Simple steps to address environmental problems.

i. Practice and/or strengthen self-discipline

ii. Participate in educational and local symposiums about environment
iii. Practice what you have learned in environmental education
iv. Share awareness through education

I. Pollution
i. Broaden waste minimization initiatives. Waste minimization involves ensuring
compliance and steering behavioral change at the individual, household, and societal
levels toward sustainable production and consumption practices. This is in
compliance with the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act (RA 9003), which
mandates LGUs to divert more than 25 percent of solid wastes from waste disposal
facilities, shall be pursued. Waste recycling and other recovery programs—such as
community composting and recovery of rare metals from waste electrical and
electronic equipment (urban mining) programs—will be intensified to improve
resource efficiency and promote a circular economy. This shall enable public and
private investments (e.g., development of green technologies and establishment of
facilities) in waste recovery, reuse, and recycling as well as manufacturing and
production using secondary raw materials.

ii. Expand monitoring and enforcement of air and water quality standards. An
integrated water resource management approach to address water pollution shall be
adopted. Operationalization of water quality management areas shall be prioritized,
and the national water quality management fund shall be accessed to improve
capabilities in monitoring and enforcement of applicable laws. The environmental
user fee system shall be expanded to cover non-point pollution sources. Multi-
stakeholder initiatives to improve water quality, such as massive clean-up, monitoring
of industries, and rehabilitation of esteros or rivers, shall continue to be implemented.
Moreover, ambient air quality monitoring and enforcement of standards shall be
improved. This will require upgrading of monitoring systems, including the use of
 space technology. Attention will be given to indoor air and noise pollution due to the
negative impact on health and productivity.

II. Climate Change

i. Promote and expand natural resource-based industries and enterprises.
Collaboration among the government, private sector, academe, civil society,
and representatives from marginal sectors, such as women, youth and
indigenous peoples, will be bolstered to (a) secure sustainable production, (b)
accelerate rehabilitation and conservation efforts, (c) strengthen enforcement
of environmental rules and regulations, and (d) boost the contribution of
ecosystems in climate change adaptation and mitigation.

ii. Improve governance and intersectionality of climate change and natural

hazard resilience. Improve national and local climate and risk data and
information management system. This would also include addressing the
intersectionality of vulnerability in priority sectors such as agriculture, water,
energy, transportation, and urban–rural linkages to enhance climate and
disaster resilience. These measures focus on improving existing governance
structures, facilitating technology-enabled and science-based policy and
planning, and mobilizing sustainable and green investments.

III. Overpopulation
i. Enhanced Sex Education. Sex education gives young people the knowledge
and skills they need for a lifetime of good sexual health. They learn how to
have healthy relationships, make informed decisions about sex, think critically
about the world, be a good ally to those who are marginalized, and love
themselves for who they are. It will allow basic education learners to get the
right information, gain a better understanding of their rights and reduce
discrimination against and even bullying of fellow learners who become
 pregnant or belong to marginalized groups such as LGBT and Indigenous
Peoples.
https://www.coe.int/en/web/commissioner/-/comprehensive-sexuality-
education-protects-children-and-helps-build-a-safer-inclusive-society
https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/for-educators/what-are-goals-sex-
education-youth

ii. Responsible Parenthood. Responsible parenthood is a shared responsibility of

the husband and the wife to determine and achieve the desired number,
spacing, and timing of their children according to their own family life
aspirations, taking into account psychological preparedness, health status,
socio-cultural, and economic concerns. Being responsible parents is one of the
most important responsibilities as responsible citizens and as responsible
people since, as parents, you have to make sure that your children not only
grow up happy, loved and secure, but that they grow up to be good,
responsible people as well.
https://doh.gov.ph/faqs/What-is-meant-by-Responsible-Parenthood
https://www.edamama.ph/discover/play-learn/parenting-101-what-is-
responsible-parenting

iii. Reproductive Health Education. Comprehensive reproductive health and

sexuality education can be a cost-effective way to increase contraceptive use
and provide teens and adults of all ages with crucial information they need to
make healthy choices throughout their lives. Education also can be used to
make people aware of birth controlling methodologies that can be used to
prevent unwanted conceptions. Education plays a vital role in making people
understand and realize the consequence of the rapid increase in population.

https://byjus.com/question-answer/give-biological-explanation-for-the-
following-education-is-very-important-for-population-control/
 https://www.populationmedia.org/blog/reproductive-health-education-has-a-
profound-impact

IV. Natural Resources Depletion

i. Provide public and active transportation links. Sustainable and affordable
transportation options shall be provided to link communities to economic,
social, and cultural places. These include the strengthening of the existing
public utility vehicle modernization program, and expansion of existing mass
transport systems and networks. LGUs shall integrate in their land use plans
and infrastructure program the allocation and development of local road
networks that adopt active mobility options, such as walking and cycling.
LGUs shall also reflect in their local public transport route plans the transit
options for their communities and adopt mechanisms to offset the impact of
increased transportation costs arising from relocation
ii. Intensify ecosystem protection, rehabilitation, and management. The
government will continue to strengthen the management and sustainable use
of land, water, biodiversity, and other natural resources using integrated and
ecosystem-based approaches and nature-based solutions to optimize their
climate change adaptation and mitigation benefits (e.g., storm buffers and
carbon sink). The interconnectivity of various ecosystems within landscapes
and seascapes and its impacts on biodiversity, ecological processes, and
functions will be considered in development planning. This covers the conduct
of carrying capacity assessments to inform appropriate management
interventions especially in protected areas and ecotourism sites.

iii. Waste Disposal

i. Increase access to proper waste disposal facilities. Solid, organic, health
care and hazardous wastes will be effectively managed to prevent possible
adverse health, economic, and environmental impacts in communities. The
delivery of waste management services by LGUs will be increased, making
proper waste disposal accessible to a larger population base. DENR will
continue to build the capacity of LGUs through trainings, guidelines,
implementation mechanisms, and technology transfer, among others. To take
advantage of economies of scale, LGU clustering shall be facilitated in the
implementation of appropriate common facilities—including material
recovery facilities, SLFs, and facilities for health care and hazardous wastes,
among others. Innovation, research and development, technology
development, and science-based policy recommendations shall be promoted.