PANGASINAN STATE UNIVERSITY 

SCHOOL OF ADVANCED STUDIES 

Urdaneta City, Pangasinan 
 

Theme DEVELOPMENT ISSUES & PROBLEMS IN THE 3RD WORLD

Topic ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN THE PHILIPPINES
Resource JOHN CHRISTOPHER DELA CRUZ PEREZ
Person
Overview RATIONALE
The Philippines are prone to natural disasters, particularly
typhoons, floods, landslides, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and
tsunamis, lying as it does astride the typhoon belt, in the active
volcanic region known as the “Pacific Ring of Fire,” and in the
geologically unstable region between the Pacific and Eurasian
tectonic plates. The Philippines also suffers major human-caused
environmental degradation aggravated by a high annual population
growth rate, including loss of agricultural lands, deforestation, soil
erosion, air and water pollution, improper disposal of solid and toxic
wastes, loss of coral reefs, mismanagement and abuse of coastal
resources, and overfishing.

In today’s era of globalization, we are faced with a lot of

societal upheavals including dilemmas pertaining to the
environment. Rogayan (2019) reiterated that the earth is now
suffering from innumerable afflictions at present caused by
egregious human activities that relentlessly denuding the
environment. The challenge for everybody is to take the wheel of
action and move towards a common cause in preserving life on
earth. The growing concern with environmental issues and their
impact on general awareness is one of the most noticeable
phenomena of the last two decades (Sivamoorthy, Nalini & Satheesh
Kumar, 2013). The rapid depletion of the earth’s natural resources
and the fast degrading environment are the realities which can no
longer be denied. These are the grave scenarios that threaten the
existence of both man and the earth (Marpa & Juele, 2016). The
Education for Sustainable Development of the United Nations
Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
reiterates that education is an indispensable tool towards
sustainable development. Environmental education is a process
aimed at developing a world population that is aware of and
concerned about the total environment and its associated problems
and which has the knowledge, attitudes, commitments and skills to
work individually and collectively towards the solution of current
problems and prevention of new ones (Jain & Raghunathan as cited
in Puri & Joshi, 2017).
 Furthermore, one of the objectives of the Science education
in the Philippines is to develop students who are environmentally-
conscious and ecological-friendly. The month of June of each year is
declared as the Philippine Environment Month by virtue of
Presidential Proclamation No. 237 signed in 1998 by then President
Corazon C. Aquino. During the celebration, various important events
are being celebrated such as the World Environment Day on June 5,
Philippine Eagle Week on June 4-10 and Philippine Arbor Day on
June 25 (Department of Environment and Natural Resources, 2016).
People’s awareness has been recognized as a powerful tool in
environmental sphere. Information through education has an
important impact to alter behaviour (as cited in Gonzaga, 2017).
Target At the end of the presentation, the following objectives are
Objectives conscientiously realized despite by the 7 E’s Lesson Model with
consideration to the 21st Century skills;
 To define the concept of environmental problems or issues;
 To determine the different environmental problems in the
Philippines;
 To explain the negative impacts of environmental problems to
the development of a country;
 To write an article about the environmental problems
experiencing by the Philippines today.
Content The content outline was conceptualized using the 7 E’s Lesson
Outline Model resonates the 21st Century skills.

Elicit
The students were able to give words relating to
environmental problems with the use of Concept Map organizer and
to compose a simple definition on the concept of environmental
problems considering the current trends and issues.

Engage
Students were able to determine the different environmental
problems experiencing by Philippines using the “4 Pics, 1 Word”.

Explore
The students were able to share their real life experience
about environmental problems through role playing.

Explain
Students were able to explain the effects on the following
causes given to them.

Evaluation
Students were able to write possible solutions to the
environmental problems of Philippines.
 Extend
The students are required to write an article about the
environmental problems experiencing by the Philippines today.
Target The following are the activities that will entirely the focus of
Activities discussion installing the 7 E’s Lesson Model with the utilization of the
21st Century skills;

Activity 1: Concept Mapping

Activity 2: “4 Pics, 1 Word”
Activity 3: Role Playing
Activity 4: Cause and Effects
Activity 5: Fill in the Blanks
Activity 6: An Article Writing
Target The target deliverables are imbued within the 7 E’s Lesson
Deliverables Model encapsulating the 21st Century skills.

CONCEPT MAPPING
Direction: You were be able to give words to fill in the Concept
Map organizer relating to environmental problems. After filling all of
the shapes, you are asked to compose a simple definition on the
concept of environmental problems considering the current trends
and issues using the words that you put in the organizer.

Environment
Problems

Environmental problems
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“4 PICS, 1 WORD”

Direction: 4 Pics 1 Word's gameplay is very simple: each level

displays four pictures linked by one word - the player's aim is to
work out what the word is, from a set of letters given below the
pictures.

(Pollution)

(Global Warming)
 (Overpopulation)

(Natural Resources)

(Waste Disposal)

“ROLE PLAYING”

Direction: The class will divided into five (5) groups. Each group
will be given one environmental problems that the members of each
group will going to act in order for them deeper realize the different
environmental problems to be a responsible citizen of Philippines.
Each group will be given 3-5 minutes to present the assigned
environmental problems to them.

CAUSE AND EFFECT

Direction: You will be given a situation or a cause and your able to

explain the possible effect of each cause.

CAUSE EFFECT

In city environments,
the leading source of
Assessment For this activity to uphold the 21st century skills the following will be
utilized.

FILL IN THE BLANKS

Direction: Read and understand each statement carefully. Write

the possible solution to the environmental problems in the
Philippines. Write your answers on the space provided for
environmental problem.

Environmental Problems Solutions

Pollution

Global warming due to emission

of greenhouse gases

Overpopulation

Natural resources depletion

Waste disposal

REFLECTION PAPER

How does environmental problems affect the economic development

of Philippines?
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WRITING AN ARTICLE

Direction: You are required to write a news article about the

environmental problems encountering by Philippines.

References REFERENCES:

https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1219420.pdf

https://emptechstema2.wixsite.com/environ-ph/single-post/
2017/03/07/top-5-environmental-problems-in-the-philippines-via-
psstph

http: // TUCP%20-%20Ocampo%20(1).pdf

https://emptechstema2.wixsite.com/environ-ph/single-post/
2017/03/07/top-5-environmental-problems-in-the-philippines-via-
psstph

https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1219420.pdf

https://www.europeanbusinessreview.com/5-causes-of-air-pollution-
how-you-can-help/

https://www.borgenmagazine.com/water-pollution-in-the-
philippines/

https://ecavo.com/overpopulation-causes-effects-solutions/
#:~:text=Poverty%20is%20believed%20to%20be,seeing%20large
%20booms%20in%20population.

https://www.theworldcounts.com/stories/depletion-of-natural-
resources

Submitted By:
JOHN CHRISTOPHER DELA CRUZ PEREZ
Resource Person