PUVeP News
New articles:
New CIM Ecosan Expert at Xavier University - 2008-07-30Senior Indian Government Official Visits PUVeP - 2008-07-30
Ecosan Seminar at the Philippine Port Authority - 2008-07-29
XU Kinaadman Research Center Funds New Ecosan Study - 2008-07-29
GTZ & PUVeP Conduct Ecosan Reuse Training in Bohol - 2008-07-15
Barangay Consultation on the Integration of Organic Waste with Urban Agriculture in Lapasan - 2008-06-28
PICE conducts “Ecosan for Engineers” Seminar - 2008-06-23
Prof. Dr. Katherine Gibson Visits Allotment Gardens - 2008-06-20
Water is Life Photo Contest - 2008-06-11
House Committee on Ecology discusses “Ecosan Act of 2007” - 2008-06-11
Urban Design for the Use of Organic Waste in Urban Agriculture - 2008-05-09
Philippine UDDT at German Trade Fair IFAT 2008 - 2008-05-09
GTZ, Seecon and PUVeP train “Ecosan Experts of the Future” - 2008-05-08
Viva, Santa Gertrudes! - 2008-03-17
IPSWaT Scholarship for Horacio S. Factura III - 2008-03-07
Past articles:
Superstar Chin-Chin Gutierrez Graces PUVeP with a Visit 
30.07.2007.
Strategic Planning Workshop Conducted 20.05.2007.
House Committee on Ecology discusses “Ecosan Act of 2007”
The Committee on Ecology of the Philippine House of Representatives held a meeting on June 04, 2008 to deliberate House Bill No. 3279 entitled: “An Act Mandating the Adoption and Implementation of Ecological Sanitation as a Method of Sustainable Urban Development Program and Institutionalizing the Integrated Support and Facilities towards Sustainable Urban Environment Development, Appropriating Funds therefore and for other Purposes”, otherwise known as “ECOSAN Act of 2007”, authored by Hon. Rene G. Lim.
Different resource persons from the Philippine ecosan sector were invited to aforesaid meeting to share their views and comments on the measure at hand, among others Hanns-Bernd Kuchta (Director, GTZ Water & Sanitation Program), Dan Lapid (Executive Director, CAPS), Engr. Jonas Maronilla (Coordinator, BORDA-BNS) and Dr. Robert J. Holmer (Director, PUVeP).
The Committee chair, Hon. Belma A. Cabilao, who also attended the recent Visayas-Mindanao Sanitation Summit in Dumaguete City, brought with her a miniature UDD bowl to demonstrate to her colleagues how a UDD toilet works. The committee members were very open to the bill although it was agreed to avoid redundancies with existing laws such as the Clean Water Act of 2004. In order to learn more about ecosan, the Committee decided to set-up a technical working group to advice the members during the ongoing legislative process.
Pictures courtesy of Ms Tish Ojeda-Venturanza, Committee on Ecology, House of Representatives
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