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Sukunan is a village in Yogyakarta that is actively working to promote waste management, the environment and health education, regreening and recycling
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ukunan is a village in Yogyakarta that is actively working to promote waste management, the environment and health education, regreening and recycling.
In demand: Salakan’s nursery is full, with its seedlings selling out. — Photo By JP/Lea Jellinek
It has become a model and pioneer eco-village demonstrating waste management techniques and income-earning from waste and outdoor environmental and health education for adults and children (http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/mai/sukunan).
Undreamed of numbers (almost 20,000) of villagers, government officials, NGOs, women’s groups and academics throughout Indonesia have visited Sukunan and are attempting to emulate its example.
The results have been wonderful variations on the themes of caring for land, water and air and helping people improve their lives.
An upcoming “Congress on Waste Banking” (Kongres Bank Sampah) will address the types of activities practiced by Sukunan and other model villages.
The congress, organized by the Environment Ministry, will be held in Yogyakarta from Sept. 11-13.
