7 Environmental

Principles
Principle # 1: Nature knows best

What should be done by

humans?

▪understand nature and

abide the rules nature
dictates to ensure a
continuous and steady
supply of resources
Nature has its built-in mechanisms
to maintain balance -
▪availability of nutrients

▪conduciveness of the environment

for growth and reproduction

▪feeding relationships that exist

between and among organisms which
serve as population controls (biological
control on population growth)
Principle #2: All forms of life are important

Each organism plays a fundamental role in

nature

▪appreciating the beautiful ones and dislike

unlovely, wriggly, and troublesome creatures
Principle #3: Everything is connected to
everything else

•all biotic and abiotic components interact

with each other to ensure that the system is
perpetuated

•Any outside interference may result in an

imbalance and the deterioration of the
system
Principle #4: Everything changes

▪the environment is constantly changing

However, man’s technology has affected

these natural changes often to a
problematic extent
Principle #5: Everything must go
somewhere

Whatever object is thrown away, it

disappears from sight but it does
not cease to exist
Principle #6: Ours is a finite earth

How long would the earth be able to sustain

demands on its resources?

Unless the factors of population growth,

lifestyles, and polluting technologies are
checked, the collapse of the earth might be
inevitable.
Principle #7: Nature is beautiful and we are
stewards of God's creation

Humans are the only

ones made in God's
image and have been
given the right to have
dominion over all His
creations
 Our duty is to discern the true worth of
modern systems and techniques to reject
those that degrade, and promote those
that elevate the human condition.

Source: Science and Health: Matrix and Modules on Environmental Management

 includes official rules,
decisions, and actions
concerning environmental
quality, natural resources and
ecological sustainability
Integration of Environmental
Education in the Tertiary Education
Curriculum particularly the
Civic Welfare and Training Service
Component of the NSTP
 Executive Order No. 26:
NATIONAL GREENING PROGRAM

signed on February 24, 2011 by

President Benigno S. Aquino declaring
the implementation of the National
Greening Program (NGP) as a
government priority that shall plant
some 1.5 billion trees covering about
1.5 million hectares for a period of six
(6) years from 2011 to 2016.
•Forestlands
•Mangrove and protected areas
•Ancestral domains
•Civil and military reservations
•Urban areas under the greening plans
of LGUs
•Inactive and abandoned mine sites

•Other suitable lands

P.D. 330 & P.D. 953 – laws
on penalizing illegal
cutting of trees

P.D. 825 – prohibits the

improper disposal of
garbage
 R.A. 9003 – The Solid
Waste Management Act of
2001
an act providing for an ecological
solid waste management program,
creating the necessary institutional
mechanisms and incentives,
declaring certain acts prohibited and
providing penalties, appropriating
funds therefore, and for other
purposes.
 Salient Features of RA 9003

1. Mandatory segregation of solid

waste at source
2. Establishment of Material Recovery Faci
3. Prohibition against the use of open dumps
 4. Prohibition of non-
environmentally acceptable products
and packaging
5. littering, throwing and dumping of
wastes in public places
6. Open burning
Classification of
Wastes
Sources and Types of Solid Wastes

Source Facility
Domestic Single family
dwelling, multi-family
dwelling, low,
medium and high
apartments
Commercial Shops, restaurants,
markets, office
buildings, hotels and
motels, institutions
Industrial Fabrication, light
and heavy
manufacturing
refineries, chemical
plants, mining,
power generation
Construction and
Demolition
Agricultural waste
 R.A. 6969 – Toxic Substances and
Hazardous and Nuclear Wastes Control Act
authorizes the DENR to establish a
program to regulate, restrict or prohibit
the importation, manufacture,
processing, sale, destruction, use and
disposal of chemical substances, and
mixture that present unreasonable risk
and/or injury to health or the
environment.
 Characteristics of Hazardous Wastes

1. ignitable

2. corrosive
R.A. 8749 – Philippine Clean
Air Act of 1999

provides for a
comprehensive air
pollution control
policy
 R.A. 9729 – also known as the
Climate Change Act of 2009.

an act mainstreaming climate change

into government policy formulations,
establishing the framework strategy and
program on climate change, creating for
this purpose the climate change
commission, and for other purposes.
P.D. 1067 – Water Code of the Philippines

-adopts adequate measures to

conserve and regulate the use of water
in commercial, industrial and
residential areas.
-It also provides other policy
guidelines in water quality and
management of water resources.
R.A. 9275- also known as the
Philippine Clean Water Act of
2004
an act providing a
–
comprehensive water
quality management
and for other purposes.
 R.A. 8550 – The Fisheries Code
of the Philippines

- defines the policies of the state in

the protection, conservation and
effective management of fisheries
stock as well as identifying
allowable fishing methods in
Philippine coastal waters.
 P.D. 600 ( amended by P.D.
979): Water Pollution Control

- prohibits the discharge of

oil, noxious liquid substances,
and other harmful substances
into the country’s inland and
territorial waters.
 A Point to Ponder

“Only when the last tree is cut…..

Only when the last fish is caught….

Only when the last river is polluted….

Only then will man know that money

cannot be eaten.”