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"Nakagaganda ng buhay ang may alam."   Viral content creator, University of the Philippines Los Baños professor, and forester Ethan Hernandez shares his journey from overcoming poverty, including sleeping in an abandoned train station, to becoming a leading voice for environmental literacy.  Ethan tells Howie Severino how he developed his distinct animated style of storytelling, including incorporating the scientific names of trees in familiar songs.  With over 1.3 million followers, he goes beyond science education to shape public opinion on critical environmental issues such as mining, deforestation, and Pax Silica.  He talks about training the next generation of science content creators as a vital strategy to combat the plague of online disinformation.#GMANews #SerbisyongTotoo #BreakingNews  Watch the latest news stories from GMA Network's trusted news programs on the GMA Play app. Download now on Google Play and App Store. Also available on GMANetwork.com/GMAPlay and Android TVs!  GMA Network promotes healthy debate and conversation online.  Any abusive language that does not facilitate productive discourse will be blocked from this post.  For more updates, visit this link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCpdvYcv59AgI_UbY4C1GhwFZ5CQL3N5c  For live updates and highlights, click here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCpdvYcv59AiKdYH_GDSU7sBgfc7Cd1de   Breaking news and stories from the Philippines and abroad: GMA News Portal: http://www.gmanews.tv YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@gmanew Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/gmanews TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gmanews Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/gmanews Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/gmanews  GMA Network Kapuso programs on GMA Pinoy TV: https://gmapinoytv.com/subscribe

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00:03If you want a video, you can follow me because it's a good life that you know.

00:08Good life, Podmates!

00:10I'm Howie Severino and we're with now on the forester and content creator of Ethan Hernandez.

00:17Good day, Ethan.

00:19Good day, sir Howie.

00:21I'm also known for your content.

00:23Some people would call it vlogs.

00:26Your stories from other countries of the Philippines.

00:30It's all in the field.

00:31You don't interview people online.

00:34You really go to these places.

00:36It actually gives you more credibility as an environmental content creator.

00:42So you started vlogging or creating online content in 2024.

00:47So it's only two years and now you've grown to over a million.

00:51How many followers?

00:52Nearly 1.3 million followers.

00:551.3 million.

00:56So who are these people?

00:59Are they mostly students?

01:01You're a professor at UPLB.

01:03Do you have demographics of your audience?

01:06I believe my audience is basically composed of teachers, science teachers, students also,

01:15and of course, nature lovers, environmentalists.

01:21Because some teachers, sometimes they send me a message, sabihin nila, ginagamit daw nila yung video ko for instruction, ganyan.

01:31So yeah, so I think ganun yung aking profile.

01:34So napaka-importante at mas malaki yung pressure sa'yo na gawin talagang accurate itong content mo.

01:42Kasi bilang isang follower mo, nakita po nga na hindi lang engaging yung content mo.

01:50Pero malaman siya in terms of science content.

01:53So hindi mo lang sinasabi yung mga common name ng mga halaman at puno, nandyan din yung botanical o yung

01:59scientific names.

02:01So bakit importante na ibinabahagi mo yung mahabang scientific name ng mga puno at halaman?

02:08Hindi ba sapat na yung manggono, manggono lang, yung mulabe, mulabe lang, yung nara, nara lang,

02:13yung bakit kailangan pa buuhin yung mga pangalan nila sa scientific?

02:17Napakalaga ng talagang masya Hawick.

02:19Bago ko sagutin yan, sir, naalala ko pa nga, nung mga unang videos ko,

02:24ang ginagawa ko ng scientific names, kinakanta ko pa yan para mas ma-memorize,

02:29mas madaling maalala ng mga manunood.

02:34May mga parents nga na nag-message sa akin,

02:36alam mo, idol ka nung anak ko dahil kinakanta niya na rin yung scientific names.

02:41Kasi ang mga bata, gustong-gusto ng mga scientific names.

02:44So balik po doon sa tanong mo,

02:47kailangan kasi yun, kasi halimbawa, sir, yung mangkono sa Cebu yan,

02:52iba ang pangalan yan sa ibang lugar,

02:54maaring tiga, Philippine Ironwood, so iba-iba.

02:58So yung scientific name kasi, yun yung parang standard,

03:02standard na kahit saan ka pumunta,

03:06hindi lang dito sa Pilipinas, kahit doon sa ibang bansa,

03:10kapag ito yung binanggit mo na scientific name,

03:13sure na isang species lang yung pinag-uusapan ninyo,

03:16hindi iba-iba.

03:17Kasi kung common name lang,

03:20maaring magkamali kayo sa pinag-uusapan.

03:22So para may siguradong isa lang species yung pinag-uusapan,

03:26galing man yan sa article, o sa libro, o sa online content,

03:30basta isang scientific name, isang species lang yun.

03:34And that is the case globally, no, worldwide.

03:39So ano yan, ano, isang katanggian yan ng siyensya,

03:42na kasi bawat lugar, yung sinabi mo nga,

03:46iba-iba yung tawag sa mga species,

03:50siyempre depending on language and region,

03:52and even country, no,

03:54Pero anywhere you go,

03:57halimbawa, yung aming isang halaman dito,

04:01Epipremnum pinatum,

04:03which is a common climbing vine,

04:08ang dami yung pangalan sa Pilipinas pa lang,

04:14pero iisa lang yung scientific name.

04:16Even yung mulave natin, mulave,

04:19sa Mindanao, tinatawag siya na mulawin,

04:22sa Visayas, tinatawag siyang tugas,

04:26pero sa atin, sa Katagalungan,

04:28tinatawag siyang mulave,

04:30pero worldwide,

04:31isang pangalan lang yan,

04:33Vitex parbiflora,

04:34yung scientific name niya.

04:36So kung ang babanggitin ko, sir,

04:38sa video ay tugas,

04:40maaaring,

04:42I'm referring to a different species.

04:45Kung hindi ko ginamit yung scientific name.

04:48Okay, yung sinabi mo ang pagkanta mo

04:51ng mga scientific name, no?

04:53So, of course,

04:54sa isang banda, nakakatuwa,

04:57but we also know

04:59that is an established teaching method

05:01sa mga nasa kinder, nursery,

05:04and mga nag-aaral pa lang

05:07ng mga bagong bagay, no?

05:09So, it shows that

05:11you're really a teacher at heart

05:14and you're using this platform

05:15to teach, no?

05:16So, but you are a

05:18full-time teacher.

05:19Yeah.

05:19You're a professor

05:22at UPLB,

05:23ng Forestry, no?

05:24So, how do you find the time

05:25to do this?

05:26Yung ibang kasing content creator,

05:27mga,

05:28some people call them

05:29influencers, vloggers,

05:31storytellers,

05:32et cetera.

05:33For many,

05:34for many of them,

05:34this is a full-time gig.

05:36Because, you know,

05:37there are ways of

05:39generating revenue,

05:40earning income

05:41from doing this.

05:42Bakit hindi sapat sa'yo

05:43yung magturo na lang

05:44sa classroom?

05:45May kakaibang sayang

05:46binibigay sa'kin

05:47yung pagtuturo sa classroom.

05:49May kakaibang saya

05:51din yung binibigay sa'kin

05:53ng pag-blog

05:54or paggagawaan ng content.

05:56At sa content creation,

05:57mas malawak yung reach.

06:00At,

06:01mas malaya

06:02yung pwede kong gawin.

06:04Like,

06:04galing nga,

06:04pwede akong kumanta,

06:05pwede akong

06:06mag-jump.

06:08Gusto ko yung

06:09ginagawa ko na

06:10mas marami akong

06:12na bibigyan ng

06:13kaalaman.

06:14Because I believe

06:15yung forest science,

06:16yung plant science,

06:18must,

06:19must reach everyone.

06:21Hindi lamang

06:23experts,

06:23hindi lamang

06:24those capable

06:25na makapag-aral

06:27sa isang

06:29universidad.

06:30Pati yung mga

06:31ordinaryong tao

06:32sa komunidad,

06:33pati yung

06:34fish vendor,

06:35vegetable vendor,

06:37mga tambay,

06:39security guards,

06:40kaya minsan

06:41may nagpa-picture

06:41sa akin ng

06:42security guard,

06:43nalalaman nila,

06:43ah,

06:44yung palang

06:46halaman na yun,

06:46yung pala yung

06:47tawag.

06:47Kung hindi ko pa

06:48nakita sa'yo,

06:49hindi ko malalaman na

06:50yung pala ang

06:50tawag doon.

06:51Ah, yung pala

06:52critically endangered

06:53na pala yun.

06:54Nako,

06:54tinatabas namin

06:55yung dati.

06:55And then,

06:57sa mga

06:57binibisita ko,

06:58sir,

06:58ng mga

06:59schools,

07:00they would,

07:00you know,

07:01approach me,

07:02sir,

07:02alam mo ba,

07:03kaya ako

07:04nagpatuloy

07:05sa

07:06kursong

07:07forestry

07:07because of you.

07:09So,

07:09para sa akin,

07:10parang,

07:10anlaki na magiging

07:11kasalanan ko

07:13kapag,

07:13pag tumigil ako

07:14sa ginagawa ko,

07:15kasi parang

07:16mawawalan sila,

07:18I don't know

07:18how you call it,

07:19pero parang,

07:20sabi nga nga

07:21isa pa,

07:21dati,

07:22kinakaya nila,

07:23nasabihin nilang

07:24forestry,

07:25yung course nila.

07:26They would lie na lang

07:28na parang,

07:29okay,

07:29ah,

07:30ganito yung course nila.

07:31Ayaw nilang bangkitin

07:32na forestry yung course nila,

07:33nahihiya daw sila.

07:34Bakit?

07:35I don't know,

07:36parang,

07:36well,

07:36we know naman,

07:37pag sinabing forestry

07:38kasi dati,

07:39parang,

07:41you know.

07:42So,

07:43ah,

07:44ngayon daw,

07:44sabi nila,

07:45because of you,

07:46kahit paano ay

07:48nabibigyan sila

07:49ng parang

07:50prestige.

07:51Yung lakas

07:52ng loob na,

07:53ah,

07:54mahalaga

07:54yung forestry,

07:55lalo na sa mga usapin

07:56ngayon ng

07:57baha,

07:58climate change,

07:59and other

07:59environmental,

08:00you know,

08:01ah,

08:02issues.

08:03Yeah.

08:05Eh,

08:06napaka-importante pa naman

08:07ng forestry.

08:08Correct.

08:08As a profession,

08:09as a field,

08:10because,

08:10because napaka-importante

08:11ng gubat,

08:12di ba?

08:13I mean,

08:14ah,

08:14yung forestry naman,

08:15yung pag-aaral

08:15ng gubat,

08:16and ang gubat,

08:17parang sinasabi nga,

08:18yan ang,

08:18yan ang bagat

08:20ng planeta.

08:20Correct,

08:21correct.

08:22So,

08:24naalala ko,

08:25na meron kang

08:27pinost sa Facebook,

08:28na meron kang,

08:30ah,

08:31meron kang appeal,

08:32no,

08:32sa mga kumpanya,

08:34na sana yung mga

08:36lisensyadong forester,

08:38ang kunin nila.

08:40Kasi,

08:40maraming kumpanya,

08:42na kumukuha,

08:44may position,

08:44correct,

08:45ng forester,

08:46sa,

08:46sa kanilang plantilla,

08:48di ba?

08:48For whatever reason,

08:49managing,

08:51landscapes,

08:51et cetera,

08:52no,

08:52so,

08:52may position sila

08:53for forester,

08:54but,

08:54you had to make an appeal,

08:56na sana man lang,

08:56license itong mga,

08:58bakit marami bang

08:58ginukuha ang forester,

08:59na hindi lisensyado?

09:01Yeah,

09:02sa totoo lang,

09:03may mga,

09:06forestry graduates,

09:07na nakakapagtrabaho na,

09:09even without license.

09:10Pero nag-aral talaga,

09:11ng forestry.

09:12Nag-aral talaga.

09:13Ah,

09:13or meron namang,

09:15mga lisensya sila,

09:16pero,

09:16hindi naman talaga,

09:18na-require noong employer.

09:20So,

09:20para sa akin,

09:21para saan yung lisensya,

09:22kung hindi naman siya,

09:23I see.

09:24e-require.

09:25So,

09:25kasi sa akin,

09:27pwedeng gamitin kasi yung lisensya,

09:30bilang screener.

09:31Like,

09:31lalo na kung usapin,

09:33ng pag-recommendahan,

09:34ng puno,

09:35kung anong itataname,

09:36sa ganitong lugar,

09:38ay kailangan,

09:39may lisensya,

09:40yung mag-recommenda,

09:41dahil yun naman,

09:42ang purpose talaga,

09:43ng lisensya,

09:43na may kakayahan ka,

09:45o may karapatan kang mag-recommenda.

09:48Kasi,

09:48kung hindi lisensyado,

09:50maaaring,

09:51hindi ko sinasabi na,

09:52lahat,

09:53pero,

09:53pwede kasi na,

09:56dahil hindi ka lisensyado,

09:57o hindi ka nakapasa sa board exam,

09:59maaaring limited yung,

10:00yung,

10:01nalalaman mo,

10:02sa pag-recommenda.

10:03So,

10:04maaaring,

10:05makapag-recommenda ka,

10:06ng mali.

10:07Pero,

10:08hindi ko naman sinasabi na,

10:09just because you don't have a license,

10:11ay,

10:12mali na agad yung sasabihin mo.

10:13Kaya lang,

10:13syempre,

10:14mas maganda,

10:14kung mayroong talagang screener,

10:16may lisensya,

10:16at nagagamit dapat yun.

10:17Para kumuha ka ng driver,

10:19na marunong mag-drive,

10:19pero walang lisensya.

10:20Correct, correct.

10:21Did you always want to be a forester?

10:23Nagsimula dati yan,

10:25sa Bicol,

10:25so,

10:27mahirap lang,

10:28ako,

10:29at ang aking pamilya,

10:31Siga Bicol kayo.

10:31Siga Bicol,

10:32magsasaka,

10:33and then,

10:34sabi ng parents ko,

10:36wala kaming,

10:38pera na,

10:39pampaanal sa iyo,

10:40sa kulay niyo.

10:40So,

10:41nung high school pa lang,

10:43talagang,

10:44pinagrama ko na sa sarili ko,

10:46o talagang,

10:47sinabi ko na sa sarili ko na,

10:49walang chance na,

10:50pag-aralin kami ng parents namin.

10:52So,

10:52meron ditong school,

10:54sa Naga City,

10:55sabi niya,

10:57bibigyan niya ako ng scholarship,

11:00akala ko,

11:01ano,

11:01scholarship,

11:02mag-aaral ako,

11:02pero ang kapalit pala nun,

11:04ay magtatrabaho sa school,

11:06at sa bahay nila,

11:07pero sa tulang,

11:08hindi naman ako nakapag-aaral,

11:09kasi puro trabaho na,

11:10ang lilinis ng kubeta,

11:12ng lobby,

11:12ng mga classrooms,

11:14and then,

11:14hindi na ako nakapag-aaral.

11:15Pero may mga working student naman talaga,

11:17na,

11:18in-employ ng school.

11:19Yeah,

11:19but that's too much.

11:20You were overworked.

11:21Yeah,

11:22overworked.

11:22So,

11:23you were more worker than student.

11:24Yes,

11:24pagod,

11:25gutom.

11:26Yung school na yun,

11:27ang laki rin ang naitulong sa akin.

11:29Doon ako natuto mag-computer eh.

11:31So,

11:32sabi ko,

11:33parang hindi ako nag-grow dito,

11:35so,

11:36I need to look for other,

11:38you know,

11:38opportunities.

11:39What I did,

11:40nag-draft ako ng letters,

11:42maraming letters,

11:43yung ibang,

11:44kilala kong school,

11:45and then,

11:46lumuwas na ako,

11:47nakiusap ako sa bus driver,

11:49na pasakyan ako ng libre.

11:51May lang bus driver na tumanggi,

11:52pero,

11:53kalaunan,

11:54napapayag ko.

11:55So,

11:55hanggang nakarating na ako ng Laguna.

11:58Wait,

11:58nag-hitch ka sa bus?

12:00Ah,

12:00pinasakyan nila ako ng libre.

12:02Okay,

12:03kasi wala kang,

12:03wala kang pamasahira.

12:04So,

12:05nakasakyan ka ng libre from Naga to Laguna.

12:07Wow,

12:07medyo madiscarte ka.

12:09Yeah,

12:09yeah.

12:11Well,

12:11maraming,

12:12mahabang pakiusapan actually,

12:14kasi hindi naman agad-agad yan magpapayag sila.

12:16Pero,

12:16So,

12:17you really wanted to study?

12:18Yes,

12:19really wanted to study.

12:19Culpa,

12:20parang pangarap mo,

12:21magka-college ako.

12:22Yes,

12:22kahit wala kaming pera ng pamilya,

12:24I'll find a way.

12:26Yes,

12:26yung sinabi na aking parents,

12:29ng papa actually,

12:30sabi niya,

12:33kailangan tayo makapag-aral,

12:34kasi yun lang yung chance na mabago yung buhay.

12:37Hindi na,

12:37nakarating na ako ng Los Baños.

12:39Actually,

12:39may kapatid ako sa Los Baños,

12:41Sir Howie.

12:42And then,

12:44alam mo ko yung pakiramdam na

12:47makitira,

12:48at alam ko din yung pakiramdam na

12:51maging pabigat,

12:52kahit sa sarili mo,

12:54kamag-ana.

12:55So,

12:56sabi ko,

12:56ayoko nang ganoon.

12:57So,

12:58nagtsaga akong matulog muna sa

13:00isang abandoned area,

13:02abandoned train station.

13:04Train station?

13:05Yeah,

13:05yeah,

13:05abandoned train.

13:06Doon ako,

13:06doon ako natulog for two weeks.

13:08Tapos,

13:09kinaumagahan noon,

13:10naglakad na ako,

13:11lakad-lakad lang.

13:12Hanggang sa makarating ako sa,

13:14pero bago ako makarating.

13:15So,

13:16dumang ka sa pagiging homeless?

13:17Yes,

13:17po.

13:18So,

13:19before ako makarating sa UPLB campus,

13:23may mga nadaanan ako ng school.

13:26Kulegio de los Baños,

13:27binigyan ko siya,

13:28pero guard lang karamihan na

13:31nakakausap ko.

13:32Sabi,

13:32tatawagan na lang daw ako.

13:34Trace College,

13:37binigyan ko rin.

13:38Nakarating ako sa,

13:39ano,

13:40sa perpetual health ka lang ba?

13:43Binigyan ko rin ng letter.

13:45Hanggang guard lang din,

13:46tatawagan.

13:47Hanggang sa,

13:48nakarating na ako sa UPLB,

13:50ang una ko napuntahan dyan,

13:52yung College of Human Ecology,

13:55din ata yung nakausap ko doon.

13:56Sabi niya,

13:58Otoy,

13:59hindi ako makatulong sa'yo dito.

14:01Puntahan mo yung,

14:02tinuro niyo yung office of the Chancellor,

14:05nuro sa akin.

14:06Yan ang makatulong sa'yo,

14:08punta ka doon,

14:08di,

14:09makita ko.

14:10Sabi noong,

14:12information officer,

14:14naku,

14:14hindi ka dito pwede,

14:15kasi hindi ka upcat pa,

14:17sir.

14:17You did not take the UPCAT.

14:18Yeah,

14:19I did not take the UPCAT.

14:21Talagang ignorante ako noon,

14:23Sir Howie,

14:24kasi,

14:24alam mo sinagot ko doon sa,

14:26sa kanya po.

14:28Sige po,

14:28magti-take po ako ngayon din.

14:31Ano mo pwedeng gawin sa opisina?

14:32Yeah,

14:33di ba upcat,

14:33one year yun?

14:34Yeah,

14:34makakala mo upo ka sa,

14:35parang applying for a job.

14:37Yes,

14:37I really didn't know na,

14:38ganun yung process.

14:39Paking,

14:40di pwede,

14:40next year pa,

14:41next year pa pwede.

14:43Kung gusto mo,

14:44kasi nakalagay din doon sa letter ko na,

14:46kung,

14:46if they can provide them job for me,

14:48doon sa letter.

14:50Kasi,

14:50ang pinaka-tone ng letter,

14:52I give you service,

14:54kahit anong service,

14:55maglinis ng gubeta,

14:56maging janitor,

14:57basta pag-aralin lang ako.

14:58Basta libre yung pagkahi,

15:00libre yung tiraan.

15:00Ano yung pinaka-tone ng letter?

15:02Yeah,

15:02but did you,

15:03did you describe your potential?

15:05I mean,

15:05tuwa naman yung mga talento mo?

15:07Yeah,

15:07What did you,

15:08paano mo binenta sarili mo?

15:10Sabi ko,

15:11maalam ako sa accounting,

15:12kasi nga,

15:13nag-accountancy naman ako.

15:15Tapos,

15:17maalam ako mag-luto,

15:18ganyan,

15:19yung mga basic lang.

15:20So,

15:20yung first major mo,

15:21is accounting?

15:22Accountancy.

15:23Accountancy.

15:23Okay.

15:24So,

15:24paano ka napasok sa forestry?

15:26Hindi na,

15:26nag-letter.

15:28Because,

15:29ma'am,

15:29pabigay na lang po

15:30kay Chancellor.

15:31Luckily,

15:31binigay niya sa Chancellor

15:32yung letter.

15:33Binansa,

15:34sabi ni Chancellor,

15:35ito yung reasons

15:37na kailangan natin.

15:38Ito yung bata

15:38na dapat tinutulungan natin,

15:41ang sinasuportahan natin.

15:42Nakita yung determination

15:43ng makara.

15:43nandun sa letter po.

15:45Hindi,

15:46pinag-contact na ako.

15:47Hanggang sa pinag-exam na

15:49ng forestry,

15:53that time,

15:53I really didn't know

15:54what forestry was.

15:57It was my first time

15:58talaga to hear

16:00forestry.

16:00Wait,

16:01wait,

16:01why did you take

16:02the exam for forestry

16:03and not for,

16:04let's say,

16:05some accountancy?

16:06Alam ko,

16:06may development

16:07communications din diyan.

16:08So,

16:09why forestry?

16:10It's because

16:10that's the one

16:11offered to me.

16:12May opening?

16:13May quota?

16:14Probably because

16:15I am not an OCAT passer.

16:17So,

16:17syempre,

16:18di naman din

16:18basta-basta

16:19pagbibigay ang

16:20UPLB

16:21ng

16:22basta-bastang course.

16:23yun ang narecommend nila?

16:24Yan ang narecommend nila.

16:25Kasi may opening din naman pa.

16:26So,

16:27tinanggap ko nilang

16:28basta makapasok?

16:28Yes.

16:29And it was

16:29two-year course program pa.

16:31Yung two-year,

16:32hindi pa yung BS

16:32as for howdy.

16:33Ah, okay.

16:34So,

16:34parang ano yun,

16:35parang probationary,

16:36ano lang.

16:37I see.

16:37So,

16:38two-year course,

16:38pero sabi nila,

16:40kapag maganda yung grade mo

16:41after one year

16:43and one summer,

16:44pwede ka mag-shift

16:44into BS,

16:45yung degree course na.

16:47Sige,

16:48so,

16:48ginalingan ko,

16:49in one year

16:49and one summer,

16:53nag-shift na ako into BS program,

16:56the Bachelor of Science in Forestry.

16:58So,

16:59yung una,

16:59hindi ko nagustuhan yung semester

17:02hanggang sa

17:03ganda nung,

17:04ano,

17:05ang ganda nung mga courses.

17:07Yung pupunta ka,

17:07you would go to

17:09the forest,

17:11tapos,

17:11you would identify,

17:12you know,

17:13huge trees.

17:14Tapos,

17:14hindi lang trees ang i-identify mo,

17:16pati mga kabute,

17:18pwede mga insekto,

17:20animals,

17:20nandoon sa,

17:21ano,

17:21sa bubat.

17:22So,

17:22I was amazed.

17:23Sabi ko,

17:24ito'y palang yung gusto ko.

17:25Sobrang nagustuhan ko na yung forestry,

17:28na kahit nga yung master's degree ko,

17:31ay forestry na rin.

17:32Sa South Korea po,

17:33sa Cheongnam National University.

17:36Paano yan?

17:37Ibang-iba yung gubat nila dun?

17:38Yeah,

17:39temperate,

17:40ano,

17:40setting,

17:42temperate forest.

17:43But,

17:43you know,

17:44at least na-compare ko,

17:45ano yung sa tropical

17:46and then sa temperate.

17:47So,

17:48paano ka

17:50nagsimula mag-turo

17:51sa iyong

17:51Angamater?

17:52Yeah,

17:53after graduation,

17:55tamang-tama,

17:56may opening.

17:58So,

17:58inofera nila ako

18:00ng

18:01trabaho.

18:02As instructor pa yung

18:03ating rank noon.

18:04But,

18:05within

18:05five years,

18:06kailangan makapag-masters ako.

18:08So,

18:09after three years ko mag-turo

18:10as instructor,

18:12pinag-leave nila ako

18:13para makapag-aral,

18:14para makapag-

18:15master's degree sa

18:17abroad.

18:17Hanggang sa

18:17naging full-time

18:18na sa

18:19SVPLD.

18:21And then,

18:22in 2024,

18:24nagsimula ka na mag-vlog.

18:26How did that start?

18:27Sa totoo lang,

18:29nag-start ako mag-vlog

18:302019,

18:31Pastor Howie,

18:32nung nag-master's

18:33degree ako sa

18:34Korea.

18:35Sabi nung

18:35Korean lovemates ko,

18:37mag-vlog daw ako

18:38about Korean culture.

18:40So,

18:40sige,

18:41sabi ko,

18:41sige,

18:42mag-vlog ako.

18:43Pero nakabalik kasi ako

18:44sa Pilipinas,

18:45wala ng

18:46Korean-related topic.

18:48So,

18:48nag-content ko.

18:50And then,

18:51natigil ako sa

18:52pag-vlog,

18:52siguro one year.

18:53Natigil talaga,

18:54sabi ko,

18:54ayaw ko na kasi

18:55hindi naman din

18:56nag-grow yung

18:56ating page.

18:58At wala talaga

18:58ng development.

18:59Isang beses,

19:01may nag-invite sa akin

19:02ng biodiversity

19:03training

19:04sa Korea.

19:06Di bumali ako

19:06ng Korea.

19:07May ginawa kong

19:09content po

19:09about

19:10DNA extraction

19:12ng

19:12gamit yung

19:13dahon ng

19:15kape.

19:16I uploaded it

19:17sa aking page.

19:18Nag-viral.

19:19Even after

19:20one year na natigil

19:22yung pag-post ko.

19:23Sabi ko,

19:24ah,

19:24ito yung gusto

19:25ng tao

19:25about science

19:26about plants.

19:27So,

19:28na-experiment ulit ako,

19:29nag-upload ako

19:29ng panibagong content

19:31about leaves naman,

19:33paano nakakatuling

19:34yung dahon

19:34sa pag-control

19:35ng tubig baha,

19:36ng tubig ulan,

19:39para makontrol

19:40yung tubig baha.

19:41Nagustuhan din

19:42ng tao,

19:43sabi ko,

19:43ah,

19:44ito yung gusto nila.

19:45Sabi ko noon,

19:46simula ngayon,

19:47ang gagawin ko

19:48ng content

19:48ay about

19:49plants,

19:50about forestry,

19:52about environment.

19:54So,

19:54yun,

19:55ang bilis.

19:56Minsan,

19:56may isang buwan,

19:58100k yung nadadagdag.

20:00People really like it

20:01kasi noon,

20:01may pakanta-kanta pa ako noon,

20:03may pasigaw,

20:04lahat na ginawa ko

20:06para,

20:06you know,

20:07maging engaging siya.

20:09Kasi nahirapan,

20:10very time-consuming,

20:11kasi nahirapan akong

20:12maghanap ng

20:13kanta na

20:14lalapat doon sa,

20:16babagay doon sa topic.

20:18Really time-consuming.

20:20Kasi iniisipan ko pa yun

20:21ng lyrics.

20:23So,

20:23paano nag-evolve yung style mo?

20:25Because right now,

20:26we're talking,

20:26I mean,

20:27you're,

20:28medyo normal conversation

20:30ito,

20:31but,

20:32online,

20:32in your content,

20:34you're much more

20:36animated,

20:37and mas mataas yung

20:38tono ng boses mo,

20:39and,

20:40so this is something,

20:42of course,

20:42intentional,

20:43but,

20:43ito ba'y inaral mo

20:45at,

20:46nagdesign ka ganito

20:47magiging style ko online

20:48because,

20:49patok siya.

20:50Yes,

20:51yung pasigaw ko,

20:52and that tone,

20:53it's actually my branding.

20:55And even yung aking outro,

20:57yung,

20:57yung tagline ko na,

20:59nakagaganda ng buhay

21:00ang may alam,

21:01that's also my branding.

21:02And even this one,

21:03iniisip ko rin to,

21:04that's as part of my branding.

21:05So,

21:06ah,

21:07minsan,

21:08it really helps.

21:10Kasi,

21:11minsan,

21:12pupunta na ko,

21:13ah,

21:13yan na yung sinakaganda ng buhay

21:15ang may alam.

21:16Mga ganon.

21:17So,

21:17ah,

21:18sobrang nakatulong yung,

21:20yung branding na yun,

21:21yung ganoong style.

21:22So,

21:22paano ka naging conscious

21:23sa branding

21:23because,

21:25natural lang ba yun sa'yo?

21:26I mean,

21:26a lot of academics

21:27don't really care,

21:28siguro,

21:28about branding.

21:30They,

21:30they just wanna be smart,

21:32di ba?

21:33In,

21:33with presenting their research.

21:35Pero,

21:35ikaw,

21:36you had a certain,

21:36there's a certain style.

21:38Yeah.

21:38Nasabi mo,

21:38inaral mo,

21:39and,

21:40ah,

21:40usually branding,

21:42in terms of personality,

21:43it's often associated with,

21:45you know,

21:45show business,

21:46mass media,

21:47and,

21:48so,

21:49ah,

21:49yeah,

21:50paano ka naging conscious

21:52sa ganon?

21:52Kasi,

21:53iba yung,

21:54iba yung form

21:55sa content.

21:56Di ba?

21:57And very often,

21:58there's an imbalance.

21:59Some people naman,

22:00puro branding,

22:01wala naman laman,

22:02di ba?

22:02Yung iba naman,

22:03puro,

22:03puro naman,

22:04boring,

22:04di ba?

22:05Pero,

22:05you're trying to have both,

22:06no?

22:07Um,

22:08kasi po,

22:11ang,

22:12mahilig ako sa business.

22:14Mahilig ako sa business,

22:15dahil,

22:16from accountancy,

22:17nag-shift ako into,

22:18Bachelor of Science

22:20and Business Administration,

22:21bago pa ako naging,

22:23ah,

22:23Forestry.

22:24So,

22:25may mga,

22:26talaga,

22:27at saka gusto ko talaga,

22:28ah,

22:28talagang nasa ano ko yun,

22:30nasa,

22:30kasi sa mga gusto ko na,

22:32ah,

22:33maging,

22:33maging negosyante.

22:35So,

22:35I think,

22:36I got the,

22:37the idea,

22:38yung principles na,

22:39mahalaga yung image,

22:41maganda yung branding.

22:42So,

22:43kaya ako naisip yun.

22:44Sabi ko,

22:45ah,

22:45kung mag-create ako ng brand,

22:47ano yung,

22:49ano yung para sa ato?

22:50I think,

22:51doon ko nakuha yun,

22:52sa ganung background,

22:53sir,

22:53how.

22:54So,

22:55how does,

22:56how does your style

22:57play with your audience?

22:59I mean,

23:00how,

23:00does it work with everyone?

23:02Or may mga,

23:03you get pushed back and say,

23:05wait,

23:06tone it down?

23:07or,

23:07so,

23:07does it depend on age,

23:08generation,

23:09where they're from?

23:10or,

23:11because I'm sure that kind of style,

23:13yeah,

23:14yung very,

23:14yung very high energy,

23:16it's not,

23:16it's not for everyone.

23:17Yes,

23:17yes,

23:18and,

23:18yeah,

23:19so,

23:20maraming,

23:21actually marami,

23:22pero,

23:23um,

23:24I,

23:24I got feedback,

23:26and,

23:27um,

23:27of course,

23:28matcha just,

23:29PM then,

23:30sabi nila,

23:31ah,

23:31kung pwede,

23:32bawas-bawasan mo yung ganito,

23:34o pwede,

23:34normal ka na lang,

23:35yung parang,

23:37kwento-kwento ka lang.

23:38Kaya,

23:39doon sa outro ko,

23:40sabi ko,

23:41kung nagustuhan mo ko,

23:43stay yung video,

23:44i-follow mo ko,

23:46dahil nakagaganda ng buhay,

23:47ang may alam.

23:48So,

23:49ang,

23:50ang message ko noon,

23:51if you really don't like my style,

23:54and if you don't like my video,

23:55you're free to leave.

23:56Kasi,

23:57ang mapupunta lang sa akin na followers,

23:59yung nagustuhan,

24:00ako,

24:00yung personality ko,

24:01my style,

24:02and everything.

24:03So,

24:03kasi,

24:03I want to,

24:04I,

24:05I want to have followers na loyal.

24:08Your content is wide-ranging,

24:11um,

24:12dahil ikaw ay forester,

24:14and you introduce yourself as a forester,

24:16that's your identification.

24:17So,

24:18may expectation na,

24:19puro tong ko sa puno,

24:21yung,

24:21yung content mo,

24:22but,

24:22for those who follow you,

24:24uh,

24:25they,

24:26or we,

24:27know that,

24:28you,

24:28it's much more varied than that.

24:31Uh,

24:31you also do plants.

24:33Yeah.

24:33Uh,

24:33but even more than that,

24:35sustainability.

24:36Uh,

24:36yeah,

24:36it's,

24:37it's,

24:37uh,

24:37you're also,

24:39um,

24:40uh,

24:40promoting certain values,

24:42di ba?

24:43But sometimes,

24:44you also talk about food.

24:46Sometimes,

24:46you go,

24:47you taste leaves,

24:49and,

24:50uh,

24:51and then you drink water,

24:52and then,

24:52in fact,

24:53yun nga,

24:53medyo na-bash ka,

24:54uminom ka ng tubig,

24:56doon sa bukid.

24:57Let's,

24:57uh,

24:57focus on that,

24:58para ma-clarify lang,

24:59no?

24:59Kasi,

25:00puunta ka sa isang probinsya,

25:01was this in Romblon?

25:02Yeah.

25:03And then,

25:04you saw a body of water,

25:06napakalinis,

25:06uminom ka,

25:07and then,

25:07uh,

25:08some people said,

25:09uy,

25:09bad example,

25:10kasi nga,

25:11baka gayahin ka ng ibang tao sa,

25:13sa kanal sa Maynila,

25:16at magkasakit,

25:17but that's not,

25:17that's not what you were doing,

25:19di ba?

25:19You're not telling people na,

25:20to drink water anywhere you see it.

25:23Yes.

25:23You're just saying that,

25:24in some places,

25:25the water is clean enough to drink.

25:27Doon,

25:27sa pag-inom ko ng tubig,

25:29very clear naman doon,

25:31ang message ko doon,

25:33water is a scarce resource.

25:36In Cebu yan,

25:37already,

25:38kasi marami nang,

25:39ano doon eh,

25:40marami nang,

25:41bumibili ng tubig,

25:42I mean,

25:43may problema na rin sila sa tubig,

25:44minsan walang supply.

25:46So,

25:46you see,

25:47ganito na nga,

25:48meron na kayong sariling source,

25:50meron na kayong malinis na ilog,

25:51pero nagkukulang pa rin kayo,

25:53how much more,

25:54kapag ito ay nasira,

25:55because of the environmental,

25:57you know.

25:57In particular,

25:58mining.

25:58Yeah,

25:58mining.

25:59So,

26:00kaya ko,

26:00yun yung,

26:01you know,

26:02inialay ko yung sarili ko,

26:04para maipakita sa kanila,

26:06how,

26:06how important,

26:08what the resource is.

26:09And I'm not stupid naman,

26:11na,

26:12iinumin yung tubig,

26:14wala,

26:15walang,

26:16pag,

26:17aanalisa mo na sa paligid,

26:18kung safe ba ito,

26:19o hindi.

26:20Of course,

26:21wala naman ang nangyari sa akin,

26:23after noon.

26:23And hindi lahat ng ilog doon,

26:25ininuman ko,

26:26kasi ang,

26:26ang ibang ilog doon,

26:28hindi naman din na safe.

26:30Ah,

26:30meron nga doon,

26:32kiniklean na,

26:33malinis,

26:34pero,

26:35nakita ko,

26:36malapit sa kabayan,

26:37sabi ko,

26:37no, no, no, no.

26:38Ah,

26:39malapit sa kabayan,

26:40never akong ininum dyan,

26:41kasi,

26:42may,

26:43may posibilidad na marumin na.

26:44But how do you handle bashers and critics?

26:47I noticed that you engage with a lot of your

26:50followers,

26:51fans.

26:52Yeah,

26:52kung sa tingin ko ay,

26:54ah,

26:54kailangang sagutin,

26:56na sa tingin ko,

26:59may matutunan,

27:00may matutunan din yung ibang,

27:03ah,

27:03audience,

27:04or ibang followers,

27:05ah,

27:06I make sure na gagawan ko siya ng,

27:08ng content.

27:10And,

27:11um,

27:12yeah,

27:13that's how I handle,

27:14ano,

27:14bashers.

27:15And,

27:16noong unang,

27:17nag-start pa lang ako,

27:19may damdamin ako,

27:21nasasaktan ako.

27:22Pero ngayon,

27:23wala na.

27:24Wala na akong pakialam kahit araw-arawin nyo akong,

27:27kasi,

27:28naranasan ko nang,

27:29i-cancel ako.

27:31And,

27:31alam ko yung reality sa social media already na,

27:35meron talagang mga galit,

27:36meron talagang magkahagusto,

27:38meron talagang magiging,

27:39mag-ayaw sa'yo.

27:40But,

27:41there have been instances

27:42where

27:44mukhang

27:45mas seryoso yung pagpuna.

27:47There was some basic disagreement

27:50over some,

27:51some major issues.

27:53Because,

27:54you don't only talk about

27:56plants and trees,

27:58but their context.

28:00Diba?

28:00And,

28:01often their policy context,

28:04their governance context,

28:05the political context,

28:08which,

28:09which can be controversial.

28:10Diba?

28:11So,

28:11I think there was one post

28:12of yours on Facebook

28:14where you said na,

28:15dahil sa,

28:16iyong stand on Paxilica,

28:19which is one of the major

28:20economic development initiatives

28:22of the government,

28:23parang,

28:24kinancel ka

28:25ng ibang tao,

28:27in-unfollow ka.

28:28Marami ba nag-unfollow talaga sa'yo

28:30dahil sa position mo on Paxilica?

28:32Yeah,

28:32marami nag-unfollow.

28:33Nag-message pa rin sila sa'kin

28:35even doon sa comment,

28:36okay,

28:36I'll follow na kita

28:37because of this,

28:38because of this.

28:38Pero when I posted

28:40that photo

28:41na unfollowed me

28:43because of

28:43my stand

28:45on Paxilica,

28:46maraming bumalik,

28:47doubly pa,

28:47triply pa yung bumalik.

28:49Because?

28:50Because of that.

28:51Because of...

28:52Yung mga bago

28:53or yung mga dati

28:53nag-cancel at...

28:54Mga bago po ito.

28:56So, in other words,

28:57people who agreed.

28:58Yes.

28:58So,

28:59basically,

29:00what was your position

29:02on Paxilica?

29:03I mean,

29:03for those who don't know.

29:04Yeah.

29:05Yeah.

29:06Paxilica.

29:07Ang...

29:08Ano bang sound

29:09ko sa Paxilica,

29:10bakit minamadali?

29:11We have the land,

29:13we have the resources,

29:14we have skilled farmers,

29:15and we have scientists,

29:18agriculture scientists.

29:20Meron tayong

29:21sariling strengths

29:23sa agriculture

29:24na hindi pa

29:25nagagamit ng gusto

29:26na malaki

29:28ang potential natin

29:29na ikayaman

29:30as a nation.

29:32Ikayaman

29:33ng bawat isa

29:34sa atin.

29:34Mag-invest doon.

29:36I mean,

29:36we invest

29:37in what we have already.

29:39Bakit tayo

29:40mag-invest doon

29:41o magsasapalaran

29:42sa hindi pa?

29:43Sigurado,

29:43itong sagriultura,

29:44may lupa tayo.

29:46Ganon lang din yan.

29:47Kung maayos

29:47ang pagkagagawa,

29:49ikakaulad natin.

29:50Ganon din sa Paxilica,

29:51kung maayos

29:52ang pagkagagawa,

29:54maaaring ikkaulad.

29:55Pero what if

29:56hindi?

29:57So,

29:58what if

29:58hindi?

29:58And sa akin naman,

30:00we should apply

30:01the precautionary principle

30:03in ecology.

30:04Hanggat wala pang

30:06kung

30:06crit evidence,

30:09science-based results

30:11na ito ay safe,

30:13maganda,

30:15ay huwag mo nang

30:16implement,

30:17huwag mo nang

30:18pasukin.

30:19Kasi nga,

30:20what if?

30:21What if

30:21sa lungat,

30:22sa inaakala natin,

30:25what if

30:25may hindi magandang

30:27nangyari?

30:29Kasi,

30:30mahirap

30:33isapalaran

30:33yung buhay

30:34ng mga nandoon

30:35sa Tarlac,

30:36yung buhay

30:37ng mga mag-isaka,

30:38at of course,

30:39yung ano natin,

30:40yung ating

30:42kalikasan.

30:43And,

30:44para sa akin,

30:45kailangan bantayan talaga

30:46itong Paxilica.

30:47Kasi,

30:48lalo pa ngayon,

30:49may LN nyo.

30:50So,

30:50dapat aralin muna.

30:51So,

30:51ano bang,

30:52dapat nga,

30:52may 5-10 year

30:53scenario or model.

30:55Ano yung

30:56posibleng mangyari?

30:575-10 years

31:00from now

31:00with LN nyo.

31:02Ano yung dapat?

31:02May modeling sila nyan.

31:04So,

31:05hindi pwedeng walang

31:06effect yan

31:07sa environment

31:08kasi

31:09malaki yan eh.

31:101,600.

31:12Mahigit na ano,

31:14tatayuan yan

31:14ng mga concrete,

31:15ng mga...

31:16So,

31:16sinasabi mo,

31:17maraming unknowns dito.

31:18In fact,

31:19baka mas malaki pa

31:19yung environmental cost.

31:21Meanwhile,

31:21nandiyan na yung agriculture

31:22na hindi pasapat yung investment

31:24and development

31:25at importante yan

31:26sa ating

31:27food security.

31:28So,

31:29you took a stand

31:31on Paxilica

31:32which,

31:33and then you

31:33mentioned nga

31:34that there was a cost

31:35in terms of your

31:36followers,

31:37et cetera.

31:38But it hasn't been

31:39your only stand.

31:40So,

31:40you took a stand

31:41on mining

31:42in Cebuyan.

31:43You took a stand

31:43on like this

31:45road to nowhere

31:46in Cebuyan.

31:49You know,

31:50so,

31:51you talk more than

31:51about just trees

31:53and plants,

31:54no?

31:54So,

31:54you also talk about

31:55waste and basura

31:57and all that.

31:58So,

32:00di kaya,

32:01ano,

32:01baka may nag-iisip na

32:02science teacher

32:03dun sa iyong audience

32:04na bakit pa siya

32:05pumapasok sa mga ganyan,

32:06sa mga politika,

32:07eh,

32:08kulang na nga kami

32:08ng science content,

32:11science education.

32:11Why doesn't he

32:12just stick to

32:13science?

32:14Why doesn't he

32:15just stick to

32:15trees and

32:16plants?

32:17Maraming feedback

32:18na gano'n

32:19sa comments,

32:20pero we cannot

32:21implement sound

32:23or very good

32:25native

32:26plant conservation

32:28programs

32:29kung hindi natin

32:31naayusin

32:31itong mga ganitong

32:32gusot.

32:34Like,

32:34in politics,

32:36kung may bumoto ka

32:37na hindi maganda

32:39ang stand

32:40sa environment,

32:42ang una maapektuhan

32:43dyan,

32:43yung kalikasan,

32:45nature,

32:45kapag mali yung

32:48binungoto natin,

32:49so parang ganun lang yun.

32:51I mean,

32:52magkakakonekta

32:52ang lahat.

32:53Okay,

32:54so,

32:55ito,

32:55panahon ng habagat,

32:57tuloy-tuloy yung ulan,

32:58ilang linggo na,

32:59nagbabaha sa maraming lugar,

33:01all over Luzon at least,

33:03no?

33:03anong,

33:04anong,

33:05anong,

33:06anong pwedeng magawa

33:06ng mga puno,

33:08ng tree planting?

33:10How big a part of the solution

33:12is it to

33:15managing flooding?

33:16If we cannot,

33:17kasi some people say

33:18na you cannot stop flooding

33:19because we live in floodplains

33:21and talagang may mababang lupa,

33:24may mataas na lupa

33:25and then,

33:26you know,

33:26water follows gravity,

33:27etc.

33:27So,

33:28we just have to manage it.

33:30So,

33:30ano yung,

33:31ano yung papel,

33:32anong role ng mga puno dyan?

33:34Well,

33:35una-una,

33:35hindi naman kasi magic solution

33:37yung mga puno sa baha.

33:38At,

33:39yung puno naman kasi,

33:42iba ang function

33:43nung maliliit pa lang

33:45sa function nung malaki na.

33:47Of course,

33:48mas malaki yung puno,

33:49mas makakatulong siya sa baha.

33:51But not because

33:52roots absorb

33:54water.

33:55It's because

33:56pag bumagsak kasi

33:57yung tubig ulan,

33:59sasaluhin ito ng mga dahon

34:01and then,

34:02yung mga sinalo ng dahon,

34:04dahan-dahan itong tutulay sa twigs

34:06and then,

34:07dahan-dahan tutulay doon

34:08sa kanyang bark.

34:10Pag ganoon,

34:12ang ibig sabihin noon,

34:13hindi biglang

34:15mapupunta sa lupa

34:16yung tubig ulan

34:17dahil may sumasalo.

34:19So,

34:19yung mapupunta doon,

34:20yung ma-infiltrate na tubig

34:21sa soil,

34:22ay yun lang yung kailangan ng roots.

34:24Yun lang yung kaya niyang

34:26i-absorb.

34:26So,

34:27hindi talaga yung roots

34:28ang may major contribution

34:30doon sa pag-absorb

34:32ng tubig.

34:34Of course,

34:35it helps in soil stabilization.

34:37Mahalaga yung above ground.

34:39Ano yung nasa

34:40taas.

34:41Kaya,

34:41kung magtatanim ng puno

34:43at ngayon palang itanim

34:44at maliit,

34:44hindi talaga siya

34:45magkatulong masyado

34:46sa flood.

34:48So,

34:49kaya mahalaga

34:50na

34:51huwag nang bawasan pa

34:53yung

34:53plant cover.

34:55At,

34:57tawag dyan,

34:58sa mga

34:59sa mga

35:01siyudad,

35:01halimbawa,

35:02hindi pwedeng

35:03lahat

35:04concrete yan.

35:05Dapat meron talaga dyan

35:07na kung saan

35:08pwedeng

35:08mag-infiltrate

35:09yung tubig ulan.

35:11Or,

35:11kung walang puno,

35:12I mean,

35:13at least hindi

35:13concrete lahat

35:14para may

35:16pupuntahan yung

35:17because water

35:18has to go somewhere.

35:20Sabi mo nga,

35:21may green infrastructure,

35:22yung vegetation,

35:24and may gray

35:25infrastructure,

35:26yung mga

35:26dikes

35:27and walls

35:28and all of the,

35:29you know,

35:30sinatabing flood control

35:31infrastructure na

35:32yung

35:34ninanakawan ng budget.

35:35Yes,

35:35correct.

35:36So,

35:37hindi siya,

35:38I mean,

35:39sana,

35:40kaya ang propose ko dati,

35:42kung may mga

35:42proposed

35:43projects,

35:45halimbawa,

35:45yung skyway,

35:47kung may mga

35:47puputulin doon,

35:49dapat yung ipapalit

35:50somewhere ay

35:51malaki na rin.

35:55Yung

35:56halos

35:56ang value niya,

35:57yung ecological

35:58function niya,

35:59ay kaparehan na rin

36:00doon sa

36:01tinanggal.

36:02Kasi kung ipapalit

36:03lang ay maliit,

36:04hindi matutumbasan

36:06yung ecological

36:07function na

36:08nawala.

36:08And one ecological

36:09function ay yung

36:10pag-regulate

36:12ng tubig ulan.

36:13Kasi yung

36:14seedling halimbawa,

36:15hindi naman yan

36:15makapagsalo ng

36:16significant amount

36:17of brain water.

36:18So,

36:18uso-uso yung

36:19tree planting,

36:19yung mga

36:20schools,

36:21companies,

36:22when they do their

36:23social corporate

36:24responsibility,

36:25a lot of this

36:25is composed

36:27of tree planting.

36:28So,

36:29anong marerekomend

36:30na mga

36:32species ng

36:32puno

36:33paas mga

36:34nakikinig

36:35na,

36:35huy,

36:36mag-organize

36:37tayo,

36:37how inspiring,

36:39let's all plant

36:39trees.

36:40What kind of

36:40trees would you

36:41recommend?

36:41Yeah,

36:42that's the

36:42problem.

36:44Walang,

36:45ang tawag ko siya,

36:46walang isang

36:47species na

36:49pwedeng

36:50i-recommenda

36:50because it really

36:51depends on the

36:52assessment of the

36:53site.

36:53You really have to

36:54know first yung

36:56pagtataniman.

36:56Kasi,

36:57kung ang tataniman

36:58mo halimbawa

36:58ay mabato,

37:00acidic,

37:01so you have to

37:01look for plants

37:02that can thrive

37:03in acidic,

37:04rocky,

37:04or sandy

37:05soil.

37:06So,

37:07kasi may mga

37:07halaman na

37:08hindi naman

37:08kayang tumubo

37:09sa ganoon.

37:11So,

37:11when after

37:12assessment

37:13nung site

37:14at nakita

37:14mo nga,

37:15for example,

37:15ay acidic

37:16yung lupa,

37:18malapit sa

37:18ilog,

37:20sandy,

37:21and then that's

37:21the time you

37:22look for

37:22species that

37:23can potentially,

37:24that can

37:25thrive in

37:26that kind of

37:27environment,

37:28that are

37:28native to

37:29that kind

37:29of environment.

37:30Kasi,

37:31we don't

37:31choose plants

37:32because it's

37:33native to the

37:34Philippines.

37:34We choose

37:35plants

37:36or native

37:37plants

37:37because it's

37:38native to

37:39the environment.

37:41Kung malapit

37:42yan sa,

37:42kung ang

37:43planting site

37:43mo ay

37:44tabing ilog,

37:45ang kailangan

37:46itatanim mo

37:47dyan ay yung

37:48mga halaman

37:48na karaniwang

37:49makikita

37:49sa tabing ilog.

37:51So,

37:51para mas malaki

37:52yung chance

37:53na mabuhay

37:54siya,

37:54kasi yung talaga

37:55yung natural

37:56preference niya,

37:57I mean,

37:57yung side

37:57preference.

37:58Bakit sa maraming

37:59lugar,

37:59mahogani yung

38:00tinanim?

38:01Magani,

38:01that's the

38:02problem.

38:02Hindi rin naman

38:03din masisisi

38:04natin

38:04agad,

38:05100%

38:05yung mga

38:07tao

38:07na gumagamit

38:08ng mahogani,

38:09people want

38:10to plant

38:11trees.

38:11That's

38:12what I

38:13learned.

38:14Araming may

38:14gustong

38:14magtanim.

38:15But the

38:16problem,

38:16walang

38:17available

38:19masyado

38:20na

38:20seedlings

38:21ng mga

38:22native

38:22trees.

38:23Kung meron

38:24mamahal,

38:24bibilihin mo.

38:25Pero,

38:26mahogani is

38:27everywhere.

38:27Pwede mong

38:28kunin kahit

38:29saan.

38:30Free pa,

38:30minsan pinamimigay.

38:32And yung

38:32information about

38:33seed germination,

38:34how to

38:35grow,

38:35mahogani,

38:35it's also

38:36available

38:36online.

38:38Pero,

38:38you look for

38:39how to

38:40germinate

38:41native

38:43seedlings,

38:44wala kong

38:44masyadong

38:45makita.

38:45So,

38:45that's the

38:46problem.

38:46People want

38:47to engage

38:48in tree

38:49planting

38:49using

38:50native

38:51plants.

38:51But,

38:51the problem

38:52is,

38:52you know,

38:52information

38:53and where

38:54they source

38:55the materials.

38:56That's why,

38:57isa sa mga

38:57posts ko,

38:58sabi ko,

38:59take advantage

39:00yung mga

39:02puno,

39:02mga

39:03mother trees

39:03na namumunga,

39:05na i-collect

39:05ito,

39:06ipetermine it,

39:07ipamigay sa mga

39:08taong gustong

39:08magtanim.

39:10Ewan ko lang

39:10kung gugustuin pa

39:11nila magtanim

39:12ng mahogani,

39:13kung meron na

39:13nandiyan na.

39:15I don't think so.

39:16Pag nandiyan na,

39:17meron ng natives

39:18and links,

39:18wala,

39:19disregard na yung

39:19mahogani na yan.

39:20Bakit importante

39:21yung native

39:22na halaman

39:24na puno

39:24over yung mga

39:26imported

39:26or exotic,

39:27hindi natawag

39:28na exotic.

39:29Yeah,

39:30so,

39:30one example

39:32of exotic

39:34invasive

39:35is mahogani

39:36as we mentioned

39:37kanina.

39:37Well,

39:38yung,

39:38the importance

39:39of,

39:39ano kasi,

39:40of native plants

39:41comes from

39:42the,

39:43you know,

39:44network

39:45of ecological,

39:47how do you call this one,

39:48relationship

39:49or interactions

39:49they support.

39:50So,

39:51halimbawa,

39:51yung native plant

39:52community

39:53kasusur,

39:54they provide

39:56structural diversity.

39:58So,

39:59pag iba-ibang

39:59native plants

40:00ang tinanim mo,

40:02merong,

40:02halimbawa,

40:03shrub,

40:04merong

40:06puno,

40:07merong ferns,

40:08merong

40:09iba-ibang

40:10growth forms.

40:11And these

40:12different growth forms

40:13provide different

40:13habitats for

40:15wildlife,

40:16for animals.

40:17And then,

40:17meron din tayong

40:18sinasabi na

40:19functional

40:20redundancy.

40:22May mga

40:22native plants

40:23na

40:23they share

40:25similar

40:26functions.

40:27So,

40:27ibig sabihin,

40:28pag namatay,

40:29halimbawa,

40:29nasira,

40:30or naputol yung,

40:31or inatake

40:32ng,

40:33ng,

40:34sakit yung isang

40:35species ng native

40:36species,

40:38may magpo-provide

40:39ng similar

40:40functions

40:40for,

40:41for animals.

40:42And then,

40:44mahalaga rin

40:44yung native plants

40:45kasi,

40:46kilala ito

40:47ng ating

40:48native animals,

40:49ng ating

40:50native fauna.

40:51Kasi,

40:52it serve as

40:53a resource

40:54infrastructure

40:54for,

40:55for animals.

40:57Kasi,

40:59halimbawa,

41:00meron sa Manila,

41:01isang,

41:01isang

41:02introduced

41:03fig

41:04species.

41:06Inobserbahan ko yun,

41:08dumada po yung

41:08ibon,

41:10tinitingnan niya lang

41:11yung bunga,

41:11hindi niya kinakain,

41:12hindi niya kilala.

41:14So,

41:14walang magpapakalat

41:15doon sa buto na yun,

41:16walang magpapakalat

41:17kasi,

41:17walang kumakain.

41:19So,

41:20kung may

41:21native,

41:22kung native plants

41:23yung itinanim

41:23at namumunga,

41:25kinakain ng ibon,

41:26kinakain ng panike,

41:27ito yung magpapakalat

41:28ng mga buto

41:29doon sa lugar.

41:30So,

41:31hindi mo kailangan

41:32ng manpower

41:33para tumulong

41:33sa pagpapakalat

41:35o pagkaparami

41:36ng native plant

41:37communities

41:37because

41:38wildlife is there,

41:39bats are there,

41:40birds are there,

41:41to help us

41:42kasi nga,

41:43kinakain nila,

41:44kilala nila yung bunga

41:45noong native plants.

41:48Okay,

41:49may tinitrain ka,

41:50dinidevelop ka

41:51ng mga

41:52kabataan

41:53para gumawa

41:54ng content

41:56tungkol sa halaman,

41:58puno,

41:59science.

42:00Why are you

42:01training them

42:02to do that?

42:03kasi naniniwala

42:04kasi naniniwala ako

42:05na mas maraming

42:07information

42:08available

42:09about

42:10forest signs,

42:11about plant signs,

42:11about native plants,

42:13about biodiversity,

42:14online,

42:15mas maganda.

42:17kasi,

42:17kasi ako,

42:18yung reach ko,

42:18although I have

42:191.3 million

42:20followers,

42:21kumpara mo naman

42:22sa population

42:23natin sa Pilipinas,

42:25hindi

42:25ganun yun

42:27kalaki.

42:28So,

42:28kung mas maraming

42:29taong nagkocontent

42:30about this

42:31content

42:32what I make

42:33online,

42:34mas maganda.

42:35So,

42:36kaya nga,

42:36if you notice,

42:37I had this

42:38collaboration

42:39with

42:40Romblon Wildlife,

42:42the content creator

42:43in Romblon,

42:44kasi

42:44he makes

42:46content about

42:47birds.

42:48Kasi nga,

42:50para mas

42:51dumami yung

42:52reach niya,

42:53mas lumaki,

42:54kasi yun ang

42:55kailangan ng

42:57Pilipinas.

42:58And this is

42:58one way also

43:01para malabanan

43:02yung fake news,

43:04misinformation,

43:05disinformation.

43:06Kumbaga,

43:07mas,

43:08ang naisip kasi dyan,

43:09mas dumarami pa sila,

43:11parang ang

43:11ang dami,

43:12ang bilis silang

43:12mag-multiply

43:13kumpara doon sa mga

43:17nagpapakalat

43:17ng tama

43:18at reliable

43:20information.

43:21So,

43:21that's why

43:22I train

43:23some,

43:23you know,

43:24some people.

43:26So,

43:26you're making sure

43:27that there is

43:28a future

43:29even beyond

43:30yourself,

43:31beyond

43:31ourselves.

43:32So,

43:33maraming salamat

43:34sa lahat

43:35ng ginagawa mo,

43:36science communicator,

43:38content creator,

43:40vlogger,

43:41suminan natin

43:42influencer,

43:43Ethan Hernandez,

43:44mabuhay ka,

43:45magingat ka lagi

43:46sa lahat ng

43:47biyahe mo.

43:48Maraming salamat

43:49sa inyong lahat

43:50mga podmates

43:50at tandaan,

43:52nakakatalino

43:53ang mahabang

43:54attention span

43:55at

43:55nakagaganda

43:56ng buhay

43:57ang may alam.

44:01Thank you podmates

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44:06Alam niya na,

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