What is sustainable development, disaster risk and reduction and climate change?
Why is sustainable development, disaster risk and reduction, and climate change relevant to the Bangsamoro?
How are these issues affecting the Bangsamoro? What forestall and hasten these issues (contributing factors)?
How do we mitigate these issues in the short-term? How do we sustainably response to these issues in the long-term?
How do we mobilize communities and institutions to respond to evolutionary (unpredictable) and developmental (predictable) challenges of sustainable development and climate?
Showing posts with label Moro Sustainability. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Moro Sustainability. Show all posts
Water and the Bangsamoro: A discourse outline
Conventionally, the Moro discourse is often associated with politics and enfranchisement. Why water?
Globally, "according to IFPRI this would put at risk approximately $63 trillion of the global economy just 39 years from today. By 2030 global water demand could be 40% more than the current supply. This could change with new agricultural practices, policy changes, and intelligently applied new technologies."
"Otherwise conflicts over trade-offs among agricultural, urban, and ecological uses of water are likely to increase, along with the potential for mass migrations and wars. Although water related conflicts are already taking place, water-sharing agreements have been reached even among people in conflict and have led to cooperation in other areas."
Locally, the Bangsamoro homeland has been associated with water basins and the seas culturally, historically and geographically. Many Moro ethnicities are culturally associated with water. The Tausugs are called "people of the current", the Meranaws "people of the lake", the Maguindanaws "people of the flood plains", the Badjaws "sea gypsies", the Samas as "coastal and sea dwellers" and the Iranuns and Bangingis as "navies" and "sea traders" of old empires.
Historically, the Sulu sultanate for four centuries was a maritime power; Maguindanao and Buayan wrestling over the Liguwasan Marsh, the Moro Gulf and the Sulawesi Sea; the Pat-a-pangampong lording it over the Lake Lanao Region.
The Moro culture and history are partly (and significantly) defined by the region's geography. Aside from armed conflict, natural calamities brought about by rising river and sea water continue to devastate and in a number of instances have threaten the very existence of human habitation. For many communities, water is scarce and in times of drought, expensive than sodas. As island communities are greatly affected by scarce source and supply; mainland communities are threatened and displaced by flooding. What are then other specific water issues in Moroland? What forestall and hasten these issues (contributing factors)? Where are these water issues more prevalent and of imminent concern?
How is the water issue connected with other global challenges manifested in the Moroland? How do we mitigate water issues in the short-term? How do we sustainably response to these issues in the long-term? How do we mobilize communities and institutions to respond to water's evolutionary (unpredictable) and developmental (predictable) challenges?
"Otherwise conflicts over trade-offs among agricultural, urban, and ecological uses of water are likely to increase, along with the potential for mass migrations and wars. Although water related conflicts are already taking place, water-sharing agreements have been reached even among people in conflict and have led to cooperation in other areas."
Locally, the Bangsamoro homeland has been associated with water basins and the seas culturally, historically and geographically. Many Moro ethnicities are culturally associated with water. The Tausugs are called "people of the current", the Meranaws "people of the lake", the Maguindanaws "people of the flood plains", the Badjaws "sea gypsies", the Samas as "coastal and sea dwellers" and the Iranuns and Bangingis as "navies" and "sea traders" of old empires.
Historically, the Sulu sultanate for four centuries was a maritime power; Maguindanao and Buayan wrestling over the Liguwasan Marsh, the Moro Gulf and the Sulawesi Sea; the Pat-a-pangampong lording it over the Lake Lanao Region.
The Moro culture and history are partly (and significantly) defined by the region's geography. Aside from armed conflict, natural calamities brought about by rising river and sea water continue to devastate and in a number of instances have threaten the very existence of human habitation. For many communities, water is scarce and in times of drought, expensive than sodas. As island communities are greatly affected by scarce source and supply; mainland communities are threatened and displaced by flooding. What are then other specific water issues in Moroland? What forestall and hasten these issues (contributing factors)? Where are these water issues more prevalent and of imminent concern?
How is the water issue connected with other global challenges manifested in the Moroland? How do we mitigate water issues in the short-term? How do we sustainably response to these issues in the long-term? How do we mobilize communities and institutions to respond to water's evolutionary (unpredictable) and developmental (predictable) challenges?
Water and the Bangsamoro: A discourse outline
Global Context
According to The Millennium Project, "Water should be central to development and climate change strategies. Over half the world could live in water-stressed areas by 2050 due to population growth, climate change, and increasing demand for water per capita."
"According to IFPRI this would put at risk approximately $63 trillion of the global economy just 39 years from today. By 2030 global water demand could be 40% more than the current supply. This could change with new agricultural practices, policy changes, and intelligently applied new technologies."
"Otherwise conflicts over trade-offs among agricultural, urban, and ecological uses of water are likely to increase, along with the potential for mass migrations and wars. Although waterrelated conflicts are already taking place, water-sharing agreements have been reached even among people in conflict and have led to cooperation in other areas."
Local Context
Water is crucial to growing population and economy. What are water issues in Moroland? What forestall and hasten these issues (contributing factors)?
Where and when are these water issues more prevalent and imminent in the Bangsamoro homeland?
Analysis
How water issues are connected with other global challenges manifested in the Moroland? Water shortage and climate change in insular ARMM? Flooding and Climate Change in Maguindanao plains? Water Shortage, power generaion and economic development in Lanao?
How do we mitigate water issues in the short-term? How do we sustainably response to these issues in the long-term?
How do we mobilize communities and institutions to respond to water's evolutionary (unpredictable) and developmental (predictable) challenges?
I agree. However, Jolo LGU can not solve this problem alone. It needs the participation (including IRA contribution) of other municipalities with significant population living in Tiyangge. What this situation telling us is that water and flooding issues are not anymore local problems, but trans-boundary problems requiring the collaboration of towns and similar geo-political entities.
According to The Millennium Project, "Water should be central to development and climate change strategies. Over half the world could live in water-stressed areas by 2050 due to population growth, climate change, and increasing demand for water per capita."
"According to IFPRI this would put at risk approximately $63 trillion of the global economy just 39 years from today. By 2030 global water demand could be 40% more than the current supply. This could change with new agricultural practices, policy changes, and intelligently applied new technologies."
"Otherwise conflicts over trade-offs among agricultural, urban, and ecological uses of water are likely to increase, along with the potential for mass migrations and wars. Although waterrelated conflicts are already taking place, water-sharing agreements have been reached even among people in conflict and have led to cooperation in other areas."
Local Context
Water is crucial to growing population and economy. What are water issues in Moroland? What forestall and hasten these issues (contributing factors)?
Where and when are these water issues more prevalent and imminent in the Bangsamoro homeland?
Analysis
How water issues are connected with other global challenges manifested in the Moroland? Water shortage and climate change in insular ARMM? Flooding and Climate Change in Maguindanao plains? Water Shortage, power generaion and economic development in Lanao?
How do we mitigate water issues in the short-term? How do we sustainably response to these issues in the long-term?
How do we mobilize communities and institutions to respond to water's evolutionary (unpredictable) and developmental (predictable) challenges?
Noralyn Mustafa, A Muslim writer, opines in the context of Jolo Town, "first on the list should be the return of the squatters in the town of Jolo to their places of origin in the countryside where they can be as productive as before; second would be to thoroughly dredge all the waterways in Sulu, starting from the Jolo river. This is to avoid the unimaginable loss of lives when the Big Wave strikes (maybe tomorrow, maybe next year or five years from now, nobody can tell) that will drown everything up to the present town hall."
I agree. However, Jolo LGU can not solve this problem alone. It needs the participation (including IRA contribution) of other municipalities with significant population living in Tiyangge. What this situation telling us is that water and flooding issues are not anymore local problems, but trans-boundary problems requiring the collaboration of towns and similar geo-political entities.
Imagine
Imagine a green Moroland -
A healthy marshland teeming with natural life
And Magindanawuns in tune with this marshland ecology.
A healthy lake teeming with natural life
And Meranaws in tune with this lake ecology.
A healthy river system teeming with natural life
And Iranuns in tune with this river ecology.
A healthy Sulu archipelago teeming with natural life
And coastal cultures in tune with this archipelagic ecology.
Imagine a healthy Moroland!
A healthy marshland teeming with natural life
And Magindanawuns in tune with this marshland ecology.
A healthy lake teeming with natural life
And Meranaws in tune with this lake ecology.
A healthy river system teeming with natural life
And Iranuns in tune with this river ecology.
A healthy Sulu archipelago teeming with natural life
And coastal cultures in tune with this archipelagic ecology.
Imagine a healthy Moroland!
Circles of Sutainability
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| Source: Circles of Sustainability |
Three (3) Pillars of Sustainability
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| Adams, W.M. (2006). "The Future of Sustainability: Re-thinking Environment and Development in the Twenty-first Century." Report of the IUCN Renowned Thinkers Meeting, 29–31 January 2006. |
Look at these pillars and see how it is relevant to our Moroland? Sustainability in Moroland is not just about preserving and protecting our environment and unique lake, marsh, hinterland, river and insular ecological systems; it also about our social and economic situation.
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Links to Green Advocacy
Articles
10 Amazing Green Cities by Maria Trimarchi and Jacob Clifton
Amazing Malmo: City of Sustainability and Renewable Energy - by Coronare Modestus Faust.
EcoCity Malmo: Sustainable Urban Development by Greg Vendena
Sustainable City or Eco-City (Wikipedia)
The 10 Greenest European Cities
Websites
Auroville (India)
Carboun - Middle East Sustainable Cities
Center for a New America Dream - helps Americans to reduce and shift their consumption to improve quality of life, protect the environment, and promote social justice.
Center for Ecological Living and Learning (CELL) - a nonprofit educational organization inspiring students (our future leaders) to bring creative, systemic solutions and environmental stewardship to their individual lives and leadership positions.
City Mayors' Sustainable Communities
Ecotown Z
Environmentalist on a Mission - "the best way to promote a good cause is to provide a good example".
European Green Cities Network (EGCN)
Goodnet Planet - Doing good for the environment and living a sustainable life.
Huffington Post EcoFabulous - Dedicated to the stylish and sustainable, Ecofabulous is a treasure trove of inspiration for eco-friendly products that are also beautiful.
Inhabitat - A veteran in the field of environmental media, Inhabitat runs by the slogan - “Design will save the world.” The website offers a wealth of information about eco-friendly products alongside advice about green living, yet it’s best known for its expertise in design and architecture.
Malmo's Sustainable City Development
Masdar City (Dubai, UAE)
Songdo IBD (Korea)
Sustainable Cities Collective
Sustainable Cities EU
Sustainable Living Philippines (FB)
Terrain - A Journal of the Built and Natural Environments
The Dirt - uniting the Built and Natural Environments (American Society of Landscape Architects)
Tianjin Eco-City - A Model for Sustainable Development
Treehugger - Green living is the bread and butter of Treehuger - a website that hardly needs introduction. Determined to “drive sustainability mainstream”, Treehugger is chock full of practical advice and useful information alongside editorials about design, technology, energy and science.
10 Amazing Green Cities by Maria Trimarchi and Jacob Clifton
Amazing Malmo: City of Sustainability and Renewable Energy - by Coronare Modestus Faust.
EcoCity Malmo: Sustainable Urban Development by Greg Vendena
Sustainable City or Eco-City (Wikipedia)
The 10 Greenest European Cities
Websites
Auroville (India)
Carboun - Middle East Sustainable Cities
Center for a New America Dream - helps Americans to reduce and shift their consumption to improve quality of life, protect the environment, and promote social justice.
Center for Ecological Living and Learning (CELL) - a nonprofit educational organization inspiring students (our future leaders) to bring creative, systemic solutions and environmental stewardship to their individual lives and leadership positions.
City Mayors' Sustainable Communities
Ecotown Z
Environmentalist on a Mission - "the best way to promote a good cause is to provide a good example".
European Green Cities Network (EGCN)
Goodnet Planet - Doing good for the environment and living a sustainable life.
Green Living TV - Green Living-TV is the producers’ blog for the TV show Green Living. The show talks about living a sustainable urban lifestyle and airs every Tuesday at 9:30 pm on ANC (The ABS-CBN News Channel).
Green Living Online - Green Living is a powerful voice in the environmental media; it was even a founding member of B Corporation - the authority for social enterprises.
Green Living (Denmark)
Green Living (Denmark)
Green Living (GreenPeace Philippines) - Ideas for how you, as an individual, can step a little lighter on the Earth.
Harvard City Center for the EnvironmentHuffington Post EcoFabulous - Dedicated to the stylish and sustainable, Ecofabulous is a treasure trove of inspiration for eco-friendly products that are also beautiful.
Inhabitat - A veteran in the field of environmental media, Inhabitat runs by the slogan - “Design will save the world.” The website offers a wealth of information about eco-friendly products alongside advice about green living, yet it’s best known for its expertise in design and architecture.
Malmo's Sustainable City Development
Masdar City (Dubai, UAE)
Songdo IBD (Korea)
Sustainable Cities Collective
Sustainable Cities EU
Sustainable Living Philippines (FB)
Terrain - A Journal of the Built and Natural Environments
The Dirt - uniting the Built and Natural Environments (American Society of Landscape Architects)
Tianjin Eco-City - A Model for Sustainable Development
Treehugger - Green living is the bread and butter of Treehuger - a website that hardly needs introduction. Determined to “drive sustainability mainstream”, Treehugger is chock full of practical advice and useful information alongside editorials about design, technology, energy and science.
The Daily Green - A consumer’s guide to green living, the Daily Green specializes in no-nonsense tips for easily adoptable green habits.
Green Moroland
My religion is Islam, and I learned that in Islam, creations are expressions of God's magnificence and presence. As a Muslim, we are taught that cleanliness is half of faith. The earth is an 'amanah' (trust) from Allah, not something to be destroyed, but to take from it sustainably and pass it on to the next generation.
I am a Moro from the Southern Philippines. My cultural identity and heritage are partly born out of the region's unique geography, flora and fauna and the rest of the natural world. When people talk about Moroland, they talk about the conflict, within and without; groups of armed people rebelling against the establishment; or its perceived 'recalcitrant' people, who are quite 'different' from the mainstream. So it will come as a surprise that someone like me or a blog like this is coming out of Moroland. And why not? There is more to Moroland than the stereotypes and prejudices. Few people realized that the root of its history, culture and people, is its geography, ecology and or environment. The environment, geography and its ecology to a certain extend influenced and continue to influence its people, culture and continuing saga for self-determination.
I am a Moro from the Southern Philippines. My cultural identity and heritage are partly born out of the region's unique geography, flora and fauna and the rest of the natural world. When people talk about Moroland, they talk about the conflict, within and without; groups of armed people rebelling against the establishment; or its perceived 'recalcitrant' people, who are quite 'different' from the mainstream. So it will come as a surprise that someone like me or a blog like this is coming out of Moroland. And why not? There is more to Moroland than the stereotypes and prejudices. Few people realized that the root of its history, culture and people, is its geography, ecology and or environment. The environment, geography and its ecology to a certain extend influenced and continue to influence its people, culture and continuing saga for self-determination.
As a Moro, I am a cosmopolitan in blood and brain. Green and sustainable living is also about maintaining a healthy lifestyle, for ourselves and for the world. This is a personal chronicle about my journey and learning into green and sustainable living. This is my personal saga of my homeland's geography, environment and ecology - past, present and future. We know little how these 1G and 2E's influenced our past. We are taking them for granted at the present except to react when natural disaster strikes and forgotten overtime as we move back into our "normal" life. And certainly, we know little about how it will influence and transform our lives in the future.
Better world or better kids?
There is no blaming of parents wanting a better world for their children, who doesn't? Now having a kid myself I am beginning to understand the hardwork and determination of parents to make life better for their kids. However, coupled with this good thought for our kids is a lingering question - is it better world or better kids that we need? This is not a play of words. As we begin to embrace environmentalism in our daily lives we are awaken to the dire state of the earth, we begin to ponder on the fundamentals.
Initially, we embrace the idea of leaving a better world for our kids. A world where they can be safe, healthy and grow. At the current rate of environmental destruction and the slow pace of pro-earth actions, is better world possible. At this point, we need to remember that climate change and other environmental concerns are largely brought about and hasten by human destructive actions.
Which lead us to the second and more strategic idea, instead of leaving a better world, we leave behind better kids. Better kids in the sense of having a mindset that recognizes the fragility and finiteness of the natural world, whose daily actions is driven by a strong sense of stewardship and not of utilitarianism, and whose hearts are driven by an inclusive desire to leave the world better than they have inherited. We say too much about leaving a better world to our kids, but not about better kids to take care of this world that we forget what really matters - better world or better kids? I think, this is the challenge of the future for today.
A fellow nurse Tin Sangkula goes for both, "a better world and a better kid. Indeed we are in a struggle to preserve our mother nature for the next generation to be able to see and enjoy nature's bounty. What good will it bring if we have better kids and yet the place they live is like hell? Would this not eventually make them worse kid instead? On the other hand if we have a better world but our kids are not, who would take the effort and the courage to continue on making the world better? Hence, both are vital that need to be given full attention. Truly a challenge for everyone to consider!"
Initially, we embrace the idea of leaving a better world for our kids. A world where they can be safe, healthy and grow. At the current rate of environmental destruction and the slow pace of pro-earth actions, is better world possible. At this point, we need to remember that climate change and other environmental concerns are largely brought about and hasten by human destructive actions.
Which lead us to the second and more strategic idea, instead of leaving a better world, we leave behind better kids. Better kids in the sense of having a mindset that recognizes the fragility and finiteness of the natural world, whose daily actions is driven by a strong sense of stewardship and not of utilitarianism, and whose hearts are driven by an inclusive desire to leave the world better than they have inherited. We say too much about leaving a better world to our kids, but not about better kids to take care of this world that we forget what really matters - better world or better kids? I think, this is the challenge of the future for today.
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PCL Cotabato Chapter President Bruce Matabalao goes for Better kids." We can only do so much at this point and we will soon leave. Our kids will have more time and hopefully, greater concern and pro-active moves to save what's left of them in the environment."
A fellow nurse Tin Sangkula goes for both, "a better world and a better kid. Indeed we are in a struggle to preserve our mother nature for the next generation to be able to see and enjoy nature's bounty. What good will it bring if we have better kids and yet the place they live is like hell? Would this not eventually make them worse kid instead? On the other hand if we have a better world but our kids are not, who would take the effort and the courage to continue on making the world better? Hence, both are vital that need to be given full attention. Truly a challenge for everyone to consider!"
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