TARA Class List: Health and Environment Classes

1. Heroic Work in Preserving the Environment: Bringing Pasig River Back to its Glory Days *

Speaker: Chot Velasquez | 9:00 am to 12:00 nn | 40 pax

The class embarks on an environmental crusade and advocacy as it discusses the heroic efforts and endeavors of the Sagip Pasig Movement in revitalizing, restoring and resurrecting the now polluted Pasig River.

2. Heroic Work in Preserving the Environment: Pushing for the Green Agenda *

Speaker: Myrna Jimenez | 9:00 am to 12:00 nn | 40 pax

The class takes on the country’s pressing environmental problems and ecological woes. The class will discuss recent efforts by various environmentalists to call on the government to address the daunting issues of climate change, global warming and environmental degradation. The alternative class will also highlight the importance of empowering society through protecting and preserving the environment and the country’s rich natural resources.

3. Promoting Environmental Awareness through Children’s Art

Speaker: Jomike Tejido | 8:30 am to 12:00 nn | 40 pax

Find out how art can be used as an alternative medium for promoting environmental consciousness. Learn about Archt. JM Tejido’s 2 actual brands: Foldabots and Robotars, and how they grew from children’s book illustrations to toys. (Foldabots are cut-out cardboard robots kids can make. Robotars are robotic tarsiers that started out as a designer cardboard figure and will be launched as limited edition resin-cast designer figures in early 2010.)

4. Disaster Response of Different Sectors in the Philippines

Speaker: Mary Ann Manapat | 9:00 am to 12:00 nn | 30 pax

The lecture will offer a look into how the different national sectors (including the DENR, the media, and the academe), responded to recent calamities within the first two weeks of their onset. It will inform the students of the dos and don’ts within the immediate period of a calamity.

5. Environmental Science in the Philippines (new title: Disasters and the National Elections)

Speakers: Iris Legal, Dallay Annawi, and Jun-G Bargayo, SJ | 9:00 am to 12:00 nn | 40 pax

We experience the hustle and tension of national elections every four years. National disasters, typhoons in particular, are experienced by our country much more frequently than that—around 23 times every year. The lecture will be a presentation on some presidentiables’ views on environmental and disaster-related issues, including their ideas of how to deal with this reality.

6. Waste Management in the Philippines

Speaker: David So | 9:00 am to 12:00 nn | 40 pax

The lecture will inform students of how improper waste disposal has affected (and is affecting) our environment. It will also inform them of what they can specifically do to decrease the effects of these malpractices, and the science behind these processes.

7. Health Financing

Speaker: Dr. Buching Paterno | 8:30 am to 12:00 nn | 40 pax

Health and medicine are not all about operations, medical procedures and the like. There are other factors to consider in keeping our hospitals and medical centers up and running. Health Financing deals with the generation, allocation, and use of finances in the health system. And Dr. Buching Paterno is here to share all about this particular area, as well as about the profession of medicine as nation-building.

8. Sound Mind Sound Body

Speaker: Coach Norman Black | 8:30 am to 11:30 am | 40 pax

The lecture will take students behind the scenes of team sports, focusing on how discipline, teamwork, and healthy relationships must be practiced and possessed by all members of a team, so that they may successfully attain a common goal.

9. Kwentong Babae, Bata at Buhay: Dissecting the Reproductive Health Bill

Speaker: Ramon San Pascual | 9:00 am to 12:00 nn | 40 pax

It is a debate that has been going on for too long. Are you for or against the RH Bill? In this class, Ramon San Pascual of the Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development (PPCPD) Foundation, Inc. will help you discern whether or not the RH Bill is a favorable piece of legislation that is geared towards women empowerment, child care, and an informed pro-life choice for everyone.

10. Gusto Mo Bang Maging Boholunteer?: Sustainable Development Initiatives and “Voluntourism” in Baclayon, Bohol

Speaker: Joel Uichico | 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm | 40 pax

Bexo Recreational and Aquatic Activities in Bohol or BRAABO is an organization that promotes sustainable development in Baclayan through various livelihood and eco-tourism programs in partnership with Ayala Foundation and the local government of Baclayon. These programs are implemented while protecting and preserving the municipality’s man-made and natural heritage sites.

11. Sustainable Environmental Development

Speaker: Dr. Alma Salvador | 9:00 am to 12:00 nn | 40 pax

A presentation of the current state of environmental development, including what you can do as students to contribute: spreading awareness and taking part in environmental-friendly practices and programs.

* These classes are sponsored by the iamninoy Movement.