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‘THE AIR WE BREATH’ (Group 6)

1. Basics

a. What is air? (definition of air)


b. Common misconceptions regarding air
c. Nature of air
i. How is it produced / where does air come from
ii. Is air different from wind? If so, what is the difference?
iii. Who is the god or goddess of air? (greek mythology)
iv. ‘Alamat ng hangin’ (is there such a thing?

d. Is air a natural resource? Is it a limited resource?

e. Types of air

f. Atmosphere. – essence; layers of air in the atmosphere (stratosphere, etc)

g. What is ozone layer? How is it relevant to air


1. Is the thinning of ozone layer attributable to air pollution?
2. Why is there thinning of ozone layer
3. Effects of thinning of ozone layer
4. Is there danger if the ozone layer is thinned? What is the tolerable level of thinning
of ozone layer?
5. Is it a possibility that ozone layer will be totally destroyed?

h. How about greenhouse gases?

i. Clean air vs dirty air

1. How to measure cleanness of air ‘scientifically’? ‘practically’? (indications that air is


clean)
2. Are there devices to clean air? What are those?

3. Aircon vs fresh air


4. Benefits of fresh air (Is there a need to have clean air?)

2. The wonders of air

a. What air can do to:


i. A thing
ii. A person
iii. Family
iv. Community
v. Country
vi. Planet
vii. Etc

3. Impact of air problem (do we have a serious problem?)

a. Air pollution
b. What is air pollution
c. Devastating effect of air pollution

i. Health
ii. Family
iii. Community
iv. Country
v. Social
vi. Political
vii. Others

d. Do we have a crisis / problem in the Philippines with respect to air?

e. Measure / condition of air problem in the Philippines (how do we measure / who is in charge
of measuring)

4. How people contribute to pollution of air

a. Number one contributor to air pollution (companies / organizations/ human activities /


agreements / policies / projects)

b. Rank or order of factors that contribute to air pollution

c. Is there a community that was destroyed or devastated by air pollution, in the Philippines
or elsewhere?

d. Was there a chapter in the Philippine history when there was so much air pollution that it
became a national issue? If so, what is this, and when did it happen?

e. How about globally or in other countries?

f. Use of Nuclear weapons or atomic weapons as it relates to problem on air

g. Virus / epidemic being spread through air (elaborate or provide examples in history or
news)

5. Laws applicable (locally and internationally)

a. Acts prohibited / Laws


b. Consti provisions
c. Policies / regulation

6. Exploration, development and utilization of air

a. How is air explored, developed and utilized in Philippine setting?

7. Specific plan of action of government in dealing with air problem

a. What is duterte doing

i. Policies of the government with respect to conservation, development, or utilization


of air
ii. Powers of DENR or related agency with respect to control and management of air

b. Action of international community

8. Leading cases

9. Remedies – writ of kalikasan; etc

10. What the future holds


a. possible consequences if the air pollution is not addressed now
b. Is it possible to revive the air
c. Practices of other countries in response to air problem
d. Situation in Singapore where they plant trees over condominiums
e. How about in the Philippines

11. Call to action

a. Advocacy
b. Formulation of new laws, or amendments of old laws
c. Implementation of old laws / reinforcement
d. Formulation of new government policies, or strengthening the old ones
e. Other suggestions

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1. basics - 10 min
2. wonders of air - 5 min
3. impact of air problem - 5 min
4. how people contribute to pollution of air - 5 min
5. laws applicable - 5 min
6. exploration, development and utilization of air - 5 min
7. specific plan of action of govt in dealing with air problem - 5 min
8. leading cases - 5 min
10. remedies - 5 min
11. call to action - 5 min

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