Floods in the Philippines



Philippines is a tropical country where typhoons are a common occurrence. Mainly, there are two types of climate in the Philippines, these are wet and dry seasons. An ordinary day for the Philippines would be hot and humid. The months of January to June are known to be the dry months where the sun is at its highest while the rest is considered as the wet or rainy season where rains are expected to pour. Because it is a tropical country, typhoons of different proportions frequented the area.

Climate in the Philippines is fairly simple to understand since it has only two and the months they occur are also equally divided between them. Life in the Philippines, even if poverty is an issue that never goes away, is plain, simple and manageable. This is the exact situation when the effects of climate change suddenly hit the country.

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Know Your Plastic Recycling Codes



Since we’re living in a plastic era and it seems that we’re far from getting over them, it is only logical to at least know the next best thing to save Mother Earth and that is reusing and recycling these plastics instead of making them each and everytime the need arises.

Have you ever wondered what went wrong when you visit a grocery store and aisle upon aisle, you see plastic containers and plastic what-not? This is because—to manufacturer’s delight–they are cheaper to make and can be very dependable to use. What they don’t know is that, plastics as we all know cannot be broken down for the next hundred years to come and it costs much more to recycle. Not to mention how it damages the environment further when it undergoes certain recycling steps that are still a subject of debate worldwide.

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Why You Don’t Need Bottled Water



Bottled water is no different than any other kind of water we use everyday but apparently, that fact didn’t stop people from buying the bottled kind. Every year, people have been buying bottled water in billions worldwide; in fact, manufacturers are still multiplying in numbers just to accommodate this apparent thirst for bottled water.

What started this craze is the notion that tap water is not safe for drinking hence the need to somehow sterilize it to kill everything that is harmful in there. Manufacturers quickly saw this opportunity and came up with the “safe” kind contained in a plastic bottle; to further make this statement clear, they sealed it for the “consumers’ safety”. However, environmentalists believe that it is only done for creating an illusion of safety; just think about all existing advertisements of clear, safe drinking water—this is the power of suggestion at work.

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Disposable Plastic Bags Anyone?



Plastic bags are nature’s number one enemy. A regular disposable plastic bag can last up to 1000 years in the face of the Earth and poses a great environmental hazard. Actually, nobody really knows if they indeed dissolve or they just stay that way forever. These bags are made to last a lifetime, they are durable and they will not break into any other form; that unfortunately, puts Mother Earth into a compromising position.

This is exactly why environmentalists move to ban disposable plastic bags from supermarkets and shops in hopes of wiping out plastic bags usage once and for all. Although there have been recycling efforts employed by the government, it seems that it’s never enough as compared to the actual amounts of plastic bags people use everyday. In the end, it will still depend on the choices we make and how we live our lives.

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