Sustainability

Poor Filipino households and nutritionally vulnerable population groups face food and nutrition insecurity, particularly after natural disasters. This is according to a policy statement of the Department of Science and Technology-Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) on “Climate shocks, calamities, exact human collateral damage, food and nutrition security threatened.” The Philippines receives an overdose of […]

In an article posted on April 16 in vegnews.com, writer Anna Starostinetskaya features the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, opened in 2021 and is home to the Seattle Kraken NHL team and the Storm WNBA team. The author dubs it “the world’s most sustainable sports venue,” and there are plenty of reasons why it apparently

In a story posted on May 2 in vegnews.com, writer Charlotte Pointing revealed that fans and participating athletes of the most important sporting event of the year would be offered a wide range of vegan and vegetarian food, while Paris makes the attempt to cut carbon emissions by half compared to previous Olympics, as the

Students of the UP Diliman College of Science (UPD-CS) and the Republic Polytechnic in Singapore (RP) immersed themselves in the month-long Temasek Foundation International Specialists’ Community Action and Leadership Exchange (TFI SCALE) Programme, the first half taking place in Singapore from Sept. 6 to 19, 2023, and the second half in the Philippines last March

(Photo credit: Pixabay/Pexels) House of Representatives Minority Leader Marcelino “Nonoy” Libanan wants the government to keep on distributing the P600 monthly rice subsidy to Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) households in cash, instead of actual rice bags. “Rice is good, but cash is better because the money gets delivered straight and fast into the LandBank

Quezon City Representative Marvin Rillo expects the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) and the Department of Education (DepEd) to “vigorously enforce” the No Permit, No Exam Prohibition Law that took effect March 31. “We are counting on regulators to make sure that all schools do what is required to comply with the prohibition,” Rillo, one