Rotary Club of San Juan Del Monte

It started with a simple question for the Rotary Club of San Juan del Monte: What happens to our marine life when the seagrass disappears? As our club became more involved in studying and exploring seagrass ecosystems, we began to understand how important these underwater meadows really are. Seagrass provides food, shelter and nursery grounds for many marine species. It helps keep our waters healthy, protects the seabed and our coastlines, and stores carbon. But for one particular marine...

Fish can drown. It's a startling truth-when oxygen levels in the water fall too low, fish cannot survive. Though they do not breathe air, they rely completely on dissolved oxygen, drawing it through their gills to power every movement, every heartbeat. When that invisible lifeline disappears, so does their strength. Beneath the surface, seagrass meadows work quietly to prevent that fate. These remarkable underwater plants produce two to three-and-a-half times more oxygen per square meter than...

The chair is easy to overlook at first glance. Made of rattan woven in the traditional sulihiya style, it appears modest—functional, even unassuming. Yet this chair once supported one of the most formidable minds of the Philippine Revolution. Designed for Apolinario Mabini, who was rendered paraplegic by polio, it tells a story not of limitation, but of resilience and intellect. With its gently reclined back, foot support, and rotating armrests that doubled as a writing table, the chair was...