Change In Yolanda

A. Background of the Study: Change has been a difficult facet of life. It is in the experience of change that one becomes aware of the need for refinement and that nothing is permanent in this world. It is inevitable and part of one’s existence. Hence, change does not always pertain to something tough. There are changes that humans can benefit. Looking into the world’s phenomenon, change is evident that today through vast advancements of technology Life becomes easier. However, this phenomenon leads to destruction of this world as well. The world is constantly changing. The modernity of time has enormous impact to every individual as well as in our society. It becomes more beneficial as technological progresses. However, there were many
When the super typhoon Yolanda (International Name: Haiyan) came, that was said to be the strongest typhoon ever. It killed many Filipinos and millions worth of properties were destroyed. Some would say that this catastrophe is due to ecological imbalance and the worst reality of it is due to the negligence of man. Man tends to be anthropocentric, as if everything exists for his own sake. In the book of Genesis, the benevolent God said: “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and the cattle, and over all the wild animals and all the creatures that crawl on the ground.” This commandment of God is being distorted by man’s own interpretation. Man forgets the real essence of his existence- to subdue and take care earth. Man is a steward of God’s creation. As Pope John Paul II said, “the root of the senseless destruction of the natural environment lies an anthropological error, which unfortunately is widespread in our day. Man, who discovers his capacity to transform and in a certain sense create the world through his own work, forgets that this is always based on God's prior and original gift of the things that
This study is significant for it addresses ecological problems and imbalance that the world today faces deserve a concrete action and solution. This will create an ecological awareness among readers. To established a deep ontological connectedness of each being created by the Divine. Subsequently, it is only when a person is aware and taught that a person will be able to have a proper respect to his natural environment since its effect takes upon the co-human person or in Wojtyła’s term the other I. Upon completion of this study, this will give benefits to fellow human persons, to the natural environment and for the future researchers. The findings of this study hopes to contribute; serving as a good source of accurate and useful information for the future studies. With this, the researcher of this study encourages future researchers to have further studies with regard to environmental