Eat Bulaga's Plastic ni Juan

It is 12:00 pm again and I'm about to watch my favorite noontime show "Eat Bulaga". Eat Bulaga is the longest-running television show here in the Philippines. One time one of their program segment caught my attention because of its environmental tempo. I learned that Eat Bulaga has a project named “Plastic ni Juan”, this is part of their Juan For All, All For Juan: Sugod Bahay sa Barangay  segment. They are asking viewers to bring 3 plastic bottles or containers so that they can join a game wherein they have a chance to win cash prizes.  According to one of the program host, this project aims to collect waste plastics so that it can be used for good purpose instead of clogging the drainage system and avoid flood.  The Collected plastics will be then recycled to a school chairs and will be donated to selected public schools here in the Philippines.
 
It is nice to hear that a TV variety show such as Eat Bulaga  is doing an Eco project like this.  This only shows that environmental awareness is getting a headway. This will help spread environmental awareness among Filipinos especially the masses since Eat Bulaga has a lot of viewers from all social classes. And since Eat Bulaga is the number one noontime show some TV program tried to imitate them to gain viewers. It will be advantageous to the environment if the other TV program will also have their own environment friendly program.
 
But there is a little downside though. The plastic they are collecting are those that can be sold in the junk shop. Most of these plastics are being collected by scavengers and being sold to junk shop. Plastic bottles and containers are like  treasures to the eye of scavengers so it is very rarely that they will missed one and end up in the drainage system.  And because most Filipinos having a hard time with their finances very few people throw this kind of plastic, there a lot of Filipinos now a days collect everything they can sell and that's include plastic bottles and containers. 
 
I am not trying to discredit their good deeds, I'm just hoping that they will be able to think a project that instead of collecting plastic bottles and container it should be plastic bags instead. Plastic bags are the most common cause of clogging of our drainage system.  Since plastic bags cannot be sold in the junk shop, they are mostly being thrown away everywhere and ends up in the drainage system. And the worst thing is some Filipino just burned their garbage that includes plastic bags that is why it emits toxic smokes. Or a much better idea is a project that will encourage Filipinos to limit the use of plastic bags.

Beauty And The Bees

The Sugar Sop tree planted in my front yard have a lot of fruits and the size are much bigger compare to other sugar sop. And as far as I know this tree bear fruits only once a year but this sugar sop tree bears fruit thrice a year and in succession, a new flowers will appear again right after we harvested the fruits. Me and my neighbors notice the distinction of my sugar sop tree and wondered what is the possible reason behind it.

I suspect that it is because of the presence of bees in our backyard, I noticed the presence of two beehives in my backyard one in the sugar sop tree itself and one on the Annato or Lipstick tree. I got this idea in one of the famous game in Facebook, FarmVille. I am one of the addicted player of this game and it took times before I was able to complete the Beehive. As I learned in that game, your harvest will increase if you have a bee in your farm. I did research and I learned that this is not only true in the virtual farm but also in the real one. I learned that beekeepers are earning money for moving their bees from field to field as the crop needs pollinating.

I also learned that Pollination is the process by which pollen is transferred in plants, thereby enabling fertilization and sexual reproduction. So next time you see a bee in your backyard and you think it will not be a big distraction, if it is possible just keep it there and it will help your plant to reproduce. The lesson that we should learned from this is every living things have their contribution to this world and ecological balance. We should give importance to every living things because they were not created without a purpose. With honey bees we can assure the continued reproduction of plants and trees. That means they are helping in increasing the number of plants in the world through natural process. And the more plants and trees the more air that will be cleaned.