What you build is for the future, and Mother Nature will be its only permanent resident
Raffles & Fairmont Hotel in Makati City has just forged a breakthrough partnership with Solarius EV Charging. On November 24, the luxury hotel officially became part of Solarius’ growing network of electric vehicle (EV) public charging locations by launching three charging ports in its VIP and basement parking areas. “We’re delighted that Raffles & Fairmont […]
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On November 28, totallyveganbuzz .com reported that UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak had appointed a vegan as his head of green policy, hoping to formulate more authentic solutions to environmental issues. Photo credit: David Peterson Excerpts from the story: “According to The Guardian, Sunak has approached Meera Vadher to overhaul the prime minister’s image on the environment.
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The Singaporean government recently announced that it would raise its national climate target to become emission-free by 2050 as part of its Long-Term Low-Emissions Development Strategy (LEDS). The government also aims to reduce emissions to around 60 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2e) in 2030 after peaking emissions earlier, as part of its revised
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Earlier this year, San Miguel Corp (SMC) partnered with church organization Nazarene Compassionate Ministries (NCM) for a mushroom farming and processing project that has become a new income source for 70 families in Bulakan, in the province of Bulacan. Through this project, relocatees—former residents of the site that is now being developed to become the
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In October 2021, the Cargo Owner for Zero Emission Vessels (coZEV) was launched. coZEV, facilitated by the Aspen Institute, has been seen as a platform for multinational companies to come together to initiate high-impact programs accelerating the maritime industry’s transition to emissions free shipping. And now, coZEV has begun demonstrating the feasibility of scalable zero-emission
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When climate change is making our weather systems go bananas, how do we best adapt our structures to it? A researcher from the DOST-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) may just have peeled off the answer. According to the Institute’s Engineer Gilberto N. Sapin, waste banana fruit stalks (also called peduncles) can be used
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How many kinds of bamboo do you know? Did you know that there are more than 1,500 bamboo species in the world, and many of these are found in the Philippines? Of the ones growing here, however, only a handful are popular and used commercially. To optimize the country’s rich bamboo resources, the Department of
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(Editor’s note: This article has been updated as of September 14, 2021) Rubber farmers in Naga, Zamboanga Sibugay have a more aesthetic and profitable use for their senile, unproductive rubberwood trees, thanks to the DOST-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI). Through the project “Processing and Utilization of Senile and Unproductive Rubberwood (Hevea brasiliensis) Trees
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The Department of Science and Technology-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) distributed on July 6 10 hands-free bamboo-abaca disinfectant dispensers and foot baths to several establishments and government offices in Los Baños, Laguna. The bamboo dispenser releases alcohol when the connected foot bath is stepped on, while the abaca acts as a sponge that
UK-based Online Mortgage Advisor (onlinemortgageadvisor.co.uk) has recently published research comparing the average prices of one square meter of an apartment in the city center of Manila, Philippines, to the average annual salary in 2016 and 2020. That research shows Manila to be the second least affordable city to buy property in Asia, worse than property
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