Environmental

Principles
By: Cherrymae Acoba
 1. Nature knows best.
• State of equilibrium
• If not maintained negative
impacts arises
• Ex. Nutrient Cycle

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2. All forms of life are equally important.
• Created for a purpose
• If one is extinct its like
removing a piece jigsaw
puzzle from the web of
LIFE
• Ex. Food chain

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• The Philippines ranks high among the biodiversity hotspots – the
richest but the most threatened of terrestrial ecosystems in the
world. The Philippines has rich flora and fauna: an estimated
13,500 plant species, 80 amphibians, 240 reptiles, 556 birds, 174
mammals, 300 corals, 27 mangrove species. Of these,
approximately 75% are endemic. Some of the threatened species
are the Philippine eagle (Pythecophaga jefferyi), Philippine
crocodile (Crocodylus mindorensis), and Tamaraw (Bubalus
mindorensis).

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 3.Everything is interconnected.
• Very intricate relationship
• Ex. Human interaction with
nature

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 4. Everything changes.
• Ex. Seasons are cyclic
changes that contributes
to the diversity of flowers,
fruits, vegetables and crops.

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 5. Everything must go somewhere.
• The by-products of metabolism
returns to soil and is
converted to minerals to
be gain and absorbed by plants

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 5. Everything must go somewhere.
PLASTIC?
• They are not recognized by natural bacteria's
• Cannot be broken into parts
These must enter into another material cycle where these
are manufactured into a NEW PRODUCT.
They cannot pollute water and land habitats

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 6. Ours is a finite Earth.
• Nowadays some are extracted
regularly but are slow to
replace (limit of supply)
• Ex. Increasing of population

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7. Nature is beautiful and we are steward’s of
God’s creation.
• Borrowers of Earths resources
• We are to conserve and protect Nature

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7. Nature is beautiful and we are steward’s of
God’s creation.
• Theologians explain that there are different levels of this relationship. First
is a relationship determined by dominion of humans over creation, that
humans can do as they wish because this was given by God. The book of
Genesis says “have dominion over the fish of the sea and the birds of the
air…” The second level is one of stewardship, that of a caretaker where
humans are not owners but guardians of the integrity of nature. The third
level promotes a kinship relationship postulated by St. Francis de Assisi in
the famous verse “Bother sun, Sister moon”, where humans are no higher
than the birds and fishes of the sea. Fourth is one of sacrament, where
nature becomes a testimony of God’s love. Fifth is a covenant relationship,
where protection of the earth is a life mission manifested in the things that
we do and say.
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7. Nature is beautiful and we are steward’s of
God’s creation.
Wildlife Resources Conservation and
Protection Act
Republic Act No. 9147

National Caves and Cave Resources

Management and Protection Act
Republic Act No. 9072

Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of

2000
Republic Act No. 9003

Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999

Republic Act No. 8749
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 “Be the change you
want to see in the
world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

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