*This is my official entry to Haribon Foundation, Pinoy Holistic Healthcare and ClubTravelNow! “WHY WE SHOULD SAVE 1 MILLION HECTARES OF FOREST?” Please press on the Like Button of FB  if you enjoyed my post!

I can tell you more than a billion reasons for us to save not just one million hectares of rainforest. Because there are MORE THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE affected by the alarming climate changes we are all experiencing today. We always thought that these kind of “natural disasters” can’t happen to us right?

We only see cracked desert soils in the plains of Somalia.

Strong hurricane’s hitting the superpower that we know as United States of America.

Skyscraper high tsunami’s crashing into the beaches of wonderful Indonesia.

And then it happened to us last year. The effects of climate change only becomes part of our conscious mind when IT HITS US HOME.

Right in the heart of Metro Manila, Philippines… “Typhoon Ondoy.”

I am pretty sure that if we get to ask…

…the people who lost their homes to the flood of Ondoy and hurricane Katrina,

…the  children of drought-stricken South Africa who is considered lucky if they get to eat more than one meal a day,

…the animals and sea creatures, if only they could talk. I am most certain that we will hear more than handful of complaints and curses because WE are killing them slowly and surely.

But if you ask me why do we need to restore A MILLION (or more) HECTARES of FOREST?

Mine would just be ONE of the MILLION OR MORE REASONS on why WE SHOULD SAVE OUR RAINFOREST; I have been trying to do my small bits to save the earth because I want my son Sky to enjoy the beaches and mountains our country (and world) that I myself, got to enjoy during my childhood. And I hope that one Sky gets to my age, he can go back to the pristine beaches around The Philippines, get to smell the pine trees of Baguio City and swim in the clean waters of the ocean.

Even better if his children and the children of his children even, will get to see and enjoy these places.

And I think we owe it to OURSELVES, to OUR FRIENDS, to OUR FAMILIES, to EVERY LIVING THING and to Earth, OUR HOME to do the small things to save more than A MILLION HECTARES of FOREST.

We owe it to that boy who is shivering from cold because it’s snowing even if it’s not supposed to be.

We owe it to the Polar bear cub, whose mother died of drowning because the glaciers where mother and cub use to walk on – are now melted.

We owe it to our children most of all, who doesn’t deserve to live in a dark, unbreathable, life-less planet.

Because WHO else will?

What you can do at home to save A MILLION OF HECTARES of RAINFOREST?

• Don’t just bring a canvas shopping bag during the M.O.B.’s Wednesday at SM Supermarkets. Bring two to four recyclable bags EVERY TIME you go shopping ANYWHERE. SAY NO TO PLASTICS every single day.
• Segregate your trash AT HOME. Give the manong basurero’s a break from segregating your garbage for you.
• Ask to use a MUG when you’re having your favorite cup of joe at your favorite Starbucks, Coffee Bean or UCC.
• Bring a water bottle with you everywhere. Avoid buying a bottle of mineral water when you’re out.
• Flatten your tetra packs, boxes before placing it in your garbage bin. Remember to “compact” your garbage too. It helps reduce the use of more landfill area.
• Those small candy wrappers that’s in your car? PLEASE DON’T JUST THROW IT OUT ON THE STREETS. Be an angel, keep a small trash can in your car and dispose properly.
• STOP SMOKING. I think you know why. Everybody win’s when you stop smoking and that includes you!

What are you waiting for? Do your part and save more than A MILLION HECTARES OF RAINFOREST.

Want to know how to help save the environment? Click on the following links and find out!

Haribon Foundation

ClubTravelNow!

Pinoy Holistic Healthcare