Blog Posts on filipino environmentalist

We cannot miss Al Gore in Manila by Filipino-Christian Blogger Ganns Deen on Apr 15, 2010Environmental advocate, Academy Award winner, and former US Vice President Al Gore will deliver a lecture titled "Al Gore: The Leader as Environmental Steward," an Asian version of his “An Inconvenient Truth,” which you might recall was his Acade...

I am voting for… by Filipino-Christian Blogger Ganns Deen on Mar 14, 2010If I vote for someone who does not deserve the presidency, and he becomes president, and delivers a terrible or lackluster performance because his track record and platform show it was destined for failure, I have become part of the problem, not the...

More Filipino cities adopt eco-friendly transportation by Filipino-Christian Blogger Ganns Deen on Nov 10, 2009In a nutshell: the Philippines is taking steps to reduce its carbon footprint. Here are two very tangible ways that local governments are trying to help save the planet. I must admit that it warms my heart to read this. Makati City is the latest to j...

I Don’t Care About Climate Change by Filipino-Christian Blogger Ganns Deen on Oct 15, 2009I don’t care about climate change it is not true that the earth may be dying it matters to me that water and energy are mine for the taking how foolish to think my lifestyle is contributing to the earth’s slow death i acknowledge that eve...

Green campaigns of Ayala & SM by Filipino-Christian Blogger Ganns Deen on Aug 10, 2009I can’t begin to tell you how happy I am that the SM Mals and the Ayala Malls are stepping up their commitment to the environment. SM Malls, for instance, has recently invested in biodegradable plastic shopping bags. While their Wednesday M.O.B...

Possible Metro Manila floodwater/stormwater solutions by Filipino-Christian Blogger Ganns Deen on Aug 6, 2009Earlier this morning, I had a chat with an old friend of mine from college. He recently finished his MBA in the United States, studying a host of architecture- and real estate-related subjects (obviously, I don’t remember what he specifically s...

If you have a bit to spare.. by Filipino-Christian Blogger Ganns Deen on Aug 2, 2009… you may want to help contribute to the Pasig river clean-up. Simply text GIVE [space] ILOG [space] [AMOUNT], then send to 2366 for Globe, Touch Mobile and Sun Cellular, or 231 for Smart and Talk & Text. Thanks for your help.

Packaging idiocy by Filipino-Christian Blogger Ganns Deen on Jul 17, 2009Thanks to a link from BrownPau, I learned that TreeHugger recently posted ten images of wasteful packaging. Ellen DeGeneres spoke about it in one of her stand-up routines, and I’ve had to deal with it so many times it drives me absolutely batty...

Exploring green roofs by Filipino-Christian Blogger Ganns Deen on Jul 17, 2009Yesterday, during my coffee time with Sen Manny Villar, I managed a brief conversation with his sons Mark and Paulo. I knew their father wouldn’t have enough time to listen to some amateur Filipino environmentalist talk about his pet project, s...

Carrotmob in the Philippines? by Filipino-Christian Blogger Ganns Deen on Jul 11, 2009I read about Carrotmob in an issue of Time Magazine, and I was instantly hooked. Such a simple concept, with such large repercussions for the environment! What is Carrotmob? In a nutshell, it’s a network of consumers who band together towards c...