Name: REYES, Sidney C.
Program & Year: BEED - II
Take a look on your environment. Site some ecological problems or issues in your barangay
or school and state at least three solutions on how you can help in some ways to help your
environment in your barangay or school. Take a picture of it as an evidence. (20 points)
ECOLOGICAL PROBLEM
Improper Waste Segregation
I am from San Fernando, Victoria, Tarlac.
Located in the town proper along the Lapaz
- Victoria National highway. Our barangay
faces many problems, but I will start with
improper waste segregation since it is the
root of all issues. Allow me to introduce the
problem before my proposed solution. Our
barangay doesn't have a regular garbage
collection. Which causes the garbages
outside every household to pile up. Stray
dogs and cats would look for food inside
those bags of garbages, and the garbage
inside will spread throughout the roads.
Aside from being non-visually pleasing, it
also causes the drainage to flow poorly
because the garbages prevent the water
from flowing properly.
Waste Burning
While walking around our barangay, I
noticed that some still burn their waste even
though it is already prohibited here in the
SOLUTIONS
● A possible solution is informing the
officials or sending appeals
regarding the current situation in our
barangay because that is a
characteristic of a responsible
citizen.
● Second, segregate the
nonbiodegradable waste from
biodegradable waste. According to
research, we can turn biodegradable
waste into organic fertilizers. We
should segregate our garbages
before putting them outside our
houses for garbage collection. By
doing this, we can save money from
buying chemical fertilizers and avoid
having flies surrounding our house
because of the smell of
biodegradable waste have caused.
Furthermore, Organic fertilizers can
improve the structure and health of
our soil by adding organic matter.
● Avoid or lessen buying items that
are not sustainable or products that
do not support recycling and
reusing. Those one-time-use items
create too much waste; it is easier
said than done. We can think thrice
before purchasing: do we need that
specific item in our cart? We can
start shopping for sustainable
clothes, not those one-time trend
outfits we will never wear, to avoid
creating too much waste.
● Make a compost pit that everyone
from the barangay can use; they will
segregate their waste per category
and dump it in the compost pit.
Philippines. Aside from making our
'sinampay' smell awful, burning prohibited
materials, such as garbage, plastic, and
painted or treated wood, harms the
environment because these materials
release toxic chemicals that pollute our air.
Polluted air can be inhaled by the people
living in our community and the animals.
Those toxic chemicals will be deposited in
the soil and surface water and on plants.
. people to earn money.
Water Drainage Problem
This growing problem in our barangay
doesn't only harm the environment but also
the lives of the people living here. The open
drainage serves as the breeding ground for
various disease-causing parasites and
other microbes. This will result in flooding
and may cause traffic jams, primarily since
we are located on the national highway.
These drainages produce a foul smell,
which is also an unpleasant sight for nearby
people. This problem causes inconvenience
for the kids also because they cannot play
outside, and the contaminated water is
dangerous for their health.
● Organize a group in the community
that will recycle or repurpose items.
Everyone may donate their
unwanted belongings, and the
people who are members of the said
group will turn the things into
something usable, and they may
also sell the finished products. In
that way, we only did not help the
environment, but we also help
● Assign a group that will collect the
trash of the whole barangay and
deposit it at the nearest legal landfill
sites.
● Build sustainable drainage systems.
The current drainage system here
doesn't work because the pipes are
clogged, and it does not serve its
purpose, especially if there are
typhoons.
● Educate the people living nearby.
Here in our barangay, we lack
seminars that will help our
community be productive and
sustainable. Inform the people how
to segregate and properly dispose of
their waste so the waste will not
cause blockage in the drainage
systems.
● Clean the open drainage regularly.
Practice the 'Tapat ko linis ko'. And
maintain cleanliness.
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