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Jakartans learn about environment aboard Rainbow Warrior
Local hospitality: Betawi dancers pose in front of the Rainbow Warrior after her arrival at Tanjung Priok Port in North Jakarta on Monday
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ocal hospitality: Betawi dancers pose in front of the Rainbow Warrior after her arrival at Tanjung Priok Port in North Jakarta on Monday. The Greenpeace ship is in Jakarta as part of a tour across Southeast Asia. (Courtesy of Greenpeace)
Dozens of people queued for a tour of one of Greenpeace’s environmental campaigning ships, the Rainbow Warrior, docked at Terminal 1 of Tanjung Priok Port in North Jakarta on Wednesday.
The 58-meter-long ship, custom-made to be able to sail with wind power using its 55-meter-high mast system and engines for backup, has been at the port since Monday as part of its Indonesian tour of “Jelajah Harmoni Nusantara” (Explore the Harmony of the Archipelago).
Previously, the Rainbow Warrior and its crew visited Papua to campaign for the preservation of its forests and Bali to campaign for the development of renewable energy, according to one of Greenpeace’s campaigners on the ship, Didit Haryo Wicaksono.
Docked in Jakarta until Sunday, the Rainbow Warrior was open for visitors and tourists, who were invited to attend discussions and events related to environmental protection, he added.
Didit said Greenpeace used the Rainbow Warrior for environmental campaigns on specific issues relevant to the places it visited.
“Because the ship is currently in Jakarta, we are campaigning for clean air of the city and energy production from cleaner and renewable resources,” Didit told The Jakarta Post on Wednesday.
Didit said he expected the visit of the Rainbow Warrior to apmlify Greenpeace’s campaign in Jakarta. “We hope that our campaign will be heard by the provincial administration that governs Jakarta, the barometer for Indonesia,” he said.
The ship’s 15 crew members come from all over the world, including Indonesia, such as Muhammad “Adon” Ardhonian Canarisla, 33, who has been a volunteer on Greenpeace’s campaigning ships Rainbow Warrior, Arctic Sunrise and Esperanza since 2010.
Adon, who works as a Rainbow Warrior deck crew member, said his experience with Greenpeace had taught him a lot about the environment.
“Not only for campaigning, I have learned about living more healthily and how to process waste,” he said.
Tio, 35, a teacher of the Bogor-based ABhome Library homeschool, brought along 20 of his students and his 3rd grade daughter on his tour aboard the Rainbow Warrior.
“This [the Rainbow Warrior docking at Tanjung Priok] is a rare moment, so we want to make sure we experience this tour,” Tio told the Post.
Tio said his students’ visit was part of their study tour. “We do academic learning only 40 percent of the educational time, while the other 60 percent is used for projects and outdoor activities, including this tour,” he said.
Friska, 35, a staff member for Sahabat Anak, a non-profit organization working for underprivileged children in Jakarta, visited Tanjung Priok Port to have a look at the Rainbow Warrior after receiving information about the ship’s docking in Jakarta.
“I want to do the tour so I can share the experience with my colleagues,” she said.
Friska, a Greenpeace supporter, said she wished that after visiting the Rainbow Warrior, she and other tour participants would have a renewed perspective and commitment to protecting the environment. (ami)
