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                    [Title] => Visions of sustainability
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The environment is of critical concern nationwide. In today’s reality of climate change, natural disasters and rapid, or in the Philippines’ case, rabid, urbanization, the main question is one of sustainability.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133893 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1645585 [AuthorName] => Paulo Alcazaren [SectionName] => Modern Living [SectionUrl] => modern-living [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 639283 [Title] => Young's views on sustainable construction honored in Holcim contest [Summary] =>

One urged builders to look back at Philippine history for ideas on building sustainable structures instead of indiscriminately adapting Western construction principles.

[DatePublished] => 2010-12-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Education and Home [SectionUrl] => education-and-home [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 494069 [Title] => RP coral reef project exhibited in Switzerland [Summary] =>

A Philippine project on the regeneration of corals is featured in the exhibit “Discoveries 2009 – Water” at Mainau island in Zurich as part of a conference in honor of Nobel laureates at Lake Constance in Germany.

[DatePublished] => 2009-08-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => The Good News [SectionUrl] => the-good-news [URL] => http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/8039/good1thumb.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 417614 [Title] => Will we have a winner again this time? [Summary] => Three years ago in Beijing, the Philippines reaped a bountiful harvest at the first Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction, winning two of nine prizes in the global competition that recognizes contributions “to sustainable construction… in architecture, landscape, and urban design, civil and mechanical engineering and related disciplines. [DatePublished] => 2008-11-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134066 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1747688 [AuthorName] => Singkit [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 352508 [Title] => Treasures of the Duka deep [Summary] => Misamis Oriental may not come to mind when one thinks of resorts and dive spots, but therein lies the charm of Duka Bay. A hundred kilometers from Cagayan de Oro City through excellent roads lined with mango trees (it is about as far from Butuan City, but I can’t vouch for the condition of the roads), the town of Medina is home to Duka Bay Resort, an environment-sensitive resort development with interesting and comfortable cottages tucked unobtrusively into the landscape, hidden amidst lush vegetation that offer up a fascinating symphony with every breeze. [DatePublished] => 2006-08-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1281489 [AuthorName] => Doreen G. Yu [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 352694 [Title] => Treasures of the Duka deep [Summary] => Misamis Oriental may not come to mind when one thinks of resorts and dive spots, but therein lies the charm of Duka Bay. A hundred kilometers from Cagayan de Oro City through excellent roads lined with mango trees (it is about as far from Butuan City, but I can’t vouch for the condition of the roads), the town of Medina is home to Duka Bay Resort, an environment-sensitive resort development with interesting and comfortable cottages tucked unobtrusively into the landscape, hidden amidst lush vegetation that offer up a fascinating symphony with every breeze. [DatePublished] => 2006-08-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1281489 [AuthorName] => Doreen G. Yu [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 335475 [Title] => To Build A Better World [Summary] => The two projects could not have been more different–except for the vision, the courage, the commitment and the passion of the people behind them. A decidedly 21st century design for the main railway station in Stuttgart, Germany and a project to rehabilitate and upgrade a shantytown in Caracas, Venezuela took the gold prizes at the first Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction. The winners, announced in Bangkok recently before an audience of 700 people from 50 countries, took equal first prizes of $300,000 each.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1281489 [AuthorName] => Doreen G. Yu [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 298304 [Title] => RP bags 2 Holcim awards in Beijing [Summary] => BEIJING — The Philippines won two of nine awards in the first Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction for the Asia-Pacific region given at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse here Thursday night.
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