Pro Earth Run 2014

This 12 April 2014, 4:30AM, at the Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Earth Day Network Philippines stages its first-ever fun run, PRO-EARTH RUN 2014. An advocacy run to encourage people to Protect, Respect, and Oversee the sensible and sustainable care for Mother Earth, it is presented by Malungai Life Oil – an organic and all-natural highly concentrated extract obtained from Malunggay leaves and seeds (www.malungailifeoil.com) and UPS – United Parcel Service (www.ups.com).

A 3K, 5K, 10K race category event, PRO EARTH RUN is also supported by PCSO, First Gen, Merrell, Globe, The Body Shop, Holcim, Free Food Co. Coco Dolce, Business Mirror, Malaya Business Insight, Business World, Manila Times, Circuit Magazine, 106.7 Energy FM, 107.5 Win Radio, SM Tickets, SM Cinema, Digi Post, and Mother Earth advocates and runners.

Earth Day Network Philippines is the local counterpart of the global Earth Day Network International. It is a network organization that campaigns for environmental citizenship, spearheading the annual April 22nd Earth Day Celebration by partnering with government agencies, non-government organizations, private corporations, academic institutions, religious groups, and environmental advocates (www.earthdayphilippines.org)

RACE CATEGORIES       RACE FEE      GUNSTART              RACE KIT
10K                                       P500               5:30AM            Singlet | Bib | Freebies*
5K                                         P500               5:45AM            Singlet | Bib | Freebies*
3K                                         P500                 6AM               Singlet | Bib | Freebies*

*Sponsors’ goodwill freebies good while supplies last


REGISTRATION žAND  RACE KIT REDEMPTION 

EVENT SINGLET 
Sizes: XS | S | M | L | XL | XXL

SPECIAL PRIZES 
1) Top 3 Male and Female Finisher’s Medal, per race category + sponsors’ prizes
2) Sponsors’ goodwill freebies and product sampling
3) Raffle prizes & surprises!

FOR INQUIRIES 
Call (02) 571.3448  | (02) 904.2304 | (02) 904.9826
Visit Official FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/ProEarthRunPH and www.earthdayphilippines.org.

The Mind Museum's Cafe Scientifique Talks About Why Should Pinoys Bother with Science

I am fond of listening to talks about things that involve science and the community, especially when it's led by prominent people in the field of science and those who are experts on their respective fields so when I got an invite to attend a forum about it without a doubt I reserved a slot.

The forum is called Cafe Scientifique. According to the curator of The Mind Museum at Taguig, this has been ongoing since the start of the exhibit. This is happening monthly and they are inviting guest experts to talk about a certain topic and audience are encouraged to ask questions or give their insights. They also encourage everyone, especially those who are interested about the topic to sign up and attend the said monthly event.

Yesterday, I was one of the lucky bloggers who get to experience this forum. In line of their celebration of Andres Bonifacio's 150th anniversary, the topic is about the recently concluded disaster caused by Super Typhoon Yolanda or internationally known as Haiyan, what went wrong, and what can be done about it.

The Mind Museum Curator, Maria Isabel Garcia, Dr. Gemma Narisma, Dr. Gerry Bagtasa, PhiVolcs' Dr. Renato Solidum and a representative for Project NOAH

It was really a very informative discussion and I am impressed on how the audience participated and how well they are listening to the guest speakers infront. I got so many insights and was able to incorporate it to my own. I also learned more about Project NOAH, PhiVolcs and the movement and detection of typhoons and rains in the Philippines. They also confirmed that the theory of microwave pulses that moved the typhoon to our country is a hoax. I also get to know the social experiments being conducted by The Mind Movers of The Mind Museum.

From how I understand it, there is no concrete way of predicting how exact a certain earthquake or typhoon in terms of time or intensity of damage it can bring, but what can be done is a closest prediction. There is also a problem with information dissemination especially from the government sector since most people did not know what a "Storm Surge" is about, and what it can do. Filipinos in general lack "disaster imagination" making us unaware of how intense is the calamity that will strike us. Moreover, I believe that its about disaster preparedness, this should be intensified so we won't have another catastrophes like this. As I quote from Dr. Solidum of PhiVolcs, "In disasters, its better if we learn from other's mistakes than our own.".

If you want to be a part of the next The Mind Museum's Cafe Scientifique, just send and email to inquiry@themindmuseum.org to reserve a slot for. You can also reserve a slot for a friend because this is free and open to the public.

Good Vibes everyone and Sweet Running! ^_^