Tourism videos promoting a country often show us the paradisiacal or idyllic attractions to be enjoyed there. And yet behind every tourist spots like Boracay, El Nido, Puerto Galera, etc., there is an ongoing “battle” against the careless destruction man is inflicting on Mother Earth. For the past year, we have seen clean-up drives that have been done to bring back the pristine beauty of these places.

In the 17th century, John Milton wrote and published his epic poem “Paradise Lost.” He was evidently referring to the Garden of Eden which humankind had lost because our foreparents disobeyed God’s command. God cast them out of that garden of eternal bliss to a place of constant struggle, where land cultivated to yield fruit produced thistles and brambles. Read more