Merida, Mexico – August 21-25, 2011

Re-establishing the Link between Nature and Culture

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I am pleased to tell you that the SER2011 Scientific Program Committee has officially accepted the Symposium:

The Art of Ecology: Transdisciplinary Research in Practice.

Please submit abstracts (see link below) indicating the title of the symposium and my name – David Haley, as session organiser.

http://www.ser2011.org/en/ser2011-scientific-program/call-for-abstracts-posters/

Please, also, take advantage of early registration facilities which will be available through the Conference web page next week (http://www.ser2011.org).

SER (Society for Ecological Restoration) is an important and authoritative scientific organisation concerned with environmental remediation in many countries. It has, previously, held three ‘World Conferences’, two of which I was invited to coordinate and chair sessions on ecological art (Liverpool, 2000 and Zaragoza, 2005). In addition, I have contributed to Richard Scott’s ‘Creative Conservation’ initiatives at these and other SER conferences. Richard is Senior Programme Manager with Landlife, the National Wildflower Centre in Liverpool, and was a close colleague of the eminent ecologist, Professor Tony Bradshaw.  We shall be convening this Symposium together.

The SER World Conferences offer great opportunities to meet with some of the world’s top ecological scientists and activists from diverse cultures.  On occasion, the language of art and that of science have converged, to emerge as a common language – an ecology of cultures, perhaps. And this Symposium seeks presentations that pursue this concept – ‘The Art of Ecology: Transdisciplinary Research In Practice’.

I look forward to seeing you in Mexico.

David Haley.

David Haley PhD

Senior Research Fellow

Director, Ecology In Practice [EIP]

MA Art As Environment Programme Leader

MIRIAD

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When working in an organic farm in Takahata,Yamagata, I could not stop gazing around the 360-degrees blue dome of the sky that gently rests on the mountain range that rims the farmlands. The earth and heaven touches each other effortlessly and peacefully. One changes slowly with the seasons and light, while the other changes quickly with the wind that blows the clouds into different  shapes. I often felt disoriented as my urban eyes ironically could not distinguish anything as “landmark”.

In Tokyo, what would I see if I try to gaze around 360 degrees from the I-House? My urban eyes stubbornly wanted to depend on the geometry of built forms, while slowly realising that, in this age of contemporary urbanscape, graphic and literal (instead of geological and architectonic) signs are taking over.

Above ground, buildings are busy scraping the sky. They are full of aggresion. Even when they try to be suttle or artistic, their ambition shows itself, while the sky remains indifferent. Does any one ever miss the whole blue dome, the opportunity of having the “right view” of the wholeness of reality?  Does any one ever feel tired of bearing the look of tension between the ambition of men and the indifference of the sky?

And, what is wrong with not looking up, but straight instead?

Looking straight at the work and working of men, one sees that the magic of Japan is that it is not a magic. It is a result of hard work and keen focus. An attitude of doing everything like it is once-in-a-life-time prevails. Japan is among the most productive places in the world, producing about 8 % of its total GDP, 8 times of Indonesia’s,  or  16 times of Indonesia’s if expressed in per capita figure.

From the I-House, at least the two sides of Tokyo appear. The leisurely and peaceful Azabujuban side contrasts with hustling and busling Ropongi side. In some kitchens of both sides one could find some foreign migrant workers. The confident Azabujuban side contrasts with nervous Roppongi side where some people really are trying too hard to maintain dignity or, at least, good appearance. On the hill up the Ajabujuban side there is a world reknown contemporary arts museum perched on an olympian tower, with a sign about its location below in a maze of consumption spaces. On the other side, an exquisite design museum by architect Tadao Ando lies low and horizontal, bringing people humbling down below a park’s surface. A genius in molding space and light, Ando san does not need to make it stand tall to exert its presence.

Tokyo tower (completed and opened in 1958) is yet a bizarre phenomenon. Now it is not sure whether or not it will be as functional as before as a symbol of ever transforming digital communication, as its current height is not high enough to adequately support complete terrestrial digital broadcasting to the area.[1] Does it have a future as a climbing destination just to have a view of Tokyo from above, when one can have even more details (zoom in!) through Google Earth? And why would one see Tokyo from a “bird’s eye perspective”, when there is so much more to see from the level 1.6 meter above ground, and straight, and down?

The subway trains make Tokyo tick up to 12pm. It ticks underground and above ground. It integrates the city, and yet it gives posibility for Tokyo to differentiate its parts. Life spins with most intensity around major train stations. Characters develop in and around it. To really tick together with the city one has to live with and within the tubes, even when  one is half dead tired after a demanding work day. In the tubes one does her (or his too?) make-up, while quick breakfast is becoming tolerated and quickies are actually not beyond the pornographic industrial imagination.

The bigness of Tokyo—its individual buildings and their agglomeration together, the outreach of its infrastructures, and its built expanse—belittle humans while at the same time expresses the greatness of human beings,  as to their  energy to flock together to such scale, and their will to satisfy their desires. Do ants do the same scale with their towers of mud, relative to their own size? For sure, with their population much more than humans, they do neither consume nor produce that much to the disturbance of the earth.

Sustainability of Tokyo, or any metropolis of our time, seems to rest on a transformation of its consumptive and productive structure towards that which will scale down its ecological footprint (for which energy source is a major factor), reinvest generously in helping the earth to recover and regenerate, and project human greatness into a larger project: sustainable earth with its diversity of species and thriving, just human society. Surviving climate change only makes us better animals. To be better human beings, we need to solve other, mostly urban, problems: poverty, injustice, human rights violation, migrant workers, healthy (not just productive) works.

Published also in the Bulletin of the International House of Japan, Volume 30, Number 1, 2010, Tokyo. Marco Kusumawijaya was a fellow at the house, in the Asian Leadership Fellow Programme (ALFP), in September-November 2009.

Text and Pictures by Anggriani Arifin.

Fostering a communal sense of home amongst Community of RW 09, Kelurahan Pondok Kelapa, Jakarta Timur:  What was the background of the initiative?

It begins when the community of RW 09, Kelurahan Pondok Kelapa felt the demand to have a secretariat’s office for daily administrative matters. Having located in a state-owned housing complex, the neighbourhood was in luck as there was a vacant land that was already allocated for social facility. With an area of over 500 square meters, the previous idea took a turn and elaborated into having a multi-function assembly hall. A series of lobbying process took place and finally the PD. Sarana Jaya approved the proposal with construction stage kick-started in 2003.

When Balai Warga comes into place…

The hall evoked community’s enthusiasms and became the manifestation of the RW officials’ humble intention, which is to ensure that every resident has a genuine sense of ownership toward their neighbourhood with a commonly-used public place. The effort to create a functioning public place was reflected in the name the community reffered to the assembly hall, which is “Balai Warga” in the hoped that in the truest sense belongs to every residents of the neighbourhood. The place could be utilize not only for community meetings, but the place was also open to be reserved for badminton games, weddings, private function, Karang Taruna and PKK agenda and any other social activities.

In light of such spirit, every phase in the construction process was self-organized and self-funded by the community. The building was 371 square meters, well-designed and facing the neighbourhood’s basketball field. The initiative had invited a relatively large attention and able to gain supports from the  local government. In 2007, Balai Warga had reached its final completion and the community of RW 09 began to enjoy the presence of a representable, comfortable and usable social facility  that is at the same time, informative on the neighbourhood’s activity.

Making neighborhood a home…

Balai Warga’s construction had fueled RW officials’ motivation to continue making betterment to the neighborhood.

Community-based Solid-Waste Management and Biopori Holes. In 2005, the buzz of community-based solid waste management reached the area, a site visit to pioneering Kelurahan Rawajati, South Jakarta was made. To make the neighbourhood environmentally-conscious by managing their solid waste was in response to the area’s vulnerability to flood and the lacking capacity of the surrounded transit disposal sites. The idea was very simple. Residents separate the waste, following the well-known organic, non-organic and toxic waste typology although for practicality, the residents were only expected to separate based on waste that was compost-material, recyclable to be given to scavengers and kinds that could not be utilize for either purpose, should be put in the waste residue category.  The seemingly easy task has proven to be quite difficult to be followed by the residents. Up to now, only a minority group in RW 09 who separated their waste. A short-term solution was proposed. The waste would be separated in a solid management post near the Balai Warga, cooperating with surrounding scavengers who were hired as staff. Although behavior changes was still encouraged, but the method had kept the composting production on-going and motivates the community to start separating waste.

For the composting process, the community of RW 09 opted for a simple method after a series of consultation and visit, The process of turning the organic waste into compost take within a 6-7 week period, with phases comprising of waste separation, aging, turning, sprinkling, and riping. The high points of this method is that it does not require incenerator, without using bio activator, does not produce odour and does not invite flies. Using this method, the compost production can now reach up to 200 bags per week, with selling price of Rp. 3000,- per bag.

In addition to the initiative, the RW officials also utilized biopori methods to reduce waste production and reducing flood risk (the neighbourhood occasionally suffered from flood risk, although a river embankment and dredging initiative of nearby Jati Kramat river in 2007-2008 had significantly overcome the threat). Up to 300 biopori holes were made around parks and main roads in the neighbourhood.

Kebun Wisata Tanaman Obat  (Agritourism Herbal Garden) and Green Spaces. The idea was to create an icon for the community that they can be proud of and would like to take part in its success. Located next to Balai Warga, the herbal garden was open for site visits, an information centre on herbs, its benefits and usage, increase awareness on natural health remedies, and as a functioning green space which can be enjoyed by the community.

The garden was built on a 5000 square metre land, and was self funded by the residents. It possessed up to ninety (90) types of herbal plants that was grown there. This effort was assisted by the ASPETRI (associaton of traditional herbs producers of Indonesia). A bamboo-made saung was also constructed with the idea that the residents can reserve the place for lunch, meetings or simply to have family moments overlooking the gardens and the balai warga. The overall idea was to ensure that the garden could really be utilized by the community.

To further creating livability, community were encouraged to have green plants in front of their home and on almost every streets within the neighbourhood. To add tidiness, the trotoirs were repainted and pots of plants were also put on the main streets, as well as making green spaces in idle lands.

Creating  Livability

The message that was continuously buzzed in the neighbourhood management is that a clean is the key to a healthy and comfortable living environment, in which community’s participation in maintaining the condition is pivotal. To keep the neighbourhood alive, community activities were highly encouraged, with routines like RW siaga (to combat dengue fever), kerja bakti (voluntary community work), independence day’s events trail, aerobics, and others, as well as incidentals such as Kampung Anti Narkoba (anti-drugs kampung) movement by building Anti-Narkoba posts accross the area. A monthly newsletter, Warta 09¸ were also circulated to keep every resident informed and acknowledged as part of the community.

Initiatives like one that RW 09 have, certainly would not take place without the work of a rigorous and dedicated RW officials as well as a supportive community. However, it would also never take place if there was no intention to nurture partnership amongst residents and the Rukun Warga (RW) official in making the neighbourhood becomes a home, instead of mere space, to be shared together. The community of RW 09, as well as many communities in DKI Jakarta, had proven that this simple intention is enough to ignite significant changes in any neighborhood.

Bunga dan kehidupan masyarakat Jepang seakan saling berkaitan. Sakura di kebanyakan kota-kota Jepang, atau bunga Azalea yang mewarnai kota-kota di Jepang bagian Selatan, tepatnya di Pulau Kyushu. Budaya dan bunga pun saling bersinggungan. Tradisi upacara minum teh atau cha no yu tidak bisa dipisahkan dengan kaligrafi dan seni merangkai bunganya atau Ikebana. Setiap aliran, setiap musim dan setiap kota memiliki rangkaian bunga berbeda yang mewarnai ruang-ruang minum tehnya.

Sakura di sepanjang jalan menuju Stasiun Yotsuya

Toko bunga pun bertebaran di sepanjang sudut kota, dia tak ubahnya seperti kios majalah, berada di tempat strategis. Tak hanya berhenti di bunga potong, toko bunga di Jepang menyediakan bunga-bunga dan tanaman dalam pot. Jika anda berada di Jepang, dan diundang ke pesta rumah baru, maka tanaman pot adalah salah satu hadiah ideal. Bunga pun wajib hukumnya bagi rumah-rumah warga kebanyakan di Jepang, dimana altar leluhur mereka selalu dihiasi oleh bunga-bunga.

Toko bunga di daerah Sengawa

Bunga tak hanya menjadi simbol dan hiasan, ia pun menjadi inspirasi bagi produsen makanan Nestle lewat produknya Kit Kat. Setiap menjelang musim semi, Nestle mengeluarkan seri Kit Kat rasa sakura di kota-kota tertentu, dan bunga-bunga lain pada kota lain juga.

Kit Kat rasa Sakura dan Green Tea

Akhirnya bunga berhenti menjadi pemanis, dia menjadi simbol, bagian dari budaya, dan sinergis dengan kehidupan. Dia juga menjadi peluang bagi petani dan pengimpor bunga, dan disaat bersaman menjadi inspirasi bagi industri lain. Apakah arti bunga bagi anda? Apa arti bunga bagi kota kita? Lewat Rawa Belong, kita dapat melihat bahwa ada denyut ekonomi bunga yang menjadi bagian dari Jakarta. Mungkin bunga pun bisa memberi cerita lain – membawa kedamaian dan keceriaan, seperti Azalea di Minamata yang seakan menceriakan kehidupan Minamata paska tragedi pencemaran air raksa yang banyak merengut nyawa dan merusak tatanan dan keakraban hubungan sosial disana.

Azalea di Minamata

Kabarnya, Rawabelong adalah pasar bunga terbesar di Asia Tenggara, dengan omset berkisar dari 15 hingga 20 milyar rupiah per bulan. Ini belum termasuk putaran uang pada perdagangan barang penunjang seperti pot, busa air, pesanan penghias pesta, dan lain-lain.

Bunga segar datang dari Malang, Bandung, Cipanas dan daerah-daerah penghasil lainnya.

Itu sekarang. Dulu Rawabelong sendiri adalah penghasil bunga segar, terutama anggrek, ialah di generasi kakek atau ayah dari penjual sekarang. Dulu sebagian besar kawasan Rawabelong masih berupa sawa dan darat yang digunakan untuk bertani bunga. Perdagangan bunga terjadi di pinggir jalan. Jaman Bang Ali sudah dibuarkan los-los pasar. Perubahan pasti mulai terjadi di tahun 1980an. Pasar yang sekarang dibangun pada tahun 1989 oleh Pemprov DKI. Perkembangan kemudian menyebabkan petani beralih menjadi pedagang, karena tanah lebih bernilai bila dijadikan bangunan, antara lain untuk kos mahasiswa Universitas Bina Nusantara (BINUS).

Di pasar sekarang ada sekitar 125 pedagang tetap yang menyewa kiosk-kiosk. Selain itu ada lebih dari 175 pedagang musiman yang membayar retribusi harian di lapak. Mawar, salah satu favorit, misalnya, terjual rata-rata 20,000 tangkai per hari.

Menurut seorang pedagang kiosk, penurunan “konsumsi” bunga belakangan ini tersebab antara lain oleh penggusuran pedagang bunga eceran di Taman barito. Gerai yang dekat dengan masyarakat, yang ingin membeli bunga tangkai demi tangkai, kelihatannya tidak bertambah. Sedang ketika keluarga Bakrie mantu, maka terjadi kelangkaan pasokan bunga, dan harga melonjak dengan persedian yang terbatas, karena jalur pasokan terputus oleh pembelian langsung ke petani atau perusahaan pengimpor. Dulu pada hari Valentine, 14 Februari, konsumsi biasanya meningkat cukup tajam. Sekarang tidak, antara lain karena adanya peran coklat untuk mengisi hari cinta-kasih itu. Hm. Dan kita melihat ada tambahan toko coklat memang belakangan ini di Jakarta.

Rawabelong adalah sebuah ekonomi yang menghubungkan kota dan wilayah. Pada saat yang sama, ia terkait dengan kegiatan di seluruh Jakarta. Karena itu, suatu perubahan di dalam kota Jakarta (misalnya berdirinya sebuah universitas di dekatnya, digusurnya pedagang bunga di Taman Barito, bertambahnya kegemaran pada coklat) akan mempengaruhinya. Pengetahuan akan “ekonomi mikro perkotaan” begini niscaya diperlukan untuk mengelola kota, ketika perubahan-perubahan diperkenalkan dengan sengaja, sehingga dampak negatif dan positifnya dapat diperkirakan dan karena itu dapat dikelola dengan sengaja, bukan hanya sebagai dampak tak sengaja yang dibiarkan begitu saja tanpa sikap. Ketika Jakarta sedang menyusun Rencana Tata Ruang Wilayah 2010-2030, adakah pengetahuan-pengetahuan seperti ini mendasarinya?

(Tulisan ini adalah hasil liputan bersama dengan The Jakarta Post)

http://rujak.org/2010/04/tedxgreenjakarta/

The Japan Foundation mengundang anda untuk hadir dalam acara Ceramah Kebudayaan yang akan diberikan oleh mantan ketua Pengurus Harian Dewan Kesenian Jakarta, bapak Marco Kusumawijaya.

Beliau baru saja kembali pada bulan Desember 2009, dari kunjungan dua bulannya ke Jepang atas undangan the Japan Foundation dan International House of Japan. Dari hasil kunjungan tersebut, beliau mendapatkan banyak tambahan pengetahuan dan wawasan yang menarik dalam bidang kebudayaan dan kesenian, yang hendak ia bagi kepada orang-orang di Indonesia.

Acara Ceramah Kebudayaan ini adalah untuk membagi hal-hal yang ia lihat dan dapatkan di Jepang, yang ia harapkan dapat menambah kaya wawasan kebudayaan di Indonesia

Hadir mendampingi beliau adalah dua orang pakar sebagai berikut:

1. Dr. Bachtiar Alam, Antropolog dan Direktur Direktorat Riset dan Pengabdian Masyarakat (DRPM) Universitas Indonesia.
2. Latipah Hendarti, Ph.D Students Ecological Economy, Department of Forest Sciences, Seoul National University.

Acara ini gratis dan terbuka untuk umum. Untuk pendaftaran dan informasi lebih lanjut, silahkan hubungi Dipo di (021) 520 1266.

Tempat terbatas!

Profil Singkat Marco Kusumawijaya

Marco Kusumawijaya, Ketua Pengurus Harian  Dewan Kesenian Jakarta saat ini, adalah seorang arsitek yang juga aktif dalam bidang tata kota, pelestarian lingkungan hidup, seni, dan pembangunan berkelanjutan. Beliau diundang pada bulan September hingga November 2009 yang lalu ke Jepang, dalam Asia Leadership Fellow Program yang diselenggarakan oleh the Japan Foundation dan Intenational House of Japan.

Oleh: Fika Frieda Auliany untuk www.rujak.org

Terlepas dari hiruk pikuk dan kepadatan kota Jakarta, terdapat suatu tempat bernama Taman Sringanis, terletak di Cipaku, Bogor Selatan. Berbeda dengan taman biasa pada umumnya, taman ini bukan sembarang taman bunga, melainkan taman pengembangan, konservasi dan pelestarian tanaman obat. Kini terkumpul kurang lebih 500 macam tanaman berkhasiat, mengelilingi rumah mungil di atas tanah seluas 1000 m2. Rumah mungil tersebut diperuntukan untuk diskusi, pelatihan dan pelayanan kesehatan.

Dengan pemandangan Gunung Salak yang terlukis indah pada saat menginjakan kaki di depan pintu pagar yang menyambut terbuka, terlihat berbagai macam tanaman berbaris dengan rapih di sekitar halaman, lengkap dengan papan nama serta khasiat kegunaannya. Terdapat tanaman Keladi Tikus, Iris Versicolor, Kembang Coklat, Mistuba, Ceplikan dsb. Semua tanaman tersebut merupakan tanaman obat-obatan yang dirawat secara rapih oleh pengelolanya.

Taman Sringanis didirikan pada tahun 1982 dan dikelola oleh pasangan suami istri bernama Putu Oka Sukanta dan Endah Lasmadiwati yang merupakan Akupunturis. Nama taman tersebut terinspirasi dari nama Ni Ketut Taman dan Ni Ketut Sringanis, kedua wanita yang merupakan Ibunda dan Bu’de dari Bapak Putu, wanita yang paling berarti di dalam hidupnya.

Tidak hanya tempat pengembangan, konservasi dan pelestarian tanaman obat saja, namun taman juga merupakan tempat pengobatan untuk berbagai penyakit. Tempat ini berusaha menanamkan nilai-nilai penting untuk meningkatkan kesadaran masyarakat agar dapat mengatasi masalah kesehatan dengan cara tradisional dan alami. Karena pada saat itu, masyarakat sangat tergantung pada farmasi dan obat-obatan kimia yang kian banyak beredar.

Mereka percaya setiap individu memiliki potensi energi natural killer dibadannya atau pengobatan secara alami yaitu dengan cara meditasi, dzikir, dan meningkatkan energi positif dalam tubuhnya-. Oleh karena itu terdapat dua macam faktor yang diperlukan oleh manusia dalam pengobatan yaitu dari faktor lingkungan dan penyembuhan dari diri sendiri (individual self care). Dengan metode tersebut, taman ini berharap dapat meningkatkan inner potency yang dimiliki tiap individu dan dengan dibantu faktor dari luar. Dan taman ini juga menyediakan bahan-bahan pengobatan yang dapat membantu meningkatkan kesehatan tubuh dan ramah lingkungan.

Terdapat resep dan ramuan-ramuan tradisional untuk berbagai macam penyakit untuk masyarakat yangmana diharapkan dapat meningkatkan kesadaran diri untuk tetap sehat dan menyebarluaskan kepada masyarakat sekitar. Dengan memakai bahan-bahan alami, maka masyarakat dapat mengatasi masalah kesehatannya dan menanamkan konsep makanan dan minuman adalah obat, dan obat adalah makanan dan minuman.

Kedua pemilik taman Sringanis ini mengumpulkan berbagai macam tanaman obat-obatan dari pelosok daerah dan dari luar negeri dalam kegiatan berdialog mereka mengenai kesehatan, selama mengunjungi pelosok-pelosok daerah, mereka juga mendapatkan banyak pengetahuan tentang kesehatan dari masyarakat setempat mengenai tanaman obat dan fungsi-fungsinya.

Dengan mempunyai kondisi tempat yang asri dan udara yang bersih, maka tanaman-tanaman yang dikumpulkan dapat hidup karena cocok dengan kondisi lingkungannya. Namun tidak hanya tanaman pengobatan saja, namun disini juga terdapat pengobatan acupressure –pengobatan akupuntur dengan cara dipijat- dan pelatihan penyembuhan  penyakit HIV/ AIDS.

Terlepas dari segala keindahan dan manfaat yang ditawarkan Sringganis, taman ini bisa menjadi alternatif bagi banyak warga Jakarta yang doyan ke daerah Puncak dan sekitarnya.

Lokasi:

Kamp. Cimanengah RT 002/05 No. 29, Cipaku. Bogor Selatan.

Tel: (0251) 370692.

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Singgih Susilo Kartono among the trees surrounding Magno wooden radio workshop (August 23, 2009@Marco Kusumawijaya)

Singgih Susilo Kartono, the maker of Magno wooden radios, thinks we should grow together with our resources. He wants to prove it in his village, Kandangan, in Temanggung, only 8 km from the house where Police thinks Noordin Top hid.  Will it materialise sustainably or become a bursting utopia? Only more elaboration and testing-out will answer that question. We discussed this issue while enjoying fresh air in his workshop on August 23, 2009.

He envisions his village to develop sustainably with production, consumption and resources growing together in the same locale. He wants to literally grow resources for his factory. He has already started growing seeds of sonokeling, mahoni, and other hardwood that he uses for his products, the famous awards winning Magno wooden radios, toys and stationery. He distributes the seeds for free to his neighbours to plant them on their own lands. One slide of his powerful powerpoint presentation shows how more trees emerge and grow bigger as his production grows as well.

With demand for his products growing (creating a current backlog of one month), it is very likely that he will have to expand his production facilities soon, although he does not wish to hurry on that. His neighbours will also enjoy the desentralised distribution of benefits soon. If things go well in the next couple of years, the village vill soon experience a densification process, having new wealth that willl materialise in the “rural” space

Singgih’s vision of production based on local resources, and a fair distribution of wealth in the locale, revives our imagination of “garden city” and other utopias in the history of urbanism. Resources and production are closely linked with relationships clearly tangible and within sight. It would certainly means very low ecological footprint. Fortunately, his “inputs” of the electrical parts in his radios also come from nearby factories in Semarang, two hours by car from Kandangan, Singgih’s base.

His products are sold so far mostly to consumers abroad. MOMA in New York just started to sell them in their stylish museum shop. Can we assume that the value he added to the woods justifies the emission of CO2 of transporting them?

Need for a plan

In anticipation of the spectre of  “growth” that is lurking from behind both the demand for his products, and the needs of the village, Singgih is already thinking of  creating a “masterplan” to guide the village development into the future. A serious mapping of available assets (natural and man made) is needed. A vision of how a future growth wil also grow and nurture (instead of deplete) the assets will be an intriquing exercise of intellect, creativity and technical skills of many disciplines.

Lihat editorial sebelumnya: http://rujak.org/2009/06/a-week-full-of-hope-disappointment-next/

Enam RW tersebut, menurut data yang Rujak terima dari UPT Pusat Informasi Perencanaan Pembangunan, Bappeda Provinsi DKI Jakarta, melalui N.Puji Siregar (Asisten Kepala Bappeda untuk Urusan Eksternal) adalah:

• RW 02, Kel. Cipete Utara, Kec. Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta Selatan
• RW 05, Kel. Tanjung Duren Selatan, Kec. Grogol, Petamburan, Jakarta Barat
• RW 05, Kel. Bambu Apus, Kec.Cipayung, Jakarta Timur
• RW 03, Kel. Tugu Selatan, Kec. Koja, Jakarta Utara
• RW 04, Kel. Karet Tengsin, Kec. Tanah Abang, Jakarta Pusat
• Kel. Pulau Tidung, Kabupaten Admin. Kep. Seribu

Wilayah ini masih dalam proses pengembangan, jadi  tingkat keberhasilannya masih harus dipantau dan dinilai.  Bila hendak melakukan kunjungan yang bersifat dari pemerintah daerah lain, diharapkan menghubungi Biro Kerjasama Daerah dan Kerjasama Luar Negeri (KDH dan KLN) di Sekretariat Daerah Provinsi DKI Jakarta.

Bila kunjungan sesama warga, tentu tidak diperlukan menghubungi biro tersebut. Rujak mengundang warga budiman Jakarta untuk mengunjungi salah satu atau semua RW dan kelurahan tersebut dan menuliskan ceritanya bagi Rujak. Sangat diharapkan juga foto-foto. Untuk cerita serta foto terbaik menurut pilihan editor Rujak, akan ada hadiah sebesar Rp. 300,000.