Filipino Attitudes Toward Environment

Environmentalism is become fashionable to every Filipino. Everyone loved to be called environmentalist. The largest polluters and consumer is the industrialized country having displayed affection towards the environment through lips work. For example the food industry likes Jollibee, McDonald, and KFC etc. There effort towards environmental campaign is very much appreciated, but the real thing is, they are the main contributor of waste in the country. Corporate giants like chemical industry continue to hide behind their so called social responsibilities like environmental programs, but they continuously dumping into Pasig River declaring their support to the effort to revive the river.  The destruction of mother earth is not only the works of these industries, every single Filipino have contributed a lot in these very much problem of our country in this time. The little activities of many Filipino creates a huge impact in our environment some of them are first “Kaingin System” refers to the burning of trees for cultivation proposes. Kangaroos cultivate the area until such time that the soil is no longer good for planting. Then, they transfer to another area and burn forest again. This kind of practice is still prevail in some part of the Philippine that the available technology for farming still not introduce to them. I think to stop this people from continuously doing the said activity is to educate them about new approach in farming. Second the use of fertilizer and pesticides in growing agricultural product. Most of our farmers are very much aggressive in increasing their by the help of fertilizers and pesticide. The effect of using these means to farming soil is losing its nutrients that make the plants healthy and harmless to those people tend to eat with it. Third, Filipino is m said to be poor in managing there own human waste. The dumping of garbage in the river and having no comfort room in their respective houses contaminate our rivers and lakes. Fresh water creature continuously died and even the marine creatures. Fourth the Filipino practice of dynamite fishing and “muro-ami”. This inhuman ways of catching fish in the sea creates a great impact in the our coastal and marine ecosystem; species of fish begun to lost, the destruction of coral reefs starting to threaten through the red tide and decreasing of fish in the ocean. Truly environmentalism must go beyond lip service. It is not just about planting tress, saving the remaining Philippine eagle or segregating garbage. Filipino attitude towards environment should be understanding the cause of the forest destruction, the death of rivers and lakes and the poisoning of the soil.