PLANTING TREES FOR

GREENER TOMORROW
Sherry Lyn Lamsen-Orjalo
Project Development Officer I
Youth Formation Unit – School Governance and Operations Division
Schools Division Office I Pangasinan
BREAKOUT SESSION OBJECTIVES:
1. Enumerate/Identify the
environmental problems the
Philippines is facing.
2. Highlight the solutions and
actions to advocate for a
greener world.
3. Understand how economic
growth and environmental
preservation can go together
in creating progress and
prosperity for the country.
 THERE WAS A TREE
There was a TREE

the finest TREE that I ever did see

and the TREE was on the ground,

(and the ____ was on the ____…)

where the green grass grow all around, all around…

+TRUNK + BRANCH + TWIG + NEST + EGG + BIRD

Guide Questions:
• How did you find the activity? How do you feel about it?
• How do you think the activity is related to the topic?
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROBLEMS
TOP 5 ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS in the PHILIPPINES
1. POLLUTION
occurs when pollutants
contaminate the natural
surroundings; which brings
about changes that affect
our normal lifestyles
adversely. Pollutants are the
key elements or
components of pollution
which are generally waste
materials of different forms.
Pollution disturbs our
ecosystem and the balance
in the environment. 
TOP 5 ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS in the PHILIPPINES
2. GLOBAL WARMING
also referred to as climate
change, is the observed
century-scale rise in the
average temperature of
the Earth's climate system and
its related effects.
TOP 5 ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS in the PHILIPPINES
3. OVERPOPULATION
is an undesirable condition
where the number of
existing human population
exceeds the carrying
capacity of an area.
TOP 5 ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS in the PHILIPPINES
4. DEPLETION OF
NATURAL
RESOURCES
is generally accepted to
be when natural
resources are
consumed at a greater
rate than they are
produced.
TOP 5 ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS in the PHILIPPINES
5. IMPROPER WASTE
DISPOSAL
Waste disposal can be
defined as any method used
to discard unwanted
substances or materials.
 GROUP ACTIVITY
1. Divide the participants into five groups
2. Each group shall be given an environmental problem
to solve. Their outputs must contain solutions and
actions to address the problem.
3. Each group will be given 5 minutes to finish the task.
4. Each group will share their output and have one
representative to discuss.
Save Our World
Plant trees
3Rs: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
 Start using refillable water bottle
Switch to clean energy
 Bike to work or Car Pool
 Go solar
Don’t put glass in the trash
Pay bills online
Conserve water
 Turn off the sink when you brush your teeth
 Catch rainwater
 Wash your hair less frequently
 Take your filthy car to a car wash station
 Go meatless once a week
Save energy
 Use compact fluorescent light bulbs
 Harvest rainwater
 Turn-off all appliances when not in use
Family planning
Birth control measures,
regulations and policies
Better education
Spread awareness!!!
 THINK
STOP
ACT
Sustainable development is a process
that “meets present needs without
compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs. -
World Commission on Environment and
Development (WCED)
To address climate change, countries adopted the Paris Agreement at the  twenty-first
session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change held in Paris  on 12 December 2015. The Agreement entered into
force shortly thereafter, on 4 November 2016. The historic Paris Agreement provides
an opportunity for countries to strengthen the global response to the threat of
climate change by keeping a global temperature rise this century well below 2
degrees Celsius and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further
to 1.5 degrees Celsius. In accordance with its article 20, the Agreement shall be open
for signature at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 22 April 2016 until
21 April 2017 by States and regional economic integration organizations that are
Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The
Philippines signed into the agreement on April 22, 2016 and was accepted last
March 23, 2017.
Wake Up to Reality