Women in the Midst of the Climate Crisis

A mother is seen carrying her child while doing household chores in this photo taken in 2019. Photo by Mark Z. Saludes

Note: This article first came out of the environmental media outfit Oeconomedia. on November 4, 2021. It also appeared in Licas News and the World Mission Magazine.

I had the opportunity to talk about women and climate in the Philippines in a COP26 side event through the Climate Café held at Glasgow Kelvin College. I mainly recalled my experience a few years ago, while working in a large-scale Haiyan Recovery Program, covering Housing, Health, Sanitation, Livelihood, Education, and DRR. The program spanned seven municipalities on the island of Panay. Leading the performance and accountability team, I have seen firsthand what challenges women had to go through to access support. But that is only the tip of the iceberg of women’s problems relating to climate change. 

Veganism, the Climate Crisis, and a Multi-Billion-Dollar Opportunity

The good news is, there is a climate solution that we can readily be part of, right now. We don’t have to wait to make the change. https://www.blogto.com/city/2019/01/vegans-protesters-block-toronto-intersection-protest-climate-change/

Note: This is an article I wrote for the Climate Reality 11th Hour Column at the Manila Bulletin. The published article is slightly edited, but in this blog, I’m posting my original article in full. Click here for the published piece with the Manila Bulletin.

A few years ago, this statement came splashed all over newspapers, magazines, and social media: “A vegan diet is probably the single biggest way to reduce your impact on planet Earth, not just greenhouse gases, but global acidification, eutrophication, land use, and water use.” It came from Joseph Poore, an Oxford researcher. Poore looked at the overall impact of our food systems on the environment.