Green Journal

As I write this blog entry, it has been two days already that we are working from home. The government has declared the lockdown of Metro Manila. Spending time at home provided much time to ponder and reflect on how fragile life can be. The work that we do, the daily routines that we do each day and the things that we take for granted are now looked upon with a different value. All of this has escalated quickly. We are unprepared at many levels. The 48 hours lead time since the declaration last Thursday of the community quarantine will be up in a few hours from now. Tomorrow will be the official start of the lockdown of Metro Manila until April 14, 2020. To combat anxiety and to be more productive, I will dedicate this time to do research and blog about what I learned in this space. The first article I am going to share with you is this - " Climate Change has lessons for Fighting the Corona Virus " by the New York Times. The article highlights the apathy or the inaction ag...

Maria Yzabell Angel V. Palma presents her AirDisc invention. This young Filipina inventor is working towards her dream to cool the world without the carbon foot print. Her invention does no use any refrigerant or hydrofluorocarbons. In an article by Philippine Star published about Yza Palma's AirDisc and how it works. AirDisc have a centrifugal compressor that uses rotating concentric air tanks with air inlets that continuously take in enough air molecules from a room for compression. The heat generated from the air compression is separated while the compressed air molecules with less heat are allowed to expand. This process effectively and continuously lowers the room temperature. She has been recognized world wide including the the International Federation of Inventors’ Association (IFIA). Read more here . I have been searching for role models for my own daughter who is in high school right now. This girl Yza could be an inspiration and a role model to all, across generatio...

This is the year 2020 and I have decided that from now on, I will dedicate this space to help our planet Earth for our future generations. This is Greta Thunberg. She is Time magazine's person of the year. I am inspired by her to act in my own small way to contribute to knowledge and increase awareness about climate change. For I belong to the current generation who have witnessed the effect of climate change. We have to do something about it for the future generation. No one is too small to make a difference.

A low cost solar lamp using coke bottles, distilled water and bleach. Visit this link a director's cut version of the story.

There’s this residential area near the university that seems to be intimately linked with the present existence. Just like the university, this subdivision – with its blocks of sprawling houses and quiet gated streets – has its way of intruding into one’s consciousness. If there’s a sense in describing oneself as haunting a place even if one is still very much alive, this is exactly how one would feel upon coming to an awareness of such encroachment. It’s like slowly realizing that one has been a sort of prisoner all these years, that no matter how many miles one has flown away from a certain point of origin, one’s life will ultimately be pulled back to gravitate around a few significant places. Yet, there’s also this sense of being set free from some drab view of the past, and being made to see such places and everything on it in a totally different light. Such were the thoughts that flitted through a weary mind as it came across this tree along one of the subdivision’s main streets....

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The other day I went to the market with my one year old. I brought along my re-usable canvass bag that I picked up from Geelong, Melbourne while attending the IMPAC conference in 2005. Then we also brought along our egg tray that we got from our HK trip. Its a mountain kitchen accessory that is used to put eggs when you camp out. Actually you can use it when you go to the market. This yellow egg tray can carry a dozen eggs safely. I am happy to use my cloth bags going to market. I do not want to use any more plastic bags. The thing is I need to buy fish and the vendor had to put it in a plastic bag. Maybe in the future we will be made to bring our own reusable containers for such purchases in our local "palengke" (market). Then I found this interesting article in one of my e-groups and decided it earns merit to post it here. Soon!!! there will be no more plastic yehey!!! ************ Plastic bags facing restrictions around the world Agence France-Presse First Posted 19:20:00 ...