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GM #4: The PMC Eco Bag

I was not able to join last.. was really tired from what a recent sad event in our family. And this week, I’m late. What kind of participant am I?

Anyways, my entry for this week is the eco bag I gave out last PMC Grand EB. There was a suggestion to bring a token for the moms attending the event. The moment I learned about it, I already what I will give to my fellow PMC member. An eco bag of course. Being aware of the impact of plastic in our environment, we decided to stop using plastic or to shy away from it as much as possible. After a few weeks of trying to avoid it, we are not 90% plastic free. But we know it does not end there, we need to do more to help save the planet. Giving out eco bag is our way of bringing awareness to the people, of encouraging them to bring their own bag instead of using plastic bags.

I hope that PMC members, being influential bloggers, will also help in spreading the news and the habit of bringing their own bag. And I hope they will wear the PMC eco bag proudly.

GM #3: My Dream Trees

I do have a dream house. I want to have a big house with 3 to 4 bedrooms (and one small bedroom for the helper). I also want a house with a large kitchen.. oh wait! before I end up talking about my dream house, let’s move on to my dream tree. Of course, included on my dream place is big backyard where my kids can run wild and free and where I can plant trees and vegetables. I always turn green with envy when I see houses with fruit bearing trees. And yes, one of my dream tree is this:

Mango Tree. I want two kinds of mango tree, indian mango and the bigger one (kalabaw ba tawag dun?). Aside from Mango tree, I also want Malunggay tree. We love using its leaves as part of our dishes and so its fruit. I also want a guava tree, because it looks so nice in a backyard.

For this week, this is my entry for Green Monday.. Happy Green Living!

 

 

 

GM #2: What You Need To Know About Anti Smoking Law


Supposedly, my entry for this week is the guava tree in front of the house or the policy here in Pasig on green living.. but when I heard about this on the radio, I just have to share this:

What You Need To Know About Anti Smoking Law

Do you know that MMDA are not allowed to smoke during their office hours. So when you see an MMDA smoking while on duty, you have all the right to report them.

I am always offended when the driver of a jeepney I am riding smokes. Can he be a bit considerate on his passengers. Now I learned, I actually have the right to tell him to stop smoking or else I will report him to the authority. Smoking in public vehicles is against the law. And if in case a passenger smokes inside the jeepney and the driver did not stopped him, he can also be reported to the authority for not stopping the passenger.

Any one who as caught smoking in public areas or not smoking areas are fined 500 PhP or 8 hours of community service.

And a trivia I have learned: getting a business permit for a restaurant with a smoking area is much much higher than getting one without a smoking area. It’s good to know that at least the government are making simple steps to stop smoking here in our country. But of course, the best thing they can do is to put a higher, much higher tax to tobacco products. Our country taxed Tobacco companies lower from what other countries do. That is why the price of Tobacoo products here in the country is lower, if only the government will tax them more, it will no longer be that accessible to the Filipino people. Gamot ang babaan nyo ng presyo imbis na yosi (o kaya Tsokolate galeng tate hehe)

GM #1 Big Green Eco Bag


When we started pratcicing green living, I said I will make a weekly update on how much plastic we said no to. Over time, we got use to bringing our own bag that it does not appear to be extra ordinary to us (read: no biggie to blog about). We will go to the gorecery bringing 3-4 eco bags and would ask the bagger to just put the other items on a box if it does not fit with our bags. Even frozen goods goes straight to the bag or box, we don’t mind if the other items get as most of them would say. There was a time, no make that more often than not, we got strange stares or even irate look just because we don’t want to use a plastic bag. Sometimes it makes me feel bad.. yeah.. I mean, here I am trying to make our place a bit less polluted and these guys act as if I am the most stupid person for saying no to plastic.

Anyways, for my entry for the freshest and greenest meme in PMB community, the photo above is one of our trusted reusable bag (we have 5 or more). This is the biggest and it can accommodate a lot of items (as long as you pack it properly).