Abstract: The heightened consciousness for environmental concern has become one of the defining facets of both the past and current decades. It has elicited discussions not only among experts from the domain of the scientifically and technologically oriented sciences, but even among social theorists especially those primarily involved in political theorizing. One of the key areas being studied here is the contribution of environmental movements in democratic theory. It is in this context that this article will analyze the environmental movement in the Philippines and the various strategies that it employs in contributing toward greater democratization of Philippine society. To accomplish this task, John Dryzek’s notion of discursive democracy will be used as a conceptual framework. This type of democracy justifies the presence of an oppositional public sphere that operates both outside and against the state to facilitate better democratization.