Environmental

Awareness and
RA 9512
Education Act
of 2008
 An Act to promote
Environmental AWARENESS
RA 9512 through Environmental
Education and for other
purpose
 EE is a process that allows
individuals to:

explore
engage
What is
Environmental take action
Education?
 Tomorrow’s leaders need to be
equipped for tomorrow’s
challenges, and we must
Why teach adequately prepare our
Environmental children for the future they will
Education? inherit.
 Promotes Environmental Education
through an inter-agency and multi-
sectoral approach.

Objective
 - Environmental concepts and
principles

Environmental
Education
includes:
Environmental
Principles and
Concepts
(California’s way for
environmental literacy)
www.californiaeei.org
Environmental
Principles and
Concepts
(California’s way for
environmental literacy)
www.californiaeei.org
Environmental
Principles and
Concepts
(California’s way for
environmental literacy)
www.californiaeei.org
Environmental
Principles and
Concepts
(California’s way for
environmental literacy)
www.californiaeei.org
Environmental
Principles and
Concepts
(California’s way for
environmental literacy)
www.californiaeei.org
 Dr. Gerald Lieberman

“
are vibrant, living programs that
engage students and teachers in
active learning that has meaning
Environment- for their daily lives and for their
futures. And, they give students
based from diverse backgrounds an
opportunity to become active,
education contributing members of the
global society of the twenty-first
programs century.
 - Environmental Laws

RA RA RA PD RA
8749 9275 9003 1586 9512

Environmental
Education
includes:
 RA
8749
Philippine Clean Air Act of
1999

Environmental
Education
includes:
 RA
9275
The Philippine Clean Water Act

Environmental
Education
includes:
 RA
9003
9275
The Ecological Solid Waste
Management Act

Environmental
Education
includes:
 PD
RA
1586
9275
The Philippine Impact Statement System

Environmental
Education
includes:
 RA
9512
9275
Environmental Awareness
and Education Act

Environmental
Education
includes:
 - The state of international and
local environment

Environmental
Education
includes:
 - Local environmental best
practices

Environmental
Education
includes:
 - The threats of environmental
degradation and its impact on
human well being

Environmental
Education
includes:
 - The responsibility of the citizenry,
and rehabilitation of natural
resources

Environmental
Education
includes:
 - The environment in the context
of sustainable development

Environmental
Education
includes:
 …the state shall promote national
awareness on the role of natural
resources in economic growth and
the importance of environmental
conservation and ecological balance
towards sustained national
Section 2 development.
 - Department of Education
(DepEd)
- Commission on Higher Education
(CHED)
- Technical Education and Skills
Who shall
Development Authority (TESDA)
implement RA
9512?
 - Department of Environment and
Natural Resources (DENR)
- Department of Science and
Technology
Who shall
implement RA
9512?
 Environmental Education and
Activities as part of the National
Service Training Program

What are some

of the programs
implemented?
LEADERS
1/3
 FUTURE
MOVERS IN
NATION
BUILDING
1/3
1/3
1/3
1/3
1/3
1/3
1/3
LEADERS
 WILL
CREATE THE
WORLD YOU
WANT TO 1/3
LIVE IN
1/3
 Current Population
in the Philippines
107, 093, 616
Population

YOUTH
1 / 33

- Worldometers, November 2018

 LABELS NG
YOUTH
IL L E N N IA L S
M
Made in t
he Philip
p in e s
YOUTH
LEADER
YOUTH
1/3
 FUTURE
MOVERS IN
NATION
1/3
BUILDING
YOUTH
WILL CREATE
THE WORLD
WE WANT TO
LIVE IN
1/3
SOLUTION POLLUTION
1/3
1/3
Each goal is
important
in itself …

And they
are
1 / 3all
connected
A YouthSpeak global survey
of 180,000 young people
showed 68% believe the
world will be a better place
by 2030. 1/3
ENVIRONMENTALISM

1/3
 ENVIRONMENTALISM

GREEN
MIND 1/3
 ENVIRONMENTALISM

GREEN GREEN
MIND HEART 1/3
 GREEN
HAND

ENVIRONMENTALISM

GREEN GREEN
MIND HEART 1/3
 E LI F EST Y LE
ZERO WAST

LI SM
I KO MI NIMA
ORGAN
ENVIRONMENTALISM

NI S M
RIA N VEGA 1/3
G E TA
VE
 1/3
AN ENVIRONMENTALIST MUST KNOW
 ENVIRONMENTAL
REGULATORY BODY
1/3
AN ENVIRONMENTALIST MUST KNOW
 PHILIPPINE
ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL
REGULATORY BODY
1/3
AN ENVIRONMENTALIST MUST KNOW
 PHILIPPINE
ENVIRONMENT
70Rs

ENVIRONMENTAL
REGULATORY BODY
1/3
AN ENVIRONMENTALIST MUST KNOW
 PHILIPPINE
ENVIRONMENT
70Rs

ENVIRONMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL
RELATED
REGULATORY BODY
EVENTS
1/3
AN ENVIRONMENTALIST MUST KNOW
ENVIRONMENTAL
REGULATORY
BODY
 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
AND NATIONAL RESOURCES
 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
AND NATIONAL RESOURCES
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONEMENT
AND NATIONAL RESOURCES
conservation

management

development
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONEMENT
proper use AND NATURAL RESOURCES
 PHILIPPINE
ENVIRONMENT
 ? islands
The Philippines has an archipelago of _____
and islets of which 3,144.
It has 421 principal rivers and there are also 59 natural lakes and more than
100,000 hectares of freshwater swamps.
The Philippines has an archipelago of 7,641 islands
and islets of which 3,144.
It has 421 principal rivers and there are also 59 natural lakes and more than
100,000 hectares of freshwater swamps.
 Verde Island Passage
Marine Corridor
(Sulu-Sulawesi Marine Ecoregion)

Center of the center of marine shorefish diversity in the world

 VAST MINERAL RESOURCES
Only 1.4%
being
exploited
30% or 9 Million
Hectares
High-Potential
70%

Low-Medium Potential

Mineral Land Distribution Land Area: 30 million Hectares

(As % of Total Philippine Land Area)
• One of 17 mega-diverse countries in the
world
 Containing two-thirds of the earth’s
biodiversity
 70-80% of the world’s endangered species
• 4th in the World in bird endemism
• 5th in the World in mammal endemism
• 5th in the World in number of plant species
• 8th in the World in reptile endemism
 TYPHOON ONDOY
September 26, 2009
• Php 11B damage in
infrastructure and agriculture
• 464 persons were killed
• 529 persons were injured
TYPHOON PABLO
December 04, 2012
• 1,020 persons were injured
• Php 37B damage to
infrastructure, agriculture
and property
TYPHOON YOLANDA
November 08, 2013
• 6,300 persons were killed
• 28,689 were injured
• Php 571.1B damage to
infrastructure, agriculture and
property
By 2030, climate shocks could push an
additional 0.9 million people back into
extreme poverty and reduce the income of the
bottom 40% by 2.3%

These will result to a cycle of poverty, risk

and vulnerability. 

We need to do something!
MITIGATION ADAPTATION
pagtugon sa mga sanhi pagtugon sa epekto ng
ng climate change climate change
 70Rs
Ways on how to reduce carbon footprints
 7Rs
Ways on how to reduce carbon footprints
1

REFUSE
Refuse what you don’t need.
LEARN HOW TO SAY NO
#SAYNOTOSINGLEUSE
#SAYNOTOSINGLEUSE
#SAYNOTOFREEBIES!
#SAYNOTOSINGLEUSEPLASTICS
#SAYNOTOPAPERWASTE
#SAYNOTOPAPERWASTE

R M A TI O N
T H E I N FO
AC CE PT L IT E M
E P H Y SI C A
NO T T H
#ECOPYMONALANG
2

REDUCE
Reduce what we want.
#LETITGO
3

REUSE
Reuse by using reusables.
DISPOSABLE MASK REUSABLE MASK
 MEN
LOOK
SEXIER
WITH
AN
ECO-BAG
 REUSABLE SAFETY RAZOR

Two billion plastic

razors are thrown
away each year. It’s
outrageous that
they are neither
compostable nor
recyclable.

PLASTIC RAZOR
4

ROT
Compost the rest.
#FOODWASTENOWASTE
C
O
M
P
O Twin Pits Tower Tires Bottomless
Composters
S
TI
N
G Clay Flower Pots Plastic Bag Compost Bins
LEMON SCRAPS TO CLEANER

• When life gives you lemons, clean with them!

That’s our mantra when it comes to keeping
our homes fresh and shining. In addition to
being delicious, lemons can clean a surprising
number of places in the house, replacing
several commercial cleaning products.
ORGANIC PAINTING
ORGANIC PAINTING
5

RECYCLE
What you cannot refuse,
reduce or reuse
THERE ARE 2 TYPES OF RECYCLING
#UPCYCLEMOKO
#UPCYCLEMOKO
#UPCYCLEMOKO
6

RETHINK
Rethink for greener options.
#AyPhone
#GREENYOURCOMMUTE
#WATERISLIFER
#TRAVELGOALS
#TRAVELGOALS

PUSO POSE
#TRAVELGOALS

PARA SA KALIKASAN
PUSO POSE
7

RELAY
Share what you know,
what you learn, and
What you will know
#GREENDUCATIONPH

 “If you can’t develop, volunteer.

If you can’t volunteer, donate.
If you can’t donate, educate.”