Thursday, October 27, 2011

SEVEN SMILES FOR SYNERGY (Current Batch)

SEVEN SMILES FOR SYNERGY...
C.U.R.R.E.N T .B.A.T.C.H

Current Batch (Oct. 2011)12345678 JERICA
EARLIER BATCHES: Batch 1 1
SEVEN SMILES FOR SYNERGY
(Please scroll to view other smiles for synergy in this batch; read the Smile for Synergy!poem, and tell us which synergy you do smile most happily about.)

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NELA SANTIAGO123456123456 --DING REYES

I SMILE FOR “the great and glorious COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS,
the LOVING CREATOR and SYNERGY OF ALL SYNERGIES…
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-Nela Santiago, Quezon City, Philippines

I SMILE for “the SYNERGY OF ALL OUR SMILES, happy and proud to be part of it all.a
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-Ding Reyes, Subic, Zambales, Philippines


DOC ELEDA PERA123456123456 SYLVIA DOCTOLERO NARAG

I SMILE FOR MARRIAGE, the synergy of lives vowed to be intertwined till the end.

-- Doc C. Eleda Pera, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

I SMILE FOR FRIENDSHIP, the synergy of lives that deeply touch one another."
-- Sylvia Doctolero Narag, Singapore, Singapore.


SUSAN R. CARO12345678901234 MARIBETH PENA

I SMILE FOR BAYANIHAN and the cooperatives, the synergy of community resources and efforts for the common good …”
--Susan Rubiso Caro, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia
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SHE ADDS: “As Filipinos, OFWs, we should engage in bayanihan type of business to uplift
our economy in the Philippines.”

I SMILE FOR FAMILY, the synergy of marriage, parent-child love, and siblinghood, born and nurtured in the warm embrace of home
-- Maribeth Peña, Marikina, Metro Manila, Philippines



SEVEN SMILES FOR SYNERGY (Batch 1)

SEVEN SMILES FOR SYNERGY...

Batch No. 1 (Oct. 2011)12345678 JERICA DE LA CRUZ

SEVEN SMILES FOR SYNERGY
(Please scroll to view other smiles for synergy in this batch; read the Smile for Synergy!poem, and tell us which synergy you do smile most happily about.)
OTHER BATCHES: Batch 2, 3, 4

I SMILE FOR FRIENDSHIP, “the synergy of lives that deeply touch one another.”
-- Jerica de la Cruz
, Manila, Philippines

Also the choice of Susan R. Caro (1), Sylvia Doctolero Narag (2), Rosemarie Manriquez Janola (3), Rex Deveraturda (3), and Joydee R. Elizondo (4)


JOHN 'LAKAN' OLIVARES12345678MILA 'SAM' REYES-GARCIA

I SMILE FOR “'BAYANIHAN ' AND THE COOPERATIVES, the synergy of community resources and efforts for the common good …”
--John Paul ‘Lakan’ Olivares, Quezon City, Philippines
Also the choice of Susan R. Caro (2).

I SMILE FOR “the GREAT AND GLORIOUS COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS,
the LOVING CREATOR and SYNERGY OF ALL SYNERGIES…”
--Mila ‘Sam’ Reyes-Garcia
, Quezon City, Philippines

Also the choice of Medge Olivares (1) and Nela Santiago (2).


VICKY SEGOVIA1234567890123456MEDGE OLIVARES

I SMILE FOR INTEGRITY, “the synergy of one’s thoughts, words, and deeds…”
-- Vicky Segovia, Cainta, Rizal, Philippines

Also the choice of Sylvia D. Narag (1) and Rolly Pagaspas (2).

I SMILE FOR “THE GREAT AND GLORIOUS COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS,
the LOVING CREATOR and SYNERGY OF ALL SYNERGIES…”
--Medge Olivares, Quezon City, Philippines
Also the choice of Mila 'Sam' R. Garcia (1) and Nela Santiago (2).
(SHE ADDS: “The synergy of all synergies: (I’ve) seen it, felt it, loved it!”)



SYLVIA D. NARAG12345678901234SUSAN R. CARO

I SMILE FOR INTEGRITY, “the synergy of one’s thoughts, words, and deeds…”
-- Sylvia Doctolero Narag, Singapore, Singapore
Also the choice of Vicky Segovia (1) and Rolly Pagaspas (2).

I SMILE FOR FRIENDSHIP, “the synergy of lives that deeply touch one another.”
-- Susan Rubiso Caro, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia
Also the choice of Jerica de la Cruz (1), Sylvia D. Narag (2), and Rex Deveraturda (3).
Rosemarie Manriquez Janola (3), and Joydee R. Elizondo (4).
(SHE ADDS: “Friendship...we can gather a lot of friends through a smile, and true friends are very difficult to acquire, so be true to your friends...”)

SMILE FOR SYNERGY

Smile…

for health, the synergy of all dynamic systems of the body,

for symbiosis, the life-sustaining synergy of all living bodies,

for integrity, the synergy of one’s thoughts, words and deeds,

for friendship, the synergy of lives that deeply touch one another,

for marriage, the synergy of lives vowed to be intertwined till the end,

for ‘kapatiran’ or siblinghood, the synergy of bondings that last,

as ‘fellow-cuttings’ from the same womb branch out and grow apart,

for family, the synergy of marriage, parent-child love, and siblinghood,

born and nurtured in the warm embrace of home,

for teamwork and healthy organizations,

the synergy of common and diverse mental, spiritual and physical

capabilities for the same aims,

for 'bayanihan' and the cooperatives, the synergy of community

resources and efforts for the common good,

for nationhood, the synergy of people sharing

blood, domain and heritage,

for planethood, the “Earth Synergy” of all nations and

races, of all species, of all land, air and water, and of all their energies,

for collective wisdom, the synergy of diverse learnings of diverse minds,

for the Universe, the synergy of all that exist, known and unknown,

for the great and glorious Cosmic Consciousness, the loving Creator

and Synergy of ALL synergies


Smile for the synergy of all our smiles,

happy and proud to be part of it all.

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Ding Reyes, May 1999

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Kamayan October 2011--Climate Change

Kamayan Forum, October 21:
Climate Change: What is to be Done?!
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Throughout the world, the Philippines ranks third in the list of countries most vulnerable to climate change, a study by a United Nations agency and a German organization has warned, in a report published last week by Philippine Daily Inquirer.

.....The recent report by the United Nations University’s Institute for Environment and Human Security and the German Alliance Development Works said the top 10 countries facing the highest risk are: Vanuatu, Tonga (both island-nations in the South Pacific), the Philippines, the Solomon Islands, Guatemala, Bangladesh, Timor-Leste, Costa Rica, Cambodia and El Salvador.

Vanuatu which is experiencing a fresh water shortage ranks number one with a 32-percent disaster risk. Tonga in the second spot has 29.08 percent.

....The Philippines ranks third with a 24.32-percent disaster risk. The risk index used in the report analyzed each country’s exposure to natural disasters like storms, floods, earthquakes, droughts and sea level rise.

....It also estimated their susceptibility to damage based on the state of their economy and infrastructure, and the countries’ ability to respond to these disasters through preparedness measures and early warning systems. It also studied their ability to adapt to future disasters due to climate change. Filipino scientists said the Philippines would get more rains in the coming years due to climate change.

....In 2010, the climatology division of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) reported that climate data from 1960 to 2003 showed significant increases in the frequency of hot days and warm nights in many areas of the country. Pagasa also observed that the number of cooler days had decreased. This trend mirrors the experience of other countries in Southeast Asia, Pagasa said, as it predicted more rains in the Philippines in the coming decades.

....The Climate Reality Project, which is backed by former United States Vice President Al Gore, said the study confirmed what residents of the Philippines already know from their experience.

....“This is reality. Lives and livelihoods lost are not a hoax, these are all realities brought about by the biggest crisis this world has ever faced. As the study shows, the Philippines ranks third in exposure to natural hazards like earthquakes, storms, floods and droughts, as well as the exposure of populations to sea level rise by one meter,” said Rodne Galicha, Philippine country district manager of The Climate Reality Project (TCRP).

....TCRP stressed that climate change is not the only culprit. Galicha noted that man-made factors, such as land conversion, deforestation, and mining activities, worsen the effects of climate change and have a multiplier effect on disasters.

....“Massive land conversion, long-term deforestation, mining in island ecosystems and forests and lack of solid waste management are just some of the culprits,” TCRP disaster risk reduction and management expert Miguel Magalang said. He added that a comprehensive land use plan based on principles of climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction should be strongly adopted by the government.

....The floods and landslides from typhoons Pedring and Quiel recently emphasized the Filipinos’ vulnerability to extreme weather. Almost a week since Quiel left the Philippines, many towns in Central Luzon were still underwater.

....In this context, the 21-year old Kamayan para sa Kalikasan monthly environmental forum will discuss the progress and obstacles of climate change education in its 260th session on Third Friday, October 21, 2011, with the head of the Philippine Climate Change Commission, Sec. Lucille Sering, as main resource person. Commissioner Heherson T. Alvarez is also expected to come. Other invited speakers will be coming from among leaders of the nationwide and local environmental conservation organizations. All concerned citizens, whether or not members of such groups are invited to join the forum.

....Kamayan para sa Kalikasan has been convened on the third Friday of every month (10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.) through free lunch) since March 1990. It has never missed a scheduled session since it was started then by the Clear Communicators for the Environment (CLEAR). In 2002, CLEAR was joined as co-convenor by the SanibLakas ng mga Aktibong Lingkod ng Inang Kalikasan (SALIKA), headed by Marie Reyes-Marciano, founding president, who has been the forum's lead moderator since that year. It has been fully sponsored all these 21 years by the Kamayan-Saisaki-Dads Restaurant along EDSA, near the SEC/Ortigas area, in Mandaluyong City, which has also been its regular venue.
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.......CLEAR Vice President Ed Aurelio Reyes, the forum's lead organizer, said CLEAR and SALIKA are hoping that the people who come to the forum would bring out with them and radiate among all the people within their respective spheres of influence the spirit of understanding, unity and passionate environmental advocacy that pervades the forum's sessions.
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