My Greenviews

This is a 5-minute video documentation of the SEARICE Radio Segment in the DZME Agri Unlimited Program Agri Unlimited entitled " Rights and Welfare of Farming Families" co hosted by Dr Raffy Barosso and Roy Cabonegro.

Here is my commentary to an excellent article written by Ike Seneres below.  PDAF to be re allocated to LGUs under careful and direct oversight of local citizens group is i think the spirit behind the BUB (bottom up budgeting). I think we should consider this seriously if this will mean more funds going to job creating and enterprise building efforts; for the poor and micro and small entrepreneurs. I would like to add that another source of potential fund for job and enterprise creation by LGUs for poverty alleviation is the reallocation of the 60B plus CCT (conditional cash transfer) from dole out to something more productive that will have lasting empowerment impacts that what it is achieving now. Finally,  OFW remittances outweighs all FDIs put together in recent decades. If only we can find better way to challenge this sacrifices of our OFW heroes not just to benefit their families but the entire country through LGU led local job and enterprise creation for poverty...

Radical Goals for Sustainable Development This is an excellent article from HBF. This is a "must" read for all greens and sustainable development advocates in the Philippines as we buckle down to work for the challenges of 2015 and the "Aksyon 2015" campaign. It gives a good geo political context; with I think a very honest retrospection of the EU's own challenges and liabilities such as perverse subsidies, of the current global socio-economic and ecological crises. The context provided put into perspective the global climate negotiations this year, the year of the soils and the global plastic regulation campaigns. It also highlights the potentials and imperatives for effectively moving forward from the minimalist MDGs to what i would hopefully call the more viable means to realize the spirit of Rio92 and the original agenda21; the SDG (Sustainable Development Goals). Needless to say, the author also gave an honest  assessment of the current limits within an...

E-vehicle makers support bills on incentives All Greens and environmentalists must consider supporting these bills. We must find viable alternatives to the pollutive jeepneys and especially tricycles plying our public transport routes. But we must do this shift with proper consultation and coordination with TODA stakeholders. Control over and viability of their livelihood must continue to be paramount in considering this. But shift we must. The air pollution levels from mobile sources of growing cities in the Philippines has reached an alarming point that actions must be taken soon!