Public spaces have been both a love and an irk in my advocacy for improving Philippine urban spaces. A love, because it embodies equity, distributive justice, and shared rights, and an irk, because many Filipinos disrespect the notion of …
Category: Education
Game Talk: SimCity BuildIt and Urban Management Lessons
So, SimCity BuildIt has been around since 2014, but I just recently started playing it (because my Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes crashed for a week due to an update), and I’ve been wanting to post some thoughts about …
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Lessons for the teacher: Reflections on environmental planning board review sessions
It’s my third year as an environmental planner, and second year as a lecturer for board review sessions. I’d like to look back on the learning sessions from cities and municipalities in the country, because while I have shared …
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Urban Planning and Why It Matters
Got to publish another article on urban planning yesterday (thanks, Inquirer Property!). I’m glad to have helped in this small way to educate more about the profession. More importantly, planning is something drastically needed in the Philippines, because so …
Sharing all that Green Talk: A Meet-up of Environmental Bloggers
I recently had the privilege to attend a green bloggers meet-up that was hosted by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. I’ll be sharing overviews of the presentations during the event, and, as always, link the importance to …
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Disaster Games and Learning Activities
I took up Geography 255 (Environmental Hazards and Disasters) as my last elective under the Environmental Track for MA URP, and it was one of the best learning experiences I’ve had in UP Diliman. Our class was composed of our hardcore …
