From this trip, we considered about how to develop the Philippines sustainably from perspective of "The NEXT Environment". To achieve the goal, the collaboration with the local Government, Industry and Academe is required. So that we visited the Philippines local government office (Batangas), Daikin Philippines (Manila), Lima Technology Center (Batangas) and attended the international Symposium, communicated with the University of the Philippines (Los Banos)’s students by the group work. 

I found that, although the local government, industry, and academe, have a strong environmental awareness, but the sustainable environmental development in the Philippines is still on the beginning stage. The connection between the government, industry, and academe is still very weak, because of the lack of goal cohesion. The government lacks sufficient funds to drive and advocate for environmental development, despite their strong desire for it. The industry prioritizes profit over the environment. And the Academe is weak in practice although they have the knowledge about how to make the environmental development.

In my opinion, I think that the government, industry, and academe should have a closer communication with each other, and make a consensus about the key environmental development priorities for the next decade.
 
Furthermore, they should also consider the balance between the economic development and environmental development. Because that the poverty issue in the Philippines is also pressing. So that, learning from the successful development experiences of other countries while finding a development path that suits the Philippines' unique situation is crucial. 

To find their own development path, the first thing to do is that the local Government, Industry and Academe should have a clear understanding of each other's current situation and needs. The coping things from other countries without adaptation is not a viable solution, although that the Philippine people are good at English.