HININLOAN: Helping Juno

Oponganon's Voice

Its not just the young scientist who are changing the world. Besides inventing prototypes, some Oponganons use their skills and voices to take action. Here are the voices that cry together with Mother Nature and Little Juno.

♣ JUDGEMENT ♣ SMALL VOICE ♣ MR. COLLECTOR ♣ SCHOOL BAG? ♣ MY LEGACY ♣

Judgement: A Woman's Call

They say life from the past is different from now. Definitely nothing would happen if "change" never had time to strike each one in their dispelled cabin. Untrammeled foot it's natural. Just like a baby who gets rid off his pink-satin skin for another surface a mother would sense and a matter of fact it was expected. And in this physical world, natural change is greatly expected. Time runs a new call will dispense. Climate change and new people will emerge.

From a distant shore, I see an equinox. An equinox of the final accounts of the final day of the final place we all call home. The unbalance nude imagery of our place has just revealed the truth of itself. The spread is not that wide to cover the immaturity it has. The place is covered by roaming "day walkers" causing these serious problems in our environment. Climate change it is. The environmental changees brought by the past have taken the endeavor development of this planet.

Once I was about to prevail my rapture day, I saw a woman beyond the darkest cloud I have ever seen. It seems that this woman was challenged by her own people. Skin was so rough and indecent. Her eyes were cringed like in a prison cell, and her heart was gasping for blood to continue its life. I examine her ambience and it was then my assumptions ended. The environment she has was filled with undying toxics. Pollution, global warming, ozone depletion and most of all, which took a risk of her life - improper treatment. It was then I recognized that she was Mother Earth asking for help and with her are the people.

If you’re trying to ask me what to do, don't bother asking me. I'm asking my self that question too. We may point our fingers on someone else but that won't really work. It's on our hands to bear the final task of our home.

--gel, 15, 4th year hs--

Small Voice

A three year old boy to his elder brothers after eating candy:

"Hey, don't throw your garbage anywhere because it looks very unpleasant. They say your trashes come back to you. That's bad! Throw it in the trashcan. Like me, I throw it in the garbage can."

--vincent, 3, kid--

Mr. Collector

an excerpt from an interview...

DPSA TEAM: Kuya, of all the jobs, why did you choose to be a garbage collector when you can be a gardener, an agent or carpenter?

MR. COLLECTOR: Well, I was a carpenter before. But everytime I pass by roads, I see accumulated garbages on one side for about weeks alredy. So, I made use of myself and applied as garbage collector. In that way, I can collect those bags of trashes so they won't accumulate.

DPSA TEAM: Thank you, kuya.

--jose, 35, garbage collector--

My Trashbag

a school bag of a grade four student... (books, stuffs and trashes inside)

"...it is because i don't throw my trash anywhere especially when i dont see a trashcan near me, so I keep these in my bag and throw it on the trashcan."

--rosella, 9, grade 4 --

My Legacy

Here are some title of the fantasy stories of Lola Elig that she tells her grandchildren so that they will take care of their environment.

• Bessy Basura: a story about a girl who throws her garbage anywhere.
• Totoy Aksaya: a story of a boy who plays and wastes the water
• Pipay Papel: a story of a girl who wasted paper not knowing that many trees were cut.
• Reyna Engkantada: a story of three children who were punished by Reynang Engkantada because of their havoc done to nature.

--lola elig, 62, grandmother--

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