SHORTLY before June 5 every year, the Secretariat of the World Environment Day-Philippines would be receiving proposed resolutions for consideration by the Annual Assembly in the afternoon of that day, one of the minimum components of the annual WED commemoration in the Philippines. Although we are not leaving Metro Manila for a national site elsewhere in the country this year (because Bacolod was not prepared to give an efficient response to our comunications over the past twelve months, we are holding the Annual Assembly this coming Saturday afternoon at the Environmental Studies Institute of Miriam College in Queszon City. And as they would surely come, proposed resolutions have indeed come.
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. One pertains to the very definition of functions of a DENR in a democratic society, specifically under a reform-oriented administration. A proposed resolution seeks to give inputs on the very orientation and design of the DENR and does not limit its concern as to who should be appointed to hold that portfolio, a topic going back and forth in many an email postings among environmentalists the past few weeks.
. One pertains to the very definition of functions of a DENR in a democratic society, specifically under a reform-oriented administration. A proposed resolution seeks to give inputs on the very orientation and design of the DENR and does not limit its concern as to who should be appointed to hold that portfolio, a topic going back and forth in many an email postings among environmentalists the past few weeks.
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. Another submission, a well-worked out one both in form and in substance, seeks to redesign the entire presentation of "The Green Agenda," featuring approaches deemed to have been omitted in Philippine Agenda 21. Still, another proposal discusses as an "imperative" the development of families and grassroots communities as active and viable constituencies for the environment conservation, with effective motivational education brought in.
. Another submission, a well-worked out one both in form and in substance, seeks to redesign the entire presentation of "The Green Agenda," featuring approaches deemed to have been omitted in Philippine Agenda 21. Still, another proposal discusses as an "imperative" the development of families and grassroots communities as active and viable constituencies for the environment conservation, with effective motivational education brought in.
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. There is a suggestion for the green civil society organizations to develop among themselves an on-line library system for the information-sharing needs of a growing network of stakeholders. And there are appeals for more effective efforts and ways to develop a stronger "Culture of Truth" and a "culture of assertion."
. There is a suggestion for the green civil society organizations to develop among themselves an on-line library system for the information-sharing needs of a growing network of stakeholders. And there are appeals for more effective efforts and ways to develop a stronger "Culture of Truth" and a "culture of assertion."
We are sure of more ideas coming, and some of these may even be from one of those who are reading this posting right now. Our efforts will surely go to choosing some priority areas and much more effective approaches for all these vital steps in continuing to broaden and advance the Philippine environmental movement.
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. We shall soon be uploading all the proposals we have so far received, so all of us can immediately "start" the quiet preparatory "session" of WED Annnual Assembly. All bona fide environmental advocates, especially those who are already part of our network, are invited to propose, to come and discuss, and work more closely together.
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