HOLY WEEK READS: People, communities at the heart of environmental stories

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This Holy Week, read on how Filipinos are at the heart of the most pressing environmental issues

MANILA, Philippines – This Holy Week, we look back on the most pressing environmental issues, and the people and communities at the heart of these stories. 

So far, we have brought attention to migrant fisherfolk and seafarers who had to toil despite exploitative conditions, as well as an abandoned solar project in Cebu. We also looked into inspiring stories of Filipino artists and conservationists who seek to protect and bring awareness to the natural world in the face of urban development. 

Read more in these Rappler stories.

Read/watch more:

• Artist Cynthia Bauzon-Arre goes back to her roots
• This natural history artist wants you to look at the world with wonder
• Protecting Palawan forests, one trek at a time
• Discovering Olango Island’s ‘solar panel graveyard’
• How the Olango Island Wildlife Sanctuary supports avian life in Asia
• ‘Lung of Negros’ suffers due to land conversion, rapid upland development
• The Green Report: The joy of running
• WATCH: How do melting glaciers affect the Philippines?

– Rappler.com