Souvenirs made of chips bags / Souvenirs hechos de bolsas de patatas

Here you have a video where our little friend Winona is giving us an example of how to make small souvenirs using and recycling chips plastic bags. Later Winona sells these souvenirs to tourists and locals and she can helps her mother.

Aquí tenéis un vídeo en el cuál Winona nos da un ejemplo de como hacer pequeños souvenirs usando y reciclando bolsas de patatas. Una vez fabricados, Winona los vende a los turistas y locales pudiendo así ayudar a su madre.

Recycle for tricycles / Reciclo para triciclos

When I was in Puerto Princesa at Palawan. I was surprised when I saw following picture in one of the tricycles. Tricycles are a way of transport for short distances in filipino towns and cities. It is a motorbike that have a kind of sidecar attached where two or three people can travel.

Cuando estuve en Puerto Princesa en Palawan me sorprendió ver la pegatina de la foto en uno de los triciclos. Los triciclos son un medio de transporte para distancias cortas en las pequeñas ciudades en Filipinas. Básicamente es una moto que tiene un sidecar donde pueden viajar dos o tres personas.

No doubts that The Philippines are working hard in environmental issues.

No hay dudas de que Filipinas está trabajando duro en cuestiones medio ambientales.

Quote of the day

After all, I don't see why I am always asking for private, individual, selfish miracles when every year there are miracles like white dogwood.  

Después de todo, no se porqué siempre requiero milagros privados, individuales y egoistas, cuando cada año hay milagros como la botánica.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Locals fishing on the beach / Locales pescando en la playa

Today I am posting a video where we can see how locals fish on the beach with a handmade net. Kids are helping their fathers to pick up the fishes and learn about how to do it. They were explaining me that they do not come every day. Just sometimes, in this way they let the fishes reproduce again. This is sustainability.

Para hoy os he preparado un video donde los locales pescan en la playa con una red artesanal. Los niños ayudan a sus padres recogiendo los peces y aprenden el arte de la pesca. Estuvieron explicándome que no vienen todos los días, solamente de vez en cuando. De esta manera, dejan a los peces recuperarse y reproducirse de nuevo. Eso es sostenibilidad. Para Español pinchar aquí

Plants made of plastic bottles / Plantas hechas de botellas de plástico

In one of my trips around The Philippines I went to Moalboal. Moalboal is a small village 2 hours from Cebu that have a lot of famous diving spots. I went to have some beers one of the days and I found plastic plants made from plastic bottles. It is not the most fancy plant, but definetly is a good way to reuse a plastic bottle in an environmental friendly establishment.

En uno de mis viajes alrededor de Filipinas fui a Moalboal. Moalboal es un pequeño pueblo a unas dos horas de Cebu, y es conocido mundialmente por el submarinismo. Uno de los días fui a tomarme una cerveza a uno de los bares del pueblo y encontré las siguientes plantas hechas con botellas de plástico. No es la manera más a la moda, pero sin duda es una manera inteligente de decorar un eco-establecimiento.

Recycling cans at Green Belt, Manila / Cubos de reciclaje en Green Belt Manila

When I was in Manila, I went to a famous shopping center at Makati. This place has a lot of western restaurants and shops where Filipinos and foreigners can buy and go for dinning. I was so glad when I found reclying cans around the whole center. Of course I took a picture to show you that The Philippines are really worried about environmental issues.

Cuando estuve en Manila, visité un famoso centro comercial en Makati. Es un lugar donde tanto filipinos como extranjeros pueden encontrar todo tipo de restaurantes y tiendas occidentales. Me alegré mucho cuando encontré los cubos de reciclaje por todo el centro y obviamente saqué una fotografía para compartirla con vosotros. Valga de muestra de que los filipinos están realmente preocupados por el medio ambiente.

Quote of the day / Frase del día

"To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter; to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring - these are some of the rewards of the simple life." 

John Burroughs


"Encontrar  los elementos universales suficientes, encontrar el aire y el agua estimulantes, ser refrescado por un paseo en la mañana o por la tarde, estar entusiasmados por las estrellas en la noche, apreciar el nido de un pájaro o una flor silvestre en primavera - estas son algunas de las recompensas de la vida simple ".

John Burroughs

How to be eco-friendly with a plastic bag

Here you have a video I took yesterday. My friend Elmn from South Africa is showing us how to be eco-friendly with a plastic bag. The important thing is not the plastic bag itself but the way to use it.

Definitely it is an easy way to be more efficient and eco-friendly. Thanks Elmn

Manila, sunset and rubbish

First of all wishing all of you a good week! Monday is the best day of the week, because everything starts again!

Here I go with Monday post. I was at Manila few weeks ago and I went to see the beautiful sunset on the bund. Here you have a beautiful picture I took there while the sun was being extinguish by the power of the ocean. This is awesome...


But when sun has gone, we have another reality over there. We can find a lot of rubbish just there, were the sea    and the land share a piece of space. Obviously, this rubbish has been delivered by ocean. Maybe you think I am very focus on rubbish from the oceans, but the true is that everywhere I go, I find thousands of kilos of it. And it makes me wonder if I am alone in this fight... I will never give it up, and I will share thousands of times more if I keep finding it.

It is horrible when you see that the beauty of the nature is being damaged for the human being.
The consequences of this are really serious. Animals and plants are dieing because of our wrong habits. Think about that when you use and throw out your rubbish.

Quote of the day

"I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars".  

Walt Whitman

Sweet video about our planet

Hi! For today I have a wonderful video to share with all of you. Music, images and feelings are increible. I hope it touchs your heart as it did it with mine. Enjoy it.

Thanks to my good friend Javi for sending it.

Remember that you also can share any kind of information with me and it will be published!

The Philippines: Manila, planting trees

As I was explaining you in a previous post, The Philippines is taking a lot of care about environmental issues. The intention is good, but sometimes the country is not prepared and you can still seeing not very good things.
Anyway, I will give you some examples of both things.
We can start with a very good thing. Very close to Intramuros(old downtown) there is an avenue where Filipinos can ask for plant their own tree to fight against the global warming. Here you have some pictures of the avenue and one of the trees. Definitely, every city in the world should copy this great idea from our friends.

Quote of the day

"Keep your love of nature, for that is the true way to understand art more and more."

Anonymous

Niger

I have been surfing on the Internet and I have found something really disgusting. Niger is a country in Africa where companies as SHELL are spilling toxic wastes as oil and other chemicals.
The delta of Niger river is already polluted in quantities that we can consider extremely dangerous. There are places where plants cannot grow anymore and animals and humans are affected. Life expectancy has been reduce in around 30 years. Cases of cancer have increased and children born with deformities.
Here you can find a link where you can check an oil spot spilled by Shell. Of course Shell say that they are not the responsible of this and they refuse to clean the zone.
Shell oil spot
Experts say that this area would take around 25 to 30 years to be cleaned and the initial cost would be 1 million USD.
Just judge yourself.

Diving in Moalboal!

Dear friends,

Today I am at Moalboal. It is a small village in the west coast of Cebu Island in The Philippines. Clear waters and sea biodiversity that we have to keep.
Here I attach a pic of a Kid playing on one of it clean beaches, White Beach.
Keeping this place in good conditions is a work that have to be done for all of us. Enjoy the pic!
By the way, what kid is holding is a piece of bamboo!

Happy new year!

Happy new year to all of you!! I will be back soon aftet this long brake! Here a beautiful pic taken during my holiday!!
Love for everyone as nature does!

Put a Value on Nature

Dear friends,

Here you have an interesting video I watched in Ted. Mr. Pavan Sukhdev talks about the economical value of Nature and what we should do to stop it degradation!

Quote of the day

The Nature is wise and the human will never be wiser than Nature.

One day of peace

Long time ago I saw this video in Ted Talks. I really wanted to post it in my blog but with problems with Internet while I was living in China made me postpone it. Here you have a very interesting project.

Bali 3

Dear readers,

Apologies for being so long disconnected. Here in El Nido, (where I am now) There is no electricity till 2 pm everyday and there is no wifi in every place. So it is not than easy to keep blog updated.
Anyway, here I am again and I wanted to let you know what I picked up in other beach in Indonesia, Nusa Dua at Bali.
On this beach, you can find a lot of good resorts. Beach is white sand and blue water beach. We could say that is one of the best beaches in Bali for resting and relaxing.
Here is where my good friend Dziga told me when he saw me picking up rubbish... Why don´t you post it in Care for Gaia? And he encouraged me to do it in every beach I am from that moment. So here you have what I picked up in just 10 minutes.
As you can see, it is a lot of rubbish on a beach that should be very clean for high budget tourism. But it is not.
I am still remembering the faces of the local people when they saw us with the blue plastic bag full of rubbish.
They could not believe it and somehow, they did not understand why we were doing this.

A lot of work from every of us to educate people for this. Fortunately, I can say that Philippines is different. I have seen good behaviours here and I will share with you asap.