Eco News

Six students of the Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Brawijaya (FP UB) who are members of the EcoLiving Community organized the EcoAction II activity which aims to provide education and training related to waste management through the participation of housewives and young people. This activity took place at the RW 01 Hall in Rampal Celaket Village, Klojen District, Malang City. As an extension of the zero waste concept, EcoAction II activities also provide education related to inorganic waste management through the waste bank system and other waste management techniques. “The concept of zero waste is starting to be echoed by several environmental activists because it is not only able to reduce waste, but also provides benefits in economic and social aspects,” said Zulfikar Dabby as chairman of the EcoLiving Community, Wednesday (29/3/2023). EcoAction II was attended by Kak Dede as the Financial Officer of Urban Nexus and Kak Putri as the representative of Teens Go Green Indonesia. “We should take action for the climate, starting from small things such as processing organic waste into compost or by reducing the use of single-use plastics,” said Putri as the mentor of Young Leaders for Climate 2 from Teens Go Green Indonesia. The implementation of EcoAction II also invited Drs. Totok Sapto Mardjono as the Head of Waste Reduction and Cleanliness Section, Malang City Environmental Agency who became a resource person related to household organic waste management. “The target of the Malang City government is that the landfill will no longer operate in 2030, so that household waste management should not only rely on the landfill anymore but has started with the awareness of each person,” said Totok. Not only that, EcoAction II also involved Bank Sampah Malang to strengthen understanding of the waste management system. This activity also invited Mrs. Efrida Hartini, A.Md and Mr. Yusuf Karyawan who were the resource persons on the topic. “The most important thing is when we want to try, then whatever the waste or garbage is, we can create it into a product that can be sold,” said Mrs. Efrida. The benefits of EcoAction II activities were also felt by Fony, one of the participants in this activity. Fony felt that actually the household waste produced can also be utilized into products that have use and selling value. “What we know is only processing waste into crafts, it turns out that there are so many products that we can process from waste. Even rainwater can be processed into drinking water,” said Ms. Fony. It is hoped that EcoAction II activities can bring fresh air in the application of the zero waste concept in RW 01 Rampal Celaket Village through inorganic waste management through waste banks and organic waste through earthworm cultivation. This series of EcoLiving Community activities under Young Leaders for Climate 2 organized by Teens Go Green Indonesia in collaboration with Plan Indonesia through the Urban Nexus Program and supported by ANCP-DFAT and Plan Australia. Source: https://kominfo.jatimprov.go.id/berita/mahasiswa-universitas-brawijaya-edukasi-masyarakat-tentang-manajemen-sampah

One of UB’s student communities, EcoLiving Community, carries out Eco-Game activities to provide education, training and character strengthening in processing food waste as compost in order to preserve the environment. The Eco-Game activity which took place at one of the Adiwiyata Schools, namely SDN Percoban 2 Malang, which was attended by 51 people consisting of 35 elementary school students, 6 accompanying teachers, 6 members of Eco-Living team, 3 Eco-Ranger, and 1 Leader Teens Go Green Indonesia. In its implementation, Eco Game was made into a teaching book for elementary school (SD) students. This pocket book with the main character “Echo Buddy” is a teaching book for elementary school students which is equipped with 16 main missions, starting from sorting the resulting food waste, making compost, to using compost as a plant medium. Eco-Game activities are able to increase children’s sensitivity through the ability to choose food waste produced, increase children’s independence through preparing tools and materials as well as making compost and consistency in monitoring compost for 2 weeks. The effectiveness of Eco-Game activities is reflected in the enthusiasm of the children and the quality of the compost produced as a plant medium. “This Eco-Game activity also received support from Teens Go Green Indonesia. The closing activity of the Eco-Game was attended by Kak Bambang Sutrisna as the Leader of Teens Go Green Indonesia. He hopes that through this Eco-Game activity he can foster a zero waste spirit in optimizing food waste management, increasing love for the environment through participation and real action in reducing environmental pollution. “This series of Eco-Game activities is a Voice of Youth Challenge (VYC) competition organized by the University of Indonesia in collaboration with Danone Aqua,” said one of the team representatives, Zulfikar Dabby. Apart from Zulfikar Dabby, UB students involved were Ni Wayan Atik Sarmila Dewi, Wahyu Rizki Pratama, Risa Salsabila, Hafiz Okta Ramadhan, Syahdad Nabil Mudzaffar, Aurora Adelia, Devy Tiyona Iffa Musyahadah and Samil Labib Burhani. In addition, this activity was also supported by Eco-Ranger consisting of three people, namely Azizah Virgi Nadila, Deden, and Eko Pratama. Published in: https://prasetya.ub.ac.id/en/komunitas-mahasiswa-ecoliving-community-tumbuhkan-jiwa-zero-waste-siswa-sd/

Image Description: Group photo of the Royal Janti Residence community and ECOLIVING after planting 59 plants on urban marginal land. What would it be like if a patch of marginal land in an urban area was transformed into a productive yard as well as having an organic waste composting installation? Such is the form of collaboration between ECOLIVING and the Royal Janti Residence community in Malang City. Having started an environmentally friendly movement in 2023, ECOLIVING again collaborated with the Royal Janti Residence community in an effort to green urban areas while educating organic waste management on Sunday (12/01/2025). The program, which has the theme “Hijaukan Royal Janti, Sehatkan Negeri”, carries out the transformation of marginal land in urban areas through planting horticultural plants as well as strengthening the character of zero-waste with compost education. Mrs. Emisriani, head of the Royal Janti Residence PKK, emphasized the positive benefits of land management through the urban farming system. “We hope that this activity will not only optimize empty land but also be able to green the environment while meeting the needs of local housewives,” she said. This activity begins with an urban farming system on land that has not been utilized properly. Through a donation system from local women, this collaboration managed to gather more than 59 plants with 25 different types that were planted simultaneously. Not only that, the collaboration between Royal Janti Residence and ECOLIVING also promotes the importance of food waste management through composting practices. Starting from the collection of household waste that had been carried out a few days earlier, housewives and young people received training on food waste processing from ECOLIVING. This activity successfully involved 16 housewives and 30 youths to encourage sustainable practices in urban areas. Not only is this collaboration expected to raise environmental awareness, but it is also expected to be a pilot project related to urban farming practices and maximizing land in urban areas.