More visual talk

Learned more about visual talk today...

Panahon Na! Climate Documentary for the Philippines

Watched the premiere of Panahon Na! Ang Pinoy at ang Hamon ng Climate Change last Aug 18 at the opening ceremonies of the Moonrise Film Festival. While this film came after Signos, GMA-7's climate documentary for TV, it is timely in its launch. The film gave ample time to discuss solutions to the Climate Crisis. It stated the importance of adaptation measures to be deployed like Albay's A2C2 (Albay in Action on Climate Change) and Dumangas, Iloilo's Climate Field School. These measures prepare communities to respond to the impacts of Climate Change such as severe typhoons,rains and droughts. There was also mention of mitigation efforts such as the efforts of the Renewable Energy Coalition to pass the RE Bill, AMORE's effort to solarize un-electrified barangays. The film really gives a feel of Leonardo di Caprio's "11th Hour" but with better pacing (i.e. you don't get too much info crammed into your head). There still are some editing glitches but overall, the quality is good. Kudos to the Presidential Task Force on Climate Change and Infinit1 for producing this film. The film is shown with every entry of the Moonrise Festival. Check out schedules at www.ceae.org.

Enjoy the trailer...

FMEA/Risk Assessments for Adaptation Planning

A lot of times nothing gets done because data is unavailable. I remember my experience in manufacturing, was that the factory bosses would be ticked off if nothing was done because data was unavailable. As engineers, we learned to assess risks. In the absence of data we would assume the worst case scenario and recommend actions around that. It meant shutting down production lines until bad material was identified and quarantined. In the same way, climate risk assessments ought to be done by local gov't units based on anecdotal or limited data available. These risk should be plotted in an FMEA (Failure Modes and Effects Analysis) table based on current knowledge. As new info comes,RPNs ( risk priority numbers) associated with each "failure" (in this case catastrophe) mode are modified to reflect current reality. RPNs are calculated based on Severity of Impact, Frequency and Early Detectability. With the use of RPNs, resources are properly managed to address vulnerabilities.

Visual Talking

Just tried this out...maybe a means of making our advocacy clearer.

Using Surplus Stuff

I recently went to HMR's (www.hmrphil.com) showroom along Pioneer St in Mandaluyong.  I was looking for a keyboard for my Dell D600. While I didn't find what I was looking for, I did find that they had a lot of stuff that was still useful.  They had computers, spare parts, toys, exercise machines, furniture and a lot more. And these were still in usable condition. They had Compaq laptops priced at about P15,ooo.  I also found good toys that were still in the box (e.g. Pirates of the Caribbean-Maelstrom play set, a Uniqua doll from Backyardigans).  

Kudos to HMR for doing this recycling business. This means less life cycle GHG emissions,less trash for landfills, less POPs and heavy metals contaminating our water.    I also learned that they own the Save On Surplus franchise (www.saveonsurplus.net).  I will definitely support these business or perhaps even be a franchisee.  

photo from www.hmrphil.com