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Green Jakarta: A Difficult Path

It’s not easy being green. And it’s not cheap, either. Separating paper and plastic trash, switching off the light as you leave a room or walking instead of taking a car are simple individual acts that cumulatively can have a great impact. But what about dealing with multimillion-dollar budgets for citywide trash disposal? Or cleaning our skies of deadly smog, providing clean and safe drinking water, and limiting pollution from buildings? 11:57am Jul 27, 2010

Green Jakarta: Great Idea. How Do We Get Some?

Fairly or unfairly, Jakarta is defined by its neighborhood slums, mega-shopping malls and torturous traffic. Little attention is paid to its parks - yes, it has some - or the slowly increasing number of outdoor oases that dot the capital, enabling city dwellers to feel, albeit temporarily, as if they're in a verdant land. 2:16pm Jun 23, 2010

Green Jakarta: Rethinking Where We Work and Live

“Going green” is far more than just a catchy slogan. Recycling waste, reducing plastic use and planting trees are just the best-known actions people take to help the environment. Less frequently considered, however, is the “green building” — likely because there are common misconceptions about the concept. 2:15pm Jun 23, 2010

Green Jakarta: The Nuts and Bolts of Setting Green Building Standards

While green buildings — houses, skyscrapers, shopping centers — are touted as a win-win solution for developers and the environment, both saving money and preserving power and water, it’s not as easy as it sounds. Just ask the Jakarta administration, which since last year has been trying to come up with a better formula to regulate and set standards for green buildings. 2:15pm Jun 23, 2010

Green Jakarta: What Makes a Building Green?

A green building, also known as a sustainable building, is a structure designed, built, renovated, operated or reused in an ecological and resource-efficient manner. Green buildings are designed to meet certain objectives such as protecting occupant health, improving employee productivity, using energy, water and other resources more efficiently, and reducing the overall impact on the environment.

Green Jakarta: ‘Garbage Warrior’ Empowers the People

Harini Bambang’s eyes light up as she recounts some key phases of a life spanning nearly eight decades. There was growing up in the 1930s in Solo, volunteering as a nurse during Indonesia’s war of independence in the late 1940s, and then, her most important battle of all: her fight for a greener country.

Green Jakarta: Green Water, or Any Color as Long as It Is Clean

Green Jakarta: One Man’s Journey — Software to Sanitation

Green Jakarta: Why Are Cleaner Cars Still Elusive in Jakarta?

Green Jakarta: Why Emissions Testing Is Such a Dirty Business

Green Jakarta: How to Dump Our Dirty, Throwaway Culture

Green Jakarta: Making A World of Difference Down in The Dumps

Green Jakarta: Turning the City’s Trash Into Treasure

Two hawkers resting in the shade provided by trees in Jakarta. (JG Photo/Safir Makki)



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