TY - BOOK AU - Lacap, Oscar P. Jr. TI - An environmental study on the environmental management practices at higher education institutions (HEI's) in the CALABARZON region: Oscar P. lacap Jr. PY - 2009/// CY - Dasmariñas, Cavite PB - DLSU-Dasmariñas University Faculty Research Office KW - Environmental management KW - Philippines N2 - prevents pollution by implementing good housekeeping and conducting regular assessment of facilities; manage solid waste by selecting sustainable materials with reused and high recyclability and preventing solid waste generation. In addition, the results of this investigation identified that the three most dominant barriers in the promotion of environmental management are lack of fund or budget followed by lack of information and awareness as second, the third is lack of cooperation. Furthermore, the suggestions in the promotion of environmental management revealed that the most dominant is solid waste management followed by RRR (reduce, reuse and recycle) as second, third most dominant is information/educational campaign; This study has been undertaken to assess the environmental management practices at selected Higher Education Institutions (HEI's) in the CALABARZON Region. The descriptive method was utilized and the survey technique was used for gathering data to two hundred forty four (244) respondents using a self-administered questionnaire. The data were likewise treated using frequency count and percentage, weighted mean, and analysis of variance (ANOVA).Findings have shown that the majority of the respondents are from state university, in the teaching category, and is from Cavite and the respondents slightly agree that the school conserves resources by protecting and retaining existing landscapes, minimizes water and electricity ER -