BIRU Updates

Conserving Balinese Culture with Biogas

Construction has just finished on the front door in Batubulan Village, Gianyar Regency, Bali. Tightly packed red bricks rise up to the heavens adorned with delicate ornaments and offerings of flowers. The front door faces to the east. Behind a screening wall, a rich garden entwines with a series of buildings, all facing inwards towards a central courtyard – known as the natah. It is not clear where garden ends and home begins.

Carbon Trading and Domestic Biogas (BIRU) Contribution

The issue of environmental pollution along with its impacts due to the greenhouse gas have been a global attention since the end of 20th century. This issue is then followed-up in the form of Kyoto Protocol signing by 188 countries on December 11, 1997.

Bio-Slurry as a Potential Supplement of Community Economy

Mr. Samad is one of the Domestric Biogas users living in Dusun Penimbe, Ubung Village, Jonggat Subdistrict, Central Lombok Regency, West Nusa Tenggara. Majority of the populations, similar to himself, earn a livelihood as farmers and dairy farmers. Mr. Samad has been entrusted as the head of farmers’ group in the village. He is considered to have a progressive mind regarding efforts to optimise the agriculture in the region.

The Spirit to Promote Organic Farming in Sumba

Jhon Lukas Ludji family lives in Mauhau Village, Kambera Subdistrict, East Sumba Regency, East Nusa Tenggara. They are known persistent organic farming activists. The arid land in their area has been transformed into an area suitable for crop planting.

Self-Sustenance, Roles, and Women’s Income in Kampung Areng

Let’s start this story with a statement made by Kofi Annan:”Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance.”

The Importance of Building Future Energy and Food Self-Sustenance

PT. Great Giant Pineapple (GGP) is a company engaging in pineapple processing industry situated in Central Lampung. Back in 2014, PT. GGP has provided its support on Domestic Biogas reactor construction to Haji Ibrahim as the owner of Pondok Pesantren Anwarul Qur’an and Haji Badrus Salam, who represents a boarding school in Terbaggi Besar Village, Lampung Tengah Subdistrict, Lampung Province. PT. GGP provides assistnce on biogas construction to improve farmers’ income through the utilisation of biogas and bio-slurry in the local areas.

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