Chairman's Message
I would like to express my thanks to our dedicated Board of Trustees, staff, volunteers and members of Mother Earth Foundation for our many successes these past years. These have enabled us to be...
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“Sometimes the choice is not between good and evil. Sometimes the choice is between what’s good and what’s easy.”We use straw, we use plastic bags when shopping, we choose to drive rather than use...
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Green MindsFroilan Gratewww.froilangrate.comHappy Earth Day!This year, we are celebrating the 43rd Earth Day. The first Earth Day was on April 22, 1970. Mr. Gaylord Nelson, the founder of Earth Day,...
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View ArticleCritical Collaboration: Government and People Working Together For The...
In this age of changed world climate, civil society and governments are starting to realize that every environmental issue out there has consequences we, each of us, will have to bear and face at some...
View ArticleAngeles City aims for Zero Waste
After attending a forum on ecological waste management organized by the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Politics (PPCRP) headed by Bishop Pablo David, Mayor Ed Pamintuan of Angeles City now...
View ArticleMother Earth is New NGO rep to the PSWM Board of Pampanga
Mother Earth Foundation was selected by the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) of Pampanga to be the NGO representative to the Provincial Solid Waste Management Board (PSWMB)....
View ArticleMEF Promotes Access to Clean Water in Calauan
The Promotions Campaign for the “Access to Clean Water” component of the USAID-ECO-Asia project “Promoting Access to Urban Water and Waste Water Services” was formally launched last January 26, 2012 in...
View ArticleMother Earth Launches Promo Campaign on Septage Management in Mandaluyong
To help the Manila Water Company increase the number of customers that have their septic tanks desludged, MEF launched a promotions campaign in two (2) barangays in Mandaluyong that had the lowest rate...
View ArticleMEF’s Solid Waste Trainings Go Sectoral
Mother Earth Foundation has recently partnered with the Pinatubo Hazard Urgent Mitigation Project (PHUMP) under the Department of Public Works and Highways for the purpose of conducting Community-Based...
View ArticleMEF celebrates Earth Day with Museo Pambata
More than 50 children from Manila attended the annual Earth Day celebration in Museo Pambata last April 20, 2012. Various fun learning sessions were prepared and conducted to advocate the care,...
View ArticleMore LGUs move to ban plastic
At least nine (9) cities and 16 municipalities in the country have banned or regulated the use of plastic bags in their localities. The Municipalities of Sta. Barbara in Iloilo and Los Banos in Laguna...
View ArticleSan Fernando City signs MOA with MEF for holistic, ecological waste management
The City of San Fernando, Pampanga (CSFP) recently signed a Memorandum of Agreement with Mother Earth Foundation for the implementation of an ecological solid waste management program focusing on their...
View ArticleTurning Green
Modern technology owes ecology an apology. ~Alan M. EddisonEnvironmental destruction is very rampant in this era. In line with the vast...
View ArticleOn Being an Eco-Friendly Model Teacher
MEF started it allIt was October 2010 when Mother Earth Foundation, headed by Sir Froilan Grate, came into the lives of CRACMES teachers. He introduced us into a new world of Environmental Concepts....
View ArticleNewport, Rhode Island: A Journey into the Past
Visiting with my daughter Patricia in New York has always meant an adventure is in the horizon. Being much younger and bolder, Pat’s dream is to see and experience as much of this amazing planet as she...
View ArticlePROFILES: Mayor Oscar S. Rodriguez
Aside from bringing the City of San Fernando to the heights it has never reached before with his style of leadership, indomitable will and his “Magsilbi Tamu” tenet, Mayor Oscar S. Rodriguez has become...
View ArticleIntroducing MEF’s Zero Waste Academy
After 13 long years of conducting trainings and seminars on solid waste management and delivering talks and lectures on other environmental issues and concerns in and out of the country, MEF is proud...
View ArticleBaguio City Sans Pine Trees
Outrage! Rallies! Protests! Court Suits! These are the everyday headlines in my hometown which is Baguio, supposedly the summer capital of the Philippines. The whole government used to transfer to this...
View ArticleNotice of Disconnection: Living off grid in Wisconsin
“Hi everyone. We’ve decided to live off grid. Goodbye to light and water bills, sudden power interruptions, etc…”Remember those dreaded words in red ink, the final warning if you haven’t paid your...
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