Date
2016
Abstract
Cooperative is a form of people's organization with primary goals of helping its members to help them attain their economic and social aspirations. The last PNoy's administration believes that cooperative is a good strategy for poverty alleviation and sustainable development. For cooperatives to be truly a strategy for sustainable development, it must not only be vehicle for their members' economic and social aspirations, but must also be a vehicle for environmental protection and resource conservation. This study was conducted to gather the 'green' practices of the cooperatives in Laguna [Philippines]. Specifically, the objectives were to: 1) Describe the profile of the cooperatives that perform 'green' practices; 2) Identify the bio-enterprises engaged in by the selected cooperatives and describe the processes and 'green' practices in their conduct; 3) Narrate and document the circumstances that led the cooperative to undertake measures and processes that are healthy to the environment; and 4) Identify issues/constraints/problems encountered by the cooperatives in the adoption of environment-friendly practices. It was found that not many cooperative s were consciously doing green practices and sustainably doing it yet. Six cooperatives were found to have been doing green practices that were documented in the video presentation and brochures. They serve as the outputs of the research that would inspire and motivate other cooperatives to follow. The common practices were doing organic farming, the construction of 'green' building and other simple office resource-conservation practices such as rain-water collection, water and energy conservation practices (use of LED lights, limiting the use of air-conditioning units). For transport service cooperative, it was the use of signages in the jeepneys like 'No Smoking', 'Bawal Magtapon ng Basura sa Labas ng Sasakyan', the putting of trash can inside the jeepney, and the use of bio-diesel fuel. It is the authors recommendation for the CDA or Cooperative-in-charge offices to include in their trainings/capacity-building program topics on environment to raise the cooperatives level of awareness on environment. The cooperatives can also do 'green' projects with the use of their CEDF fund thus also practicing the 7th principle of 'Concern for the community.
Language
English
Document Type
Article
Recommended citation
Quicoy, Alicia R. and Lawas, T. P., "Documentation of the green practices by the selected cooperatives in Laguna" (2016). Report. 1.
https://www.ukdr.uplb.edu.ph/reports/1
Pages /Collation
15 leaves
En – AGROVOC descriptors
FARMS; COOPERATIVES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; RESOURCE CONSERVATION; COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT; ORGANIC AGRICULTURE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; POLLUTANTS; PHILIPPINES