NSTP – 1 Semi-final Coverage

ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
Prepared by: Sir Tianny Laurente, LPT
Lesson 1: ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION/EDUCATION

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 Learning Objectives:
⪢ define environmental protection;

⪢ acquire knowledge, values, attitudes, commitment,

and skills needed to protect and improve the
environment by giving real-life examples; and

⪢ identify the seven principles of environment and the

different environmental laws.

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 Hello, I have a question!
Why is environmental
protection very
important?

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Environmental Protection
is the practice of protecting the
natural environment by
individuals, organizations and
governments. Its objectives
are to conserve natural
resources and the existing
natural environment and,
where possible, to repair
damage and reverse trends.
 Environmental Governance in
the Philippines
Objectives of the research
The Philippines entered the realm of environmental
governance with the adoption of community based
approaches to resource management in the mid-
1970s. The path has been tumultuous since the
country has paid for the cost of tremendous loss in
forest cover, depleted fishery resources, degraded
coastal environment, loss in species and
biodiversity and not to include loss of livelihood
and displacement of communities.
In Hirsch (1998), this relationship between man
and ecology is "reflexive" and results in an
interfacing of politics, economics, social systems
and environmental degradation, human activism
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 Environmental Education Reforms and
Integrated Development and Environmental

“ Planning.

The protection of the environment must be

integrated into the educational curriculum.
Schools must teach students the basics of
garbage segregation, carry out recycling and
gradually aim at zero waste management. This
undertaking can be done by establishing links
with environmental NGOs that can re-route a
portion of their environmental education
activities – and budgets – from rural to urban
sites where most of consumption and wastes
production take place.
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 What is RA 9512?
⪢ Republic Act No. 9512 also known as National
Environmental Awareness and Education Act,
2008.

⪢ An Act to promote environmental awareness

through environmental education and for other
purposes.

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 SEVEN
ENVIRONMENT
AL PRINCIPLES
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 1. NATURE KNOWS
BEST
⪢ This principle is the most basic and in fact
encompasses all the others. Humans have
to understand nature and have to abide by
the rules nature dictates. In essence, one
must not go against the natural processes
If one would like to ensure a continuous
and steady supply of resources. One
natural process that needs serious
attention is nutrient cycling. In nature,
nutrients pass from the environment to the
organisms and back to the environment.
Any disruption in the cycle can bring about
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 2. ALL FORMS OF LIFE ARE
IMPORTANT
⪢ Each organism plays a fundamental role in
nature. Since such occupational or
functional position, otherwise known as
niche, cannot be simultaneously occupied
by more than one specie, it is apparent
that all living things must be considered as
invaluable in the maintenance of
homeostasis in the ecosystem. It is easy to
appreciate the beautiful butterflies,
especially knowing their important role in
pollination.

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 3. EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED TO
EVERYTHING ELSE
⪢ This principle is best exemplified by the
concept of the ecosystem. In an
ecosystem all biotic and amniotic
components interact with each other to
ensure that the system is perpetuated. Any
outside interference may result in an
imbalance and the deterioration of the
system. In a lake ecosystem, the
organisms are linked to one another
through their recognition/level and are also
dependent on other physiochemical factors
in the lake (e.g count of nutrients, amounts
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 4. EVERYTHING
CHANGES
⪢ It is said that the only permanent thing is
change. As a general classification, change
may be linear, cyclical or random. As example
of linear change is evolution of species, which
has brought about higher and more complex
types of organisms. Changes that they think
may be beneficial to the environment often
turn out to be disastrous. Environmental
technologies should be given priority if man
would want more positive changes in the
environment. When a piece of paper is thrown
away, it disappears from sight but it does not
cease to exist. It ends up elsewhere.
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 5. OURS IS A FINITE
EARTH
⪢ The earth's resources can be classified as
either renewable or non-renewable.
Renewable resources are those that can
easily be replenished by natural cycles
(e.g. water, air, plants, and animals) while
non-renewable resources are those that
cannot be replenished through natural
cycles (e.g. ores of various metals, oil,
coal).

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 6. EVERYTHING MUST GO
SOMEWHERE.
⪢ By-products of consumption go back to the
environment. Everything that we throw away –
pieces of paper, left-over food, peelings of fruits,
plastic wrappers, used containers – have to go
somewhere. Even plants and animals have their
own wastes – feces, urine, dead leaves and
branches. It is the law of nature that the by-
products of metabolism return to the soil, acted
upon first by worms, bacteria and fungi, and
then converted into minerals, to be again
absorbed by plants and eaten by animals. In
short, they enter into a material cycle that is an
integral part of the ecosystem.
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 7. NATURE IS BEAUTIFUL AND WE
ARE STEWARDS OF GOD'S
CREATION.
⪢ Among all creatures, humans are the only ones
made in God's image and have been given the
right to have dominion over all His creations.
Being the most intelligent and gifted with
reason, humans are capable of manipulating
creation to their own advantage. Yet, creation
exists not to be ravaged or abused but to be
taken care of. Humans cannot exist without
nature. They are co-natural with the
environment they live in. This principle is
inherent in all religious and tribal beliefs.
Teachings of Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam
enjoin everyone to respect all life and the order
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of nature.
 Republic Act No. 9512
AN ACT TO PROMOTE
ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS
THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL
EDUCATION AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES

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 Section 1. Title.
This Act shall be known as the
"National Environmental Awareness
and Education Act of 2008".

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 Section 2. Declaration of Policy
Advance the right of the people to a balanced and
healthful ecology in accord with the rhythm and
harmony of nature, and in recognition of the vital
role of the youth in nation building and the role of
education to foster patriotism and nationalism,
accelerate social progress, and promote total
human liberation and development, the state shall
promote national awareness on the role of natural
resources in economic growth and the importance
of environmental conservation and ecological
balance towards sustained national development.
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 Section 3. Scope of Environmental Education
The Department of Education (DepEd), the
Commission on Higher Education (CHED), the
Technical Education and Skills Development Authority
(TESDA), the Department of Social Welfare and
Development (DSWD), in coordination with the
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
(DENR), the Department of Science and Technology
(DOST) and other relevant agencies, shall integrate
environmental education in its school curricula at all
levels, whether public or private, including in barangay
daycare, preschool, non-formal, technical vocational,
professional level, indigenous learning and out-of-
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 Section 4. Environmental Education and Activities as
Part of National Service Training
The CHED and the TESDA shall include environmental
education and awareness programs and activities in
the National Service Training Program under Republic
Act No. 9163, as part of the Civic Welfare Training
Service component required for all baccalaureate
degree courses and vocational courses with a
curriculum of at least two (2) years.

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 Section 5. Declaration of Environmental Awareness Month
Pursuant to the policy set forth in this Act, the month
of November of every year shall be known as the
“Environmental Awareness Month" throughout the
Philippines.

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 Section 6. Interagency and Multi-sectoral Effort.
The DepEd, CHED, TESDA, DENR, DOST and other
relevant agencies, in consultation with experts on the
environment and the academe, shall lead in the
implementation of public education and awareness
programs on environmental protection and
conservation through collaborative interagency and
multi-sectorial effort at all levels. The DENR shall have
the primary responsibility of periodically informing all
agencies concerned on current environmental
updates, including identifying priority environmental
education issues for national action and providing
strategic advice on the environmental education
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activities.
 Section 7. Capacity-Building
The DepEd, CHED and TESDA, in coordination
with the DENR and other relevant agencies, shall
undertake capacity-building programs nationwide
such as trainings, seminars, workshops On
environmental education, development and
production of environmental education materials,
and teacher-education courses and related
livelihood programs.

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 Section 8. Separability Clause.
If any part, section or provision of this Act shall be
held invalid or unconstitutional, the other
provisions shall not be affected thereby.

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 Section 9. Repealing Clause.
All Other acts, laws, executive orders, presidential
issuances, Section rules 9. Rep and regulations or
any part thereof which are inconsistent with this
Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
NOW, almost all of these products have a label on
them telling people what this prod. it can do to the
environment and many people. By 2015 all
products instead on the Clean Air Act will have this
label on them:

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 Lesson 2:
WASTE
MANAGEMENT
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QUESTIONS TO PONDER:
1. Why do you think it is important to learn proper
waste management at a very young age?

2. What can you recommend to help implement

the proper waste management in your school and
in your community?

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 WASTE MANAGEMENT
Waste disposal management is everybody's
concern and proper dissemination on this
can make the community waste free. A
community with healthy people is more
productive than those people who are not
healthy. Healthy people are those people
living in a clean community where he or she
can breathe fresh air and his environ is
clean. Solid waste disposal management is
a method of garbage disposal that aims to
recycle wastes for useful purposes, leaving
practically nothing to throw away. This
promotes economy and clean surroundings.
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 BENEFITS OF SOLID WASTE
DISPOSAL
1. Promotes full use of resources resulting
into less waste.
2. Increases fertilizer supply and clean
animal feed.
3. Provides more sanitary garbage collection.
4. Enhances energy conservation and
generation.
5. Involves the community people in solving
their problems.
6. Generates employment or job generation
7. Leads a cleaner and healthier
environment with less air, water and soil
pollution.
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 BASIC ISSUES ON SOLID WASTE
MANAGEMENT
1. Solid Waste Management is a mandated function
of municipal LGUs
2. Solid Waste Management of LGUs is generally
characterized as "collect and dispose" type of
system hence, fragmented the increasing
population and fast changing lifestyle of the people
exacerbate the solid waste management problem.
3. Solid Waste Management is perceived to be the
sole responsibility of the LGU and is a free service.
4. Generally only a small fraction of LGU's total
budget is allocated for solid waste management
5. Solid waste disposal dumps are filthy, obnoxious,
and pose public health and environmental hazards.
6. Support ordinances are piece meal
7. Some activities are generally uncoordinated
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 Assignment:
On a short bond paper, create a poster to
educate all the students in CSAP about
environmental protection and waste
management. A rubric will be sent to your
group chat with instructions on how your
poster will be graded.

Pass it next meeting, November 10, 2023.

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 Lesson 2:
WASTE
MANAGEMENT
CONTINUATION
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 What is RA
9003?
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 RA 9003
Republic Act No. 9003 or also known as the
Ecological Solid Waste Management Act
provides the legal framework for the
country's systematic, comprehensive and
ecological solid waste management
program that shall ensure protection of
public health and the environment. It
underscores, among other things, the need
to create the necessary institutional
mechanisms and incentives, as well as
imposes penalties tor acts in violation of
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any of its provisions.
 Salient Features of RA 9003
Mandatory segregation of solid waste to be
conducted primarily at the source such as
household, institutional, industrial,
commercial and agricultural sources;
Setting of minimum requirements to ensure
systematic collection and transport of
wastes and the proper protection of the
health of garbage collectors; Establishment
of reclamation programs and buy-back
centers for recyclable and toxic materials;
Prohibition on non-environmentally
acceptable products and packaging:
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 Prohibited:
1. Littering, throwing & dumping in public places
2. Violation of sanitation operation, requirements or
permits
3. Open burning of solid waste
4. Collection of non-segregated wastes
5. Squatting in open dumps & landfills
6. Open dumping & burying in flood-prone areas
7. Removal of recyclable materials intended for
collection by authorized persons
8. Mixing of source-separated recyclables
9. Operation of open dumps
10.Use of non-environmentally acceptable materials
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 INTEGRATED SWM
HIERARCHY
SOURCE REDUCTION

REUSE

RECYCLING

RESOURCE RECOVERY

INCINERATION

LANDFILLING

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 I have a question!
How does
environmental
awareness help us to
protect our
environment?
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 Lesson 3:
GLOBAL
WARMING
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QUESTIONS TO PONDER:
1. What will you do to help slow down or
reverse the effect of global warming?

2. What are common barriers to

implementing waste diversion programs?
Explain.
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 GLOBAL
 It is the gradual heating of earth’s
WARMING
surface, oceans and atmosphere, which
is caused by human activity, primarily
burning of fossil fuels that pump carbon
dioxide (CO2), methane and other
green gases into the atmosphere.

 It is also referred to as climate change.

It is observed century-scale rise in the
average temperature of Earth’s climate
system, and its related effects
according to Gillis (2015), (Oxford
Dictionary, 2017).
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 EFFECTS OF GLOBAL
1. WARMING
Melting glaciers, early snowmelt and
severe droughts will cause more dramatic
water shortages and increase the risk of
wildfires.
2. Rising sea levels will lead to coastal
flooding in the Eastern Seaboard.
3. Forests, farms and cities will face
troublesome new pests, heat waves, heavy
downpours, and increased flooding. All
those factors will damage or destroy
agriculture and fisheries.
4. Disruption of habitats such as coral
reefs and Alpine meadows could drive
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many plant and animal species to
 EFFECTS OF GLOBAL
5. Allergies, asthma and infectious disease
WARMING
outbreaks will become more common due
to increased growth of pollen-producing
ragweed, higher levels of air pollution, and
the spread of conditions favorable to
pathogens and mosquitoes.
6. Global warming is having a measurable
effect on the planet.
7. There is an increase in average
temperatures and temperature extremes.
The average global temperature has
increased by about 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit
(0.8 degrees Celsius) over the past 100
44 years according to the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
 EFFECTS OF GLOBAL
8. Changes inWARMING
climate can cause the polar
jet stream – the boundary between the cold
North Pole air and the warm equatorial air
– to migrate south, bringing with it cold
snap or colder-than-normal winter, even
during the long-term trend of Global
warming.

9. Global warming may also lead to

extreme weather other than cold or heat
extremes. For example, hurricane
formations will change.

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 What is
GEENHOUSE
EFFECT?
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 GREENHOUSE
EFFECT
The exchange of incoming and outgoing
radiation that warms the Earth is often
referred to as the greenhouse effect
because a greenhouse works in much the
same way.
Incoming UV radiation easily passes
through the glass walls of a greenhouse
and is absorbed by the plants and hard
surfaces inside. Radiation which is weaker
has difficulty passing through the glass
walls and is trapped inside, thus warming
the greenhouse. The effect lets tropical
plants thrive inside a greenhouse, even
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 LAWS

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 LAWS

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Do you have any
questions or
clarifications
before we go?
 ANNOUNCEME
NT
On November 15, 2023, there will be an upcoming seminar
about Mental Health Awareness to be held at the Old AVR
Sands Campus for all the students who have NSTP 1 Subject.
Please be guided by the schedule attached below:

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