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Masilungan by Sandwich

Bakit mo pinabayaan
Unti-unting nauubusan
Mga dahong nawawala
Hindi pa rin naniwala

[chorus]
Wala na tayong masilungan
Wala na tayong masilungan
Wala na tayong masilungan

Bakit di mo iningatan
Unti-unting nasugatan
Mga sangang napuputol
Pangakong nagkabuhul-buhol

[repeat chorus]

[bridge]
Bakit di mo pinaglaban
Mga munting ala-ala
Lahat tayo’y mababasa
Kapag ang langit ay biglang lumuha

[repeat chorus 2x]

[coda]
Wala na tayo…
Wala na tayo…
Wala na tayo…
Wala na tayo…
Wala na tayo…
Wala na tayo…
Wala na tayo…
Wala na tayo…

In my point of view, this song by a Filipino band, Sandwich, entitled Masilungan is about the lack of care of people for the earth or environment. In the song’s verses, it says that why didn’t we cared enough for our environment that our resources are slowly deteriorating that in time, we will have nothing to protect us from the heat of the sun, heavy rains, snows, etc.

My favorite line from the song: ‘Lahat tayo’y mababasa, kapag ang langit ay biglang lumuha’. It says that all of us will be wet when heaven cries. It tells us that when God had enough, he will punish us, people, for not taking care of what He gave us. Regardless of whom we are, rich people, poor people, good people, bad people, every one of us will be punished.

It is given that we need to use the resources in earth but we should also give something back to the environment for it to last. Think of it this way, we work hard for us to earn money; we cut trees to build houses; we use gas to run our cars. All this hard work we are doing will just be put to waste when the earth will totally be ruined and our world will end. All those hard work will be nothing. Your children will have nothing and all of us will only suffer because of our carelessness and not seeing the real problem, deteriorating environment. Most of the people think that with no money, we cannot live. That is we strive hard to earn money, to sustain our needs and to buy things. But it is not the only thing that can prevent us from living, when Mother Earth will have its revenge, all of us cannot escape from it.

We should always moderate all things. Work hard for ourselves and also for mother earth. SAVE MOTHER EARTH. J

Be Mindful of Our Waste

It is fun to have the newest cellular phones, laptops, PCs, and other electronic devices available in the market. Having those gadgets, did you ever think where and how your electronic devices will be processed after dumping them?

                An electronic gadget needs to be processed before turning it totally into waste. Since most of small scale to medium scale, which have a large percentage of the economic sector in the Philippines, does not undergo the proper disposing of e-wastes, most of the e-wastes are disposed improperly. Some are disposed in dumpsites and some to people who are recycling or getting parts from the gadgets. This has an effect on the environment and also to the people living near the area where e-wastes are not properly disposed.

                Manufacturing companies of such products should also be responsible on the proper disposing of their product or to make their products be environment friendly. One way to help the society to dispose properly e-wastes is to collect gadgets or electronic devices from the consumers. Nokia is doing this kind of collecting e-wastes. They have a box wherein people can put their old cellular phones, chargers, cellular phone batteries, etc. there so that they can also help the environment. In this way, e-wastes can be processed to be disposed properly or recycle it properly which is a big in preserving our environment. Also, Nokia and other producers of electronic devices like Sony, Samsung, and other manufacturing companies are committed in helping preserving the environment. They reduce the toxic components in some of their products.

Think of this, with many people using electronic devices, donating it to be recycled or to be disposed properly is a big help in saving Mother Nature. J

http://www.giswatch.org/country-report/philippines

Solid Waste Management Association of the Philippines

The Solid Waste Management Association of the Philippines (SWAPP) is a non-profit membership organization composed of solid waste practitioners from Local Government Units, National Government Agencies, Non-government organizations, and the Academe. Their primary purpose is to enhance the knowledge and skills of Solid Waste Management (SWM) practitioners in the country. SWAPP also provide services such as improvement of waste collection systems, conduction of solid waste management research, and many more. They also offer training and seminars to all those interested in SWM.

SWAPP plays an important in role in protecting the environment. From thereduction of the amount of garbage clogging the streets and polluting the environment to developing environmentally sound methods of handling garbage. 

Payatas Dumpsite

           Payatas is a dumpsite located in Quezon city.  The people live around that area makes sorting of garbage and selling recyclables as a source of income.

Mayor Herbert Bautista focuses on the safety of the Payatas residents and keeping the place clean. By this, the Payatas Disposal Facility rehabilitation program was made. This program improved the dumpsite’s operations and make the facility more safer and environment-friendly.

The city government also collaborated with Philippine National Oil Corporation (PNOC)-EC and set up a 100-kW Pilot Methane Power Plant which convert methane gas into electricity. They also signed an agreement with Italy-based environmental firm PANGEA Green Energy and its local counterpart for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The city government also collaborate with Holcim Cement for the Used Tire Retrieval Project. The used tires will be used as alternative fuel in the production of cement.

(Source:http://www.quezoncity.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=207%3Athe-payatas-dumpsite-from-tragedy-to-triumph&catid=66&Itemid=235)

RA 8749

[ Did you know? Now you know! t(^^,t) ]

Hello again, bloggers! I do hope that you are now more aware about our environment. After reading my first blog, have you done something? Did you take initiative? If yes, well done! Too bad for the others who don’t. Anyway, I’ve just read the Republic Act No. 8749 which is the PHILIPPINE CLEAN AIR ACT OF 1999 in which states in one section the right to breathe clean air [section4.a.] this law is quite long. Honestly, I can’t understand much in this article but I would like to emphasize the section20 in this article. I would like to call the attention of the traditional people who still don’t know of this. But the incinerator is banned since this law was approved. Sorry, but I could still see some that burns their trash along the streets or in their yard. I really don’t like it, it hurt people’s eyes and it’s hard to breathe! I could even see some of them burning plastics and Styrofoam. Don’t you know it is bad?!

Well, here is section 20 to inform you on this law.

“Ban on Incineration.- Incineration, hereby defined as the burning of municipal, biomedical and  hazardous waste, which process emits poisonous and toxic fumes is hereby prohibited; Provided, however,  That the prohibition shall not apply to traditional small-scale method of community/neighborhood sanitation “siga”, traditional, agricultural, cultural, health, and food preparation and crematoria; Provided, further, That  existing incinerators dealing with a biomedical wastes shall be out within three (3) years after the effectivity of this Act; Provided, finally, that in the interim, such units shall be limited to the burning of pathological and  infectious wastes, and subject to close monitoring by the Department.

Local government units are hereby mandated to promote, encourage and implement in their respective jurisdiction a comprehensive ecological waste management that includes waste segregation, recycling and composting.

With due concern on the effects of climate change, the Department shall promote the use of state-of-the-art,  environmentally-sound and safe non-burn technologies for the handling, treatment, thermal destruction,  utilization, and disposal of sorted, unrecycled, uncomposted, biomedical and hazardous wastes.”

I believe that local government should act on this matter. I don’t mean to sue your people, but educate them. Teach them the right way on disposal. Segregation on waste, biodegradable from non-biodegradable, recyclable from non-recyclable, and throw trash in the right places. These things are easy. We just have to discipline ourselves. We should be responsible enough on what we do. We are not kids anymore. We should set as an example as a citizen of our country. Not only to promote environmental awareness, but also our nationalism!

source: http://www.chanrobles.com/philippinecleanairact.htm#PHILIPPINE%20CLEAN%20AIR%20ACT%20OF%201999