Episode 20- September 28, 2012 Guest: Innes Fernandez

Innes is a staunch advocate of breastfeeding in the Philippines. She founded "Arugaan," the child care center she wishes would be put-up by corporations where mothers would not be deprived of nursing and caring for their babies even at work. She also discussed the horrible practice of giant international milk producers in their massive advertising campaigns on distorting the truth between mother's milk and the cow's milk they're aggressively selling.
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Episode 19- September 27, 2012 Guest: John Estacio

John is the Operations Manager of Nuvali, the Ayala Land development in Santa Rosa (a city south of Manila.) He explained the different environmentally friendly practices Nuvali is adapting like water conservation with their catchments, installing energy friendly bulbs, a forest buffer around the development, birds sanctuary, trees nursery, among others. They also host tens of thousands of school children who are given access to first hand knowledge of the environment.
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Episode 18- September 26, 2012 Guest: Lissa Romero-de Guia

Lissa was a shining stage actress performing in some of Europe's most glamorous cities, being one of the top stars in the Broadway musicale "Miss Saigon." When she got tired of living life in a suitcase, she came home and pursued her first love - writing. She also took time to teach some young aspiring stage talents. When she married film maker Kidlat de Guia, she evolved from glamour to human rights activist/environmentalist. Her transformation is inspiring.
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Episode 17- September 25, 2012 Guest: Former Tourism Undersecretary Sostenes "Jun" Campillo

Usec Campillo said that tourism is a much underrated revenue generator in this country. It's a lamentable fact that instead of the various government agencies undertaking infrastructure projects that would compliment each other and strengthen a money-making industry, they seem more interested in pushing their own agendas - and in the process lose sight of the whole picture and what's truly important.
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Episode 16 - September 24, 2012 Guest: Lydia Robledo

Lydia is also called the "Butterfly Lady" because of her commitment in protecting butterfly habitat in the country. She recommends planting nursery plants where it would encourage butterflies to lay their eggs, as well as nectar producing flowers where they would feed. She says that nature is a partnership wherein one cannot eliminate one species and not expect another species to disappear as well. To learn more, her email is birdwingtravel@gmail.com.
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Episode 15- September 21, 2012 Guest: Bert Guevara

Bert is one of my revolving guests because of his knowledge of the problems of waste disposal and how to effectively solve them. But alas, private initiative still needs government support in this. Tonight he discusses how to scale this problem with the cooperation of the people, the corporations, and the local governments.
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Episode 14- September 20, 2012 Guest: Nona Andaya-Castillo

One of my ardent advocacies is on breastfeeding. Nona is called Nanay or mother by students who are prospective mothers or breastfeeding women. She is a consultant in Breastfeeding Philippines and lectures women on the horrors of cow's milk and the benefits and tailor-made quality of a mother's milk in her child.
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Episode 13- September 18, 2012 Guest: Grachie Madridano

My guest is the Livelihood Director and Culinary Consultant of Nego-Skwela, a livelihood and techology tranining center. She was caught up in traffic and reached the studio seven minutes before the program ended. She discussed in a capsule the courses offered in the center and requirements needed to enroll. While waiting for her, I continued my commentary on water conservation, the bane of unregulated use of anti-biotics, among others.
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Episode 12- September 18, 2012 Guest: Cesar Villariba

Director Sonny Villariba is a member of the governing board of the Philippine Coconut Authority of the Department of Agriculture. We discussed the coconut, the health attributes of the products derived from it, like oil and sugar, as well as the gifts of the tree to humanity, like building materials.
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Episode 11- September 17, 2012 Guests: Dr Gina Tinio and Dr Rommel Tinio

Part of my now revolving guests: This husband and wife team of doctors who specialize in integrative medicine discussed dengue- that horrible mosquito borne disease and how Vitamin C, when constantly loaded in the body as a supplement, can truly arm the human system and fight this dreadful virus.
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New Emily's Post - September 16th, 2012 - "He always falls for young girls and his relationships don’t last"

I am 32 years old and have always been unsuccessful with relationships. My problem is that I always fall for younger girls who have to be pampered and whose every whim catered to. Then, my work prevents me from spending time with the girl I am in a relationship with, and this always leads to our inevitable breakup.

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Episode 10- September 14, 2012 Guest: Professor Felipe Alfonso

Prof Fil Alfonso is respected both in the academe- where he was president of the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) for over a decade, and the corporate world- where he was chairman of Meralco for over five years. He also served on the boards of various corporations. In this interview, he held the view that good education is the foundation of a strong society, and the importance of constant communication between educators and companies to find out each other's needs, and the training students are getting vis a vis the jobs available.
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Episode 9- September 13, 2012 Guest: Neal Cruz

Neal Cruz is a respected journalist and prominent political columnist in the Philippine Daily Inquirer. Though politics is his forte, he almost always puts the case for the environment in the front burner when issues for its protection are being compromised. He argues that everything around us affects the environment, whether it be traffic or population. In this episode, I also had a 12-minute commentary on garbage and organic planting.
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Episode 8- September 12, 2012 Guests: Beth and Tony de Castro

Beth and Tony de Castro were professors in well-respected universities- he with the San Francisco State University and she with the University of the Philippines- when they both decided to make a detour from their careers and devote their newfound passion for the soil and its very valuable companion- worms, which they've dubbed "angels of the earth." Together they've taught scores of farmers to transform barren, unproductive lands into thriving farms with the use of vermiculture. Here, they talk about how human health is jeopardized by the use of chemical fertilizers that deplete the soil of nutrients- thereby see the rise of diabetes, heart diseases and other ailments.
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Episode 7- September 11, 2012 Guest: Dr Rommel Tinio

Dr Tinio is a medical doctor who is able to integrate the benefits of western medicine and natural healing. He believes in the holistic approach in determining a person's health through a long and thorough analysis of the state of his mind and the suffering his body is experiencing at the moment. In this interview, the doctor gives a short course on the relationship between the co-relation between mind and body and how diseases come to play.
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Episode 6- September 10, 2012 Guest- Bert Guevara

Bert Guevara rose to fame during the huge garbage problem that beset the greater metropolitan area in the late 1990s. He was then chairman of the Sun Valley Subdivision in Paranaque where he was able to strong-arm his constituents in separating their garbage into biodegradables and recyclables with the phrase- "No Segregation - No Collection." For his work, his subdivision became the model of political will in action. Now that he is president of the NGO, Earth Day Network Philippines, he is at the forefront of bringing water to water-deprived upland communities from water sources 100 meters below by installing "ram pump"- a booster pump that does not use gasoline or electricity. His group is also into reforestation and have set up nurseries to propagate native tree species.
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Emily's Post - September 9th, 2012 - "Does this ‘friendship’ have to be defined?"

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Special Flashback Episode- August 31, 2010 Guest- Jejomar Binay

This interview with the new Vice President Jejomar (Jojo) Binay was my swan song in my advocacy on radio. The program Kalikasan Vigilante was being terminated after 13 years. We talked about his formative years as a student in public schools, and gave a short history of how he entered politics. He discussed his projects in government and touched on his frustrations as a politician. He was excited to unveil his agenda for the poor as the incoming chairman of the Housing Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC). Click on the player below to listen or download this link.

Episode 5- September 7, 2012 Guest- Ping Valencia

Ping Valencia was a supermodel in Philippine fashion in the 60s and 70s. She now gives lectures on beauty, etiquette, and professional decorum to corporations and pursues a career on estate planning. Listeners were treated to a discourse on the values of well-trained, wholesome office personnel (from officers and staff), and the benefits of preparedness when it comes to finances. Click on the player below to listen or download this link.

Episode 4- September 6, 2012 Guest- Luz Sabas

Luz Sabas is considered the godmother of recycling in the Philippines. At 84 years old, she has devoted a lifetime educating people on the necessity of recycling garbage. In this episode, this unsung heroine is talking tirelessly again about garbage disposal in a clear and simple manner that can be understood by even the most stubborn polluter. Click on the player below to listen or download this link.

Episode 3- Sept 5, 2012 Guest- Jimmy DyLiacco

Jimmy DyLiacco is a natureopathist who heals patients the natural way by prescribing fruits, vegetables, and supplements instead of pharmaceuticals. He gave a commentary on how he came about espousing nature's bounty and how he got cured by this method when he got cancer 18 years ago. Water, he said, is truly the source of life. Click on the player below to listen or download this link.

Episode 2- Sept 4, 2012 Guest- Offie Panganiban

Offie Panganiban has been at the forefront of the recycling movement in the country, giving lectures and demonstrations in depressed communities on how to turn trash to cash. She gave the new listeners a peek at how this is done, example: turning old torn clothes, pants, or bedsheets into grocery bags to wean people away from plastic bags.
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Episode 1- Sept 3, 2012 Maiden Broadcast

I introduced the program "Kalikasan Vigilante" to new listeners and welcomed the old faithful who were sending text messages way before the show started. - Told listeners to expect a lot of information and educational news and commentary about the state of environment and health. Click on the player below to listen or download this link.