ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH: 100 Million Citizens without Access to Sanitation

An article in Kompas Daily Newspaper. About 100 million people in Indonesia do not have access to adequate sanitation. As a result, each day approximately 41 million people defecate in unsanitary manner. Based on data from the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas), the percentage of population with access to adequate sanitation facilities in 2011 was Read on…

Local farmers, breeders can support tourism

An article by Desy Nurhayati, Bali Daily The Jakarta Post. Local farmers and breeders are capable of supporting Bali’s tourism by continuously supplying their products to hotels and restaurants, officials said. Wayan Mardiana, head of production division at the provincial Husbandry Agency, said that local livestock was sufficient to fulfill the needs of hotels and Read on…

Sustainability in the new urban age

An article by Gaia Vince BBC The growing number of cities on the planet could provide a solution to many of our environmental and social problems – if we re-think the way they operate. We are living in a uniquely urban time in Earth’s history. In 1800, and for a thousand years before, just 2% Read on…

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