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Kasongan residents plant 10,000 trees to help save environment
Green fingers: Elementary school students are involved in a tree planting program in Kasongan, Bantul, on Tuesday, partly to cultivate a love for the environment from an early age
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Green fingers: Elementary school students are involved in a tree planting program in Kasongan, Bantul, on Tuesday, partly to cultivate a love for the environment from an early age. Kasongan residents planted 10,000 trees to celebrate Tree Planting Day, which fell on Nov.28 every year. (JP/Slamet Susanto) (JP/Slamet Susanto)
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span class="inline inline-center">Green fingers: Elementary school students are involved in a tree planting program in Kasongan, Bantul, on Tuesday, partly to cultivate a love for the environment from an early age. Kasongan residents planted 10,000 trees to celebrate Tree Planting Day, which fell on Nov.28 every year. (JP/Slamet Susanto)
Involving dozens of elementary school students, Kasongan residents in Kasihan, Bantul, Yogyakarta, planted on Tuesday 10,000 different types of trees to make their home yards green.
'The tree planting is our way to bequeath a green environment to future generations ,' said Sargi, the tree planting program coordinator in Kasongan.
The program was a partnership between state controlled gas distributor PT Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGN) and 'gerabah' or earthenware craft producers in Kasongan, Kasihan, Bantul.
Sargi said thousands of trees were distributed to Kasongan villagers for free to fill their yards or fields. 'The residents are voluntarily planting and will be taking care of the trees in the movement to campaign for a 'green environment',' he said.
Dozens of students from several elementary schools in Kasongan were involved in the tree planting activities. 'Our purpose is clear: To educate future generations to love the environment from an early age,' said Sargi.
PGN finance director, M.Riza Pahlevi, said the tree planting program was funded under the company's corporate social responsibility program, which was currently being focused on environmental conservation and waste management.
'It is part of our commitment to respond to the current global environmental conditiona,' said Riza.
He said waste management also became one of the main targets of its philanthropic program because poor waste management remained a problem in Kasongan, which was widely known as earthenware craft production center.
'Garbage, for instance, has not yet been managed well up to this point, most of the trash from the area is thrown away into Bedog River, which passes through Kasongan. Without proper solutions, garbage will become a serious problem for people in the future,' said Riza. (ebf)
