For The Next Six Month! - Tunza Eco-generation Ambassador Stories, BEGINS!

05:07 rafi 0 Comments

Rejected by thousands, accepted by One. Of course it's worthy enough!

 Ah, first, I want to thank Tunza Eco-generation, as one of Environmental Networking Platform for Children and Youth by Samsung Engineering and UNEP, that has given me a great Opportunity for being 16th Regional Ambassador of Eco-generation. At last, after being several month as "Freedom-writer", reporting Indonesian Environment condition, discussing about anything necessary, reading world and ambassadors report, and etc.
Imagine, in the morning, you just woke up, you're doing your "Morning" Ritual, check your own ritual to assure is there any chance or opportunity you'll get ...... Beside, you've known that you already being rejected on several opportunity such as SEAMEO Youth Forum, Climate Reality, UNAOC 7th Global Forum, and ..... you didn't go to Harvard Project for Asian and International Relation (HPAIRx) even though it's your own choice huhu. BUT, that's okey! Everything's worth to try lah. So, it's nothing to lose! And when you got something, the Happiness is True! No sleepy, just smiley, and "AH, Thanks GOD! I'll try my best!"
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Ah, for the next six month yaps. So, being ambassador isn't about being "The Chosen One", but we need to fulfill our duty, giving one mandatory report from Tunza, and one report from my activities. Everything has been set and planned. Mostly, I will corporate with Kartika Anjarsari, one of Climate Reality Leadership Corps candidate, one of Youth for Climate Change member, and Volunteering on Sekolah Bermain Balon Hijau (SBBH). She's literally activist, right? Haha.

 Here's my planned activities:
By March 2016, I will write about Climate Policy class activities. Climate Policy is one of the most favorite subject on Institut Teknologi Bandung. Every semester, the students would be seperated for 10-16 groups and every group would be given an assignment such as Campaigning about Green Energy, Waste, Forestry, etc, Inviting eco-leader speakers, Interviewing environmental NGOs and NPOs based, and etc. Creating the report about it would be great to spread unique activities from multidisciplinary group to mitigate climate change.

By April 2016, I will write about “Climate class session” on elementary schools and “Green Education” on Sekolah Belajar Balon Hijau (SBBH), one of non-profit pre-school, that’s held by Youth for Climate Change (YFCC) Bandung Chapter.

By May 2016, I will write about the result from Focus Group Discussion (FGD) about climate change and its solution that’s held on Meteorology Students Association ITB.

By June 2016, I will write about Disaster Creative Mapping and Education sustainability and its future plans to build Climate Change Resilience for local societies on urban areas.

By July 2016, I will write about “GHG Emissions Reduction Potential on Energy and Transportation Sectors Micro-scale on Bandung City” based on my own research for my Thesis.

By August 2016, I will write about "Climate Change Real-Impacts on Indonesia" based on real-time observation

Beside doing these thing, I've committed my self to help Kartika for doing another eco-project such as: Climate Class for Elementary School, Tumbler and Lunch Boxes Day, Reusable Bags Campaign, and etc.

Ah, for the next six month, it would be Busy day though. Many things should be done beside working with my Thesis. 

Anyway, here's my final words for all of the Readers, 
"You don't need to take Social Majors for talking about societies, you don't need to take Environmental Engineering to be environmentalist, you don't need to study Disaster Risk Reduction for decreasing your societies vulnerability, as long as you passionate with it, you want to give your time and thought, genuinely work with it, then you're worth enough to take those Responsibilities!" - Rafi, 2016 
Thank you for your attention, please check this website each month due to my Report that would be posted on Tunza and this blog! Ganbatte

 Sincerely,
Rafi

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Is it Possible to address Blackouts Issue on North Sumatra?

22:34 rafi 0 Comments

Hello guys! Once again, I want to tell you my thought about addressing one issue ...... Rolling Blackouts over North Sumatra, Indonesia.

One of the biggest province on Indonesia, called North Sumatra, having almost 13 Millions people that live here. Everyday, North sumatra's resident will have "Rolling Blackouts" for 4 hours for each region. Believe me, I have felt that since childhood, because my hometown is on this province. What makes this Blackouts happen? Well, based on (Tempo.co, 2014) North Sumatra's power plants have the ability to generate 1,376 MW of electricity. The province, however, has a peak load that reaches 1,655 MW, resulting in a deficit of 279 MW of electricity. These Blackouts have made suffered and anger to every citizen, even it would make quite loss due to additional expenditure for turning-on private Generator.

The question is simple, "Is there any solution for this?"

Here's the thing, of course it can, if only, everyone can commit themselves to change the way they live.

1. North Sumatra has 1,428,479 household with certificate, if every household has 5 bulbs on their home, with the average of bulbs are 20 watt, then, we will have 142 MW worth to save each hour. By turning-off these bulbs everyday for 12 hours on the daylight.

2. Mostly people on Indonesia, will turning-on "Rice-cooker" every single time, to warm their cooked-rice. It takes 350 watts to use it. Whereas, if only we use it just for Breakfast, lunch, and dinner, make it "accordance" to your portion. Then you won't need to keep the remain rice warm, isn't it? 

How much will we save? Let's see that 50% household already has rice-cooker. Then, we will have 250 MW worth to save, EACH HOUR. 

3. What's about Dispenser? Almost everyone has it too! And you know what? Dispenser needs 350 watt worth of electric. And believe me, every household will turning-on this, every time. Whereas, if only we use it for our needs such as make tea for Breakfast or coffee for latenight, it's only take 10 minutes to make the water's hot. 

Let's say that 50% household have it, CONGRATZ, we have 250 MW worth to save.

Beside it's gonna be "Solution" for Blackouts, of course it's gonna save your own "Money" for paying your own Electric, reduce GHG emissions, and it's gonna affect your life like you never seen before. NO Blackouts, NO Debts for paying Electric, and SAVE The Earth from Global warming.

See? Once again you see how #SmallActMatters can save us to address your Life issue, right? Please share and help me to spread this to the world :) It's applicable for every Region :)

Do you guys have same issue?

PS. it's still an approximation, it could be BIGGER or SMALLER. But, I prefer to say, it's BIGGER because, the Household itself came from Household that has 'Certified Building', which means we haven't calculated the Newcommer, people who live on Boarding house, or still contract or rent a house. Yet, I estimated it with 50% household has dispenser and rice-cooker, whereas, it could be more, though! 

Anyway, my thesis itself about these estimation to reduce GHG emissions by changing the way we live. Thank you guys and help me to share this idea :) 

 Taken from my Report on Tunza Eco-Generation: http://tunza.eco-generation.org/worldReportView.jsp?viewID=37579&searchType=&searchName=&pageNumber=1

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What If, Everyone Changes Their Transportation?

17:43 rafi 0 Comments


Hello guys!

So, I want to share my thought about "What if everyone changes their Transportation". It refers to Everyone's walking, uses bike, bus, trains, or any public Transportation. The impacts would be breathtaking because it's gonna change the way we live!

1. Goodbye Traffic jam!

Indonesia, one of country that has "worst" traffic jam in the world. Here's the examples : If you go to your office on 05.00 a.m. you can arrive on 06.00 a.m. But if you go to your office on 05.30 a.m. you will arrive on 08.00 a.m. Believe me, Indonesia's traffic jam is stressing your mind, and of course, it could make great loss for its economy growth due to lack of productivity. Just because ....... Dense population, everyone uses their private transportation, every car just take 1-2 persons, every motorcycle just take 1 person, and yes, what you'll get is this!

 
But, calm down! if we change it TOGETHER, not only me, but you, and them, everyone's aware with it. GOODBYE TRAFFIC JAM! Here's why :

Source : http://www.citymetric.com/

See? It's gonna change your traffic like you've never seen before :))
Let's do #SmallActMatters because it's worthy if we do it Together!

2. Goodbye Global warming!

Okey, let's calculating the Emissions. Imagine that everyday, more than thousands people would go on same direction. Okey, let's take 50 as example and those 50 person should take 10km distance. If 50 people use their own private car, and currently car will emit 237.5 gCO2 each km, then we will emit 118.75 kgCO2 everyday. What if, those 50 person take bus? they will just emit 2.7 kgCO2 everyday. It's not even 3% of its emit. And yes, this will save us from Global warming though!

3. Clean Air

Ah, of course by changing your transportation, it will make our Air quality cleaner! And it will make others be comfortable to walk or cycling, it will make the atmosphere cooler! Domino's effect, isn't it?

4. Goodbye Urban Heat Island!

Well, beside the building, anthropogenic has great role to make Urban Heat Island (UHI) phenomenon. It's the condition where Urban's temperature much higher than the rural, mostly, you can feel it on Indonesia's cities such as Jakarta, Bekasi, Depok, Tangerang, Medan, Surabaya, and etc. It's because our dense population and ..... the transportation itself. It can make depressed. If we change our transportation, there would be no Air pollution (that's being UHI Trigger) and make the environment cooler. So yeah, goodbye UHI!


See? So many things can happen to use while we're changing something, even it's just a little thing! Because #SmallActMatters when we do it TOGETHER! Let's do #ActOnClimate, guys!


 

Taken from my World Report on Tunza Eco-Generation: 
http://tunza.eco-generation.org/worldReportView.jsp?viewID=37574&searchType=&searchName=&pageNumber=1

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