on obesity it s hard once you reach that. melody mellow reich runs the sustainable production and consumption project of the n.g.o.s w w f philippines she advises restaurants and hotels on ways to reduce waste today she s visiting the resort town of to gate a it s about an hour and a half drive from manila members of the city s growing middle class like to spend the weekend here chilling out and eating while the picnic grove is a park where people do exactly what the name suggests many bring along food from home it s a culture thing so we we always find excuses to get together so we kept going share food this is one way of us are a lot of want to go to farming with the friends. increasing prosperity goes hand in hand with growing wastefulness an estimated 300000 tons of rice are thrown away in the philippines every year. modernize willow is doing something to combat that he s