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Monday, 01 February 2010 |
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Students of APC, an MLE school in Bendum, an upland village in Mindanao, Philippines.
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Multilingual education (MLE) is a major trend in addressing education needs of indigenous peoples and communities in the greater margins of many Asian countries. There is increasing awareness of the need for more appropriate education that sustains local culture and that bridges the social gap with mainstream society.
Examples can be found in different parts of Asia, but a comprehensive
understanding let alone a national strategy in the Philippines are
lacking. Most communities are left with their own local initiatives and
strengths to persevere, although external support is at times
available.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 01 February 2010 )
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Monday, 01 February 2010 |
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| Destroyed house after Ondoy, covered
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Past and recent flooding and landslide disasters are beckoning Philippine society for a greater social reckoning with the environment and the responses we need to make. The idea of approaching disaster management through a social contract emerged as a key learning from ESSC's work with communities and local governments in understanding the disasters experienced and the inherent risks and vulnerabilities their areas face.
And it is a concept of vital importance as Philippine society continues to struggle with disasters and disaster management. Potentially, a collectively negotiated social contract will allow the Philippines move from being a disaster-prone country to one that is disaster-resilient.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 01 February 2010 )
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Wednesday, 27 January 2010 |
 During Jesuit Social Services All Staff Day, 12 December 2009, journalist Martin Flanagan interviewed Father Pedro Walpole, SJ, in Australia. Father Walpole shared his experiences working with communities amidst conflict, poverty, and disasters. As Executive Director of Environmental Science for Social Change (ESSC), a Philippine-based Jesuit research organization, Father Walpole and his group continuously pursues the use of scientific information on the environment to bring about the social change needed. Click here to view the footage of the interview.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 01 February 2010 )
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Tuesday, 20 October 2009 |
Social reflection is most frequently engaged in through opinion columns
that allow us draw a deeper perspective than is assumed by general
media and the wisdom of mass communication today. Behind social
reflection there is a framework and method. For social analysis that is
open to a faith experience it may be deepened with theological
reflection.
A number of reflections are shared here: (Click the following articles)
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 27 January 2010 )
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Wednesday, 28 October 2009 |
These
are the forest cover maps of 2002 in the Philippine uplands (1:250,000)
that ESSC developed and are now available for download. Now that this
initial work is done, the next steps are to develop from this benchmark
the next set of more recent forest cover updates and to focus on the
ground where specific actions can be designed and implemented.
Download the maps here .
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 26 January 2010 )
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Tuesday, 17 November 2009 |
 ESSC is preparing a publication titled "Rainfall, Landslides, Debris Flow, Flooding: Understanding the Real Causes that Put Lives at Risk."
Disasters in the Philippines will recur with increasing magnitude and devastating impact on physical and social landscapes. Flooding is reported with increasing frequency and sense of devastation affecting more people than ever before. Many do not realize that the natural processes of climate, geology and geomorphology continually form the Philippine landscape in different ways. The landscape we think we are totally familiar with greatly changed from earlier times, and will continue to change.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 11 December 2009 )
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Monday, 15 June 2009 |
 Michael Coyne has worked for photography in Asia for 30 years and appeared in magazines such as: Newsweek, National Geographic Magazine, Life, Time, New York Times, Sports Illustrated, Smithsonian.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 18 November 2009 )
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Wednesday, 25 March 2009 |
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Sustaining and Harmonizing Local Government Initiatives
The Carood Watershed Management Council (CWMC) is an inter-LGU, multi-agency, multi-sectoral consortium working to ensure effective and sustainable resource management in Carood watershed while balancing the development needs of local communities.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 14 January 2010 )
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Monday, 23 March 2009 |
Strengthening Local Government Mechanisms through Community-Based Watershed Management
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Last Updated ( Monday, 01 February 2010 )
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Wednesday, 18 November 2009 |
 The ESSC mangrove webpage is an on-line resource providing the above
stakeholders with practical guides for selecting, planting, and
propagating trees and caring for the beach forest and mangrove
ecosystems in private properties.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 18 November 2009 )
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