HOW sustainable SCIENCE

Unfortunately, the Philippines currently isn’t doing well even in

the foundational goals of improving the ecosystem (e.g. land on
life and sea) and generally has a long way to go to achieving it.
AND TECHNOLOGY CAN HELP
US ACHIEVE ‘GINHAWA’
what is ginhawa? Sachs et al. (2023)

The Filipino concept of ‘ease of life’; a state But why is the Philippines struggling?
of well-being and comfort characterized by
feelings of contentment, harmony, and peace.
(Madarang, 2013; Muyco, 2021; “What Is the According to Dr. William Padolina, of the
Definition of Ginhawa..., n.d.) National Academy of Science and Technology
Historically, the term referred to the goals of Philippines (NAST), part of the problem lies in
the Philippine Revolution in seeking liberation the fact that ...
from Spain.
“there is a civil shortage of talent in
Nowadays its used to describe the goal of the philippines
ordinary Filipinos to provide a good and
comfortable life for themselves and their that is directly related to the government’s
families. lack of support and funding for basic research and
development of science research (Sakay &
Pascacio, 2018)
But do many filipinos struggle to achieve ginhawa
in their lives? As we know, a lack of opportunities in the country
has caused many skilled workers and professionals
to seek employment outside the country, causing a
Let’s look at it through the scope of massive ‘brain drain’ phenomenon in the PH.
sustainable development goals (SDGs).
If we achieve our
sdgs we contribute
And without a significant intellectual force collaborating and advising
The SDGs comprise 17 factors that, the government, improvements and developments in our important
according to the United Nations (n.d), act as to world’s social
progress index (TED,
foundational sectors such as agriculture and fisheries are likely to
a ‘blueprint to achieve a better and more remain stagnant.
sustainable future for all. 2015)
What must be done?
The goals are The government must acknowledge that current measures designed
arranged in a hierarchy to improve our environment have not been enough to help us
called the‘wedding reach our SDG goals and that there must be a change in the way
cake’ model with they approach the problem.
3 Tiers of Sustainability:
It is not enough to recognize the enormous potential that science,
BIOSPHERE, SOCIETY, & technology and skilled individuals entail but there must be clear
ECONOMY efforts to INVEST — in building a strong academic community as
well as a strong civil community that is well-informed of the
advantages that science will bring to our county.
Ideally, if a country
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