During this time of environmental awareness, there is a need for more information on what is out there and how effective they are in making our place better. Now there is an opportunity to be able to write about or review such things as green products, green projects, green initiatives, or anything related to the environment, nature, health among others. Sometimes we write because we want to disseminate the information we have found. Wouldn't it be great if in writing them we also get paid for it? That's why what LinkFromBlog is offering is interesting. Why not head on over there and see for yourself what they have to offer?

Consultancy for the Preparation of Sectoral Strategies on Climate Change Adaptation

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Consultancy for the Preparation of Sectoral Strategies on Climate Change Adaptation for Water, Biodiversity, Forestry, Coastal and Marine, Agriculture, Health, Infrastructure, and Energy

Towards the Preparation of a Philippine Strategy on Climate Change Adaptation

August – November 2009

The DENR-GTZ Adaptation to Climate Change and Biodiversity Conservation (ACCBio) Project is looking for eight (8) individual consulants in the following priority sectors for climate change adaptation – water, biodiversity, coastal and marine, forestry, agriculture, health, infrastructure and energy. The consultants will provide the needed expert support for the development of sector adaptation strategies based on the multi-stakeholder consultation-workshops convened by the TWGs.

The consultancy will cover an estimated 45 person days spread in the period of August –November 2009. The outputs will be delivered based on an agreed workplan endorsed by the TWG Chair of the respective sectors.

Click here for details. Interested parties should submit a letter expressiing their interest in the consultancy specifying the sector concerned, corresponding CVs and references not l ater than August 25 to the following contact persons:

Ms. Cora Checa

Project Evaluation Officer

Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Office - DENR

Visayas Avenue, QC

Tel. No. 926-2693

Email coracheca@yahoo.com

Ms. Agnes Balota

Senior Advisor

DENR-GTZ ACCBio Project

Annex Building, DENR

Visayas Avenue, QC

Tel. No. 929-6626 local 2040

Email agnes.balota@gtz.de

Kindly forward this email to other parties that may interested.

ASEAN-wide photo contest on biodiversity

ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB)

First ASEAN-wide photo contest “Zooming in on Biodiversity”

7,700 Euros await winners.

ACB invites photographers to zoom in on biodiversity.

Calling all professional, amateur and student photographers! The ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) is now accepting entries to the First ASEAN-wide photo contest “Zooming in on Biodiversity”.

In partnership with the European Commission, ASEAN Member States , and the Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication, the photo contest seeks to popularize the values of biodiversity through the medium of photography.

ACB Executive Director Rodrigo U. Fuentes said only a small fraction of the global population, mostly scientists and environmentalists, understands the role that biodiversity plays in humankind’s survival.

“This lack of knowledge often translates to the lack of care for the very environment. There is an urgent need to popularize biodiversity and one effective way is to use the power of photos. By translating biodiversity and its relationship with health, food security, climate change and other everyday human issues into powerful images, we can generate a greater awareness for this often-difficult-to-grasp concept,” Fuentes said.

The contest will run until 30 August 2009 with a total of 7,700 Euros total prize at stake. First placers in the three categories will have an opportunity to exhibit their winning photos and attend the ASEAN Conference on Biodiversity in Singapore on 21 – 23 October 2009 for free.

Open to all residents of ASEAN Member States Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia , Indonesia , Lao PDR, Malaysia , Myanmar , Philippines , Singapore , Thailand , and Viet Nam , the contest welcomes entries which are exclusive to the contest, unpublished, and not submitted to previous contests.

Entries should capture various images related to biodiversity (plants, animals, marine life, ASEAN Heritage Parks) or the many benefits that biodiversity brings to human beings, its importance, the threats biodiversity face (deforestation, climate change), or how biodiversity affects lives. Photos showing initiatives to protect biodiversity resources such as plants, animals, and marine species are also welcome. Entries can also depict biodiversity as source of food (food and agriculture); biodiversity as source of medicine (health and medicine); biodiversity as source of shelter; biodiversity and climate change; the aesthetic value of biodiversity; biodiversity as source of livelihood; and biodiversity and ecotourism.

For contest details and mechanics, log on to www.aseanbiodiversity.org.

Daily green routine

A lot of talk has been going on in relation to making our lives green. On a daily basis. But how do we really do it? There are many resources in the net and one of the experts on this has a website that will answer our question. Simple answers, but sometimes complex to do. But let us try. For a greener world.

For tips, check this page by UNEP at http://www.unep.org/wed/2009/english/content/tips.asp or just click the image below.

World Environment Day 2009 Photography Contest at AIT

As part of the World Environment Day (WED) celebration at the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand on 5 June 2009, AIT and UNEP RRCAP are organizing a "WED Photography Contest". This year's competition will focus on the challenges of climate change and what we can do about it. Every member of the AIT Community (faculty, staff and students) is invited to participate in this activity.

Read more here...

No pin-ups but still an exciting calendar

By Nestor P. Burgos Jr.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:03:00 04/19/2009

Filed Under: Environmental Issues, Natural Resources (general)

MANILA, Philippines – They are not your typical calendar pin-ups, but they are no less breathtaking and sexy.

With vivid images of mangrove vegetation, environmentalist Jurgenne Primavera is bringing her advocacy for mangrove conservation right into people’s homes and offices.

Primavera, a retired Iloilo-based scientist, has come up with the idea of a Mangrove Tidal Calendar detailing the pattern of the tides – the regular rise and fall of seawater resulting from the gravitational attraction between the earth, sun, and moon.

She says the calendar will help scientists, especially fisheries and aquaculture researchers, conducting field research to accurately determine tidal patterns.

But while most calendars only indicate when low and high tides can be expected, the Mangrove Tidal Calendar also details the tide levels for a particular time.

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Earth Hour 2009

It's 28 March now where I am. Today is the day for Earth Hour 2009. Just turn off the lights for one hour. Better still, also unplug all electrical appliances. Ooooops except the fridge if you have one. But even if you have it will still be ok to unplug it as long as you don't open it for one hour. Maybe it's defrost and cleaning up time for the fridge. What about the AC and the electric fan? Turn them off as well. Or maybe not? coz it's hot!

So that is why we are in the mall. At least we are sharing the light and the AC with many others here. But we came here by car. We use gasohol and our car is more than two years old. Is it safe to say that the emission from gasohol is not hazardous? I am mentioning this since last week there was this issue about cars using gasohol releasing toxic and carcinogenic substances into the atmosphere, causing more air pollution. Especially if the car is old and has no mechanism to filter such emissions.

What will be accomplished during the Earth Hour campaign? At least an awareness that we need to take action from our everyday activities, to do our own little bit to make the environment better. To have that environmental consciousness everyday.

It's just noontime. At least at home the lights are off and the appliances are unplugged. A few more hours and we will be home. At 8:30pm the real test will come.