STE M: Looc Integrated School

STE Looc Integrated School
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics S.Y.

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Chapter I
PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND
INTRODUCTION
Climate is the average weather in a place over many years. Climate takes
hundred, thousand or even millions of years to change.( https://eu.ucar.edu/) But
nowadays the world are experiencing sudden change on its climate. Sometimes it’s too
hot and sometimes it’s too cold. Especially the Philippines particularly Looc, Calamba
City is also experiencing changes in frequency and intensity of extreme events such as
typhoons, drought and floods. This kind of events are causes of climate change
(https://www.sprep.org). But still the people of Looc,Calamba city are most likely to be
unaware of this phenomenon. Kaingin is still in practice, garbage and trashes are
everywhere, and also there are lots of smoky vehicles are used.
Climate change is also known as anthropogenic climate it is a change in the
earth’s climate due to a natural process that are already occurring or predicted to occur,
because of greenhouse gases that makes the planet’s temperature warmer. It is also due to
human activities such as cutting trees, using vehicles that emits too much smoke, burning
fossil fuels and many more (https://www.sprep.org). with these activities the effects of
climate change are rapidly increasing, such as El Niño and La Niña, rising of sea level,
increasing cases of illnesses and diseases.
Rising sea level is one of the effects or evidence of climate change. According to
Talaña (2015) if all the ice in arctic and green land many parts of the Philippines will
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submerge in the ocean water. Huge parts of Luzon, including Manila might be covered of
the rising sea level. This includes the provinces and cities of Aparri, Isabela, Pampanga,
Batangas, Mindoro, Palawan, Naga, Iloilo, Roxas, Cagayan, and many more urban and
rural may be erased from the map as well. This melting of ice is estimated to occur by the
year 2100.
Responding to the climate risks, Philippine government has shown leadership
through a strong commitment to a climate policy and institutional reform agenda. In the
year 2009, the Republic act 9729 or the climate change act was turned into law. The law
mandates the mainstreaming climate change considerations into government policy and
planning. This law provided a foundation for the creation of the climate change
commission, the national framework strategy on climate change (NFSCC) (denr.gov.ph).
however some people are still not participating in such projects about climate change.
With these the researcher of Looc Integrated School wants to know if the people
of Barangay Looc are aware of climate change and its causes and effects to the
environment. The findings of this study may be helpful because this will help the
community to know more about climate change and its causes and effects.
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
This study aimed to know the level of awareness of people of Looc, Calamba
City about climate change Specifically, this study wants to answer the following:
1. What is the profile of the respondents in terms of:
a. Age;
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b. Educational attainment;
c. Job;
d. Marital status?
2. What is the level of awareness of the respondents about climate change in
terms of:
a. Awareness about climate change;
b. General view about climate change?
3. What plan of action may be suggested to increase the level of awareness of the
respondents about climate change?
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
This study may provide vital information regarding the causes, and effects of
climate change. This study will be significant to the following:
Community. This study will be beneficial to the community of Barangay Looc,
Calamba city because they will know the importance of being aware and having a
knowledge about climate change and its causes and effects.
School. This study will also be helpful to the school for them to integrate climate
change in their lessons and to spread more awareness about the causes and effects of
climate change, and the climate change itself.
Future researcher/s. This will also be advantageous to the future o next
researchers to use the findings of this study to support their researches similar to their
study about climate change and its causes and effects to the environment.
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SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
This study will focus on the awareness of people of Looc about climate change.
This will be conducted on the year 2019-2020 at barangay looc Calamba CIty. This will
be an existential phenomenology. The researcher will use the random sampling in
choosing the respondents of the study. The line of questioning during the survey was
limited to the purpose of knowing the awareness of people of Barangay Looc about
climate change and its causes and effects.
DEFINITION OF TERMS
Awareness- knowledge or perception of a person about a certain topic.
Climate change- abnormal change of climate due to natural processes and human
activities.
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT
-Survey 100 -respondents from

respondents. ages 15 and above
-Questionnaire about are more likely to
knowledge about -data will be be aware about
climate change. tabulated and go climate change.
through qualitative
data analysis.
Figure 1. Paradigm of the Study

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The paradigm shows on how the study was conducted. To discuss briefly the
input, process and the output here are the following: using the survey form or the
questionnaire survey 100 respondents from barangay looc. The questionnaire contains
questions that are only limited by the purpose of knowing the respondent’s awareness
about climate change. As the researcher predicted all of the respondents from Barangay
Looc are aware about climate change and its causes and effects.
THEORETRICAL FRAMEWORK
This study is anchored on the Ramanathan’s greenhouse theory (1988), Plass’
carbon dioxide theory of climatic change (1955) ,and Piaget’s theory of cognitive
development. These related theories and perspectives on how climate change will affect
us. It explains the reasons why do people need to be aware about climate change. It also
explains that even small children need to be aware on what’s happening to their
surroundings.
As cited in Ramanathan’s greenhouse theory of climate change (1988) the
atmospheric concentration of several radioactive gases are increasing due to human
activities. It is also stated that the climate system will be restored to equilibrium by a
warming of the troposphere and the cooling of the stratosphere. The predicted changes
during the next few decades, could far exceeded natural climate variations in historical
times.
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According to the carbon dioxide theory of climatic change of the recent
calculations of infra-red flux in the region of the 15 micro carbon dioxide (CO 2) band
show that the average temperature of the earth’s surface increases 3.6 degree Celsius. It is
also stated that when the total of carbon dioxide is reduced below a critical value, it is
found that the climate is continuously oscillates between a glacial and inter-glacial stage
with a period of ten thousand years. It also cited that the extra carbon dioxide are released
into the atmosphere by the industrial processes and other human activities causes the
increasing of temperature during present century. In contrast with other theories of
climate, the prediction of this theory is that the warming trend will continue, at least
several years (Plass,1955).
This study is also anchored by Piaget’s theory of cognitive development since one
of the objectives of this study is to know what age is most likely to be aware about
climate change. The theory is a comprehensive theory about the nature and development
of human intelligence. He believed that once childhood plays a vital and active role in a
person’s development. Is primary ide was known as the developmental stage theory
where this theory deals with the nature of knowledge itself and how humans gradually
come to acquire construct and use it. To Piaget cognitive development was a progressive
reorganization of mental processes resulting from biological maturation and
environmental experience. He believed that children construct an understanding of the
world around them, experiences between what they already know and what they can
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Chapter II
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
Climate change is the unusual change in the climate it is caused by natural process
because of the greenhouse gases that makes our planet’s temperature warmer and also by
human activities such as different kind of pollution, cutting down of trees, burning of
fossil fuels, using things that emits methane, nitrous oxide, and carbon dioxide that
contributes to greenhouse gases that makes the temperature rise.( https://www.sprep.org)
Starting from the 19th century many scientists already showed evidences that
climate change is occurring at the time. The first evidence is the rising of global
temperature. The earth’s temperature has increased about 1.62℉ or 0.9℃ since the late
19th century. It is caused by largely increased carbon dioxide (CO 2) and other human
made emissions into the atmosphere. The second evidence are the warming of the oceans
it I stated that the ocean absorbed heat with much 700 m or about 2,300 ft of ocean
showing warming of more than 0.4℉. the third evidence are the shrinking of ice sheets in
Greenland and Antarctica. According to NASA’s gravity recovery and climate
experiment shows that greenling lost an average 286 billion tons of ice per year while
Antarctica lost an average 127 billion tons of ice per year between the years 1993-2016.
The last evidence stated is the rising of sea level. Global sea level rose about 8 inches in
the last century the rate in the last 2 decades however, is nearly double that of the last
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Climate change also has effects in our environment today and also in the future,
such as the changes in precipitation pattern or weather patterns but this extra precipitation
is not spread evenly around the globe, and some places might get less precipitation than
they used to get. , there will be more drought and heat waves in the Philippines it is called
el niño, it can damage crops and the soil that is used in agricultural purposes., hurricanes
will become stronger and more intense, Antarctica will likely become ice free and
because of that sea level will rise 1-4 ft by the year 2100 (https://climate.nasa.gov).
Humans also suffer from the effects of climate change. One of it is climate change
affects people’s health, one of its causes is the dirty fossil fuel emission that can lead to
respiratory disease such as asthma in both children and adults. The next one is climate
change affects the people living in coastal communities, as the earth’s temperature gets
warmer and warmer glacier melt and ocean water expands, causing the sea level rise
about 7 to 8 inches on average since the year 1990. And also climate change can also
affect the food security. As the global temperature rises, weather pattern shifts, and
precipitation becomes more unpredictable, farmers are struggling to keep up
(www.climatechangerealityproject.org).
According to a study conducted by Barredo (2018) climate change greatly affects
our country since it has a climate sensitive economic processes such as agricultural
business. Using random sampling, 24 respondents were used from 1st to 4th year students.
As the
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result of the study there is a correlation drawn between the answer of the respondents
where their knowledge is obtained, it also shows that age is also correlated to the
deepened knowledge and attitude of the respondents towards climate change.
Another study conducted by Magulod (2018), one of the major concerns of the
world is climate change, since the students are the future leaders and the most qualified
individuals in terms of protecting the environment.180 undergraduate students from
different departments were used. The results confirmed that the respondent’s gender, age,
birth order, and parent’s educational attainment affects the student’s awareness,
meanwhile their attitude about climate change differs according to their age and
departments
On the other study conducted by Lubos (2019), humans have a significant role in
the careful management of river ecosystem since the social and economic activities have
impact on the river. this study assessed the knowledge, attitude, practices, and actions of
the settlers of 22 villages along riverbanks in Cagayan, De Oro about climate change.
This study uses quantitative and qualitative approach with field observations. As the
result of the study shows that the respondents have moderate knowledge, attitude,
practices, and actions, their environmental awareness did not translate into environmental
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Another study conducted by Pandve & Pawar (2011) Climate change is one of the
most devastating environmental threats assessing the public’s awareness regarding
climate change is necessary. The cross-sectional survey was conducted in the urban adult
population who had written consent. The result shows that the general population is
aware about global climate change since 91.68% answered they observed that climate is
changing in an abnormal way. Their personal efforts are more important in mitigating
climate change as per the urban general population.
Lastly, on the study conducted by Lopez & Malay (2019), awareness about
climate change starts in school. This study aimed to assess the level of awareness and
attitude of senior high school students in one academic institution in the Philippines
towards climate change, 276 grade 12 students were used from aged 16-19 from different
tracks and strand. The result shows that the students become aware of climate change
through several sources like Television, internet, and in school.

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Chapter III
METHODOLOGY
RESEARCH DESIGN
This study uses quantitative and qualitative research approach, this study wants to
know the level of awareness of Looc Calamba about climate change and its causes and
effects. The researcher will use a questionnaire as research instrument. The questionnaire
contains questions that are only limited on the purpose of knowing if the people of
barangay looc is aware about climate change. The researcher also wants to know what is
the respondent’s profile is most likely aware about climate change.
POPULATION AND SAMPLING
To determine the number of respondents this study used the purposive sampling
to 21,754 population of Looc, Calamba as of May 2019(psa.gov.ph). the sloven formula
was used to choose respondents purposively.
RESEARCH INSTRUMENT
In gathering the data the researcher adapted a questionnaire from , Whitmarsh.L
(2003). Survey questionnaire (‘climate change’ version1 ). The questionnaire has three
(3) parts the respondent’s profile, the awareness about climate change, and the general
view about climate change. It is only limited in knowing the respondent’s awareness
about climate change.

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DATA GATHERING
One Hundred (100) respondent from Looc Calamba City was used in this study,
the researcher distributed survey questionnaire to the respondents in Looc Integrated
school, St. Mary Magdalene Colleges, and Mahogany Villas.
DATA ANALYSIS
After the survey, the gathered data was sorted out and classified according to
similar responses of the respondents from their profile, awareness about climate change,
and general view about climate change. As for the open ended question the researcher
used Consensual Qualitative Research (CQR), Where the respondent’s answer to open
ended questions was transcribed and was analyzed carefully by the researcher.
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Chapter IV
PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS, AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA
This chapter includes the presentation, analysis, and interpretation of data that
have been gathered from the survey to the respondents and observation of the researcher
to the answers of the respondent about their awareness on climate change.
A. Respondent’s profile
This part shows that percentage of the respondent’s profile in terms of their, age,
gender, educational attainment, employment status, and their marital status.
Age
1%
3%
10%
3% 5%
11 below
ages 12-24
ages 25-34
ages 35-44
ages 45-54
ages 55-64
78%
Figure 1. Respondent’s Age

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answered the survey while ages 55-64 has the least number of respondents.
Gender
5%
female
male
95%
Figure 2 Respondent’s Gender
Figure 2 shows that most of the respondents who answered the survey are female
rather than male respondents.
Educational Attainment
5% 4%
pre-elementary graduate
elementary graduate
30% high school graduate
39% college under graduate
college graduate
23%
Figure 3 Respondent’s Educational Attainment

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number maybe because respondent’s ages 12-24 are dominant, while pre- elementary
graduates have the least number.
Employment Status
8%
yes
no
92%
Figure 4 Employment Status
The respondents were asked if they have a job, as the figure implies that most of
the respondents didn’t have a job because most of the respondents were still studying,
while some of the respondents that answered yes some of them are teachers, security
guard, branch manager, and free lancers.

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1%
16
8%
single
married
widowed
divorced
91%
Figure 5 Respondent’s Marital Status
Figure 5 shows that most of the respondents were single because most of
them are respondents ages 12-24. Then next is the married most of it are ages 25-64.
B. Awareness about climate change.
This part presents the percentage and the respondent’s answer regarding with
climate change. This part includes tables and graphs that will communicate the data.
Question 1: have you heard climate change?
Respondents
Respondentswho
whoanswered
answeredyesno
ages 11 below ages 12-242% 1%
ages 25-34 ages 35-44 ages 45-54 ages 55-64
6% 8%
3%
10%
ages 11 below
ages 12-24
30% ages 25-34
ages 35-44
ages 45-54
ages 55-64
60%
80%
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Figure 1. Respondents who answers yes Figure 2. Respondents who answered no
As the figure above shows most of the respondents answered, yes, they already
heard about climate change than the respondents who answered no, they didn’t heard
climate change. Base from the result of the study conducted by Barredo (2018), age is
also correlated to the deepened knowledge of the respondents about climate change.
Question 2: what do you know about it (climate change)?
For this question most respondents ages 11 below says that climate change is
“the change in climate” as if they literally answered the question according to the main
word climate change. Then as for the ages 12-24 most of them answered that “climate
change is the abnormal change of climate due to human activities or natural process.”
They give the exact meaning of climate change. Next ages 25-34 they said ““climate
change is the abnormal change of climate due green house gases that makes the earth
warmer and warmer.” They have the same answer with the respondents ages 12-24 but
they differ in giving the reason. The respondents ages 35-44 have the same answer as the
respondents ages 12-24, but the only give the reason, “it is caused by human activities
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like burning or cutting trees.” The next respondents who are ages 45-54 and 55-64 have 18
the same answer as the past respondents said.
Ages 11 below
television radio news paper
government local council public libraries
internet environmental oragnizations school
friends or families
14%
27%
14%
9%
18%
14% 5%
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Figure 3. Question 3: where have you heard about climate change?
Figure 3 show that most respondents ages 11 below heard climate change on their
television, internet, friends and family, and in their school.
Ages 12-24
friends or families
1%
14% 21%
9%
9%
18%
9%
7% 8%
4%
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Figure 4. Question 4: where have you heard about climate change? 20
The figure above implies that most respondents ages 12-24 heard climate
change in the televisions, internet, family and friends and in their school the same as
respondents ages 11 below.
Ages 25-34
friends or families
10% 14%
10%
10%
5%
14% 14%
14%
5%
5%
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The respondents ages 25-34 heard climate change mostly in television,
internet, school, and friends and family and newspaper. And least of them says that they
heard it from environmental organizations.
Ages 35-44
friends or families
9%
15%
9%
9% 12%
9% 12%
9%
9%
6%
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As the table shows the respondents ages 35-44 most of them heard climate
change from the television and least of them says they heard it from the local council.
Ages 45-54
friends or families
27% 27%
9% 9%
9% 9%
9%
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The figure presents that most of the respondents ages 45-54 says that they heard
climate change from their friends and families and in the television while none of them
heard climate change from the local council, public libraries and from the government.
Ages 55-65
friends or families
10% 10%
10% 10%
10% 10%
10% 10%
10% 10%
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The figure shows that respondent from this age bracket heard climate change
from all of the places or facilities included in the questionnaire.
According to the results of the study conducted by Lopez & Malay the students
that is used as respondents became aware of climate change through sources like the
internet, television and in school (Lopez & Malay, 2019).
Ages 11 below
very important quite important not very impotant not at all important
30%
70%
Figure 9. Question 9: how important is the issue of climate change to you
personally?
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important, while some of them thinks that climate change is not important at all.
Ages 12-24
very important quite important not very important not at all imporatant
3% 6%
9%
82%
personally?
The figure 10 shows that respondents who are 12-24 years, most of
them think that the issue about climate change is very important while the least of them
think that it’s not important at all.

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Ages 25-34
quite important not very important not at all imporatant
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100%
personally?
All of the respondents ages 25-34 thinks that the issue about climate change is
very important.
Ages 35-44
20%
80%
personally?
figure 12 shows that most of the respondents from this age bracket thinks that
climate change issue is very important while there are some who thinks that it is quite
important.
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Ages 45-54
quite important not very important not at all imporatant
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100%
Figure 13. Question 13: how important is the issue of climate change to
you personally?
As this figure above shows all of the respondents from this age brackets says that
climate change issue is very important.
Ages 55-64
100%
Figure 14. Question 14: how important is the issue of climate change to
you personally?
All of the respondents ages 55-64 say that climate change issue is very important.
Question 15 : why is it important to you (climate change)?

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will affect us, in our health and in the businesses of our family.” They answered it
according to what they are experiencing now or base on what they imagine.
Question 16 : what do you think causes climate change?
All of the respondents answered that “ it is caused by human activities such
as throwing garbage anywhere, cutting trees, using illegal procedures to catch fish.”
They almost have the same answer but they differ on giving its examples.
Question 17 : what impacts do you think climate change may have?
Most respondents from different age bracket gave the same answers, they give
examples of the impacts of climate change “it causes drought, stronger typhoons,
stronger calamities, global warming, and gives us different diseases sometimes related to
respiratory system.”.
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Question 18: do you think climate change is something that is affecting or going to 29
affect you?
Respondents who answered yes Respondents who answered no

1% 1% ages 11 below ages 12-24 ages 25-34 ages 35-44 ages 45-54 ages 55-64
4%
6%
4% 3% 3%
ages 11 below
ages 12-24 23%
ages 25-34
ages 35-44
ages 45-54
ages 55-64
70%
83%
Figure 15 Respondents who answers yes Figure 16 Respondents who answered no
The figure above shows that most respondents answered yes while there are
some who answers no. Maybe the respondents who answered yes are already affected by
climate change.
Question 19 : if yes, in what way(s) is it affecting you or is going to affect you?
The respondents ages 11 below answered “it can affect us in our health”, while
the respondents in upper age (12-64) answered “it will affect our daily life basis, our
health, our businesses.”

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Question 20: have you ever taken, or do you regularly take, any action out of 30
concern for climate change.
Respondents who answered yes Respondents who answered no

2% 2% ages 11 below ages 12-24 ages 25-34 ages 35-44 ages 45-54 ages 55-64
7%
5%
2% 2%
5%
ages 11 below 2% 5% 13%
ages 12-24
ages 25-34
ages 35-44
ages 45-54
ages 55-64
80% 76%
Figure 17 Respondents who answered yes Figure 18 Respondents who answered no
As the figure above presents that most respondents answerd yes that they take
action out of concern for climate change. And some answered no. because most of the
respondents are students and sone are part of some environmental organizations.
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Question 21: if yes what did you do or what are you doing?
In this question respondents ages 11 below answered “I am throng garbage in
the right place, and cleaning our yard”. Then the respondents ages 12-24 says “I am
conserving water and energy, and also walking when I am going to school.”. while the
respondents ages 25-34 said ” I am planting trees or plants even in our yard and
segregating wastes.” Then the respondents ages 35-44 says that they are cleaning their
yards and participation in cleaning programs. Lastly the respondents ages 45-64 or the
upper ages answered that they are participating in different environment organizations
and teaching their kids to care for mother earth.
C. General view about climate change.
This part will show the general view of the respondents whether they
strongly agree on the statement or strongly disagree. The researcher picked 5 statements
that got the highest average weighted mean and another 5 statements that got the lowest
average weighted mean .

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Table 1. Statements that got the highest average weighted mean. 32
Statements Average weighted Verbal description
mean
A. We can do all our bit to reduce 4.61 Strongly agree
the effects of climate change
G. the government should provide 4.25 Agree
incentives for people to look after
the environment.
U. pollution from the industry are 4.49 Agree
the main cause of climate change.

W. recent floods in our country are 4.28 Agree
due to climate change.

Z. i feel a moral duty to do 4.56 Strongly agree
something about climate change.
As what the table above shows that 5 statements that got the highest average weighted
mean, it implies that most respondents agreed on the following statements above.
Table 2. statements that got the lowest average weighted mean.
Statements Average Verbal description

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F. i would only do my bit to reduce climate 2.53 Neither agree or
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change if everyone else did. diagree
H. it is already too late to do anything about 2.29 Disagree
climate change.
I. human activities have no significant 2.02 Disagree
impacts on global temperature.

X. it is too early to say whether climate 2.36 Disgree
change is really a problem.
Y. i don not believe climate change is really 4.17 Disgree
a problem.
The table above implies that most respondents disagreed on the statements shown
above, this shows that most respondents gave their opinion according to what they
learned or observed.
D. Plan of action
The researcher suggests to places like Looc Calamba to have an awareness
campaign or program regarding climate change and measures to combat to be introduce
for better preparedness. As for schools, awareness about climate change should be
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prblem.
Chapter V
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Conclusion
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their gender, marital status, and employment status but their age and educational
attainment affects their level of awareness. Since ages 11 below shows low level of
awareness. Moreover the respondent’s perception deepened since they heard or seen
climate change in different sources such as television, schools, family and friends,
internet and etc.
Recommendations
For the improvement of this study, the following recommendations are
given:
1. To the future researchers, make sure to use light words so all the respondents can
understand.
2. To the schools, to integrate climate change in the curriculum.
3. To the people of Looc, Calamba City, they can use this study to educate, aware
other people from other places.
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APPENDICES
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This survey questionnaire is adapted from, Whitmarsh.L (2003). Survey questionnaire
(‘climate change’ version1 )
October 2019
Dear Respondents,
Survey of climate change awareness
My name is Christine Marie Magbata and I am currently working on a research project

about the awareness of the people of Looc Calamba City about climate change supported
by Looc Integrated School. Your help and assistance in completing the enclosed
questionnaire will be invaluable for the study.
If you agree to participate, all the information you provide will be completely anonymous
and confidential.
This survey will provide a valuable Insight into how aware are you about climate change.
Thank you very much for your help.
Yours respectfully ,
Chrstine Magbata
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Name(optional)_________________________________________
Grade and section:__________________________________

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Part I. Respondent’s Profile
Just so that I can compare the views of different respondents, please could you tell me about yourself:
1. Are you….
___ Male ___ Female
2. Please indicate the age bracket you are in:

___11 below
___ 12-24 ___55-64
___ 25-34 ___65-74
___ 35-44 ___75-84
___ 45-54 ___85 or over
3. Please indicate your Educational Attainment:
___Elementary Graduate
___High school Graduate
___College undergraduate
___College graduate
4. Do you have a job?
___Yes (If yes please write it below)
_________________________
___No (if no proceed to No. 5)
5. Kindly indicate your Marital status:
___single
___married
___divorced
___widowed
Part II. knowledge about climate change
6. Have you heard of climate change?

___Yes (go to question 7)
___No ( go to question 22)
7. What do you know about it?
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
8. Where have you heard about climate change? Check as many as you feel apply:
___Television ___Government agencies/information
___Radio ___Public libraries
___Newspaper ___Friends/Family
___Internet ___Local council
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___School/College/University
___other (please write in___________________) 41
9. How important is the issue of climate change to you personally?
___Very important (proceed to question 10) ___Not very important (proceed to question 11)
___Quite important (proceed to question 10) ___Not at all important (proceed to question 11)
10. Why is it important to you?

_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
11. What do you think causes climate change?
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
12. What impacts do you think climate change may have?
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
13. Do you think climate change is something that is affecting or going to affect you, personally?
___Yes (go to question 14)
___No(go to question 15)
14. If yes, in what way(s) is it affecting you or is it going to affect you?
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
15. Have you ever taken, or do you regularly take, any action out of concern for climate change?
___Yes (proceed to question 16)
___No(proceed to question 17)
16. If yes, what did you do/are you doing?
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
Part III. General view about climate change.
Please indicate how much you agree or disagree with the following statements about climate change by
ticking one box each row.
Agree agre Neither disagree Disagree

strongly e agree or strongly
disagree
a. We can do all our bit to reduce the
effects of climate change.
b. Climate change is inevitable because of
the way modern society works.
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c. People should be made to reduce their

energy consumption if it reduces
climate change.
d. The weather will improve because of
climate change.
e. Climate change is just a natural
fluctuation in the earth’s temperature.
f. I would only do my bit to reduce
climate change if everyone else did.
g. The government should provide
incentives for people to look after the
environment.
h. It is already too late to do anything
about climate change
i. Human activities have no significant
impacts on global temperature.
j. Climate change is something that
frightens me.
k. Developing countries should most of
the blame for climate change.
l. I am uncertain about whether climate
change is really happening
m. Radical changes to society are needed
to tackle climate change.
n. People are too selfish to do anything
about climate change
o. The evidence for climate change are
unreliable
p. Claims that human activities are
changing the climate are exaggerated.
q. If I come across information about
climate change I will tend to look at it.
r. There is too much conflicting
evidences about climate change to
know whether it is really happening.
s. Climate change is a consequence of
modern life
t. The effects of climate change are
likely to be catastrophic.
u. Pollution from the industry are the
main cause of climate change.
v. I tend to consider information about
climate change to be irrelevant to me.
w. Recent floods in our country are due to
climate change.
x. It is too early to say whether climate
change is really a problem.
y. I do not believe climate change is really
a problem.
z. I feel a moral duty to do something
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APPENDIX II
Printing of survey Editing of papers.

questionnaire.
Respondents answering the

survey form.
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CURRICULUM
VITAE
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CHRISTINE MARIE G. MAGBATA
Phase 1 Block 34 Lot 1 Mahogany Villas Looc, Calamba City,

Laguna
Cell-phone number: 0977-267-4266
I. PERSONAL INFROMATION
Age: 15 year’s old
Birthday: August 23, 2004
Citizenship: Filipino
Civil Status: Single
Address: Phase 1 Block 34 Lot 1 Mahogany Villas Looc, Calamba City,
Laguna
Name of Mother: Ghremary P. Guntan
Name of Father: Rudy F. Magbata
Sibling/s: Joseph Christopher Magbata
Rod Iusef Marie G. Magbata
II. EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Secondary: Grade 10- Molave
S.Y. 2019-2020
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Elementary: Elementary Diploma (Honors Received)
S.Y. 2015-2016
Jose Rizal Memorial School (JRMS)
III. ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND AWARDS
Competitor: 2019 Mathamazing race, Tangrams Competition 2ND Place
October 10, 2019, Looc Integrated School.
Competitor: 2018 Radio Broadcasting Preliminary Round 2nd round

qualifier
July 14,2018, Jose Rizal Memorial School (JRMS)
IV. TRAININGS/SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS
COMMUNITY LEVEL
Participant: 2019 “GREATER” Diocesan youth day
November 30,2019 Holy spirit school, Biñan Laguna
SCHOOL LEVEL
Participant: Illegal Drugs Symposium
November 13, 2019 ,Bulabog court, Looc Calamba city
Participant: Teenage pregnancy Symposium
September 25, 2019 ,Bulabog court, Looc Calamba city

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hundred, thousand or even millions of years to change.( https://eu.ucar.edu/) But

Climate change is also known as anthropogenic climate it is a change in the

increasing cases of illnesses and diseases.

Responding to the climate risks, Philippine government has shown leadership

commission, the national framework strategy on climate change (NFSCC) (denr.gov.ph).

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

1. What is the profile of the respondents in terms of:

2. What is the level of awareness of the respondents about climate change in

a. Awareness about climate change;

b. General view about climate change?

respondents about climate change?

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

climate change. This study will be significant to the following:

Community. This study will be beneficial to the community of Barangay Looc,

knowledge about climate change and its causes and effects.

climate change, and the climate change itself.

Future researcher/s. This will also be advantageous to the future o next

SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY

be an existential phenomenology. The researcher will use the random sampling in

climate change and its causes and effects.

Awareness- knowledge or perception of a person about a certain topic.

-Survey 100 -respondents from

Figure 1. Paradigm of the Study

This study is anchored on the Ramanathan’s greenhouse theory (1988), Plass’

As cited in Ramanathan’s greenhouse theory of climate change (1988) the

atmospheric concentration of several radioactive gases are increasing due to human

According to the carbon dioxide theory of climatic change of the recent

increasing of temperature during present century. In contrast with other theories of

several years (Plass,1955).

reorganization of mental processes resulting from biological maturation and

environmental experience. He believed that children construct an understanding of the

discover in their environment ( https://courses.lumenlearning.com).

contributes to greenhouse gases that makes the temperature rise.( https://www.sprep.org)

Greenland and Antarctica. According to NASA’s gravity recovery and climate

century and is accelerating slightly every year (https://climate.nasa.gov).

precipitation becomes more unpredictable, farmers are struggling to keep up

According to a study conducted by Barredo (2018) climate change greatly affects

deepened knowledge and attitude of the respondents towards climate change.

individuals in terms of protecting the environment.180 undergraduate students from

protection sustainability and climate change prevention.

most devastating environmental threats assessing the public’s awareness regarding

climate change as per the urban general population.

through several sources like Television, internet, and in school.

the respondent’s profile is most likely aware about climate change.

POPULATION AND SAMPLING

to 21,754 population of Looc, Calamba as of May 2019(psa.gov.ph). the sloven formula

was used to choose respondents purposively.

In gathering the data the researcher adapted a questionnaire from , Whitmarsh.L

about climate change.

the researcher distributed survey questionnaire to the respondents in Looc Integrated

school, St. Mary Magdalene Colleges, and Mahogany Villas.

PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS, AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA

to the answers of the respondent about their awareness on climate change.

gender, educational attainment, employment status, and their marital status.

Figure 1. Respondent’s Age

Figure 2 Respondent’s Gender

rather than male respondents.

Figure 3 Respondent’s Educational Attainment

graduates have the least number.

Figure 4 Employment Status

guard, branch manager, and free lancers.

_ Male _ Female