Climate change videos you can use for class

One of the reasons I started this blogsite is to increase access to advocacy materials and information for teachers and colleagues in the field of advocacy. Filipinos are very talented and adept in many issues and we do quickly respond creatively as songs and theater have always been part of the rich Filipino culture.
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Class issues and climate change

 
I won’t be repeating a thing that scholar Gill H. Boehringer has fluently expounded in an article published in Bulatlat.com. But what I’ll do is to jot down some mental notes that I have — whether leaning or otherwise – to the opinion of the author though I have to say at the onset that indeed, [...]

Policy incoherency in local climate agenda-setting

Psrt of my work is participating on sectoral meetings that aims at crafting a shared agenda for a social or policy issue so that our organization’s own agenda could be reflected.
Since my organization has just crafted it’s advocacy agenda and one of which is climate change, I have started to attend in a multistakeholder discussion [...]

Gov’t nurturing catastrophe in the Philippines

This morning as I read the papers, several costings on the damage of typhoon Ondoy {international name Ketsana)  to hospitals and crops had already been estimated. But what is the use of costings if they are not properly done to guide us on how to make our economy more resilient in the future?
Assad Baunto, an economist working [...]

UNFCCC highlights Ketsana

 
The climate talks has opened in Bangkok. I am sure that the Filipino delegation would be the most articulate of all peoples being represented in  the negotiations.
One climate change activist said not to raise the expectations from the Bangkok sessions but certainly the tide has changed with how Ondoy has awakened us on good governance [...]

Noel Cabangon sings for climate change awareness

In the sphere of protest art, we can see or hear a lot on human rights but still so few on environment, particularly on resurging issues such as climate change.  Here’s one that I find to be useful for environmental activists and moving for general audiences.