Earth Today, Gone Tomorrow?
/Like a creature with far-reaching tentacles, climate change is already impacting all countries and every living thing on this earth today. Severe weather, rising seas, warming atmosphere -- these are only some of the most visible manifestations of what scientists are describing as the most serious existential threat currently confronting the world. Left unchecked, the tentacles of climate change will determine where we can live, our food supply, our health, immigration movement and even national security.
Young people get it - it is their world after all that will bear the brunt. Older generations, not so much yet; for as long as we can continue living our lives the way we have (even if we already experience changes that we don't associate with it), climate change remains a theoretical issue: it happens to others, not to us. Worse, some prefer to see it as a political issue, not a science, even though more than 95 percent of earth scientists confirm its truth.
Positively Filipino joins the celebration of Earth Day this month with a webinar that tackles Climate Change (see flyer below). It will feature Von Hernandez, the Philippines' most noted environmental activist, Wei-Tai Kwok, a Fil-Am climate advocate from Al Gore's Climate Reality Project, and Robert Suntay, a marine conservation educator and filmmaker. Moderator will be Shiela R. Castillo, a Futures Learning Advisor. Please join us and invite your friends and family as well.
Our Stories This Week
Pinoy Self-Defense In The Time Of Anti-Asian Hate Crimes By Harvey I. Barkin
Ship And Shipmates Before Self: The Heroism Of Telesforo Trinidad By Cecilia I. Gaerlan
Ilocandia: A Feast For The Homesick By Jennifer Celdran
Pasion's Passion By Patricio Abinales
[Cook It Again] - The Happy Home Cook: Dinengdeng With Fried Bangus By Rene Astudillo
[Video of the Week] Broadway Barkada
In The Know
Why So Many Filipino Health Workers Are Dying Of Covid-19
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/filipino-health-workers-coronavirus-nhs_uk_606f133fc5b6865cd299ff05?fbclid=IwAR3Me-iGpC4UybIH9Pp2EJsPqegH20DhwfQh_sYXvpBruNODC3-TDAvw4DA
How Women in Coastal Fisheries are Adapting to Climate Change
https://rarecampaigns.shorthandstories.com/women-in-coastal-fisheries/index.html?fbclid=IwAR358t1xARjVPr08wN2COrSmOUyXY86dZ0NdfrLWyY67ZRL6stCuOC28fkM
Lost History: How Czech Fighters Defended Bataan During World War 2
https://www.esquiremag.ph/long-reads/features/czech-fighters-defended-bataan-world-war-2-a00289-20200903-lfrm?utm_source=Facebook-Esquire&utm_medium=Ownshare&utm_campaign=20210409-fbnp-long-reads-czech-fighters-defended-bataan-world-war-2-a00289-20200903-lfrm-fbold&fbclid=IwAR2g4AmZdgKaoPY8xmBwXkxiFwH0oaZ06LQa3aTM851bgPiKlOLI0qh855k
