Go! Go! Go! Bio!

Another day, and its 9:00 AM time for my favorite part of the day, my encounter with Mrs. Villanueva (of course my Biology-Teacher) and my favorite subject! Science.

Today, we had a wonderful group activity. We were given the choices of: performing a song or a dance, making a short skit, writing a poem or a debate.

My group chose to write a poem, so there it was. I was the one assigned. Here it is:

Our Barangay has a good infatuation

We must always practice waste segregation

Canal-cleaning and garbage-collection

Are some of our captain's helpful infatuation

Another project is Clean and Green

This was emphasized in Tree Planting

Now we plant the seed of our life

So tomorrow's children will never strife

"Tapat Ko, Linis Ko" was another policy

Cleaning litters will benefit you and me

Just imagine if our place is garbage-free

People will leave happy and healthy

Now in the end there is a question

Will you obey it and continue to live on?

It's our choice and we must decide

If we will lean on Mother Nature's side.

This presentation was actually fun, we recited the poem well but in some lines our voice went absurd and our teacher  commented us on that. But more or less I knew she was happy.

Some other groups performed their choices. Some performed a skit and others a dialogue. And a group performed a somewhat like 'Senate Hearing', and they acted like senators and congressmen implementing laws these are some of them:

Solid Waste Management

RA 9003: Philippine Ecological Solid Waste Management Act (PESWMA) of 2000
The law was passed by Congress in December 2000 and signed by the President of the Philippines on January 26, 2001 with the aim of adopting a systematic, comprehensive, and ecological solid waste management program.
DAO 2000- PESWMA Implementing Rules and Regulations

• Environmental Impact AssessmentPresidential Decree (PD) 1586: Philippine Environmental Impact Statement System (PEIS)
  The law that requires that all agencies and instrumentalities of the national government including government owned and controlled corporations as well as private corporations, firms and entities must prepare an environmental impact statement for every proposed project and undertaking which significantly affect the quality of the environment.
  DENR Administrative Order (DAO) 03-30: PEIS Implementation Guidelines and Procedures
• Air Quality ManagementRepublic Act (RA) 8749: Philippine Clean Air Act (PCAA) of 1999
  The law that provides a comprehensive air pollution control policy. Specifically, this legislative intends to apply air quality management in all sources in order to implement abatement and control of air pollution.
  DAO 2000-81: PCAA Implementing Rules and Regulations
• Protected Areas ManagementRA 7586: National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) Act of 1992
  The law that provides a paradigm shift in PA management from the national government agency through the DENR to the local body known as the Protected Area Management Board (PAMB).The PAMB is a multisectoral body chaired by the DENR with representation from the local government units (LGUs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs), people's organizations (POs), indigenous peoples (IPs) through their Council of Elders and national government agencies (NGAs).
  DAO 1992-25 NIPAS Implementing Rules and Regulations
  PD 705: Philippine Forestry Reform Code
  The law that defines the classification, management and utilization of forest lands and resources.
• Water Quality ManagementRA 9275: Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004
  The law that provides a comprehensive water pollution control policy. Specifically, this legislative intends to apply water quality management in all water bodies in order to implement abatement and control of pollution from land based sources.
  DAO 2005-10 PCWA Implementing Rules and Regulations
  PD 1067: Water Code of the Philippines
• Hazardous Substances and Wastes ManagementRA 6969: Philippine Toxic Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Waste Act (PTCHNWA)
  This Act mandates the regulation, restriction, or prohibition of the importation, manufacture, processing, sale, distribution, use, and disposal of chemical substances and mixtures that present unreasonable risk and/or injury to health and the environment.
  DAO 92-29: PTCHNWA Implementing Rules and Regulations

Alas! It's 10:00 already, a glorious hour had passed hahahahaha. Another wonderful discussion and thought-sharing with a little comedy of our very own teacher. Farewell so much for today.. :))

Leonides C. Frago Jr.

II-Edison

Manila Science High School

Credits:

http://www.doe.gov.ph/TE/Envi.htm