NMYL Iloilo City Chapter Pres. Councilor LEX with friends from NMYL Iloilo Province and Capiz Province

Councilor LEX with the NMYL group visits the Crocodile Farm as part of learning about endangered species
At the Background is the Entrance to the Cave
On the way to the Underwater Cave
With NMYL Iloilo members: Boni, Frince, JP, Val and Marlon
During the National Movement of Young Legislators Seminar on Addressing the Effects of Global Warming in Puerto Princesa, Palawan

October 16, 2008

Let us protect mother nature.

It is our environment that provides us food, shelter and clothing and much much more...We have to use it wisely and also think of the future generation. Let us go beyond thinking of just the here and now.

Puerto Princesa and Palawan in general have benefited so much from its rich and vast sources of natural resources. The city and province knows such and as a result has moved to protect one of its main economic drivers, the environment, by strictly implementing national eco-friendly laws and have passed local ordinances to make sure their is ecological protection and ecological balance with economic progress.

Being members of the youth sector, let us act swiftly and responsibly so as to make sure that the world we live in is properly taken care of. If not, we might see more starvation, calamities, disasters and other ecological problems.

I am a nature lover as I enjoy taking care of different pets from aquarium fishes, bonsai plant to pet dogs. As such, I'd rather breathe fresh air, drink clean water and see sustainable growth than smog, pollution, dead bodies of water and ecological destruction just like most of you. I am also currently working on a regulation ordinance on the use of non-biodegradable plastic in the City of Iloilo so as to protect our environment as well as to reduce the drainage clogging problems of the city that result to the perennial city flooding issue.

As we think of keeping our environment green, we also assure our health and our children's future.