URGENT APPEAL: Please donate to rebuild the house of Jonathan and Nanay Noning dela Cruz

The typhoon season is here and 81-year-old Nanay Noning and her son Jonathan who has a physical disability, are facing the very real threat of homelessness. Their house in Brgy Silagon, Ajuy is made of light materials and was really intended to be a temporary shelter. But they didn’t have the resources to make it permanent. It is now in a terrible state and on the verge of fully collapsing.

Jonathan, the breadwinner of the family, lost his arm in an accident many years ago. He is only able to do some manual work and barely scrapes enough for their needs, and Nanay Noning is too old to do much. They need our help to rebuild their home.

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.

10 Myths and Facts about Veganism

Banner of the Nutrition Month feature of The Climate Reality Philippines.

In celebration of Nutrition Month, the Climate Reality Project Philippines asked me to write 8 Myths and Facts about Veganism to be featured in the monthly #Clim8 Listicle. The original feature came out on Facebook a few days ago. You can find it here.

I actually wrote ten instead of eight myths and facts and would like to share the full list here with you.

Heal us, heal the planet

The event poster was grabbed from the VegFest Facebook page.

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of being back at VegFest Pilipinas as a panelist. It is the fifth year of VegFest and the first ever online. The preparations and actual broadcast were impressive, and I congratulate Vegans of Manila for yet again another successful festival.

I was the climate speaker at the very first Vegfest four years ago and I’m glad that now, there are more environmentalists practicing veganism. Also, the topic in the panel I am in this year is really very important, given that climate change has been wreaking havoc on my country, with one super typhoon coming after another; the pandemic still roaring, and health issues becoming a real concern for many during quarantine.

Can veganism help propel governments forward?

This is a late post I am writing about one of my favorite things that happened in October. I participated in the Philippine Society of Public Administrators (PSPA) International Virtual Conference where I wore two hats, as a presenter on veganism, and as a facilitator in the foresight game Dreams and Disruptions, which our team at the Center for Engaged Foresight developed.