A STORY OF A RICH MAN 82 YRS OLD Inheritance, 10 M, Trustee 1 M a day, 9.5 days, Lost it all CALL IT REVENUE, PROFIT ?

Earth: The Only Planet which contains …. 4.5 Billion years Composed of the delicate mixtures of the basic elements of Life. Air, Water and Soil

LIFE -600 M Yrs, Man-1 M; Human Civilization – 7-10,000 yrs ago when humans descended from the trees and mountains, and settled in the fertile plains of Sumeria and Mesopotamia

Industrial Rev barely 200 years ago Significance of IR: Started to use sources of life faster than rate of replenishment)

Cut down trees and wiped out forests, and then called it income, Gross National Product

FISH Catch– 90 to 95% in some, facing total collapse Call it: Revenue, Income

Revenue Income Profit, GNP

BURNING OF FOSSIL FUELS Air Pollution and Global Heating Development! Revenue; Profit; Progress, Development? DEVELOPMENT BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY PRODUCED AND USED AND VOLUME OF WASTE GENERATED?

Used, used up, dirtied Waters

Is this the water that my parents and their generation want me to drink?

Environment- Not about birds and bees, Sources of Life Land, Air and Water Vital Organs of LIFE on Earth Trees and forests- Lungs -Land & soil - skin and flesh -Sea and waterways – blood and bloodstreams -70% of the human body and of the Earth is water

Of this living planet we call home!

Mining: DISEMBOWELED THE EARTH, SCRAPE AWAY LIFE GIVING SOIL AND THROW AWAY WATER >Revenue? PARADOX OF DIAMOND AND WATER > Or Depletion of the natural capital?

Called it income, revenue, and contribution to the GNP; Rate of Consumption used as model of “progress and development”

“Industrialized” Developed economy?” CONSUMPTION??? Highly-consuming Economics efficient use of scarce resources. “Development based on Extraction and ‘Consumption’ 5% of people- 30% of resources) Need 9 earths to satisfy the consumption patterns Is Waste Economical? “Developed Economy” -- contradiction of terms? Story of grandfather? False accounting: ENRON? Story of Wealth and Responsibility

FOLLOWING AND Using that ECONOMIC Mindset of Extraction and Consumption Look what happened to the Philippines Wealth

Land Area: 30 M ha. Land Classification 50%-50% 60 years ago- 16 M; ,000

Forest Cover 1999 CEBU IS THE WORSE: FOREST COVER: __%, MOST SEVERELY ERODED, MOST CRITICAL IN WATER SUPPLY, CEBUANO KAINGINEROS CEBU-TRADING CENTER

70%

The Indo-Malay-Philippine Archipelago (IMPA) – the CENTER OF MARINE WEALTH ON EARTH Sulu-Sulawesi Marine Triangle

The “PHILIPPINES IS THE CENTER OF THE CENTER OF MARINE BIODIVERSITY ON EARTH” – Dr. Kent Carpenter/ UN FAO Study AMAZON OF THE SEAS, PHILIPPINE SEA OF THE FORESTS

FROM 3 MILLION

0.2% INTACTCEBUANOS: BLASTING POWDER, BLASTING CAPS, CYANIDE (MACTAN AND BTYN) Destructive Forms of Fishing

31 Jan 2006, 1002 hrs: Air pollution 80-90% of air polluton is from cars-motor vehicles

estimated at 8,000 tons per day and expected to double by year 2010 Metro Manila Solid Waste Generation

WATER POLLUTION Share of Domestic, Industrial, and Agricultural BOD at the National Level Industrial 15% Domestic 48% Agricultural 37%

Biologically Dead Rivers 16 Rivers are dead Violations of Laws!

Adverse health impacts TSP levels above the standards by as much as 200%

Earth’s FEVER More intense typhoons; Erratic and abnormal weather patterns increased incidence of infectious diseases; coral deaths; droughts, etc, flooding

Stuck to the economic model of extraction, consumption and waste: Inertia of collective Insanity

danger opportunity CRISIS To Humankind: Extinction of our species Show our wisdom as a species

Crisis of LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS CRISIS OF Paralysis and Inaction Overwhelmed by the Problem Looking to leaders who are useless and irrelevant and cannot provide solutions Inertia of collective insanity

ROLE OF THE LAW LAW IS NOTHING MORE THAN POLICY DISTILLED IN LEGAL FORM AND LANGUAGE POLICY – THE WAY WE DO THINGS IN THE WORLD -- IS ONLY A MIRROR IMAGE OF PARADIGM AND PHILOSOPHY – THE WAY WE LOOK AT THE WORLD IT CAN GUIDE CONDUCT AND SPARK ACTION

danger opportunity CRISIS OF CLIMATE CHANGE to a Climate of Change… To Humankind: Extinction of our species ADULTS- a simple signature will make a big differenceShow our wisdom as a species

We cannot solve problems using the same mindset that created them in the first place Think and Jump out of the Box Shifting Mindset from THE ECONOMICS OF Consumption to ECONOMICS OF Conservation, Protection and Restoration (CPR) NATURAL CAPITALISM, GREEN / ECO- ECONOMICS, SUSTAINABLE ECONOMICS DO NOT USE CAPITAL, ONLY INTEREST! PROPER ACCOUNTING! Changing Mindset

Energy conservation Clean/renewable energy systems CPR ECONOMICS restorative Economics (eg, Northern Aral Sea Restoring not only the life-support systems but also the connection between man and nature

Sustainable Agri, Urban Greening, Water Recycling

Banaue rice terraces: < 2000 years old Restore wealth of the Earth’s Skin -- the soils- source of or food! Agricultural lands- Contour-SALT

Shifting mindsets Man is more than matter Basics: Security, Health, Food, (Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs) … (Happiness indicators – level of criminality, food security, etc. …intellectual, emotional, and spiritual fulfillment Other Economic Activities

Social Relations -- family and friends Work (fulfillment –8 hrs/day) –(“Happy is the man who loves his work for he will never again have to work another day in his life”) Leisure: Hobbies, Sports, Other Skills (Music, etc.) Three Sources of Genuine Happiness

Costa Rica, Curitiba, Brazil, Bhutan, Puerto Princesa, Apo Island, Sagay Marine Reserve (32,000 ha), etc. many more! (Marikina, Sta Barbara, Iloilo, Bgy in QC, etc). We need to know them. Humans learn by imitation Living Examples!

TIME FOR ACTION

Three Solutions MULTI-SCALAR Personal Lifestyle Change Political Will Appropriate Technology Caught in paralysis of inaction

WHAT: A GLOBAL MOVEMENT TO CREATE CLIMATE OF CHANGE TO EACH HIS/HER OWN CAPABILITY WE LAWYERS -- USING THE LAW AS ONE OF THE TOOLS TO SPARK CHANGE GLOBAL LEGAL ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE –

GLOBAL MOVEMENT GLOBAL LEGAL ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE LEGAL – BASED ON INTERNATIONAL LAW PRINCIPLES (AND THE UNFCCC) ALSO BASED ON THE HIGHEST LAW- THE LAW OF NATURE – THE RIGHT AND INSTINCT OF SELF- PRESERVATION AND SELF PERPETUATION

WHO? EVERY INDIVIDUAL, STARTING WITH THE YOUNG TARGET AUDIENCE IS THE YOUNG THIS IS THEIR FUTURE AT STAKE ENERGY, IDEALISM AND THE TIME WHEN THE YOUNG SPEAK IN UNISON, ADULTS LISTEN INDIVIDUALS AS CITIZENS OF THE EARTH WHO CARE FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN AND DESCENDANTS Backed by the top environmental lawyers of the world (MC Mehta, Durwood Zaelke, ETC) MEXICO INTERNATIONAL Academy of Env’L Law

WHEN? Yesterday, 30 years ago Now! Sign up sheets Leading up to a climax and crescendo on June 5, 2009 Sense of Urgency/ Emergency PLANETARY MALPRACTICE RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS

Slide from Toni L Thermal satellite image of the surface temperature-corresponding to sea level rise – 4.7 vis 10 mm – 2 inches, in some 4 inches in 15 years JAMES HANSEN (NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FO SPACES STUDIES

 Changes in Weather Pattern.  Changes in Weather Pattern.  Sea Level Rise.  Sea Level Rise.  Agriculture.  Agriculture.  Forests (dry and fire)  Forests  Coral bleaching  Coral bleaching  Energy.  Energy.  Health.  Health.  Floods and Water.  Floods and Water.  Conflict.  Conflict.  Displacement  Displacement

2009 Jan to Feb – 2009 : Philippines Other countries March to May – Around the World Prophet of Doom? No, spark of Action! Among the youth! They are the ultimate stakeholders

James Hansen of the NASA Goddard Institute: 8-years : CC to Climate of Change WHERE?

How: Petition Movement SELF-FAMILY-WORK-COMMUNITY SOCIETY WE THE PEOPLE – FROM WHOM ALL GOVERNMENTAL POWER EMANATES WE WILL START A PARADE – PARADE AND POLITICAL LEADERS COOPERATE – PUT AT HEAD OF THE PARADE IF NOT, STEP ASIDE THOSE WHO WILL NOT COOPERATE – WE WILL INFLICT UPON THEM THE HIGHRST FORM OF PUNISHMENT WE WILL NOT CRITICIZE THE WE WILL RENDER THEM IRRELEVANT

HOW? What can we you do? Personal Change! Convert awareness into action Turn off lights when not needed. Do not put TV on Stand-By (80% of the electricity consumed) Use lower watt lights (eg, office experience) Be the change that you seek!

GLOBAL ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE Sign-Up Sheet Name:____________________________________________ “_______________” (nickname) Country ___________________________, ________________________________ Cell #____________________________, Will I Help?_____ Yes _____ No How I can HELP: (tick all that apply)Turn off lights, computers and other appliances when not in use, Conserve and not waste water Separate wastes in my office/home Recycle paper Use more energy-efficient lights Bring own plastic bag to the grocery, etc. Other personal actions, as appropriate I will join the Global Action on Climate Change and take the necessary steps appropriate in my area of influence or jurisdiction. (E.g., This can be in the form of letters or legal petitions to governments and other entities to reform the transportation system, or pass and implement renewable energy laws, or legal actions to compel compliance with energy conservation laws, or other actions as may be appropriate to one’s circumstances and legal environment). For planned actions to be taken, please contact us at

MENU OF PETITIONS FOR ACTION Legal petitions to GOVERNMENTS (local and national (BACKED BY LAW and Lawyers) FOR IT TO ACT with determination Garbage (Solid Waste) methane Deforestation Energy Conservation and efficiency

Technology: How many Lawyers does it take to turn off the light bulbs What if: lawyers writes a letter to the bldg admin to turn it off because it is wasteful and waste is prohibited under basic principles of common law

Those who have less in wheels must have more in road REFORM OF THE TRANSPORTATION MINDSET

Pedestrianization and non-motorization of locomotion: OCTOBER 12

Prototype of Man-Powered Mini-Train

What can we do together? FUSION OF THE POTENT FORCES OF MEDIA AND THE LAW! Sign up and lets link up

Story of a Rich Man

CPR=EEE Take Home Message ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY – the security of the LIFE SOURCES OF LAND AIR AND WATER – IS THE HIGHEST FORM OF NATIONAL SECURITY

Ten, fifty, a hundred years from now, and many generations hereafter,

DURING OUR WATCH Let it be said that during our watch … While gifted with intelligence & insight, with privilege and position, with the wealth of wisdom,

And with the freedom and power of the Human Will,

Let it be said that in our time, And during our watch … We did our share,

And maybe, just maybe … we will make a little difference.

THANK YOU : Satwant, IFEJ, Darryl, all of you who will help try to make this earth and this country a better place for us and our children