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10 Years after Yolanda: The Search for Answers

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For the most part, there's a kind of thinking that says First World solutions won't work in developing countries. The issue is partly about resources but in reality, it's about attitude and the lack of foresight. Development theorists often point to the Western lifestyle as worthy to blame for climate change. You must know, however, that some foreign scholars are now beginning to look into traditional wisdom in terms of understanding the concept of sustainability. One of such work is the paper written by Dr. John Weckert of Charles Sturt University in Australia and Dr. Rogelio Bayod of Cor Jesu College in Digos City. They argue in their published work in the prestigious Nanoethics Journal that indigenous wisdom can enrich the present understanding of Technology and its advances, including the relevant approaches that can help people address lingering issues such as climate change. Ten years after Yolanda, most countries have not accomplished that much in terms of fulfilling