Sabado, Marso 24, 2012
Introduction
Trash on
our beaches and in our waterways isn’t just unsightly – it’s also potentially
dangerous to marine life and in some cases harmful to water quality. Trash doesn’t fall from the sky, it falls
from human hands. And human hands have the power to stop it.
As
the Philippine Constitution, enacted the Republic Act 911 or the Garbage
Disposal Policy together with the reinforced power of some agencies such as
DENR - CENRO, BFAR, DA, and DOH, such rules and regulations were then imposed
for a strong and effective policy. Prior to this, various situations are then
bombarded in our environment due to the immoral and unethical activities of the
people, such as improper garbage disposal. On the other hand, we, the Bio –
Catalysts are just concerned of what our environment is experiencing, thus, we
were then able to conduct a small yet a very successful coastal clean-up last
17th day of March, 2012 at Barangay Bula, General Santos City.
This
blog is made to show that we, first year Bachelor of Secondary Education major in
Biology can help to preserve and protect our nature and to make a history. We
are aiming for a better world where anyone can live safely and everyone can
enjoy the sea. So, for us to do this, we should change, for change stars with ourselves
not from others.
Team Profile
Group Profile
We are composed of four members,
all are first years taking up Bachelor of Secondary Education major in Biology
and we are also block mates.
Individual Profile
NAME:
Hannah Jane Belmonte
AGE: 18
ADDRESS: Purok Lily of the
Valley, Calumpang, GSC
LIKES: eating, sleeping, and
listening to music, watching movies, playing with cat and dogs.
DISLIKES: noise,
crowds, annoying people
VENTURES: cooking, writing,
reading, drawing
GOALS IN LIFE: to know more about
God, travel in different places, build my own foundation, donate to
charities, to design and have my own house, to have my own hospital, treat my
parents, relatives and friends with my own earnings.
NAME: Rodel Alo
BIRTH DATE:
AGE:
ADDRESS:
LIKES:
DISLIKES:
VENTURES:
GOALS IN LIFE: to graduate in tertiary
and aim to have a prosper career.
NAME:
Precious Joy Canuto
BIRTH DATE: February 18, 1995
AGE: 17
ADDRESS: First Block Casuga
Subdivision, Tacurong City
LIKES: books and Korean movies
DISLIKES: noisy and irritating
places and persons
VENTURES: cooking, writing,
editing
GOALS IN LIFE: to be a
missionary, learn Korean language, go to Korea, finish my studies and to help
people of this country.
NAME: Venus
Jane Ugmares
BIRTH DATE: October 19, 1994
AGE: 17
ADDRESS: Jose Abad Santos, Davao
del Sur
LIKES: kind people, cleaning
DISLIKES: Naughty, boastful,
dishonest, lazy, do not know how to respect.
VENTURES: cooking, dancing
GOALS IN LIFE: To finish my study
and to help those people who are in need, especially my family.
Overview of the Topic
Coastal Clean-up is an act that is a
big help for our environment nowadays. Many associations and groups are
conducting this said activity all over the world. The biggest coastal clean-up
that happens every year is the International Coastal Clean-up Day.
The said activity are done by us
because we observed that our sea shores are really dirty especially on those
places that can be consider as a squatters area. This blog is made to show that we, first year Bachelor
of Secondary Education major in Biology can help to preserve and protect our
nature and to make a history. We are aiming for a better world where anyone can
live safely and everyone can enjoy the sea.
This Coastal
Clean-up Project serves not just simply a project but also a practiced for us,
students, to be aware of the environment's condition and to set up an action in
order to alleviate some environmental problems.
Objective
This
coastal clean-up isn't just about cleaning the sea shore, it is also pollution
prevention. People must be made aware that there will be no trashes to pick if
people in the first place will not throw wastes especially the
non-biodegradable ones anywhere much less on the sea shore where the waves will
wash the wastes to the sea. This coastal clean-up will is not only made
to clean the sea shore but it is also made to show that we should volunteer in
helping our environment. More so, it will show that volunteer-ism activity when
properly managed could play a vital role in addressing environmental issues,
pollution prevention and human development in general.
Significance of the Activity
The significance of this project is to save our nature especially the sea, because it is one of the sources in getting food and livelihood. Through this project, it will edify them that we should value and at least maintain cleanliness, not just for the sake of environment but also, to the people who will benefited from it.
Methodology
The said activity was done
collaboratively with unity and cooperation. These are the following we had
done:
I.
Discussion
of the Project
a.
Suggestion
of places
b.
Different
ways to be applied on the subject
c.
Setting
up of schedule
d.
Making
of request letter
e.
Visit
the place
II.
Approval
of the Letter
a.
Approach
a barangay official for confirmation
b.
Asking
for assistance
III.
Project
Proper
a.
Setting
up a meeting place and time
b.
Preparation
of the tools
c.
Start
of coastal clean-up
d.
(documentation)
Picture – taking for documentation
Schedule of Activities
March 9, 2012 - Discussing what to do and where will be the area.
March 10, 2012 - Asking for permission and inquiring the barangay secretary.
March 15 2012 - Sending of letter of request.
March 16, 2012 - Letter of request approved.
March 17, 2012
8:00-9:00 am - Waiting time at Queen Tuna Park, General Santos City.
9:00-10:00 am - Going to Barangay Bula's barangay hall and asking for assistance.
10:00-10:30 am - Going to the area.
11:00-1:00 pm - Cleaning the area.
March 10, 2012 - Asking for permission and inquiring the barangay secretary.
March 15 2012 - Sending of letter of request.
March 16, 2012 - Letter of request approved.
March 17, 2012
8:00-9:00 am - Waiting time at Queen Tuna Park, General Santos City.
9:00-10:00 am - Going to Barangay Bula's barangay hall and asking for assistance.
10:00-10:30 am - Going to the area.
11:00-1:00 pm - Cleaning the area.
Topical Content
to see the topical contents, please click the links posted below:
RELATED LITERATURE:
- http://blds.ids.ac.uk/cf/opaccf/detailed.cfm?RN=226601
- http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_18919767
- http://www.syvjournal.com/archive/6/39/2918/
- http://saveourbeach.org/Press/Press.html
- http://www.prrm.org/news/coastal-clean-up.html
- http://www.jamentrust.org/en/index.php?option=com_eventlist&view=categoryevents&id=1&Itemid=50
- http://www.questia.com/library/book/marine-tourism-development-impacts-and-management-by-mark-orams.jsp
- http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/content/article/10.1680/icien.1999.132.5.12
- http://php.delawareonline.com/blog/allgreentome/labels/coast.html
- http://www.oceanconservancy.org/
VIDEOS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKPx6QUlzsE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HayZ1Hn2-4M
Us, during the coastal clean-up :))
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RELATED LITERATURE:
- http://blds.ids.ac.uk/cf/opaccf/detailed.cfm?RN=226601
- http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_18919767
- http://www.syvjournal.com/archive/6/39/2918/
- http://saveourbeach.org/Press/Press.html
- http://www.prrm.org/news/coastal-clean-up.html
- http://www.jamentrust.org/en/index.php?option=com_eventlist&view=categoryevents&id=1&Itemid=50
- http://www.questia.com/library/book/marine-tourism-development-impacts-and-management-by-mark-orams.jsp
- http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/content/article/10.1680/icien.1999.132.5.12
- http://php.delawareonline.com/blog/allgreentome/labels/coast.html
- http://www.oceanconservancy.org/
VIDEOS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKPx6QUlzsE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HayZ1Hn2-4M
Us, during the coastal clean-up :))
PICTURES:
Conclusion/Generalization
Keeping the environment clean and green does not only contributes to the
wellness of the environment itself but also it affects the people that were
involved in it. We, as the inhabitants of this world should learn how to
appreciate the benefits that we get from it and above all, we should stop
abusing and exploiting our natural resources and let's keep in mind that it is
our reservoir of raw materials that we need in our daily living.
This Coastal Clean-up
Project serves not just simply a project but also a practiced for us, students,
to be aware of the environment's condition and to set up an action in order to
alleviate some environmental problems. The said project was a success with the
participation of the officials in the barangay and also some of the people who
helped in lending us some materials that we needed and the efforts of the
students and most especially to the opportunity that was given by our Ed Sci
126 adviser, Dr. Ava Clare Marie O. Robles.
Trivia's & Games :))
Trivia:
1. In America, an average child will use between 8 -10,000 disposable diapers ($2,000 worth) before being potty trained. Each year parents and babysitters dispose of about 18 billion of these items. In the United States alone these single-use items consume nearly 100,000 tons of plastic and 800,000 tons of tree pulp. We will pay an average of $350 million annually to deal with their disposal. Plastic does not biodegrade; these diapers will still be in the landfill 300 years from now.
2. We throw away more than 60 million plastic bottles a day.
3.A cigarette butt that entered the ocean in 1986, starts to decompose in 1991 which is five years after.
4. A Styrofoam cup that enters the ocean decomposes only after eighteen years while it takes fifty years for a tin can to decompose.
5. If one thinks it is shocking to know that it takes 450 years for a plastic bottle that enters the sea to decompose, wait till he is informed that it takes one million years for a glass bottle that enters the ocean to decompose.
You can play games all about garbage in this site. Check it out! ;)
http://www.fupa.com/games/1/garbage.html
1. In America, an average child will use between 8 -10,000 disposable diapers ($2,000 worth) before being potty trained. Each year parents and babysitters dispose of about 18 billion of these items. In the United States alone these single-use items consume nearly 100,000 tons of plastic and 800,000 tons of tree pulp. We will pay an average of $350 million annually to deal with their disposal. Plastic does not biodegrade; these diapers will still be in the landfill 300 years from now.
2. We throw away more than 60 million plastic bottles a day.
3.A cigarette butt that entered the ocean in 1986, starts to decompose in 1991 which is five years after.
4. A Styrofoam cup that enters the ocean decomposes only after eighteen years while it takes fifty years for a tin can to decompose.
5. If one thinks it is shocking to know that it takes 450 years for a plastic bottle that enters the sea to decompose, wait till he is informed that it takes one million years for a glass bottle that enters the ocean to decompose.
You can play games all about garbage in this site. Check it out! ;)
http://www.fupa.com/games/1/garbage.html
Gallery
We should start cleaning with OURSELVES...
A green planet, means a brighter Future.
May it be everyone's motto.
For a better future.
It is the sea and the shore @ Bula.
A post that you can see when you enter Barangay Bula's barangay hall.
We can see the garbage that are thrown away by the citizens.
A boat parked near the sea shore.
Student Reflection
Venus Jane Ugmares
"The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will, in the end, take their revenge; for in exploiting their presence we are diminishing our future."
I was very grateful that I had given an opportunity to
extend our service that is related in helping the environment.
Upon seeing the place, at first, I feel disgusted because of the irritating smell, there were dispersed trashes and the heat also add up to the our burden, but it all turned on to be good when we start cleaning the area.
I feel happy and fulfilled with what we have done in order to at least relieve the condition of the sea coast.
Rodel Alo
"The environment, after all, is where we all meet, where we all where we all have a mutual interest. It is one thing that all of us share. It is not only a mirror of ourselves, but a focusing lens on what we can become."
It was a great privilege to be a part of Bio-Catalysts group
that we all spent even an inch of our lives just to have a coastal clean-up. We
are so glad that we did it successfully with all our interest and dedications
to visit such places which are less of care.
In totality, we might not have a long time cleaning the area
but at least in our dispositions, we create history.
Precious Joy Canuto
"The activist is not the man who says the sea is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the sea."
Seeing that garbage in the sea shore, it made me think. “How
long will the Earth live?”
Being a part of Bio-Catalysts group is a great opportunity for
in simple way, I helped the environment. Cleaning that area in Barangay Bula is
a great help for the community. I just
realize there that the garbage in the area will not be there if citizens only
have discipline and proper education about waste management program. So, this thought stacked on my mind: “Change
always star with ourselves.” So, let us change for the better life.
Hannah Jane Belmonte
"Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect."
The project that we conducted serves as an eye opener to me because aside from the beautiful and maintained beaches and resorts, there were some coastal areas that are left abandonly, that are not taken care of that has lead to its dreadful state.
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