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TITLE: Prayer For The Philippines

AUTHOR: The Philippines Magazine International

DATE: July 29, 2023

KEY CONTENT:
Flood season in the Philippines doesn't hinder the joy and hope that their heart brings. Despite the ongoing challenge Filipinos face, resiliency and unity still empower them to recover and survive amidst suffering. This context further proves that with unity, climate action is just as possible as surviving any challenge brought by climate change.

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Prayers for The Philippines Flood Season: Uniting in Resilience and Joy Amidst Adversity In the face of one of the most challenging flood seasons in recent memory, the Filipino spirit remains unwavering, with joy in their hearts and smiles on their faces. As the waters rise, hundreds of thousands of…

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TITLE: What is Climate Change?

AUTHOR: Emma Vanstone

DATE: June 13, 2019

KEY CONTENT:
Climate change, primarily caused by human activities like burning fossil fuels, deforestation, and industrial processes, is a global issue causing greenhouse gas emissions. It leads to rising global temperatures, severe heatwaves, changing precipitation patterns, intense storms, melting ice caps, and threatening coastal communities and ecosystems. It also disrupts ecosystems, threatening biodiversity and agriculture. Addressing this complex problem requires global cooperation, reducing emissions, transitioning to renewable energy sources, and adapting to the ongoing changes.

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TITLE: Impact of climate change: How global warming affects us | WION Climate Tracker | Latest English News

AUTHOR: WION

DATE: April 1, 2022

KEY CONTENT:
This news segment informs its audience about the impacts of climate change, how global warming affects us, and the rising temperatures and human health.

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https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-heat-cause-global-warming-3d7d0ee31e022aab535adf57b54618ac

TITLE: Climate change made July hotter for almost every human on Earth

AUTHOR: Seth Borenstein

DATE: August 2, 2023

KEY CONTENT:
The findings from this recent study, as reported in the article, paint a concerning picture of the global impact of human-caused global warming. It's alarming to note that a staggering four out of every five people on Earth experienced hotter July temperatures due to climate change. The fact that over 2 billion individuals face increased warmth on a daily basis underscores the pervasive nature of this issue.

The report from Climate Central further emphasizes the scale of the problem, revealing that a staggering 81% of the world's population, totaling more than 6.5 billion people, have encountered days where climate change significantly affected their daily temperatures. These statistics underscore the immediate need for global efforts to combat climate change and reduce its profound impact on people's lives and well-being.

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Human-caused global warming made July hotter for four out of five people on Earth, with more than 2 billion people feeling climate change-boosted warmth daily, according to a flash study.

More than 6.5 billion people, or 81% of the world's population, sweated through at least one day where climate change had a significant effect on the average daily temperature, according to a new report issued Wednesday by Climate Central, a science nonprofit that has figured a way to calculate how much climate change has affected daily weather.

"We really are experiencing climate change just about everywhere," said Climate Central Vice President for Science Andrew Pershing.

Researchers looked at 4,711 cities and found climate change fingerprints in 4,019 of them for July, which other scientists said is the hottest month on record. The new study calculated that the burning of coal, oil and natural gas had made it three times more likely to be hotter on at least one day in those cities. In the U.S., where the climate effect was largest in Florida, more than 244 million people felt greater heat due to climate change during July.

For 2 billion people, in a mostly tropical belt across the globe, climate change made it three times more likely to be hotter every single day of July. Those include the million-person cities of Mecca, Saudi Arabia and San Pedro Sula, Honduras.

The day with the most widespread climate-change effect was July 10, when 3.5 billion people experienced extreme heat that had global warming's fingerprints, according to the report. That's different than the hottest day globally, which was July 7, according to the University of Maine's Climate Reanalyzer.

The study is not peer-reviewed, the gold standard for science, because the month just ended. It is based on peer-reviewed climate fingerprinting methods that are used by other groups and are considered technically valid by the National Academy of Sciences. Two outside climate scientists told The Associated Press that they found the study to be credible.

More than a year ago Climate Central developed a measurement tool called the Climate Shift Index. It calculates the effect, if any, of climate change on temperatures across the globe in real time, using European and U.S. forecasts, observations and computer simulations. To find if there is an effect, the scientists compare recorded temperatures to a simulated world with no warming from climate change and it's about 2 degrees (1.2 degrees Celsius) cooler to find out the chances that the heat was natural.

"By now, we should all be used to individual heat waves being connected to global warming," said Princeton University climate scientist Gabriel Vecchi, who wasn't part of the study. "Unfortunately, this month, as this study elegantly shows, has given the vast majority of people on this planet a taste of global warming's impact on extreme heat."

In the United States, 22 U.S. cities had at least 20 days when climate change tripled the likelihood of extra heat, including Miami, Houston, Phoenix, Tampa, Las Vegas and Austin.

The U.S. city most affected by climate change in July was Cape Coral, Florida, which saw fossil fuels make hotter temperatures 4.6 times more likely for the month and had 29 out of 31 days where there was a significant climate change fingerprint.

The farther north in the United States, the less of a climate effect was seen in July. Researchers found no significant effect in places like North Dakota and South Dakota, Wyoming, northern California, upstate New York and parts of Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Heat waves in the U.S. Southwest, the Mediterranean and even China have gotten special analysis by World Weather Attribution finding a climate change signal, but places like the Caribbean and Middle East are having huge climate change signals and not getting the attention, Pershing said. Unlike the other study, this one looked at the entire globe.

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Climate change made July hotter for almost every human on Earth

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A new quick study finds that human-caused global warming made July hotter for four out of five people on Earth.

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URL:
https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/03/24/2254057/93-pinoys-experienced-impact-climate-change-sws

TITLE: 93% of Pinoys experienced impact of climate change – SWS

AUTHOR: Janvic Mateo

DATE: March 24, 2023

KEY CONTENT:
The findings from the Social Weather Stations (SWS) poll, mentioned in the article, shed light on the widespread impact of climate change on Filipinos. It's striking that a staggering 93% of respondents indicated they had experienced some degree of influence from climate change in just the past three years. The survey's breakdown further reveals that a significant 69% reported either considerable or severe impacts, emphasizing the gravity of the issue.

These statistics underscore the urgency for initiatives like the Davao City Climate Change Committee's efforts to build climate-resilient communities. With climate change affecting such a large majority of Filipinos, it's evident that proactive measures are crucial to mitigate its effects and ensure the well-being of the population. This poll serves as a stark reminder of the pressing need for climate action and adaptation at both local and national levels.

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Janvic Mateo - The Philippine Star

MANILA, Philippines - Nine in every 10 Filipinos have personally experienced the impacts of climate change in the past three years, a survey conducted by Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed.

Results of the Dec. 10 to 14 survey released on Thursday showed that 93 percent of respondents said they experienced little to severe impact of climate change.

Some 17 percent said they experienced severe impact, 52 percent moderate and 24 percent little impact. Only six percent said they did not experience the impact of climate change in the past three years.

Compared to a similar survey conducted by SWS in 2017, the overall number of those who said they experienced the impact of climate change increased by six points from 87 percent (20 percent severe, 42 percent moderate and 25 percent little).

Awareness of climate change also increased from 74 percent in 2017 to 81 percent in the December 2022 survey.

Some 76 percent of the respondents believed that humanity could do something to stop or slow down climate change if everyone really tried, while 23 percent said it is beyond humanity's control.

A large majority of 88 percent also agreed that people like themselves can do something to reduce climate risk.

Solutions

Most of the respondents in the recent survey are aware of various solutions that can be taken to reduce the impact of climate change, including saving energy (95 percent), planting trees in the right places and protecting forests (95 percent) and walking, cycling or taking public transportation (93 percent), reducing, reusing, repairing and recycling (91 percent) and throwing away less food (86 percent).

SWS then asked those who were aware of each solution if their family does them to reduce the impact of climate change.

Engagement was highest in terms of saving energy (88 percent doing, seven percent might do, four percent does not do), followed by walking, cycling or taking public transportation (81 percent doing, 13 percent might, six percent not).

It was followed by throwing away less food (75 percent doing, 14 percent might, 11 percent not), reducing, reusing, repairing and recycling (74 percent doing, 17 percent might, eight percent not) and planting trees and protecting forests (63 percent doing, 24 percent might, 13 percent not).

The survey had 1,200 adult respondents and an error margin of plus/minus 2.8 percent.

El Niño by Q3

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said that there is an increased probability of El Niño phenomenon setting in by the third quarter this year.

PAGASA has raised the alert level to El Niño Watch as the probability of occurrence has reached 55 percent or more.

El Niño will likely develop from July to September 2023, following a transition from the current neutral conditions in the phenomenon's southern oscillation.

Ana Solis, chief of PAGASA climate prediction and monitoring section, said that recent conditions show that the El Niño phenomenon could last until the first few months of 2024.

El Niño, which increases the likelihood of below-normal rainfall conditions, is characterized by unusually warmer than average sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific.

The phenomenon could bring negative impacts such as dry spells and droughts in some areas of the country, with forecasters expecting early impact on Visayas and Mindanao.

PAGASA administrator Vincent Malano urged farmers and government agencies to prepare and get ready for the possible adverse effects of El Niño.

Caritas for renewable

Meanwhile, Caritas Philippines vowed to work for Catholic schools and church buildings to shift to the use of renewable energy.

In a statement issued yesterday, Caritas Philippines and Social Action Network committed itself into working toward eight goals in line with its call to "Declare Climate Emergency Now of the Rights of Nature (RoN) Movement."

Since 1988 the Catholic Church has already been saying that the country was in peril and asked the government and civic and church leaders to save our "beautiful land." However, 35 years later, they are still making the same appeal.

Over the years, the country has seen and experienced the effects of climate change such as the rise in sea levels three times the world average, destruction of naturally rich ecosystems, and forests steadily vanishing. Typhoons, while less in number, have become more destructive.

"We cannot be business as usual. While we have institutionalized programs on agroecology, invested millions in natural farming, and strengthened our advocacies on environmental protection, we feel that these are still not enough. More intentional and synodal actions need to be in place to mitigate climate impacts, especially in vulnerable communities," the group said. -Romina Cabrera, Evelyn Macairan

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URL:
https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1970695/davao/local-news/davao-city-reconstitutes-climate-change-committee

TITLE: Davao City reconstitutes climate change committee

PUBLISHER: SunStar Davao

DATE: August 24, 2023

KEY CONTENT:
This strategic move demonstrates the city's commitment to addressing pressing environmental challenges. By reconstituting the Climate Change Committee, the government aims to lead the way in fostering environmental responsibility and ensuring the long-term prosperity of Davao City. This initiative reflects a proactive stance in the face of climate change and underscores the importance of local action in building a sustainable future.

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Previously based on Executive Order No. 47 series of 2021, An Order Creating the Davao City Climate Change Committee, the member offices of the body are Davao City Planning and Development Office, City Disaster Risk Management and Reduction Office, City Health Office, City Engineer's Office City Agriculturist Office, City Veterinarian's Office, City Transport and Traffic Management Office, Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental Management Bureau 11, Davao City Water District, Davao Light and Power Company and Interface Development Interventions for Sustainability and two representatives from the academe.

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Davao City reconstitutes climate change committee

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TO CONTINUE the implementation of the 2019-2023 Local Climate Change Action Plan, which aims to secure the city's development gains and sustainability efforts a

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URL:
https://youtu.be/cet5TTcCY8Y?si=OztVHDD5XPirWR2B

TITLE: What will happen if we fail to meet the 2030 climate change deadline? | Need to Know

AUTHOR: GMA Integrated News

DATE: May 5, 2021

KEY CONTENT:
"2030, kailangang mapigilan ang patuloy na pagtaas ng temperatura sa mundo," warned by experts and scientists.

This documentary discussed the possible failure to meet the climate action deadline, which is the year 2030. It also tackled the importance of renewable energy in order to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

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What will happen if we fail to meet the 2030 climate change deadline? | Need to Know

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URL:
https://youtu.be/dcBXmj1nMTQ?si=oyyoTf8UtRSqIr6_

TITLE: What is Climate Change? | Start Here

AUTHOR: Al Jazeera English

DATE: December 1, 2019

KEY CONTENT:

This video tackles many different points here. First, she tackled the basic scientific explanation of what climate change really is. She also discussed the possible reasons scientists say there's a 95% chance that human activity is the cause of climate change. She also emphasized some sub-topics related to climate change, which are the greenhouse effect, sea levels, and, of course, its impacts.

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URL:
https://youtu.be/PFbN9m5oko4?si=BByQNqsl-3MNFDOJ

TITLE: Global Forum on Climate Change, gipahigayon sa Davao City

AUTHOR: PTV Davao

DATE: January 17, 2020

KEY CONTENT:
Different agencies of the government and private sectors attended the Global Forum on Climate Change that was held in the city of Davao. The environmental volunteer group led the forum in order to find a solution to the usage of plastics. They also campaigned against the throwing of garbage anywhere.

This forum was in partnership with the United Nations to inform the people that there is a current challenge in GPGP or the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

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Global Forum on Climate Change, gipahigayon sa Davao City

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URL:
https://bookshop.iseas.edu.sg/publication/2360

TITLE: The Future of Philippine Agriculture under a Changing Climate: Policies, Investments and Scenarios

Editors/Authors: Mark W. Rosegrant & Mercedita A. Sombilla

DATE: 2018

KEY CONTENT:
This book covers these significant challenges, concentrating on strengthening the agricultural sector's capacity for adaptation in the Philippines. Its goal is to give decision-makers and policy-makers the much-needed knowledge foundation and menu of policy alternatives they need to make informed decisions about agriculture, climate change, and food security. The volume provides a scientific basis for a variety of adaptation solutions under various sets of climate change scenarios to assist decision-makers in strategic planning and policy formation. It does this by utilizing newly obtained data, modeling outputs, and creative analyses.

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URL:
https://www.lopezgroup.org/lopez-csr/environment/communities-depend-on-mangroves-vice-versa

TITLE: Communities Depend on Mangroves, Vice Versa

AUTHOR: Lopez Group Foundation

DATE: March 21, 2022

KEY CONTENT:
Like rainforests and coral reefs, wetlands are among the world's most prolific ecosystems. They serve as a carbon sink, provide flood and storm mitigation, supply water, enhance the quality of the water, provide habitat for biodiversity and endangered species, and support local economies and recreational activities.

Mangroves are a form of coastal wetland that falls under this category. Wetlands and mangroves are not considered to be of high importance in comparison to other ecosystems in some parts of the world, despite the acknowledged ability of these places to contribute to the world's way of life. These places are, therefore, extremely susceptible to being destroyed by pollution, aquaculture, land conversion, and other projects. But luckily, they defend the preservation and protection of these resources for a community in Batangas.

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https://denr.gov.ph/index.php/news-events/press-releases/4632-loyzaga-bats-for-localized-data-to-fight-climate-change-impacts?highlight=WyJjbGltYXRlIiwiY2hhbmdlIiwiaW4iLCJtaW5kYW5hbyIsIm1pbmRhbmFvJ3MiLCJjbGltYXRlIGNoYW5nZSIsImNsaW1hdGUgY2hhbmdlIGluIiwiY2hhbmdlIGluIiwiaW4gbWluZGFuYW8iXQ==

Title: LOYZAGA BATS FOR LOCALIZED DATA TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS

Author: Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)

Date: November 15, 2022

Key Content:
Maria Antonia Yulo Loyzaga, the Philippines' environment secretary, said that efforts are being made to collect and analyze data in order to understand better how climate change is affecting every province and region in the country.

According to Loyzaga, it is imperative that the nation have readily available, reliable localized climatic data so that localities may better prepare for climate change and its effects.

Decision-makers in the public and corporate sectors can develop successful strategies and policies for coping with climate change with the use of localized data.

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https://open.spotify.com/episode/08Ks0HCUPTZpJoS7YrCg6T?si=i9uosJ-VSuSeCcZ9iUNnNw

Title: Episode 6: Philippine Earth Day 2021

Speaker: Ms. Sittie Carima Rengia is joined by Ms. Monique Angelie C. Alfeche

Date: April 22, 2021

Key Content:
This podcast discusses the celebration of Philippine Earth Month 2021 and addressing the negative impact of Climate Change and Global Warming.

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URL:
https://youtu.be/dsbkkmQG0KM?si=c4x3GADyj1EWBWBI

Title: Indigenous youth in Mindanao, Philippines: What is climate action really about?

Author: ecojesuit

Date: March 12, 2021

Key Content:
March and September 2019, Indigenous youth leaders, students and staff of the Apu Palamguwan Cultural Education Centre (APC) in Mindanao, Philippines engaged in climate action activities in solidarity with the Global Climate Strikes, where they shared their cultural values and practices that contribute to climate change mitigation.

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https://www.climatelinks.org/sites/default/files/asset/document/2017_Climate%20Change%20Risk%20Profile_Philippines.pdf

Title: Climate change risk profile Philippines

Author: (USAID) United States Agency for International Development

Date:  February 8, 2017

Key Content:
This profile provides an overview of climate risk issues in the Philippines, including how climate change will potentially impact agriculture, water, energy, coastal ecosystems, infrastructure/services and human health.

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https://jayna.usfca.edu/asia-pacific-perspectives/pdfs/2-tribe-climate-change-impacts-on-philippine-communities.pdf

Title: Climate Change Impacts on Philippine Communities: An Overview of the Current Literature and Policies

Author: HEATHER TRIBE, M.P.C.S., UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO

Date: Spring/Summer 2018

Key Content:
This paper aims to explore the impacts of industries and climate change on communities in the Philippines.

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URL:
https://fb.watch/nbZE39B7P4/

Title:
Crazy Rich Oceans

Author: Pulsong Atenista

Date: January 27, 2022

Key Content:
"Mitzi Jonelle Tan, a climate justice activist from Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines, invites you aboard as we help bring the microplastic issue to the shore.

YACAP is an alliance of individuals & youth formations that advocates for immediate, youth-led, and collective global climate action, climate justice, defense of environmental defenders, and system change."

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“This whole conversation around microplastics, and plastic crisis in general, has to be connected to the systemic change that we are demanding for.” 👩‍🌾... | By Pulsong Atenista | Facebook

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“This whole conversation around microplastics, and plastic crisis in general, has to be connected to the systemic change that we are demanding for.” 👩‍🌾...

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URL: https://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/2019/summer/two-poems-philippines-marjorie-evasco

Title: Farol de Combate

Author: Marjorie Evasco

Date: 2019

Key Content:
In the first part, it talked about how her town's environment was in a bad state.

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Farol de Combate

This is how, while darkness
drew my profile with its little finger
I have learned to see past as Montale saw it,
The obscure thoughts of God descending among a child's drum beats,
over you, over me, over the lemon trees. - Ilya Kaminsky, "Praise"
I.

Mituwak na tuod ang uwan ug gianinaw ko
Ang kagabhion nga miasdang sa among lungsod.

Sa akong gipasilongan dinhi sa payag pahuwayan
Taliwa sa kabungturan, nakita kong gihiwa ang daang

Mangga sa dakong kilat nga mikanap sa kasadpan,
Gigukod sa nagdagan nga daugdog sa kasingkasing

Sa diwata sa kalikopan nga mibati'g kakulba-hinam
Sa panag-tagbo sa alisngaw sa huwaw ug sa bunok

Sa uwan, dala sa amihan karong ikasiyam nga buwan
Sa akong pagbalik sa akong naandan nga pinulongan.

II.

Mopauli ko sa akong banay, dala kining bungahoy
Gikan sa bukid nga akong gitamnan ug kalian-laing

Kahibulongang kahoy nga akong nahimamat dihang
Milangyaw sa ubang dapit sa gatuyok nga kalibotan:

Maalimyong peras, lunhaw ug lipaghong ang aping,
Masidlakong limon, dalag ug makapapas sa kauhaw

Sa ting-init. Tadlason ko ang karaang sementeryo
Diin ang akong kaliwat gapahuway sa kagabhion.

Dili nako sila pukawon sa ilang hingpit nga katulog,
Kay sama nila, lumalabay usab ako ning kalibutana.

III.

Didto sa kilid sa atabay nga gikubkob sa akong apohan,
Nahibaw kong gidan-agan na og usa ka farol de combate

Ang akong dalan padulong sa among pinuy-anan,
Nagtamod sa kinaunhang balaod sa panag-silingan:

Tabangan ang usa'g usa kutob sa mahimo sa inadlaw-
Adlawng buhat, kay kon mapawong ang suga sa gabii

Lagmit mapandol o madalin-as ang lumalabay, basin
Unyag mahulog sa atabay sa kadaghanan, mamatay.

Inig labay unya nako sa atabay, motimbag moinum,
Pasalamat sa silingang midaig sa farol sa kinabuhi.

Farol de Combate

I.

The rain falls lighter now and I gaze
At the dark descended onto our town.

From this mountain shelter I saw
The old mango tree struck down

By fierce lightning from the east,
Thunder rumbling in the heart

Of the guardian of the land, who thrills
To the meeting of the drought's last sigh

With rush of rain brought by the northerlies
This ninth month of my return to my language.

II.

I will go home to my people, bringing fruits
From hills I had planted to marvelous trees

I had met in my travels in other lands
On this revolving earth: fragrant pears,

Their fresh flushed cheeks, bright lemons,
Yellow and thirst-quenching in hot season.

I will go across the town's old cemetery
Where my ancestors sleep in edgeless night.

I will not wake them in their supreme repose,
I am transient like them, simply passing through.

III.

I trust that beside the well which had been dug
By my elders, a storm lamp had been placed,

Lighting up the path toward home, the lamp-
Lighter minding the first law of neighborliness:

To help one another as best as one can in daily
acts of living, for if the lamp were put out, unlit,

Someone passing by might stumble or slide,
Fall into the neighborhood well and die.

When I pass by the well I will draw water and drink,
Give thanks to my unseen neighbor for the light.
Translation from Balak sa Binisayà
By the author
Pollen
for Corazon Jamero-Logarta This is the time when the spirit has no need of teeth,
and in the time it takes pollen to light,
the wild world tames us . . .
- Linda Hogan, "Gentling the Human"

In the space of a fortnight a nasty cough
took lodgings in my lungs, I curled fern-
like in bed, not to sleep, but to keep awake
to the motions of poetry throwing filaments
of light, the way a resident spider brings
bright symmetries to being from its almost-
invisible body. These slow motions the orange
jasmine in the front garden also musters
out of its two-and-a-half foot trunk, shivering
in the wake of the northerlies blown across
the steppes of Siberia to Southeast Asia, as if
it knows near blossoming time has come,
its clusters of white already in the arc of dream,
the gold flecks riding on that morning fragrance
of sun, or on the legs of a drunken worker bee.
It is possible to sense this now a chrysalis,
the gathering strength needing the full dark
softness from which to unfurl, bear new fire.

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Two Poems from the Philippines, by Marjorie Evasco

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URL: https://fb.watch/mVzCuVFnnW/

Title: Beach Forest 101 Webinar Series Episode 2

Author: Forester Marito Barillo

Date: May 6, 2021

Key Content:
Talked about how to plant mangroves

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ZSL - Mangrove and Beach Forest Rehabilitation and Conservation was live.

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URL: https://rsso11.psa.gov.ph/article/psa-davao-de-oro-conducts-tree-planting-activity

Title: PSA Davao de Oro Conducts Tree Planting Activity

Author: Philippine Statistics Authority Region XI

Date: September 21, 2022

Key Content:
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Davao de Oro sponsored a tree planting operation in Barangay Linoan, Montevista, aiming to raise public awareness about tree planting, environmental care, and climate change mitigation, while also improving soil and biodiversity.

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15 September 2022 - MONTEVISTA. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Davao de Oro conducted the tree planting activity at Barangay Linoan, Montevista last 15 September 2022. The said activity was conducted as part of the celebration of the 9 th founding anniversary of PSA. The event was participated by the regular and contract of service workers (COSWs) of the provincial office, headed by the new Officer-in-Charge (OIC) Supervising Statistical Specialist (SSS) Nova P. Vicente.

The annual tree planting activity is an initiative of the provincial office in helping to raise awareness to the public on the importance of planting and saving trees, expressing concern for the environment, and minimize the unfavorable effects of climate change. Planting trees can increase the resilience of ecosystems and buy people and governments time to adapt to changing conditions. Planting native seedlings in ecologically appropriate areas can also counteract soil and biodiversity loss and improve human well-being. The activity was made possible in coordination with the Municipal Environment and Natural Office (MENRO) of Montevista, which has sent personnel to guide and help in facilitating the participants.

The PSA is committed to extending its services to the community in achieving the goals of sustainable development for all.

For more information on the PSA Davao de Oro Tree Planting Activity, please contact the Statistical Operation and Coordination Section (SOCS) with telephone numbers (084) 817-0347 and (084) 817-0347, and email address psa.davaodeoro@yahoo.com.

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PSA Davao de Oro Conducts Tree Planting Activity

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15 September 2022 - MONTEVISTA. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Davao de Oro conducted the tree planting activity at Barangay Linoan, Montevista last 15 September 2022. The said activity was conducted as part of the celebration of the 9 th founding anniversary of PSA.