The Philippines, a clean place to live

I think no matter how strict will be the policy of our law still nothing happen.. The problem here is not really the government but the people living here.. They don't have self-discipline.. Even they know the effect of all the things that they doing still they do the same job.. They don't care of others or to the nature but they just care of their self.. Sometimes, people are too selfish since they just think what's the best for themselves.. When I was in college, I joined an environment organization in our school and in our city.. I have learned so many things in that organizations the proper segregations of garbages and what are the effects of this in our nature.. Well, our group made some videos presentations with a message songs.. We composed it.. Then we view this video in our school, but the students didn't even try to watched that videos.. It seems that they are not interested.. Then we also post it in the website but still no changes.. Then we have this program for barangay which is a house to house talk.. We let each houses know about the proper segregations but they are not interested.. They always told us that they were busy and don't time to do that.. Well, for 4 years in college and 4 years having this program we found out that for 4 years, we didn't get reach our goals..It is really sad to know that people are not interested in our program.. The government in our city also try to help us and made 3 different kinds of trash cans in all barangays for the proper segregations but still it seems people don't know what's the different of bio-degradable and non-biodegradable.. They will just throw their garbages without segregating it.. So, I believe that no matter how the government promote this still it will not work for as long as people don't have disciple in it and for as long as they don't know to value our environment.. It is really sad to know admit this but it is true based on my observations and what I've seen..

I guess we can blame the government partially for this but we also have to blame the people who are throwing their trash there in our rivers and bays and seas. If the government would pass laws on environmental and uphold these laws AND if people follow these laws, we wouldn't have much of a problem. We should also do our part by not throwing trash everywhere and segregating our trash. Maybe then would we have a clean place to live.

i am from marikina and our city is called LITTLE SINGAPORE. for it is clean. try to visit us here and see it for yourself. we also segregate our garbage and there is a specific day when the garbage truck will pass. our city is clean and even our river is clean you can see fishes there. our market is clean as well. have you been in marikina? please come and visit marikina sometime. we also have the longest tiange near the river.

If Davao City Mayor Rody Duterte can make wonders with Davao, I wonder why the rest of the country cant. My husbands office brought us here last March. We have been all around the Philippines and Davao surely is the most livable city. Of course there are little mishaps once in a while but definitely .000000000001% compared to Metro Manila. My husband was elected as barangay chairman in one of the biggest barangay in Quezon City. He is really trying his best to improve his barangay in all aspects. I am wishing him well. I hope, in his own little way, pollution will be lessened in that part of the earth. Since he is in Davao every two weeks, he filed for a leave but is still very active in all programs for the barangay. He is concentrating on garbage disposal. Davao City provides thousands of this big garbage containers with wheels marked with biodegradable and non bio. My husband bought the same garbage containers for the barangay at P2300 each. We are hoping that these containers dont get to be taken by thieves. In Davao,its amazing no one will dare rob the garbage containers. So far, the barangay sweepers do not leave the containers out of sight yet. Maybe later on, the people will make it a habit to use the containers wisely. The containers is only one of my husbands programs. Another one is fight corruption. So far, he has trained the people around him, not to take advantage of the residents. He has trained them well and now even the arrogant counselors realize that they are there to serve and not to be served! There is so much to do in his barangay that will later on make a difference. I wish him all the succes. Our house here in Davao is 300 meters away from a beach resort. Beaches here are very well maintained, except for a few plastic bags every now and then which the caretakers try to sweep. Yes!lets save the earth!

Hi edujccz! "Do not ask what your country can do to you, but ask yourself what you can do to your country." I just borrowed this from the great John F. Kennedy. The Philippines is a very beautiful place to live in where people are very nice and fun-loving. But there are lots of place in the country like in Metro Manila where there is a lot of garbage in the streets. I think this may be because most people in the area must not be that disciplined enough to clean their trash. They think that their place is like garbage where they can just be careless in throwing away their trash. They never think that the area they pass by everyday is already their home. I have been to lots of places in the country, but sad to say, many places are really dirty especially in Manila. pollution is everywhere from land to water to air. I am very proud to say that I am from Davao City. Our place is cited as the most livable place in the country and as the cleanest and greenest. There's a cooperation between people here and the government. Everybody is disciplined enough no to dump trash everywhere. We also have the clean air act where people can't just smoke everywhere. I think if the government as well as the people will just be united for a common great cause, then nothing is impossible. It's not too late for us to act. As you said, "Let's save the Earth," as if we have another planet where we can transfer just in case.

i am lucky as i live in a scottish island with strict laws. No littering. People are put in jail for littering in my island. And we will not tolarate chewing gum on the sidewalk.

congrats for your great contribution in saving our environment. Good luck on your group

the government should make a law regarding proper disposal of garbage.. if i were the president, i would strictly implement the law and punish those who will disobey.. you know, its for our own good so let us be instruments of change... lets work hand in hand to solve this long-time dilemma of our country... lets save mother earth!

It is possible to make our country clean. The key to this agenda is unity among our countrymen. Look at Marikina City, it is a great city to live in because people of Marikina are very cooperative to the goal of their municipality or community. They follow rules and they are very strict to make the rules be applied among their community. Helping hands among the people will make this goal into success.

The philippines, if people are educationally aware of their surroundings,a place where they proud of being a Filipino by thoughts, by words, and in spirit, i think its not far to quote its a clean place to live. Cleaning of surroundings, why not clean all garbage thoughts? Can one save live if one work alone, if you just trash it to the government, if you just order it without action, if you just plain say CLEAN. How activating? People complaint, because no one dare to stop them, instead of blaming , why dont you take the first move to do it to somebody who you dont know and act as if you know. Maybe someone will realize the trash that you pick can be beaten by everyone to pick their own trash. We are perfecting wrong, in quoting the government should do it alone, why dont we act to call this place a home, start with your home garbage, recycling, or make use of other matter in valuable thing. It keeps on reminding, bugging and nobody pays attention. Whose to blame, when everyone is throwing their trash in Pasi river? Whose to blame, when there lights up in the street, someone steal them? Whose to blame, that we file our garbage too thick because someone has to pick it up and throw them out of nowhere, and sick of this recycled system. People, be enlighten that we owe our liberty to what we can do and not to those whom you regard as useless. There is only one Body of Christ, why dont we put ourselves together so that we can be one, one garbage to another be usefull to another, one friend to pick it up and to mend , one pattern of solution why crample it, why dont we act as human, for this body is Holy and reserve to everyone. Please take a sit of where you should be place in this one Body of Christ.Its nice to live with clean mind, clean heart and clean soul, cause you can do more than Love your country and yourself. Try to clean you trash in your body .Help to clean your surroundings too.