Bituen Eco Volunteers

Second Priority Program of Bituen Organization is Sustainability and 3Rs a forum on what individuals & ordinary folks can do.  Since its launch in December 2013, the following forums and workshops have been conducted throughout the Philippines: 1. December 6, 2013 at University of the Philippines 2. March 21, 2013 at Marilao, Bulacan 3. March 28 2014 at Urdaneta, Pangasinan 4. May 12-13 at Tacloban City 5. October 17, 2014 at Obando, Bulacan 6. November 14, 2014 at the Girl Scout of the Philippines Banaoang Ilocos Sur Campsite We continue to look and cooperate with partners for these endeavors to achieve a greener, improved Philippines.

In Bituen 's continues commitment to improve the condition of Filipinos, it is launching its custom workshop Urban Guerrilla Gardening (Gardening from wastes) under its Sustainable Living & 3Rs program for private groups and companies. The workshop shows that even without open space and less budget, individuals and homes can maintain their own gardens using up to 70% of household wastes. The many advantages of maintaining even a pot of plant are as follows: Converts carbon dioxide to oxygen Cleans air to help prevent colds, coughs, asthma, and other respiratory illness Reduces work & personal stress Stimulates learning   Reduces heat and humidity Helps reduce household waste by turning bio-waste into fertilizer Improves overall quality of life . We now accept company, school/class workshops. For scheduling, call (632) 9941372 or email bituen.org@gmail.com

( To View Slideshow, please click here. ) More than just spending and seeing, feel and experience rural and back-to-basics community life. Travel in rural community  Philippines at the not-quite so-remote barrio of Santo Tomas in northern Luzon. Santo Tomas is the mother barangay of the town of Santo Domingo, in Ilocos Sur, Philippines. Legend has it that the first priest of Santo Domingo have chosen the eastern barrio for its snaking river and friendly locals. Throughout the years, the Spanish bar/tiled remnants of the priest's chapel have been removed, and that the farmer tilling the land have since unearthed antique plates and jars within the area. However, the place now teems with variety of local fruits (you can actually ask for FREE from neighbors!), and to sample a common view: Visitors / travelers from Asia (China, Japan, Indonesia), Europe (France, Russia, Croatia, Poland) have found the people friendly, so much like many rural folks in the country as biker...

In November 2013, typhoon Haiyan considered as the strongest typhoon ever recorded, devastated southern Philippines particularly the province of Leyte . It was acknowledged to have cost the lives of some 8,000 people, although ground workers claim the death toll to be around 20-25,000. The tragedy multiplied several times when the national government turned its back on the area as it was left to recover on its own despite the downpour of foreign aid . Six months after the calamity, Bituen volunteers visited the area to establish that aside from temporary bunkhouses, Red Cross and the distribution of relief goods by DSWD are the only signs of national government presence in the province.   Leyte 6 months after typhoon Haiyan.   Mass grave in Palo Leyte where hundreds of cadavers were piled up on top of another. Through the initial help of FaceBook group pages Education is our Tool , Controlled Salpukan Zone, Gising na Pilipinas , and Gising na Pinoy , Bituen v...