“(Their) book provides a
snapshot of the manifestations of the climate emergency in the Philippines from
a wide array of disciplines including physical sciences, social sciences, arts
and humanities, management, and law. Researchers and faculties at the
University of the Philippines contributed to this compilation, where each
chapter provides policymakers and the public a clear picture of why climate
change must be confronted with a sense of urgency and near-desperation.”
I,
an alumnus of the University of the Philippines Los Baños, am surprised that
the 3 gentlemen’s book stops short of enumerating and discussing what may
be done by us people right now!
I say: “The heat is on! It’s an emergency!”
Differently
& thankfully, non-Filipino Lisa Ray
points out “Eco-Friendly Technology In IT” (22 July 2016, LinkedIn, linkedin.com, source of bottom image):
What
is eco-friendly technology (as a whole)? … This technology basically helps to
preserve our environment through gaining efficiencies in energy and reducing
the harmful waste.
Thankfully,
Ms Lisa enumerates:
Eco-friendly
technology includes recycling of biodegradable material and producing goods
with a material that can be recycled. Use of material which is plant-based has
also gained momentum. There has been reduction in use of polluting substances
by replacing them with environment-friendly alternatives. The manufacturers and
industries have reduced the emission of greenhouse gases to serve the purpose.
Renewable energy and energy efficiency are the focal points for all
environmentalist(s) and nations at large.
Attaboy,
Lisa! I repeat: “Renewable energy and energy efficiency are the focal points
for all environmentalist(s) and nations at large.”
In
the meantime, I appreciate much Leo
Appleton & Nick Woolley’s
book, The Role Of
Academic Libraries In Climate Action
(15
July 2023, Taylor & Francis Online,
tandfonline.com). I quote:
This
(material) has been written to serve as a stimulus for discussion and as a call
to action for our profession, academic and practitioner, to take stock and
reflect if we are doing everything we can in response to the twenty first
century climate emergency and the wider opportunity and challenge to embed
environmental sustainability into our practice of academic librarianship.
And
here is for the academic libraries of the University of the Philippines:
Academic
libraries, through their centrality are ideally placed to be the place and
platform where discussion, debate and knowledge exchange around sustainability
takes place. We already have the information and knowledge infrastructure, and
given the growing focus and commitment on place and civic role of universities,
this can be extended beyond our university communities where we already may
have significant membership. Academic libraries are well placed to function as
multi- and inter-disciplinary platforms…
Academic
libraries should not be merely academic!@517
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