Sukunan Village - Eco Tourism Based on Wastes Processing to Achieve Civil Affluence and Security

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Sukunan Village : Ecotourism Based on Wastes Processing to Achieve Civil Affluence and Security -Assed LussakAs any other metropolises, Yogyakarta -one of province in Indonesia- has serious waste problem to bring off. This province then tries to bring off waste problem by developing many tourism villages with unique characteristic, having environment preservation. In doing this, Yogyakarta then sets Sukunan Village as the best example on recycling wastes and making it as society empowering. In the past, Sukunan Village has serious problem related to contaminated environment and health troubles. Many un-conductible wastes then bring social problem because they make trouble on water circulation for farmers at Sukunan Village. People in this village thenceforth answer their problem by undertaking innovation to manage wastes and sort them to do that. Begun by resetting public opinion about wastes, wastes at Sukunan are changed from unconductible wastes to higher economic-value goods. They believe it will bring more advantages than just become undesirable scrapheap and make pollution to their environment. Similar analysis is brought by Tan Yong Soon et al. who observe Singapore transformation in wastes conduction.1 Therefore, they analyze wastes management in relation with economy side and land limit. Thenceforward in this essay, analyses will also comprise political stability aspect and civil security. Analyzes in important or essential matter are then brought along the lines of each sector or side of Sukunan attempt. Indonesia, Yogyakarta, and Sukunan Indonesia has several metropolitan cities in her area, which one of it is Yogyakarta. Yogyakarta itself is a name both for the province and one of city. Hereafter, Yogyakarta is used to describe the province, as usually used in term of its special region status. Sukunan Village, which in January 2009 officially is declared as Kampung Wisata Lingkungan (environmentbased tourism village), is then only one of Yogyakartas sub-district. As environment-based tourism village, Sukunan Village offers tourism activity with its basis on environment preservation. In other word, an activity done by Sukunan Village is usually called ecotourism. This ecotourism begins on 2003, when the people start to manage their wastes condition using green-environment basis. Sukunan Village thereafter is known as village with their environment basis amongst them because they now have independent wastes processing system. Wastes1 Tan Yong Soon et al. 2009. Clean, Green, and Blue : Singapores Journey Towards Environmental and Water Sustainability. The writers then conclude that Singapores success having its point on engineering, economic, enforcement, education, and engagement.

processing system start in on single family level, then going upward in group, and next resulting various handicrafts and products with Sukunans archetypical. In doing wastes processing, Sukunan Village possess 3R concept which are reuse, reduce, and recycle. Sukunan people in family level are instilled to sort wastes based on 3 categories, which are glass/metal, plastic, and paper. Besides, they also bestow family consumption waste into organic waste category. Hereafter, those various wastes are recycled to creative and high-value products but able to be purchased by anyone. Consequently, Sukunans wastes production can be minimized so wastes heaping can be next reduced. 3R in Sukunan : In Doing and Promoting Concurrently Sukunan people have acquainted themselves to process wastes to become high-value goods and not just pitch it. Therefore, this consciousness makes Sukunan people preserve their environment exaltedly. If tourists take a view to Sukunan Village, besides studying waste processing system, they will also wallow in beautiful landscape. Existed large areas of environmental-friendly which consist of field rice make a very good sense in human and nature harmony. Kampung Wisata Sukunan also implies green-environment condition in line with education and recreation activities. Independent waste processing system, training of plastic recycling, training of recycling cloths, and family-based compost makings become main activity in Sukunan village. Other activities which become Sukunans green-environment campaigns are duck angon, plow, seed planting out, and paddy harvesting. A variety training package is then designed to be accepted easily and rejoicing. Sukunan Village has now also many different programs for kindergarten, high-school, and university students to instil and amend environment preservation concepts. By doing wastes management and ecotourism promoting concurrently, Sukunan Village has amend effectively green-development. Economy Side : Reducing Wastes, Forfeit, and Extra-Income All training and plastic wastes processing are carried by mothers at Sukunan Village. Besides gets to choose plastic-waste handcraft, tourists at Sukunan can also learn to try to make those handcraft products. Both making plastic-waste handcraft and give taught to tourist give enough amounts to extra-income for every family in Sukunan. Reuse and recycling plastics wastes reduce directly wastes volumes that should be unravelled by earth. Besides mothers, young people here also make many types of equipment, even walls, from plastic or stereofoam wastes. All products resulted from recycling the wastes then can be

sold to public with various range of price. All Sukunans products until now get so famous in any level of society who concerns enough in promoting green-development. Hence, these activities are truly just complementary activity done by Sukunan people. However, impact of these activities influences much to their economy and environment management. Security Aspect : Engagement of People Another important thing that can be observed is people engagement, in this ecotourism. Sukunan people altogether manage wastes processing, handcraft making, and ecotourism so it then make them be more firmly and know each other. Sukunan Village now has regular schedule to overview their activities, especially to make sure that everyone there do their job. In recent days, knowing each other around you is able to prevent effectively any terrorist acts or plans. The most serious problem in Indonesia village is far-distance of each house. Consequently, this will make people do not know their neighbours well. Such condition next gives fresh air to terrorist to hide. By doing ecotourism with all peoples engagement, aforesaid harm condition can be easily moved out which next results civil security. Examples to Others In tourism activity series, tourists will be also asked to see villagers dump that carried out by each family. These dumps are also functioned as first sorting stage in wastes management. After being sorted, group of appointed people then process organic wastes to become compost. In here, tourists are also asked to see leaf waste processing stage-to-stage until becoming compost. Sukunan Village furthermore has special wastes-recycling products showroom containing perca (products from clothes or plastic tear), eyelash, chair, etc. Moreover, in each tourist training session, tourist or visitor will be implied by recycling techniques to produce high-value souvenir or just personal handcraft. By seeing this, it can be concluded that Sukunan people have given a true example in processing wastes until becoming a usable goods. Sukunan Village also has succeeded to promote green-development by showing real achievement if someone wants to start to have pro-natural sense. Space : Important Aspect in Management The last important thing should be considered in wastes management like Sukunan is small area. As a norm in governance concepts; the narrower area you have, the easier you manage them2. It means any outspread ideas in this kind of management may not get lost.2 jejaringmudakatolik.web.id/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1&Itemid=3 and http://elearning.gunadarma.ac.id/docmodul/kewirausahaan/bab11-dasar_dasar_pengorganisasian.pdf

Thenceforward, while this concept is applied in wider area, so cluster concept shall be implemented. Clustering here means that only just supervision will be conducted by government -of course the government will next restrain the program if it is applied for wider area- then management be still done little area or village. Overall : Lessons for ASEAN and Regional Condition All aforesaid elucidation the show clearly three points of empowering regional civil security. Firstly, civil security is not only about high-politics matter in arms controlling but also in way to encourage people to get better live condition. The next is about ecotourism which based on wastes processing. By doing such action, an area of people then be able to make clean environment and establish green development without creating economy detriment. The last point is that such simple society management can also influence high-politic security matter. This last conclusion becomes more important in recent global condition which is affected by fear of terrorism and insecurity. Tightening relationship in society in the form of ecotourism or wastes processing management is then provable establishing more reassurance. In regional or international level then, aforesaid lessons can be implemented in every country with adjustability depend on condition of each people or society. However, every main positive aspects showed by Sukunan Village should be preserved and may be amended. Thenceforward, economy and political development in any level which depend on pro-natural actions will of course create more secure and more peaceful condition in society.