Other Writings
selected bylines in various publications + miscellaneous writing ✧˚ · .
Sustainability, Climate, and Environment
Everything is political: The plague of corruption and the real work of circularity, SEArcularity, 2025
It’s easy to call out corruption as the root cause of these uprisings. Corruption, a quotidian occurrence that conjures images of greedy, power-hungry figures who take more money than they should, who keep wealth hidden in offshore accounts and Swiss banks, who purchase ostentatious luxury cars, bags, and real estate to overcompensate for their lack of self-worth. It’s too easy, too bland, to say that these events are caused by corruption, a word we’ve become too apathetic towards from its ubiquity.
Regenerating the ocean by listening to the sea and the locals who call it home, The Philippine Star, 2025
Far from corporate boardrooms where esoteric sustainability measures are discussed, a small yet formidable team on Palawan’s remote shores gets its hands dirty with regenerating the Earth’s lifeline: the ocean.
Plastic pollution is a human rights issue hidden in plain sight, SEArcularity, 2025
It’s a stark reminder that our everyday choices—from our demand for convenience, to the way we consume, and ultimately how we discard waste—are interconnected with a destructive cycle that disproportionately harms the most vulnerable in society.
Beyond an economic model: how a circular economy is rooted in love, SEArcularity, 2025
Circularity necessitates critical thinking, going against the status quo, and saying no to excessive production, spending, and acquisition. It opposes the collective indifference towards environmental and social harm that we as a society have been ingrained with in this hyper-capitalist, competitive world.
How persons with disabilities are part of the climate solution, The Philippine Star, 2024
“Disabilities are not the problem,” Shiela May Aggarao, COP28 delegate, points out. “It’s the social and environmental barriers that restrict persons with disabilities on their participation and personal development in the community.”
How social media culture of consumerism is fueling the climate crisis, Manila Bulletin, 2022
Focus on how your life feels rather than how it looks online, where people feel that they constantly need to prove their status and identity through never-ending, avoidable purchases. […] Let us not be carelessly swayed by the demands of a consumerist culture, as they are not in favor of the planet’s health, and therefore, not in favor of us.
Mitzi Jonelle Tan on fighting for climate justice on and off the streets, The Philippine Star, 2021
“My dream for the Philippines is the same dream I have for everywhere else. It’s pretty simple: it would be to have a society that prioritizes the planet over profit,” Mitzi says. “That’s what climate justice is really calling for. It's a society where no one is left behind.”
After series of disasters, environmental activists call on gov't to declare climate emergency, Rappler, 2021
“We need the declaration of the climate emergency to initiate an urgent whole-of-government and whole-of-society mobilization to respond to the climate crisis at the unprecedented scale and speed needed to address it and protect people, properties, ecosystems, and the economy,” Virginia Benosa-Llorin, senior climate justice campaigner of Greenpeace Philippines, said.
From policymakers and traffic enforcers to its citizens, the road to a cycle-friendly Metro Manila is a community effort.
Mindful Living and Culture
Self-care is an act of community care, The Philippine Star, 2021
It isn’t only about fostering kindness and respect towards ourselves, but allowing these values to echo in our environment for a more tender world.
The bittersweet art of time traveling, The Philippine Star, 2021
What’s important is that we don’t allow ourselves to be shackled to the past and to be helplessly worried about what lies ahead, and that we keep on keeping on, whatever our means may be.
Reliving childhood bliss by untethering from social media, The Philippine Star, 2021
What I’ve gained from my transient time of being offline is the same heavenly peace of mind I had when I was a child: knowing that I’m able to live life fully, even without the worlds that don’t concern me.
Notes and bite-sized articles for women, The SHEeo Society, 2020-21
You are living the unrealized dreams of those who have set out before you.
Misc.
Truisms to remember, 2023
The good old days are happening now.
Pressing Matters, Young STAR Zine Issue 6: The Youth Is On Fire, 2016
In the darkest hours of the night, do you know this feeling?