Lifestyle Tips

Father's Day is just around the corner! Here are some meaningful gift ideas for the special man in our lives. They're great as gifts as they support various causes. You're not only giving a gift to your dad, you're also giving a gift to the community.   1. Bigkis Apron by Jacinto and Lirio These aprons come as a pair with another piece for Dad’s little one. These waxed canvas leather aprons are ideal for arts & crafts, cooking, cleaning, DIY projects, gardening and other bonding activities with Dad.   2. Shaving Cream & Hair Shaper Pomade by Human Heart...

The co-founders of The Good Store with some of the local social entrepreneurs and community partners.   A 2015 report by The British Council describes the social enterprise scene in the Philippines as vibrant and growing. As early as 2007, there were already 30,000 registered social enterprises in the country as stated in the report. Ms. Maria Angela Flores of the PH British Council notes that the majority of these social enterprises are product or commodity-based. It is in these sentiments that they have founded the I am a Changemaker Social Enterprise Competition in 2009. Through that program, they were...

Today’s Google Doodle for Earth Day 2022 is alarming. It shows us a comparison of different places around the world which are heavily affected by climate change. The photo above shows a twenty-year difference of a glacier retreat in Sermersooq, Greenland. It is truly noticeable how ice has melted in the area in the span of just two decades. But what happens in the next few years? How much more are we going to feel the effects of climate change on our planet? A familiar saying tells us that we have to take care of our planet because it’s the...

We’ve always known about “Reduce, Reuse and Recycle” from our early Science classes when we talk about saving the environment. But in the past few years we hear about upcycling and somehow it doesn’t fit the equation of the Three Rs which we used to know.  A quick Google search will give us a definition of upcycle, which is to “reuse (discarded objects or material) in such a way as to create a product of higher quality or value than the original.” Upcycling is a form of recycling, where products which can already be put to waste are given a...

It’s exactly a week before Valentine’s Day! And if you still haven’t thought of a gift for your special woman, we have carefully picked five gift suggestions based on her personality.  Picking a gift could be difficult especially if you have to do it every year and you just have run out of ideas. A simple bouquet of flowers just doesn’t do the trick sometimes. To help you decide on a thoughtful Valentine gift, we suggest that you identify first from which personality group your special lady belongs to. Here are 5 of the most common: 1. PLANTITA Does she...