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Zara Alvarez (25 March 1981 – 17 August 2020) was a Filipina human rights advocate, educator, paralegal, and prominent social activist [1] who predominantly campaigned against human rights violations during the administration of Rodrigo Duterte.
Gregorio Ynciong Zara (8 March 1902 – 15 October 1978) [1] was a Filipino engineer, physicist, a National Scientist, and inventor. He was known as the father of videoconferencing [ 2 ] for having invented the first two-way videophone.
The Philippines is projected to be one of the most vulnerable countries to the impacts of climate change, [5] which would exacerbate weather extremes. As the Philippines lies on the Pacific Ring of Fire, it is prone to natural disasters, like earthquakes, typhoons, and volcanic eruptions.
In 2017, independent studies and journalistic investigations sought to demonstrate that Better Cotton was offering greenwashing solutions to firms or intermediate producers that are systematically resorting to child labour, forced labour, intensive irrigation or massive pesticide spraying. [27]
Bluewashing (a word with similar connotations to "whitewash" and "greenwash") is a term used to describe deceptive marketing that overstates a company's commitment to responsible social practices. [1] It can be used interchangeably with the term greenwashing but has a greater focus on economic and community factors. [2]
On July 11, Sheriffs Confederation of the Philippines Inc. filed a complaint against Duterte in connection to the incident. [35] On June 28, 2012, almost a year after the incident, she publicly apologized to Andres and his family. [36] By May 2022, Andres openly expressed his support for the Marcos-Duterte electoral team. [37]
From 2006 to 2013, the Philippines experienced a total of 75 disasters that cost the agricultural sector $3.8 billion in loss and damages. [1] Typhoon Haiyan alone cost the Philippines' agricultural sector an estimated US$724 million after causing 1.1 million tonnes of crop loss and destroying 600,000 ha of farmland. [31]
"Greenwashing" is a practice of using marketing and advertising strategies to portray a product or business as more environmentally conscious than in actuality. [12] Opponents believe that the environmental claims of "green companies" are often exaggerated and have variously raised accusations of consumer manipulation.