1. Dear Sherwin,
Please share this with your 9 classmates in Sci Ed 216. I can't still be in class since my face
marks are still raw. Lord willing I will be with the class by next saturday (Nov 20th). Meanwhile,
may I leave this assignment to be passed on Nov 20th.
1. Select a barangay where you could do a mini survey.
2. Get a random sampling of the members of the community which will cut across the different
sectors of the populace(meaning farmers, housewives, teachers, church workers,
businessmen,gov't officials, etc) and ask them (maybe two per sector, totaling to a max of 20
people) to name the 3 most common environmental problems(present) in the community by
rank from the most(1) to the least(5) pressing.
3. Have some follow-up questions on them like - their root causes; their major effect to the
community; the seriousness of the problem; what the government is doing in terms of programs
if there are any; other community problems as a result; their suggested solutions.
4. Suggested format: Tabular like the one below
______________________________________________________________________________
_____________
Environmental Rank Root Causes Major effect to Seriousness Government Related
Suggested
Problem community 0f problem intervention Problem Solution
______________________________________________________________________________
___
Thanks Sherwin. God bless.
Dr. LMA Navaja

2. ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
OF A COMMUNITY
A Mini-Survey
Submitted by: Dioscoro M. Lagrimas
MS-Gensci
Submitted to: Lorna Milly Navaja, Ph.D.
Professor

3. I- Survey Site:
Barangay: Kitubo
Municipality: Kitaotao, Bukidnon
Description: A barangay located at the southern part of Bukidnon. It
takes more than an hour to travel from its location to
the municipality proper. The reason is there is no
shortcut way to reach the municipality, thereby it is a
need to pass across Quezon and Camp I to get there. The
place is rich in farm products like sugarcane and corn.
There are few who plant peanuts, cassava and rubber.
This barangay is the heart of trade to the surrounding
barangays which are still under the same municipality.
II- The Sample:
There are sixteen (16) samples in the study which cut across the different
sectors of the community. The following are the samples with the corresponding
sectors they represented:
Name: Sector:
1. Mrs. Nelly Ann G. Batonghinog Education (teacher)
2. Mrs. Nora Ofima Education (teacher)
3. Mr. Regie Gomez Business
4. Mr. Nito Urboda Business
5. Mr. Victor A. Agot Gov’t Office (kagawad)
6. Mrs. Aldemer Gov’t Office (secretary)
7. Mrs. Leodila Ofima Nat’l Office (Health)
8. Fr. Joe Ann Lamasan Religious Group
9. Mr. Aniano Batonghinog Religious Group

4. 10. Mrs. Norma Benignos Womens’ Group
11. Mrs. Cora Montesa Womens’ Group
12. Mr. Frediswindo Galindo Farmer
13. Mr. Danilo Andamon Farmer
14. Mrs. Milie Dal Housewife
15. Mrs. Teresita Leonis Housewife
16. Ms. Nessel Montejo Youth (SK)
III-Results and Discussion:
From the sixteen samples, the following Environmental Problems were named:
(Arranged according to Frequency)
Problem: Frequency:
1. Water Resources Management 16
2. Global Warming 13
3. Solid Waste Management 10
4. Soil Acidity 7
5. Landslide/ Soil Erosion 6
6. Forest Denudation 4
7. Eutrophication 2
8. Wildlife Extinction 1
All of the samples mentioned water resource management as the most pressing
problem in the community. The lack of supply for portable water is a problem ever since.
There is a limited potential source which according to them is probably due to slash and
burn practice of farmers.
Second most pressing issue is the feeling of hotness due to Global warming. But
most of the respondents do not understand the real score of what we are presently
experiencing with the climate. They associate the lack of trees as the primary reason of

5. the problem. Only very few, definitely from the education and Gov’t working sectors gat
the right understanding.
Solid waste management is among the most experienced perennial problem. Ten
out of sixteen respondents said that this is due to the nature of our being Filipinos, the
lack of discipline and also the lack of regard of the Barangay Officials to put garbage
facilities in some strategic places for the proper disposal of bypassers.
Most of the farmers and housewives understand their being unproductive in
farming which they tell that their soil is becoming more acidic as time progresses. They
have no choice but to use commercial fertilizers to improve their yield. Organic farming
is in their knowledge but due to time and ease in application, they seem to ignore.
The least pressing problems given are eutrophication, of which only from the
education sector have identified. They believe this as caused by residents who wash
clothes in the river; wildlife extinction which according to the church leader needs a
consideration for it is a gift of our Creator and an order to preserve nature.
The Summary of Result:
Environ Rank Root Maj.Effect Sriousness Gov’t Related Suggested
mental Causes toCommunity of problem Intervention Prob. solution
Problem
Water 1 Insuffeci Affects Daily high Look for Cleanlin Water
Resourc ent routine esp. other ess conservat
es Mgt. Source hurrying for technical ion and
work or means wise use
school e.g.electric
al water
pump
Global 2 deforest Affects high Education Agricult Adopt a
Warmin ation farming, work and tree ural and tree,
g condition and planting social avoid
health burning
Solid 3 Lack of Cleanliness high Schools: Social Regular
Waste Disciplin and Health Clean up weekly
Mgt. e, drive “Comm.Cl
Disregar eanUp

6. d of Operation
Officials
Soil 4 Commer Farm moderate Education: Poverty Change
Acidity cial Production Organic Practice
Preferen Farming
ce of
Fertilizer
Landslid 5 Tree Damage to moderate Tree Agricult Plant
e/Soil cutting, crops, Land planting ural more
erosion reduction. holding
Kaingin
trees
Forest 6 Kaingin, Warming, low Create a Climate Reforestat
Denuda Mass Landslide/Ero Forest conditio ion
tion logging sion Reservation n,
area
Eutrop 7 Washing Water pollu- low None Water Campaign
hicatio on river tion, Damage un- to stop
n of resi- to aquatic or- healthy the prac-
dents ganisms for tice, local
recre- ordinance
ation
and use
Wildlife 8 Deforesta Unpreserved low Prohibition Nature Reforestati
extinctio tion wildlife, nature imbalanc on/
n e, wildlife
destructi preservati
on on
IV- Conclusion:
Results showed that there is generally lack of educational awareness of the
population of Barangay Kitubo, Kitaotao, Bukidnon in terms of our Climatic condition
and alternative farming technology. There is an evidence of social disregard and lack of
discipline in maintaining cleanliness through solid waste management and lastly, lack of

7. national consciousness due to self-interests in the preservation and conservation of
natural resources.