Environment
Seafarers Code of Silence
Merchant Marines lately brought the issue regarding Seafarers Code of Silence. If it happens in this segment of the Marine Industry, more so in Commercial Fishing. Fishermen are more prone to abuses such as food rationing, low salary, physical and verbal abuse, sex abuse, unpaid overtime, no medical benefits and non-observance of holidays. In commercial [...]
Ready to Fish? What to Expect on Fishing Jobs
Commercial fishing in Asia is at its steady growth especially in Taiwan. What is ironic about this is Taiwanese crew never increased through the years. Commercial fishing depends on the crews recruited from neighboring countries such as Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam and some come from countries like Vanuatu, India and Sri Lanka and mainland China. Commercial [...]
Fishermen Recruitment Procedure
In the Philippines, the recruitment of fishermen is “referred” by relatives and friends to an agency based in Singapore. The most common agency where Filipinos were brought although I have seen other nationalities as well is called Step-Up located at People’s Park Complex I. Relatives will then contact the local agents to facilitate the recruitment [...]
Fishing Vessels A Threat To The Waters
The International Maritime Organization’s effort at stopping the dumping of waste for over two decades is deliberately being ignored by the fishing vessel operators in Taiwan and probably others as well. As I have observed during my five months of work aboard a Taiwanese fishing vessel “Ying Ta Hsiang”. During our arrival at the port [...]
Worldwide Air Pollution Barrier Discovered
A “chemical equator,” a 31-mile-(50-kilometer) wide boundary separating the Northern Hemisphere’s dirty air from that of the less polluted Southern Hemisphere has been discovered. A “barrier” that can block air pollution from traveling southward. The discovery is reported in the Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres. This “barrier” cannot block everything, however. Chemicals that remain [...]
iPhone 3G is Environment-Friendly
Are you an iPhone freak? Well worry no more cause Apple made it right this time. I don’t mean about the 50% discount but I’m talking about the environment-friendliness of this slick phone. Apple managed to reduce harmful materials in iPhone 3G according to standards set by the EPA, ISO 14000 and RoHS. iPhone 3G [...]
Buy Energy Efficient, Environmentally-Friendly Computer
Is your computing life boring? I guest it’s time for you to shop for a brand new computer. This time you might be thinking of a high performance pc with all the good stuff in it. But wait a second cause you might end up buying an inefficient pc. Before you buy consider the following: [...]
Plant a Tree|Reduce and offset your carbon footprint
Global warming has become one of major challenges of mankind and the environment today. Greenhouse gases released to the environment in great and ever increasing quantities are known to be the culprit. Carbon footprint quantification, analysis and reduction are key to preventing this, for example, by enhancing energy efficiency, mitigating carbon emissions by means of [...]
A dead man’s pit|Itogon, Benguet Landslide
Mining in general is beneficial, because technology would not prosper without it. Let us just see what mining can do to us. We have sturdy buildings due to construction materials derived from mines. We have electronic gadgets that rely on silicon for its parts, like cellular phones, radios, computers etc… Jewelries that came from gold [...]
Recycling Tips
Packing materials come in various types. Plastic is the most common packaging material and, at the same time, one of the most difficult to dispose of. The factors common to all plastics are that they are light, strong and cheap to manufacture. It is for these reasons that they are used so much, as an [...]
