What We Choose to Protect 🐢
Hello Hilom Fam!👋 Happy Monday! Today's stories show how people can change what happens next, whether that means protecting sea turtles or finding a better destination for everyday plastic waste.
Article 1 Animals
The Night Patrols Protecting Pawikan
In La Union, skills once used to find and sell turtle eggs are now helping protect them. CURMA works with former poachers and local fishermen who patrol…
In La Union, skills once used to find and sell turtle eggs are now helping protect them. CURMA works with former poachers and local fishermen who patrol beaches at night, move vulnerable eggs to protected hatcheries, and guide newborn pawikan safely toward the sea. The work did not begin with perfect choices. It began when people were given a practical reason and a real opportunity to choose differently.
Article 2 Good News
When Plastic Waste Becomes a School Desk
In Davao, discarded sachets, wrappers, and candy foils are being turned into colorful school furniture. Envirotech Waste Recycling melts the collected plastic…
In Davao, discarded sachets, wrappers, and candy foils are being turned into colorful school furniture. Envirotech Waste Recycling melts the collected plastic into desks and chairs that are designed to resist termites and floods. It is a useful answer to two familiar problems: plastic waste piling up in communities and public schools needing durable furniture.
Here's to the people who look at a problem and decide it does not have to stay that way.