What The World News Today?
The title is an environmental theme of the day this year that inspired its own course in Environmental interpret the meaning for us.
Located in the Department of Banking often ask me about the relationship between the environment and banking, call economics. Initially I became frowned, between confused and tried to argue that there is a common thread selfish between the two. Environment is unity with all things space, power, state, and living things, including humans and their behavior, which affect nature itself, the continuity of livelihood, and human well-being and other living organisms. While economics is a social science that studies human activities related to the production, goods and services.
Finally there is a bright spot when I discovered Environmental Economics. A science which studies human behavior or kegiatana in exploiting natural resources and the environment is limited so that the function or role of natural resources and the environment can be maintained and even improved its use can be long-term or sustainable.
Let Tells, starting from a personal experience, I entered the world of lectures beginning precisely at the Islamic University in Jakarta in South Tangerang, and as always the beginning of the course much enlivened Student Activities in the container SMEs (Student Activity Unit), and that's where my dream began to grow, dream idealism a passionate student, curiosity often rebelled.
To attract students to join the SMEs, usually there are many activities requitmen or admission of new members, and that interests me at that time there ONCE (Cadre School Environment), somehow the word "environment" a magnet, possibly because our daily life certainly related to the environment. I signed up as a participant, I was not able to attend later because one thing and another.
Day by day, month turned into months, I feel affinity with the event organizers are KMPLHK Ranita (Lovers Student Group Environment and Humanity Human wanderer Ibn Battuta) is not much that I know and yet once again there is a magnet word "environment" that put me to sleep.
A series of processes are members of my many stunned and began to imagine, I began to dare to dream, in the process I found that I wanted to do, especially if it is not about "the environment". I got the material on Environmental Advocacy and the theme then RTH (green open space) delivered by coach Zarkasih Tanjung the environmental activists that I always admired.
Opportunity to learn new things and direct contact with the ground conditions are not synchronized very very disappointing, as mandated by Act No. 26 of 2007 that at least 30% of green space and then set in PU Candy No. 5 Year 2008 on Guidelines for the Provision and Use of Green Open Space in Urban Areas consisting of 20% of public green space and 10% of private green space. Public green space is usually managed by the government eg city parks, urban forest or riparian areas, while private green space managed by communities, for example with the yard in front of the house or can be privately owned office page.
After studying the material we moved to the location of a field study around us that SITU as part of green space, then we visited there Pamulang, there are located in the village of East Pamulang Bambu Apus District of West Pamulang. based on our interviews with local residents, many who complain about the sources of water that changes flavor, which come flooding when heavy rain (after at calibaration turns sluice there is lack of government control so much garbage that closing the sluice also the existence of a garbage disposal housing surrounding the presence of silting and land narrowing also be other reasons).
Very few areas that can meet 30% green space, especially in big cities and buffer, for example, South Tangerang adjacent to the capital city of Jakarta has many densely populated settlements. Densely populated area is another problem, in the village area lebak machinations are densely populated area close to the times, contour daereah which form the letter "U" is when the rain comes, the lower area near the river will be submerged up to the roof of the house, according to local leaders of the area originally a large swamp and river, because rapid population pertambahn the river narrowed and the lack of water catchment areas because many are already in the cement without biopiori (catchment) adequate, to me it looks like the water that confusion because the place is much taken over by humans, so he finally menupuk in one place and at a certain time.
Ever heard of the annual flood cycle 5? there including receiving significant impact. In fact we should have been able to understand the water cycle, water evaporates into the clouds and back down to earth, when the earth many in the cement / concrete cast many streets, gutters be deleted functions, and where the water should flow? any engineering is done, water sometimes just want to see his friend the ground. That's natural, when I try to understand the nature and the environment can not be in my hue takes in the social conditions that exist in the affected communities. Communities affected by the lack of green space and flood over there although still minimal knowledge of Karang Taruna but usually less active or active only when the particular perstiwa.
This is where the importance of an NGO (Non Governmental Peoples) to help a society or a community to understand the issues around it and build up the strength of its solution in the community. For example KMPLHK Ranita although still under the auspices of the university but can contribute for example by the action of rejecting government policies are not pro-people, or can provide knowledge as his capacity as a student of the discussions, seminars and training on the environment, or NGOs such as WALHI, JATAM, WWF, etc. specifically to cooperate with the affected community as well corporations are pro-environment to initiate designs and ideas for a more balanced environment.
One time I had a discussion and got the question "What environmental issues are hits or popular today?", I dwell not able to answer, what to try?
- Climate Change - Global Warming?
- Land Degradation?
- Waste?
- Reclamation Beach?
- RTH?
- Forest?
- Animals are increasingly Extinct?
- Pollution? Air or Water Pollution?
- Plastic Waste?
- Sea oil contaminated or trash? fishermen who use bombs and destroy the reef?
- Conservation?
- Natural Resources thinning?
- Energy?
- Government Regulation Destroyer Pro Entrepreneur of Natural Resources?
- Mine which results kerukannya leaving gaping holes and not infrequently arise victim?
- Fishermen are increasingly indeterminate results tanggakapannya?
- Farmers who lose competitiveness same Imports of goods?
- The most polluted river in the world?
- Asia's largest elephant Ivory consuming?
- Sharks?
- Food Waste?
- Food Security?
- ............
And I came to a thought, the environment and the problem always repeated, the difference, the more critical the more the earth, humans are part of the environment itself is like a coin with different eyes, that is to say, the government as policy makers must work extra hard to proving the promise better environment and more importantly people's participation is far more important than all, the awareness of living with a balance between the rights and the fulfillment of our obligations in Nature.
I found widespread environmental damage caused because of economic factors, both scale "for the fulfillment of basic needs" and "to collect the coffers of wealth fraction ruling party". Whatever the motive, the human is not an entity that most significantly in the universe (Anthropocentrism) but humans and nature must coexist for example by maintaining the existing local knowledge so as to maintain the balance in the ecosystem. When the human understanding of the soil, plants, animals, climate, and other high dijungjung then humans and nature will mendaptkan each portion without being harmed (Ekopopulisme).
-mimpi Our dreams that lie along the world that there is still a glimmer of life for our children, we will only humanity and extensive natural limitations, so no need to think hard how to use magic in order to be a good natural and just, which is important ACTION, small things we do still be evidence of our concern on EARTH.
So a piece of this story, a human life is only a short journey that will berestafet, but the nature of this one has traversed many short trips. Although the earth one day also ends his journey but does not mean we just sit without doing anything. Let's dream, let action. Many roads lead to Rome, Alon-Alon kelakon origin.
HAPPY ENVIRONMENT DAY, MAKE WORLD HAPPY WITH OUR CARE :)
"Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care "
* Quoted from various sources
www.unep.org/wed