Responding to the peril and trauma of typhoons

Responding to the peril and trauma of typhoons

by Francis Abner Abanilla, RC Metro San Pedro, D3820.  On Nov. 1 2020, in the middle of the Covid pandemic, Typhoon Goni made landfall as a Category 5 cyclone in the Bicol region, south of where I live. With speeds of 140-150 mph, it devastated many towns. Magnifying...
Ecolution Call to Action!

Ecolution Call to Action!

by the 2023 RYLA Participants of Area 1, Group 1, District 3820, San Pedro, Laguna Province, RP We live in a world where everything is inevitable. Too much urbanization, pollution, problems, overpopulation — all of these are only some of the problems that we are...
Philippine students restoring watersheds

Philippine students restoring watersheds

By Francis Abner Abanilla, RC Metro San Pedro D3820 I serve as the School Director of San Lorenzo School in the City of San Pedro in Laguna Province, PR. Our school offers basic education from preschool to Grade 12, and was invited in 2019 to become a member of the...
Saving Forests to Save Ourselves

Saving Forests to Save Ourselves

Here’s the good news: forests managed by Indigenous people in the Amazon region served as life-saving carbon sinks from 2001-21, removing the equivalent of the UK’s annual fossil fuel emissions each year, according to a new study by the World Resources Institute....