The start of a new year often inspires many of us to take up a new hobby or two. Some people want to get their creative juices flowing, while others want to move more. Running is probably one of the most accessible forms of exercise that you can start with. If you have a pair of running shoes and a not-so-busy road to run on, you’re good to go. In this first The Green Report episode of 2025, Rappler environment editor Jee Geronimo and reporter Iya Gozum make the case for running not just as an exercise but also as an opportunity to take up space outdoors. https://www.rappler.com/environment/the-green-report-episode-joy-running/

Tony La Viña wrote his memoir Ransomed by Love as a way to say goodbye when he was diagnosed with cancer.

But as life would have it, La Viña is now living through illness and promoting the book. Ransomed by Love was launched last November 29 at Ateneo de Manila University.

We sit down with the human rights and environmental lawyer to talk about his new book, the cathartic experience of writing about his life while awaiting death, and his newfound love for Taylor Swift.

https://www.rappler.com/philippines/2024-bar-exams-stories-passers-no-deadline-dreams/

Delegates walked away from the recently concluded United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) with a $300-billion new climate finance goal that will be mobilized by developed countries. After a two-week coverage of the summit, Rappler’s Jee Geronimo and Iya Gozum discuss the outcome, the response towards the deal, and the work to be done as the world looks forward to next year’s COP30 set in Belém, Brazil.

https://www.rappler.com/environment/the-green-report-cop29-outcome/

Metropolitan areas in the Philippines are sinking, a recent study from the University of the Philippines Resilience Institute (UPRI) and the National Institute of Geological Sciences found.

In this episode of The Green Report, Rappler environment editor Jee Geronimo and reporter Iya Gozum talk to Audrei Anne Ybañez and Jolly Sulapas, researchers from the UPRI, about land subsidence in the Greater Manila Area, Metro Cebu, Metro Davao, Metro Iloilo, and Legazpi City.

https://www.rappler.com/environment/the-green-report-episode-why-philippine-cities-sinking/

In this The Green Report episode, environment editor Jee Geronimo talks to reporter Iya Gozum and production specialist Errol Almario about the release of the eagles and the Rappler documentary, Araw ng Paglaya ng Philippine eagles na sina Carlito at Uswag. https://www.rappler.com/environment/the-green-report-episode-chronicling-freedom-philippine-eagles-carlito-uswag/

A lot can happen in just a week. This was the case last July, when the President’s State of the Nation Address on July 23 opened a very eventful week, with the enhanced southwest monsoon and the Bataan oil spill happening on July 24 and 25, respectively. How do all three events impact the environment? Rappler environment editor Jee Geronimo and reporter Iya Gozum talk about these and more in this episode of the The Green Report. https://www.rappler.com/environment/green-report-episode-sona-2024-southwest-monsoon-bataan-oil-spill/

Just like that, we’re almost halfway through the year. In this The Green Report episode, Rappler environment editor Jee Geronimo and multimedia reporter Iya Gozum talk about the environment and climate change stories the newsroom covered in the first few months of 2024.

https://www.rappler.com/environment/the-green-report-episode-hottest-stories-2024-so-far/

These hotter-than-usual temperatures have become more common, no thanks to climate change. Is the Philippines prepared for this new normal? In this episode of The Green Report, Rappler environment editor Jee Geronimo and environment reporter Iya Gozum are joined by education reporter Bonz Magsambol and health reporter Kaycee Valmonte to talk about the impact of extreme heat on lives and livelihood and the possible ways forward for the country.

https://www.rappler.com/environment/the-green-report-episode-getting-hotter-excessive-heat-now-what/