CLUP Now! (Campaign for Land Use Policy Now!): March 2011

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Hi CLUP Now!
Here are the schedules for the coming week: March 7-11,2011

March 7:          CLUP Now! Writeshop with Prof. E. Serote and PIEP, 1:00pm Phildhrra Office
March 8:    TWG in Lower House, 9:30am Mitra Building, HoR, Batasan
                        International Women's Day
March 9:          TWG in Senate, 10:00am JP Laurel Room, Senate
March 10-11   House Special Committee on Land Use - GIZ, Leyte trip

Food for Thought

We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.
Aldo Leopold

A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce.
Adam Smith

Herein lies our problem. If we level that much land to grow rice and whatever, then no other animal could live there except for some insect pest species. Which is very unfortunate.
Steve Irwin

Land began to be seen as something to be owned privately and exploited for private interests, and never was entirely reconciled with the old ideas that land should be utilized in common for the good of all.
Neil Abercrombie

When there wasn't any money involved, for all intents and purposes, nobody gave a damn. But now the land, supposedly worthless, is seen for what it really is: an incredibly valuable asset.
Neil Abercrombie

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Thursday, March 3, 2011

CSOs, land use advocates push for swift passage of LUPA bill

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