I’m currently working on Greenjobs issue when this interesting thought came to my mind and made me writing this post right now. I called it domestic-scale greenjobs, because, for me myself, this job itself doesn’t really need many additional people to do that, but it does contribute something to the environment. The idea was taken from my previous ’study’ about domestic scale composting.
The study that i’m undergo right now, is actually about what kind of skills that emerge along with the development of green issues in Indonesia. Not only what skills that emerge, but also which skills that would be left behind. Well, as far as i’m doing the study, i haven’t got into conclusion that there are skills which will be left behind. But, i do learn one thing, these green issues have definitely increased people’s knowledge and to some, their skills.
In the domestic scale composting, i actually tried to empower my maids at home on how to manage our garbage, especially those domestic waste, such as the left-over food, vegetables, fruits and those related. But, i remember exactly, that before i shared the information to my maids, i had to empower myself. I even had to learn on what kind of waste that i need to put inside the bin, what i need to do afterward, how do i have to control it, when would i know that the process is right or wrong, and other kind of stuffs. After i equipped myself with such knowledge, i then shared it with my maids; hoping that we could really work together in order to get this composting idea works.
Composting idea is actually one of green issues that is available and the mos suitable to apply domestically. But, i realize, that to do the composting, i don’t have to hire another person to work on it specifically. All i did is to retrain my maids, equipped them with knowledge they need to know and let them practicing the knowledge themselves. Well, it didn’t work that well though, but at least, i do got a point from this ‘domestic-scale’ effort of being green.
I came to the conclusion that:
1. New issues will always give space to empowerment efforts or equipping efforts.
2. The outcome of empowerment and equipping is higher level of knowledge, which means better value for the person itself
3. New issues do not always mean new workers; but definitely new knowledge which makes a person going to higher level.
Interesting, right? Because, i think, now i know another way to empower human capacity in the informal sectors of economy. All you have to do is to find what kind of green issues that you can apply at home, whether it involves new equipment (solar cell case would be very interesting) or simply about waste management at domestic-scale, you will surely improving someone’s knowledge and skills about green issues.
I guess, greenjobs are not only belong to people who work in the formal sectors but also those in the informal sectors.
Or not?
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Garut is actually a small city that located around 5 hours driving from Jakarta. The reason why I came to visit Garut is because I have heard that Garut is actually a lovely city. Surrounded by mountains, Garut remains in a very nice weather; not so cold or hot, it’s just pleasant. I have re-open my old-edition of Lonely Planet when I found out that Garut has quite a number of craters; one of it is Darajat, which is one of Indonesia’s highly potential of geothermal areas. That made me astoundingly curious about that place. But of course, no matter how small a city in Indonesia is, you cannot really run through it in a day. You still need to stay overnight there, just to see the whole Garut.
e I couldn’t really see the reason why they kept their kampong as big as only 7 households.









