ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AND
PROTECTION
BASIC CONCEPT AND LAWS GOVERNING
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9512 states that
“Environmental education shall encompass
environmental concepts and
principles, environmental laws, the state of
international and local environment, local
environmental best practices, the threats of
environmental degradation, and its impact on
human well-being, the responsibility of the
citizenry to the
environment and the value of conservation,
protection, and rehabilitation of natural
resources and the environment in the context
of sustainable development.
● theoretical and practicum modules
comprising activities, projects,
programs
● not limited to, tree planting
● waste minimization
● segregation, recycling, and
composting recycling and composting
● freshwater and marine conservation
● forest management and conservation
● relevant livelihood opportunities and
economic benefits
Section 4- Environmental Education and
Activities as Part of National Service
Training Program.
● The CHED and the TESDA shall
include environmental education and
awareness programs and activities in
the National Service Training Program
under Republic Act No.9163, as part
of the Civic Welfare Training Service
component required for all
baccalaureate degree courses and
vocational courses with a curriculum of
at least two (2) years.
Section 5- Declaration of Environmental
Awareness Month.
● Pursuant to the policy set forth in this
Act, the month of November of every
year shall be known as the
“Environmental Awareness Month”
throughout the Philippines.
SEVEN ENVIRONMENTAL
PRINCIPLES
ECOSYSTEM
● the basic functional unit of nature
● the interaction of the community (living
components) and the non-living
environment
ALL FORMS OF LIFE ARE IMPORTANT
(THUS, THE NEED FOR BIODIVERSITY)
● All organisms have a role in the
ecosystem.
EVERYTHING MUST GO SOMEWHERE
(THUS,
TOO MUCH CAN CAUSE POLLUTION)
● Waste Management
● Environmental Management Systems
OURS IS A FINITE EARTH (THUS, NEED
FOR CONSERVATION)
● Trends in paradigm
1. PRESERVATION (no touch)
2. CONSERVATION (Wise use)
3. Sustainable Development
NATURE KNOWS BEST (THUS, THE
NEED FOR ECOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGY)
“Nature must be obeyed first before it can
be commanded”
● Humans should first understand
nature and follow its laws
● Humans should not go against natural
processes if we want a sustained yield
of natural resources.
NATURAL PROCESS
Food Chain
•Shows the transfer of energy within on
ecosystem
DISRUPTION
 NATURE IS BEAUTIFUL AND WE ARE
STEWARDS OF GOD
● Divinity in all forms of life.
● Religion is one of the most influential
aspects that affect values and
environment.
EVERYTHING CHANGES
● Linear change- evolution of species
● Cyclical change- influenced by time
such as seasons
● Random change- eruption of
volcanoes
CLIMATE CHANGE
● A change in the pattern of weather,
and related changes in oceans, land
surfaces, and ice sheets, occurring
over time scales of decades
● Due to natural processes
(Sun’sradiation, volcanoes, or internal
variability in the climate system)
● Due to human influences such as
changes in the composition of the
atmosphere or land use
ECOLOGICAL SOLID WASTE
MANAGEMENT
● The systematic administration of
activities
● Provide for segregation at source,
segregated transportation, storage,
transfer, processing, treatment, and
disposal of solid waste and all other
waste management activities which do
not harm the environment
CLASSIFICATION OF SOLID WASTE
A. COMPOSTABLE WASTES
● Compostable wastes are
biodegradable wastes such as food
waste, garden waste, animal waste,
and human waste.
● Undergo biological degradation under
controlled conditions and can be
turned into compost (soil conditioner
or organic fertilizer) by mixing them
with soil, water, air, and biological
additives/activators
B. RECYCLABLE WASTES
● Any waste material retrieved from the
waste stream and free from
contamination that can still be
converted into suitable beneficial it
may be transformed into new products
in such a manner that the original
products may lose their identity
C. RESIDUAL WASTES
● Solid waste materials that are
non-compostable and non-recyclable
● Should be disposed ecologically
through a long-term disposal facility or
sanitary landfill
D. SPECIAL WASTES
● Refer to household hazardous wastes
WASTE AVOIDANCE AND THE THREE R’S
OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
AVOIDANCE
● Avoid disposable goods such as
throwaway razors, pens, diapers, etc.
● Eliminate household toxic waste from
the garbage stream
● Avoid products that are made from
non-renewable resources
REDUCE
● Reduce the amount of unnecessary
packaging.
● ❑Adopt practices that reduce waste
toxicity
REUSE
● Consider reusable products. Maintain
and repair durable products. Reuse
bags, containers, and other items.
● Borrow, rent or share items used
infrequently.
● Sell or donate goods
RECYCLE
● Choose recyclable products and
containers and recycle them.
● Compost yard trimmings, food scraps,
and other biodegradable wastes.
● Do not burn.
CLEAN AIR ACT OF 1999
● The Philippines Clean Air Act of 1999
(Republic Act No. 8749) outlines the
government’s measures to reduce air
pollution and incorporate
environmental protection into its
development plans.

● Sets emission standards for all motor

vehicles and issues pollutant
limitations for industry
● Rules and regulations shall apply to all
industrial emissions and other
establishments which are potential
sources of air pollution

WAYS TO IMPROVE
ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS

CLEANUP PROGRAM
● Help to teach residents about
recycling and about activities that will
reduce the neighborhood's carbon
footprint

GARDENING
● Produce oxygen

TREE PLANTING
● Providing oxygen,
● Improving air quality,
● Climate amelioration,
● Conserving water
● Preserving soil
● Supporting wildlife

“Environmental education provides

important opportunities for students to
become engaged in real world issues that
transcend classroom walls.

Environmental education
● They can see the relevance of their
classroom studies to the complex
environmental issues confronting our
planet and they can acquire the skills
they’ll need to be creative problem
solvers and powerful advocates.”
- Ms. Campbell, California’s
Superintendent of San
Mateo County Schools

HUMAN RIGHTS & DIGNITY
HUMAN DIGNITY
● Recognition that human beings
possess a special value intrinsic to
their humanity and as such are worthy
of respect simply because they are
human beings.
DIGNITY
● The quality of being honorable, noble,
excellent, or worthy. With a human
regarded as the most supreme living
creature, dignity, in its appealing
sense is better referred to as human
dignity
WHY IS Human dignity
IMPORTANT
● Sense of self-worth
● Sense of pride in oneself that a human
being has with them (makes people
feel that they deserve respect and
honor from other human beings
MAJOR THREAT TO HUMAN DIGNITY
● Humiliation ( assertiveness in this
situation is needed)
● All humans deserve dignity not
because of their lifelong achievements
but by the fact they are human
HUMAN RIGHTS
● Rights inherent to all human beings,
regardless of race, sex, nationality,
ethnicity, language, religion, or any
other status
● Right to life and liberty, freedom from
slavery and torture, freedom of opinion
and expression, the right to work and
education, and many more
● Everyone is entitled to these rights,
without discrimination
CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS
● A class of rights that protect
individuals' freedom from infringement
by governments, social organizations,
and private individual
● Ensure one's entitlement to participate
in the civil and political life of society
and the state without discrimination or
repression.
CIVIL RIGHTS
● The ensuring of peoples'
physical and mental integrity,
life, and safety
● Protection from discrimination
on grounds such as race,
gender, sexual orientation,
gender identity, national origin,
color, age, political affiliation,
ethnicity, religion, and
disability, and individual rights
such as privacy and the
freedom of thought, speech,
religion, press, assembly, and
movement
ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND CULTURAL
RIGHTS:
Intertwining of Rights
● Include the human right to work
● The right to an adequate standard of
living, including food, clothing, and
housing, the right to physical and
mental health
● The right to social security, the right to
a healthy environment, and the right to
education.
● The right to speak freely means little
without a basic education
● The right to vote means little if you are
suffering from starvation
● The right to work means little if you are
not allowed to meet and assemble in
groups to discuss work conditions
COMMON GOOD
● That which benefits society as a whole
● Refers to those facilities—whether
material, cultural or institutional—that
the members of a community provide
to all members in order to fulfill a
relational obligation they all have to
care for certain interests that they
have in common.
● Refers to those facilities—whether
material, cultural or institutional—that
the members of a community provide
 to all members in order to fulfill a
relational obligation they all have to
care for certain interests that they
have in common
EDSA PEOPLE POWER
REVOLUTION
● Four-day demonstration along EDSA
was a manifestation of the discontent
and furies that began with the
parliament of the streets during
Marcos’ totalitarian rule.
HISTORICAL EVENTSKATIPUNAN (KKK)
● The Kataastaasan, Kagalang
galangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng
Bayan ("Supreme and Venerable
Association of the Children of the
Nation” also known as Katipunan or
KKK
BASIC CONCEPTS OF HUMAN
DIGNITY
● KKK was a Philippine revolutionary
society founded by anti-Spanish
colonialism Filipinos in Manila in 1892;
its primary goal was to gain
independence from Spain through a
revolution.
● Belief that all people hold a special
value that’s tied solely to their
humanity
● Nothing to do with their class, race,
gender, religion, abilities, or any other
factor other than them being human
PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN
DIGNITY
● Individual human beings are the
foundation, the cause, and the end of
every social institution
● People are by nature social beings
THEOLOGICAL VISION OF THE HUMAN
PERSON
● The principle of human dignity rests on
a foundation of faith which affirms that
God is the source and creator of all life
HUMAN RIGHTS VICTIMS AND
REPARATION AND RECOGNITION ACT OF
2013
Recognition Act of 2013
[REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10368]
ACT PROVIDING FOR REPARATION AND
RECOGNITION OF VICTIMS OF HUMAN
RIGHTS VIOLATIONS DURING THE
MARCOS REGIME, DOCUMENTATION OF
SAID VIOLATIONS
LAWS AND DECLARATIONS THAT
PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS
Section 11 of Article II of the 1987
Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines
declares that the State values the dignity of
every human, person, and guarantees full
respect for human rights
Pursuant to this declared policy, Section 12 of
Article III of the Constitution prohibits the
use of torture, force, violence, threat,
intimidation, or any other means which vitiate
the free will and mandates the compensation
and rehabilitation of victims of torture or similar
practices and their families
human rights situation in the Philippines
On 2019, killings by the police and unknown
armed individuals remained rampant as the
government’s violent “war on drugs” reached
its fourth year.
Increase in killings of activists for their
political views
In July, the UN Human Rights Council adopted
a resolution asking the High Commissioner for
Human Rights to report back on the human
rights situation in the country in 2020.

EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTIONS AND
IMUNITY
● Killings by the police and unknown
armed individuals continued in the
context of the government’s anti-drug
campaign
● In June, the then-chief of the
Philippine National Police (PNP)
acknowledged that over 6,500 people
had been killed in police operations
since the Duterte administration took
office in July 2016
● Government records also showed
more than 20,000 other deaths during
the same period classified as homicide
cases under investigation
● Victims continued to be
overwhelmingly from poor and
marginalized communities
● Killings of activists affiliated with the
political left surged following a
complete breakdown of peace talks
between the government and the New
People’s Army (June 2019)
LABOR RIGHTS
● Strike several times against unfair
labor practices, including low wages,
short/fixed-term employment, and
failure by employers to provide
government-mandated benefits.
RIGHTS TO HEALTH
anti-drugs campaign
● Amnesty International revealed the
government’s drug rehabilitation and
treatment programs were inadequate
● Activism
● Mass movements
● Period od restricted
movement,lockdown, and crackdowns
Defending Human Rights and Freedoms
during Covid-19
● Allocating sufficient funds for free
testing, treatment, and eradication of
COVID 19 and improvement of health
services,
● Administering mass testing that is free,
widespread, and systematic, and
● Increasing the equipment, supply, and
personnel of hospitals, among other
recommendations.
SOCIAL-ECONOMIC STEPS:
● Forbidding layoffs and giving support
to affected workers and semi-workers,
● Providing emergency relief packs and
other support for the poor, and
● Controlling the prices and ensuring the
supply of essential goods and
services.
Contribution to the
protection and enhancement of human
rights in the Philippines
PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
● Protecting individual rights such as the
right to own private property and the
right to judicial remedy are
prerequisites for fostering
entrepreneurship, investment, and
economic growth.
● Strengthening the capacity of human
rights defenders and National Human
Rights Institutions
● Training justice and security sector
personnel on human rights norms and
practices
● Ensuring a country’s national laws and
policies reflect their international
human rights commitments
● Advocating for institutional safeguards
that prevent development efforts from
violating the rights of the poor,
vulnerable populations, indigenous
peoples, and others
PROMOTING HUMAN RIGHTS
● Conducting human rights monitoring,
investigations, and analysis;
● Issuing public reports on human rights
issues of special concern;
● Preventing human rights violations,
including through mission-wide early
warning mechanisms;
● Responding to violations of human
rights by providing human rights
advice, supporting institutional reform
and building capacity, supporting the
creation and strengthening of
accountability mechanisms, and
 working closely with host
governments, national institutions, and
civil society
● Advising and assisting other mission
teams in integrating human rights in
their mandated tasks
GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT
SEX
● tends to relate to biological
differences
● Refer to male and female genitalia,
both internal and external are different.
● Both men and women have
testosterone, estrogen, and
progesterone.
groups of women and men. It varies from
society to society and can be changed.”
GENDER ROLES
● Men are increasingly taking on roles
traditionally seen as belonging to
women
● Women are playing the parts
previously assigned mostly to men.
THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN SEX AND GENDER

GENETIC FACTORS SEX

● Genetic factors define the sex of an
individual.
● Women have 46 chromosomes
including two Xs and men have 46
including an X and a Y.
● The Y chromosome is dominant and
carries the signal for the embryo to
begin growing testes.
● refers to the biological differences
between males and females, such as
the genitalia and genetic differences.
GENDER
● refer to the role of a male or female in
society, known as a gender role, or an
individual’s concept of themselves, or
gender identity.

DNA AND CHROMOSOMES

SEX GENDER

Sex refers to the Gender refers to the

biological and social and cultural
physiological differences between men
differences between and women
men and women

GENDER
● Tends to denote the social and cultural Sex has two main Gender has two main
role of each sex within a given society. categories: male and categories: masculine
female and feminine
People often develop their gender
roles in response to their environment,
Sex remains the same Gender roles,
including family interactions, the
regardless of time and expectations may differ
media, peers, and education.
culture across time and culture
GENDER
The World Health Organization (WHO) Sex is created by the Gender distinctions are
defines gender as: reproduction needs, created by social norms
that is, biological
“GENDER refers to the socially constructed features
characteristics of women and men, such as
norms, roles, and relationships of and between

GENDER IDENTITY
● Personal conception of oneself as
male or female (or rarely, both or
neither)
● Outward manifestations of personality
that reflect the gender identity
GENDER IDENTITY, in nearly all instances, is
self-identified, as a result of a combination of
inherent and extrinsic or environmental factors
GLAAD
(formerly the Gay & Lesbian Alliance
Against Defamation)
One’s internal, personal sense of being a man
or woman.
● Not caused by the way a child was
reared by his or her parents, or by
having a sexual experience with
someone of the same sex when the
person was young
● does not mean the person is mentally
ill or abnormal in some
way, although there may be social problems
that result from prejudicial attitudes or
misinformation
How Do People Know Their Sexual
Orientation?
their sexual orientation becomes evident to
them during adolescence or young adulthood,
and in many cases without any
sexual experience
International Covenant on Civil and
Political
Rights
● Rights to equality between men and
women in the enjoyment of all rights

For transgender people, their own internal

gender identity does not match the sex they
were assigned at birth.

SEXUAL ORIENTATION
● Emotional
● romantic
● sexual attraction to individuals of a
particular gender (male or female)

SEXUAL ORIENTATION: categories

HETEROSEXUAL
● attracted to individuals of the opposite
sex
BISEXUAL
● attracted to members of either sex
HOMOSEXUAL
● attracted to individuals of one's own
sex

Why Are Some People Homosexual or

Bisexual? United Nations Protecting and promoting
● The result of a combination of women’s human rights
environmental, emotional, hormonal,
and biological
 ● Laws and policies prohibit women
from equal access to land, property,
and housing;
● Economic and social discrimination
● Gender-based violence
● Denial of sexual and reproductive
health rights
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9710
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE
MAGNA CARTA OF WOMEN
Recognizing that the economic, political, and
sociocultural realities affect women’s current
condition, the State affirms the role of women
in nation-building and ensures the substantive
equality of women and men. It shall promote
empowerment of women and pursue equal
opportunities for women and men and ensure
equal access to resources and to development
results and outcome
Further, the State realizes that equality of men
and women entails the abolition of the unequal
structures and practices that perpetuate
discrimination and inequality. To realize this,
the State shall endeavor to develop plans,
policies, programs, measures, and
mechanisms to address discrimination and
inequality in the economic, political, social, and
cultural life of women and men.
Current Situation of Women in the
Philippines:
SHARP CONTRADICTIONS
FILIPINO WOMEN may be considered as one
of the most advanced vis-à-vis the women in
other countries, in the areas of academic,
professional, political, and legislation
Filipino women suffer from domestic
violence, economic disadvantages,
discrimination at the workplace, exploitation as
migrant workers, and as prostituted women
and displacement brought by the intermittent
wars in conflict-affected areas.
Current Situation of Women in the
Philippines
The situation of Women/Gender in
Education
Female students in the Philippines fare very
well in the area of education. Relative to male
students, females have a higher participation
rate in the elementary and secondary levels
(drop out rate for males are higher than that of
the female students)
Current Situation of Women in the
PhilippinesSituation of Women/Gender in
Health
● Women have varying levels of access
to health facilities during delivery
● 69.5% of live births occurred in health
facilities in the National Capital
Region, only 10.7% occurred in the
same facilities in CARAGA.
Violence against women and their
children (VAWC)
act or a series of act committed by any person
against his wife, former wife, a woman with
whom he has or had a sexual dating
relationship, or with whom he has a child, or
against the woman’s child. This act may have
been committed within or outside the family
residence resulting in;
(i) physical violence (bodily or physical
harm), (ii) sexual violence,
(iii) psychological violence, and
(iv) economic abuse.
Current Situation of Women in the
Philippines
Situation of Women/Gender in Health
The Department of Health has identified the
following factors that lead to poor health
among
Filipino women:
(i) low social status of women
(ii) reproductive risks
(iii) inadequate gender-responsive services
and facilities for women
iv) environmental hazards and
contaminants, and
(v) increased participation of women in the
workforce (reproductive health risk at work
especially during pregnancy and lactation)
 Current Situation of Women in the
Philippines
Situation of Women/Gender in Agriculture,
Forestry, Fisheries
● Most of the land titles of land-owning
households are in the name of their
husbands (the patriarchal system in
the Philippines)
● Men( the main breadwinners) while
women (childbearing, housekeeping)

Situation of Women/Gender
in
Political and Public Life

● 1937, Filipino women were already

allowed to vote and stand for election
● as early as 1941, a woman has
already been elected into Parliament
(the first in the region)

Current Situation of Women in the

Philippines
Situation of Women in Mindanao

Moro and Lumad women ( the poorest and

most disadvantaged among the Mindanao
population; minorities within minorities)

SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
AND DEVELOPMENT
CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION
● Access to safe water and sanitation
and sound management of freshwater
ecosystems are essential to human
health and to environmental
sustainability and economic prosperity.
● Water scarcity affects more than 40
percent of people around the world
and this figure is projected to increase
with the rise of global temperatures as
a result of climate change
● Ensuring access to safe and
affordable water will require investing
in adequate infrastructure and
sanitation facilities, supporting water
efficiency and treatment technologies,
and rational use of water-related
ecosystems.
AFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY
Interaction with SDG 3
● Promoting sustainable energy will be
key to healthier homes and lives.
CLIMATE ACTION
● The annual average losses from
tsunamis, tropical cyclones, and
flooding amount to hundreds of billions
of dollars.
● The goal aims to mobilize $100 billion
annually by 2020 to address the needs
of developing countries and help
mitigate climate-related disasters.
● Interaction with SDG 3
● This goal is inextricably linked to SDG
3, and involves protecting health from
climate risks, and promoting health
through low-carbon development.
How to fight climate change at home
● Grow your own food. ...
● Swap out paper towels for washable
cloths. ...
● Design your workspace around natural
light. ...
● Unplug electronic devices when they
aren't in use. ...
● Rethink your laundry. ...
● Repurpose old furniture.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
GOALS: PHILIPPINES
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