its resources, the people from Herbana Farms in Calamba, Laguna uphold sustainability through the agroecologic approach to farming.

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Fitness First Philippines, with the help of Manhattan Green Solutions, has made a move to go green by replacing their showerheads with Oxygenics, saving up to a total of 15 Million Gallons of Water a year. A reduction of around 70%.

Manhattan Green Solutions Introduces Veltia Eco Hand Dryers to the Philippines. Veltia Eco Hand Dryers save up to 80% on energy compared to regular hand dryers, and are a lot cheaper and more environmental to use compared to regular paper towels.

Manhattan Green Solution was invited by JCI Global CT to talk on The Greener Good, an Open Forum and Seminar on Energy and Water Conservation. The talk will be on March 26, 2010, from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM. At GCIC Fort Bonifacio

Manhattan Green Solutions presents Enistic Energy Monitoring Systems for office, commercial, and industrial use. Enistic gives companies better control on energy use.

Manhattan Green Solutions presents Efergy Elite. A Wireless Energy Monitoring Smart Meter designed to help reduce energy in homes and small offices.

Manhattan Green Solutions introduces Bioball Waterless Urinal Cartridges to the Philippines, a truly environmental solution that makes urinals waterless.

Manhattan Green Solutions launches the Oxygenics Storm, an Eco Showerhead that saves up to 70% energy and water heating cost, while providing more than 30% more water pressure than other rainfall showerheads.

Dengue is more dangerous than ever. To protect your children against Dengue, mosquito patches is the most convenient way to avoid mosquito bites in Philippines.

Manila Philippines – November 5th 2009 – Palingenesis Manufacturing Inc. announced it has successfully completed the acquisition of 35% of the outstanding stock in its subsidiary, Pathogenesis. Inc.

Manila Philippines – September 27th 2009 - Palingenesis Manufacturing Inc. is proud to announce the appointment of Mr David J. Baker as Director of Palingenesis Manufacturing Inc. and Global Licensing Consultant.

Farmers and members of the community residing in the Cambantoc watershed of the Mt. Makiling Forest Reserve participated in a training seminar conducted by the UPLB College of Forestry and Natural Resources last June 3-4 in Sta. Cruz, Laguna.

Besides coastline protectors, mangrove forests are one of the most promising carbon sequesters, having the highest carbon net productivity among all ecosystems.

The School of Environmental Science and Management (SESAM) has taken a proactive role in communicating environmental risks which abound in Mt. Makiling- a dormant volcano and source of landslides when Typhoon Milenyo struck Los Baños in 2006.

PHILGBC Leads the Major Stakeholders in the Building Industry in “TRANSFORMING THE MARKET”

Mandala Spa Boracay in the Philippines launches the TREEtment Project - the first of its kind in the spa industry. It is an environmental effort to replenish the planet's resources by planting a tree for every spa treatment purchased.

BIOTECH's Bioremediation Research Team based in UP Los Baños is currently conducting studies to rehabilitate several contaminated sites in the country. These include an abandoned mining site at Mogpog, Marinduque, and bodies of water in Bulacan.

PEMSEA has announced today that former Philippine President Fidel V. Ramos will deliver the opening keynote address during East Asian Seas (EAS) Congress 2009 to be held in Manila, Philippines on 23-27 November.

The East Asian Seas Region Ministerial Forum, to be held in Manila on 26-27 November 2009 as part of East Asian Seas (EAS) Congress 2009, will be addressing climate change adaptation through integrated coastal management.

Biotechnologists at UP Los Baños are hard at work putting the final touches to the prototype of a wastewater treatment system that uses bacteria.

There is a need to orient consumers about green products since some misconstrue going green and back to basics as reverting to crude methods. Green living means eliminating harmful wastes that continue to destroy our atmosphere and natural resources.

Atlas Copco Philippines’ Team Air Runners joined the “Condura Run 09: Skyway Run For The Whale Sharks”

Atlas Copco Philippines joins Earth Hour 2009 as part of their Caring Beyond Air advocacy program

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Outsourcing Opinions, the website all about business process outsourcing for both entrepreneur and business executive, starts the month of August with a week's worth of new articles on outsourcing issues and information.

PEMSEA has announced the designation of Mr. Raphael P.M. Lotilla as the new Executive Director of the PEMSEA Resource Facility (PRF).

A newly established Gibraltar-based campaign group (NO2PB), is aiming to make Gibraltar a plastic bag-free town and is even launching a campaign to make the town the first ever plastic bag-free city within the Iberian Peninsula.

The link between biodiversity and climate change is not one-way: just as climate change alters the state of biodiversity, so can changes in biodiversity affect the world’s climate. This is the concern put into the limelight by this conference.