1. Power of Thought 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 ?

2. 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

3. 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

4. Applying the Mindset of Extraction and Consumption
Cut down trees and wiped out forests, and then called it income, Gross National Product

5. 70%

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

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

8. FROM 3 MILLION
3 Million Hectares

9. 0.2% INTACT
CEBUANOS: BLASTING POWDER, BLASTING CAPS, CYANIDE (MACTAN AND BTYN)
Destructive Forms of Fishing

10. Revenue Income Profit, GNP

11. 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?

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

13. Used, used up, dirtied
Waters

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

15. Biologically Dead Rivers
16 Rivers are dead
Violations of Laws!

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

17. “Industrialized” Developed economy?”
CONSUMPTION??? Synonym? waste
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?

18. Story of grandfather? Not 10 M False accounting: Fact, Fiction and Fantasy ENRON? Wall Street? US Economy Story of Wealth and Responsibility

19. Economy based on Waste in not economical nor is it sustainable

20. Remove Waste from our Vocabulary, and mindset
Waste-less society!

21. A little favor please..
Developed countries: Call them Over Consuming Countries (OCCs), a.k.a., Obsessive-Complusive Countries)
Obsessive-Compulsive – in Psychology, it is a kind of psychological and mental disorder a symptom of which is excessive hoarding of material things.
Low Consuming Countries
We will turn the established ideas around – no, we will turn it upside down. The last will be first…

22. ENVIRONMENT?

23. Land, Air and Water (L_W) Environment-Not about birds and bees,
Sources of Life
Land, Air and
Water (L_W)
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

24. Enforcement Action Solid Waste Why
Enforcement Action Solid Waste Why? - civilization - nation-building - basic service - awareness into action - confidence - 20x + HTG

26. MAYOR

27. The Philippine Bar Association (PBA) filed charges against three Metro Manila Mayors before the Office of the Environmental Ombudsman for non-compliance with the Phil Solid Waste Management Law.
Linda Jimeno, Ruben Fruto, Hector Martinez, Al Ancheta, Marites Sison Go, Tony Tria

28. Formula: CPR= E x E x E
Education
Engineering
Enforcement

29. THE BEST FORM OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IS WHEN THE LAW DOES NOT NEED TO BE ENFORCED

30. Focus on a bio-geographic unit
CENTRAL PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
VISAYAN
MARINE TRIANGLE/
WWF-thank you

31. 36 SITES
16 SITES
18 SITES
3 SITES
Control Marine Resources Criminality

32. Environmental Compliance Audit Solid Waste Management
LAW/Legal Provision
Compliance
Level
Next Steps/Timetable
Segregation
1/20
No-seg/no collection
MRF
Open dumpsite
(Methane!-23 x)

33. Sta. Fe, Cebu: Dumpsite to Garden

34. TWO ROUNDS OF ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AUDITS –
NOVEMBER 08 AND JUNE 09
Using the tools of good governance
Transparency – people are watching
Accountability – the public officers can and will be held accountable
Participatory Governance – students, volunteer lawyers, local govt officials

36. Bacolod and Iloilo
Law students, lawyers,
Civil society/NGOs

37. ILOILO-close the dumpsite
No filing fee, no injunction bond
Green courts
Serves to prod all local officials to address the impt, and not the superfluous

38. Results
Initiated Compliance: Kicked-start the process of compliance for:
All 22 towns

39. Results
Partial Compliance: Enabled implementation of some real actions on the ground
17 of 22 towns

40. Results
Full compliance: enabled compliance of all basic provisions of RA 9003 and RA 8550.
4 of 22 towns

41. Challenges: From the LGU’s end: Lack of knowledge on “How to”
Competing Priorities
Behavioural Changes such as segregation wastes takes a little while to fully trickle down to households level

42. Challenges: From the ECA team:
Implementation Methodology needs further fine-tuning
Volunteers need further capacity building
Time for consolidation and analysis of results given that team members do this only on a part-time basis

43. Way forward Institutionalization Involving more partners (MOA)
Working with congress and office of ombudsman to provide long-term financial mechanism for full-time ECA team
Involving more partners (MOA)
Capacity Building: Training on the methodology
Legal recourse for those non-compliant towns

44. The Story of the King

45. CRISIS
danger
opportunity

46. Story of the first shoe, of crisis, of natural resources conservation, and of what happens when there is a mind-shift from use that is wasteful to use that is wise

47. THANK YOU: Sonia Mendoza, Zero Waste movement, Annie Guerrero, Luz Sabas, Narda Camacho, Odette Alcantara, Foreign guests YOU!
Ordinary citizens, YOUTH … 20 yrs ago (right to speak and take action. Now … it is up to you to take action.)
A GREAT MOVEMENT MAY BE BORN IN THE MINDS OF THE FEW, BUT IT MUST BE SPOKEN BY THE MOUTHS OF MANY, AND CARRIED ON THE SHOULDERS OF ALL
What light through yonder window breaks?