Volume 8, Issue 2, September 2014, Pages 196–199
NEIL L. EGLOSO ME ChE1
1 Research coordinator, Energy and Environment, Palompon Institute of Technology, Palompon, Leyte 6538, Philippines
Original language: English
Copyright © 2014 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The Philippine Environment Policy (Presidential Decree No. 1151) has declared a continuing policy of the state (a) to create, develop, maintain and improve conditions under which man and nature can thrive in productive and enjoyable harmony with each other, (b) to fulfill the social, economic and other requirements of present and future generations of Filipinos, and (c) to insure the attainment of an environment quality that is conducive to a life of dignity and well-being. The respondents as faculty who were surveyed were moderately concerned about the environment. Majority of the respondents were generally concerned about the destruction of rainforest, the destruction of ozone layer, GM foods, the dumping of hazardous waste. They were least worried about the loss of wetlands, hunting, and nitrate pollution. Thus, the perception of faculty on environmental concerns and practices in four colleges of PIT, Palompon, Leyte as surveyed, the results were quite different from various surveys among the students. In the survey, the students were most concerned about the economy ranked as the first, then the environment, and the unemployment came next. In other words, the concern of the faculty on environment went beyond their personal experience.
Author Keywords: Environment, rainforest, wetlands, ozone layer, GM foods.
NEIL L. EGLOSO ME ChE1
1 Research coordinator, Energy and Environment, Palompon Institute of Technology, Palompon, Leyte 6538, Philippines
Original language: English
Copyright © 2014 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The Philippine Environment Policy (Presidential Decree No. 1151) has declared a continuing policy of the state (a) to create, develop, maintain and improve conditions under which man and nature can thrive in productive and enjoyable harmony with each other, (b) to fulfill the social, economic and other requirements of present and future generations of Filipinos, and (c) to insure the attainment of an environment quality that is conducive to a life of dignity and well-being. The respondents as faculty who were surveyed were moderately concerned about the environment. Majority of the respondents were generally concerned about the destruction of rainforest, the destruction of ozone layer, GM foods, the dumping of hazardous waste. They were least worried about the loss of wetlands, hunting, and nitrate pollution. Thus, the perception of faculty on environmental concerns and practices in four colleges of PIT, Palompon, Leyte as surveyed, the results were quite different from various surveys among the students. In the survey, the students were most concerned about the economy ranked as the first, then the environment, and the unemployment came next. In other words, the concern of the faculty on environment went beyond their personal experience.
Author Keywords: Environment, rainforest, wetlands, ozone layer, GM foods.
How to Cite this Article
NEIL L. EGLOSO ME ChE, “PERCEPTIONS OF FACULTY AND STUDENTS TOWARDS ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS AND PRACTICES OF PALOMPON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY PALOMPON, LEYTE PHILS.: IMPLICATIONS TO ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 196–199, September 2014.
