tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406154826001385996Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:03:49 +0000Laiban DamPosition PapersAbout Green ConvergencePress ReleaseOfficial StatementsGreen Convergence ActivitiesState of Nature Addresshttp://greenconvergence.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Roy Cabonegro)Blogger11125GreenConvergenceForSafeFoodHealthyEnvironmentAndSustainableEconomyhttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406154826001385996.post-3236690492848534111Sat, 08 Aug 2009 11:21:00 +00002009-08-08T19:24:15.988+08:00Green Convergence ActivitiesGreen Convergence joins the Filipino nation in recognizing the contribution of former President Corazon C. Aquino. The group attended the funeral mass for Cory headed by Angelina P. Galang, Green Convergence Convenor.http://greenconvergence.blogspot.com/2009/08/green-convergence-attends-cory-funeral.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David D'Angelo)41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406154826001385996.post-72372234513624843Sat, 08 Aug 2009 09:49:00 +00002009-08-08T19:25:53.750+08:00Official StatementsGreen Convergence for Safe Food, Healthy Environment and Sustainable Economy condoles with the family of former President Corazon C. Aquino. We are one with the whole Filipino nation in our gratitude to her for restoring democracy to our country. We are inspired by her activism and active non-violence rooted in prayer. We are grateful for her decision, when she assumed the prresidency, to http://greenconvergence.blogspot.com/2009/08/green-convergen-official-statement-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David D'Angelo)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406154826001385996.post-8711201960929354011Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:41:00 +00002009-07-14T23:44:58.311+08:00Laiban DamPress ReleaseEven as the issue of conflict of interests by San Miguel Corp. (SMC) has yet to surface and be resolved by being in a number of businesses in the energy sector, the conglomerate giant has been lately at the receiving end of the growing opposition against the US$1 billion Laiban Dam project as the Green Convergence for Safe Food, Healthy Environment and Sustainable Economy (Green Convergence) http://greenconvergence.blogspot.com/2009/07/green-convergence-opposes-us1-b-laiban.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David D'Angelo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406154826001385996.post-4244016338229993335Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:29:00 +00002009-07-15T00:22:51.118+08:00Official StatementsThe Bataan Nuclear Power Plant is not safe, not economically sound, not insurable, not sustainable. It is tainted with corruption.The Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) located in Morong, Bataan was constructed during the martial law regime of then President Ferdinand E. Marcos. Westinghouse was contracted to build this light water reactor, designed to produce 621 megawatts of electricity as http://greenconvergence.blogspot.com/2009/03/statement-calling-for-rejection-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David D'Angelo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406154826001385996.post-4547787170832095811Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:25:00 +00002008-08-06T11:28:40.203+08:00About Green ConvergenceSafe and adequate food is a basic for survival. A sustainable economy is an accepted mandate of government. A healthy environment is a must for safe food and a sustainable economy. However, not all Filipinos understand the interconnections of the above.Safe food has the needed nutrients, is free of toxins and of substances that interfere with the processes of the human body. Safe food http://greenconvergence.blogspot.com/2008/08/what-is-green-convergence.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Roy Cabonegro)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406154826001385996.post-185292264888468561Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:24:00 +00002008-08-06T11:27:32.189+08:00About Green ConvergenceGreen Convergence’s Vision. Synergy of multi-sectoral organizations, communities, and individuals who constantly will work for safe food, healthy environment, and sustainable economy as the cornerstone of sustainable development.Green Convergence’s Mission. As a synergy of the green movement in the Philippines, the Green Convergence will build a critical mass of citizens that understand the http://greenconvergence.blogspot.com/2008/08/green-conergences-vision-and-mission.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Roy Cabonegro)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406154826001385996.post-7552712526820115218Sun, 27 Jul 2008 01:43:00 +00002008-08-06T11:22:47.377+08:00State of Nature AddressJuly 25, 2008Environmental Studies Institute, Miriam College The world is in a survival mode. Climate Change is upon us, bringing disasters and threatening our food, water and fuel security. Over the last century, global mean surface temperature rose 0.5-0-0.74 degrees Centigrade per decade. The 1990s were the hottest decade and 2005 was the hottest year on record. No country is spared. While http://greenconvergence.blogspot.com/2008/07/state-of-nature-address-sona-2008.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Roy Cabonegro)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406154826001385996.post-4533176433851042638Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:01:00 +00002008-08-06T11:36:22.898+08:00Official StatementsApril 22, 2008“GREEN, not Greed!”The Green Convergence joins the nation in denouncing the abhorrent NBN-ZTE deal and demanding truth, accountability, and reform. At the same time, what is essentially called for now is to use what we have learned from the past and what this scandal is teaching us, so that we can push beyond actions that accomplish only a “changing of the guards” and get on the http://greenconvergence.blogspot.com/2008/04/green-convergence-2008-earth-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Roy Cabonegro)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406154826001385996.post-8891674536356971649Mon, 28 Jan 2008 04:01:00 +00002008-08-06T12:04:50.659+08:00Official StatementsOn the eve of the 20th anniversary of the landmark Pastoral Letter on Ecology, What is Happening to Our Beautiful Land? which was issued by the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines on January 29, 1988, the GREEN CONVERGENCE for Safe Food, Healthy Environment, and Sustainable Economy sounds a clarion call for action on the deepening environmental and humanitarian crisis that our http://greenconvergence.blogspot.com/2008/01/what-are-we-doing-to-our-beautiful-land.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Roy Cabonegro)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406154826001385996.post-8156633119200079987Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:01:00 +00002008-08-06T12:09:53.776+08:00Position PapersNovember 2007 Position PaperAs we remember and pray for our beloved dead, let us also remember and pray for those who fell in defense of Mother Earth, our God-given life source, and who died that we may live. Let us especially remember the latest casualty, Councilor Armin R. Marin of the paradise island of Sibuyan. Just a month ago, Armin, standing up for his people’s right to survive in their http://greenconvergence.blogspot.com/2007/11/position-paper-martyrdom-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Roy Cabonegro)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406154826001385996.post-1098166828780168123Wed, 25 Jul 2007 21:36:00 +00002008-08-06T11:23:24.847+08:00State of Nature AddressBAYAN,humarap kami ngayon sa inyo bilang mga environmental NGOs,kasama ng aming mga katuwang o partner church organizations, people’s organizations (POs) at mga komunidadna nagkaisang magsama-sama sa isang malawak na kilusanat walang takot naming ilalahad ang aming hatolsa tunay na kalagayan at kinabukasanng ating Inang Kalikasan sa ilalim ng Rehimeng Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo:“Sirang kalikasan,http://greenconvergence.blogspot.com/2008/08/state-of-nature-address-2007.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Roy Cabonegro)0