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The annual Kemang Festival will kick off Saturday with various attractions and stalls to charm Jakartans.
The festival’s project leader, Deasy Sugiharti, said this year’s event would feature campaigns from Jakarta’s green communities, such as Bike to Work, Caring Community and Gerombolan Peduli Sampah (Trash Care Community).
“This year’s theme is Hijau Kemangku (My Green Kemang). For [...]

After three years in the wilderness, a movement to map out green spaces in Jakarta is back in style, riding the global trend towards an environmentally conscious lifestyle.
“The campaigning stage is over, people are aware of the ‘green’ lifestyle now. Let’s focus on green maps’ effectiveness, power to change, availability and design,” Marco Kusumawijaya, a [...]

Remember the article where a 16 year old Canadian teenager found out a way to disintegrate plastic bags in 3 months? Well this time round, two students from Indonesia, Vici Riyani and Adrienne Trinovia Sulistyo, have found a waste treatment solution for styrofoam.

Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on Wednesday announced a loan to Indonesia of US$300m dollars in the first batch of aid under Tokyo’s new initiative on fighting climate change.
Fukuda met with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in the Japanese northern resort of Toyako on the sidelines of the Group of Eight summit.

Fukuda “highly praised” Indonesia’s [...]

Faced with looming energy crises in their developing economies, Indonesia and the Philippines are looking at harnessing geothermal energy to solve their woes.
Both countries are located in the Pacific Ring of Fire- an area peppered with volcanoes and home to the world’s biggest reservoir of geothermal power.
“When I think of Indonesia and energy, I think [...]