How to join a Carpool Group

Join a carpool group through 3 easy steps:

1) Sign up at the DSWS room as heading (providing a car) or looking (sharing a ride).
2) DSWS will do the matching according to location and proximity. Wait for announcements through text.
3) Avail of carpool passes once the documents are processed in OAS.

It's that easy!

The New Deposit System

Something's buzzing this second semester! Starting November 16, all major cafeterias (JSEC, AMPC and Blue and Gold Cafeteria) will be introducing a new system for diners- The Deposit Scheme.

For JSEC, aside from the normal food prices, customers will be paying an additional fee corresponding to the plates and utensils borrowed (spoon= 5php; fork=5php; plates= 10php; tumblers= 10php). Upon returning the borrowed materials to the centralized deposit station, customers may get their refund. For instance, a rice meal costs 50php. Customers may rent a plate, spoon or fork or just a plate and will thereby pay an additional 20php or 10php, respectively. After eating, the deposit fee may be reclaimed upon returning the utensils to the Distribution and Deposit Claiming Area (DDCA). Customers who will present their own baunan need not pay for any deposit fee.


For AMPC and Blue and Gold cafeterias, customers who will dine-in need not pay any deposit fee while customers who wish to bring-out plates and utensils will need to pay for the deposit fee (sporks=2php; plates/baunan= 18php, tumblers regardless of size= 13php). These plates/baunans and utensils are different and are distinguishable from dine-in wares. There will be people stationed at each entrance and exit points to check the wares. For Blue and Gold cafeteria, utensils borrowed are to be returned to the same food stall he or she has borrowed it. For AMPC, borrowed utensils are to be returned to the Distribution and Deposit Claiming Area (DDCA). Customers who will present their own baunan will still receive discounts and need not pay for any deposit fee.


Through this system, not only do we hope to reduce the amount of lost plates, tumblers and utensils but also to help further develop Ateneans as responsible consumers.

Be part of the change. Join the e-Bee army! Visit the Hive (LS Bookstore) to join or http://ls.ateneo. edu/aemc for more details.

AEMC this November

Lead the Pack: A Call to All Youth Environment Leaders

Science says that the alarming signs of the environment's deteriorating condition will continue to be evident. And after the massive headlines of Ondoy's destruction and the multiple typhoons that followed, the new semester begins with the Atenean community cleaning up the act. Joining forces with the Ateneo Environmental Science Society, the Philippine Youth Environment Network, or PhilYEN, will hold its Inaugural Conference this November 2009.

Endorsed by the United Nations Environmental Program under the directive of the South East Asian Youth Environmental Network and Earth Day Network Philippines, PhilYEN seeks to empower the youth to be catalysts in the healing of a much wounded planet. In doing so, PhilYEN extends to all other youth networks forming alliances, bridging collaborations and establishing partnerships among young environment leaders from various regions of the nation. A common platform will be provided wherein environmental initiatives for green advocacy, sustainable development, and responsible mountaineering will be fervently pursued and generated. Here, youth leaders will be advised, informed and encouraged to implement the environmental projects within their very own spheres of influence, their school and communities.

In this prevention, PhilYEN encourages students to join the Inaugural Conference to be held on the 19th and 20th of November 2009 at the Leong Hall and MVP Roof deck, of the Ateneo de Manila University. Keynote addresses will be given by DENR Secretary Lito Atienza and Ramon Magsaysay Awardee and environmental lawyer Atty. Tony Oposa. For more details and inquiries, interested students may log on to http://philippineyen.tk/ and be their own leaders of change.

New Rizal Library, Green Building

This November 16, the Loyola Schools community will be welcoming the opening of its newest building yet, the new Rizal Library. A little sneak peek into the new library was offered by Mrs. Lourdes T. David, Rizal Library Director: the circulation desk and information desk will both be at the ground floor and aside from two multi-media viewing rooms (MMR), an additional two MMRs dedicated for small groups or individuals were added. The design of the library definitely took the needs of the community in mind, considering the growing collection and providing greater seating capacity for the library users. The library aims to "provide a learning space that will actively engage students in their pursuit of knowledge" said Mrs. David.

Aside from being a modern library, the new Rizal library also incorporates green building concepts. The library was designed to allow more efficient consumption of energy and water. One way by which energy consumption will be made more efficient is by orienting the building such that its windows are not facing the west and east. This will keep the building from receiving direct sunlight, minimizing the rise in temperature thereby decreasing the energy needed for air conditioning. Other energy efficient technologies featured in the library are light bulbs that require less energy and air and water inlets for natural cooling instead of air conditioning.

Water conservation, meanwhile, will be done through rainwater harvesting technology. The roof of the library is slanted to direct the water to a rain catchment cistern. From there, collected rainwater will be used for flushing toilets in the building. The use of dual piping keeps the rainwater separate from potable water.

Clean Up Your Act!

It's about time that the Atenean finally does what he can.
It's about time that the Atenean clean up his act!

Continuing their vision of an ecologically sustainable campus nurtured by an environmentally responsible community, the Ateneo Environmental Management Coalition begins the new semester with a committed line of projects yet again. With three premier projects, The Ateneo student body is encouraged to involve themselves and take measure into their own hands. After all, it is these hands that carry the weight of the very planet we live in.

In these efforts, listed below are the following concrete initiatives that the Atenean may take for each AEMC project:


PROJECT: Vemicomposting Seminar

A lesser known effort currently being employed in the campus is vermicomposting. Vermicomposting is a waste-to-resource procedure that converts biodegradable wastes, produced in the campus, into soil conditioners. To support this activity, a facility was recently built near Faura Hall early this year. To this day, the facility is fully operational.

YOU CAN:

1. Learn more about this green technology, its processes and impacts on waste reduction, on November 18 (Wednesday), 4:30 to 6:00 pm at SEC Lec C.
2. Visit the vermicomposting site yourself and see its wonders!
3. Make sure you throw your biodegradable wastes in the right bin so it directly goes to the vermicompositng facility.

PROJECT: e-Bee Army

Something is buzzing this November, and that is the call for Ateneans to be part of the e-Bee Army. The e-Bee Army (Environmentally Responsible Bee) is a team who will advocate for environmental consciousness and action among students in the community.

YOU CAN:

1. Watch out for them at JSEC, Gonzaga Cafeteria and Manang's on the second week of November and learn about how to be a volunteer for the e-Bee Army.
2. Volunteer for the e-Bee Army.
3. Invite your friends to join!

PROJECT: Paper Drive

Around 16% of the total solid waste of the LS is paper, 9% of which is wet because it gets mixed up with liquids and grease from food and drinks when not thrown in the right bin! Wet paper is rendered useless for sale to recyclers.

*Statistics from AEMC Waste Audit Report last June 2008

YOU CAN:

1. Make sure you throw your paper waste in the correct bin so it doesn't get wet!
2. This semester, don't let you scratch papers go to waste. Collect not only used white papers but also old school readings, newspapers, flyers, cardboard boxes, etc.
3. Bring them over to the AEMC Paper Drive on November 21 (Saturday) at SEC C Foyer and turn your trash to cash!
4. OR! You can even reuse old scratch papers and photocopied readings as notepads, etc. if you don't want to give them away.

Paper Drive

How much paper waste does Ateneo generate? Around 16% of the total solid waste of the LS is paper, 9% of which is wet because it gets mixed with liquids and grease from food and drinks when not thrown in the right bin! Wet paper is rendered useless for sale recyclers. This semester, don't let your scratch papers go to waste (literally). Bring them over to the AEMC Paper Drive this November 21 (Saturday) at SEC C Foyer and turn your trash to cash!

*Statistics from AEMC Waste Audit Report last June 2008

e-Bee Army

Something is buzzing this November, and that is the call for Ateneans to be part of the e-Bee Army. The e-Bee army (Environmentally Responsible Bee) is a team who will advocate for environmental consciousness among student sin the community. Watch out for them at JSEC, Gonzaga Cafeteria and Manang's on the second week of November and learn about how to be a volunteer for the e-Bee Army.

Vermicomposting Seminar

Efforts by the Loyola Schools community to gear the community towards environmental awareness and ethical consumption are not limited to the Bring You Own Baunan (BYOB) scheme. A lesser known effort being employed is vermicomposting, a waste-to-resource conversion process. A vermicomposting facility built near Faura Hall is currently used to process biodegradable wastes produced in the campus into soil conditioners.

Learn more about this green technology, its processes and impacts on waste reduction, on November 18 (Wednesday), 4:30 to 6:00 pm at SEC Lec C.