Astronomy has no other laboratory except the sky,” said PAS president Kashogi Astapan. May, an advocate for the environment, said her father bought the property and wanted to turn it into a farm. Since then, the couple have been promoting low-impact tourism as the main core of Big Handy operations. To avoid harming the environment, Big Handy has an ongoing experiment on “nature dependence” by using solar power and a water system fed by a spring, May said. Astrophysicist Camilo Dacanay, PAS board chair, said a tour like this was an alternative to the night life of urban dwellers and a vehicle to promote scientific education.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 15, 2018 23:15 UTC