MENGURUS BERKAS PENDAFTARAN DI UI TIDAK RAMAH LINGKUNGAN

UI sebagai kampus terkemuka di Indonesia memiliki rencana baru, dalam rangka Global Warming yang sedang ramai dan menjadi sorotan saat ini, yaitu menjadi Green Campus. Hal ini sudah mulai terlihat dengan dibuatnya jalur sepeda yang sangat nyaman. Rutenya dimulai dari depan Gerbatama UI sampai ke tiap Fakultas/Kampus. Universitas yang memiliki lahan terpadu yang paling luas dibandingkan Universitas negeri lainnya di Indonesia ini, memang patut merasa wajib mengembangkan 'bicycle road', selain menjadi contoh bagi perguruan tinggi lainnya, juga merupakan alternatif bagi mereka yang ingin berwisata sambil tracking bersepeda. Hutan UI sangatlah luas, kehijauannya masih terjaga, oleh karena itu di hari libur banyak warga yang hobi berolahraga merutinkan untuk lari pagi melewati kampus UI.
Usaha rektor terbaru Prof. Gumilar memang patut diacungi jempol. Peralihan penggunaan dari paper work menjadi paper less (via online) menggunakan account SIAK-NG bagi tiap mahasiswa juga merupakan kemudahan tersendiri. Kini di tiap semester mahasiswa cukup melakukan registrasi akademik secara online, dan dosen juga bisa memberikan persetujuannya tanpa perlu datang ke kampus. Tentu saja hal ini berlaku bagi mahasiswa/i yang tidak memiliki masalah dalam mata kuliah yang boleh diambilnya.

Hanya saja masih ada hal lain yg belum mengikuti prinsip paper less ini, yaitu peraturan administrasi sewaktu pendaftaran di UI sangat-lah boros kertas. Dalam setiap pendaftaran, pemborosan ratusan lembar kertas diperlukan untuk menjadi syarat berkas-berkas kelengkapan. Ambil contoh yang kecil, yaitu saat pendaftaran praseminar, seminar dan sidang di salah satu Departemen saja. Bermacam-macam surat keterangan harus di buat, mulai dari surat keterangan telah lulus semua mata kuliah, surat keterangan bebas alat/pinjaman lab, surat keterangan dari ketua program, surat keterangan dari ketua departemen, surat keterangan telah menyelesaikan penelitian, surat keterangan telah mengikuti praseminar, surat keterangan telah mengikuti seminar dan siap mengikuti sidang, dan masih banyak lagi daftar surat keterangan yang harus dibuat. Itu baru untuk satu tahap, misalnya untuk mengikuti praseminar. Saat mengikuti seminar dan lalu sidang, semua surat-surat keterangan itu harus dibuat ulang lagi dan di tandatangani oleh orang/pihak yang sama pula. Sungguh suatu kegiatan yang konyol dan menjemukan untuk Universitas sekaliber UI sekalipun.
Dan yang sungguh menjengkelkan, ada saja staff/karyawan yang membuatnya jadi semakin sulit, sehingga pemborosan kertas pun semakin menjadi-jadi. Ada saja alasan yang dibuat untuk menolak surat keterangan yang telah dibuat oleh mahasiswa. Mulai dari format tulisan yang tidak sesuai, harus pakai kop surat departemen, penempatan tanda tangan, sampai hal yang amat sepele, seperti tanda titik atau koma yang ada. Jika sudah begitu maka, kertas surat keterangan tersebut menjadi tidak berguna lagi.
Yang paling menjengkelkan, jika surat keterangan tersebut sudah ditandatangani oleh dosen yang bersangkutan, lantas tiba-tiba ditolak begitu saja karena alasan sepele, penempatan tandatangan yang tadinya di pinggir kiri harusnya ditengah. Padahal dosen tersebut susah setengah mati untuk ditemui. Akibatnya selanjutnya seperti efek domino, berkas persyaratan tidak lengkap, harus menunggu dosen lagi, sampai gagal mengikuti sidang tepat pada waktunya.

Memang secara teknis dan administratif itu semua wajib ada, sekaligus menjadi bukti kesiapan mahasiswa/i untuk lanjut ke tahap berikutnya. Namun alangkah baiknya jika dilakukan penyederhanaan semua surat keterangan tersebut. Misalnya, surat keterangan telah lulus semua mata kuliah cukup dilampirkan transkrip nilai. Lalu surat keterangan siap praseminar/seminar dan selesai penelitian bisa digabung menjadi satu.

Saran terakhir, adanya SK rektor yang mewajibkan semua staf dan karyawan untuk lebih berpihak kepada mahasiswa/i. Karena walau bagaimanapun uang semester kami menjadi gaji bagi mereka.

Help reduce emissions

The problem are certainly very serious, and urgent action is clearly required. However the situation is far from hopeless and there are real workable solutions.
Government policies both at home and abroad will play a critical role in the realization of remedies, but there is much individual can do to help reduce the risks of irreversible damage from climate change.
We all need to take stock of our own Carbon Footprint - the measure of the impact human activities have on the environment in terms of the amount of green house gases produced, measured in units of carbon dioxide.
An average Indonesian creates nearly 1.7 tons of CO2 every year. a figure which, by the way, is dwarfed by the enormous 20 tons generated by an average American.

Now, imagine every citizen of Indonesia was able to reduce their Carbon Footprint by, say, 5 percent in a year. With a population of 240000million, that would represent a reduction in CO2 emissions of 240000 tons. That's more than the total amount of CO2 emitted by Timor-Leste in a whole year.

from GREEN WATCH

Emissions from energy and industrial sectors are realtively small, but are growing very rapidly. The cost for Indonesia of an unbrideled climate change is potentially enormous. If we do nothing to reduce harmful greenhouse gases, particularly CO2, leading scientists predict six key consequences for World, which make for some pretty scary reading:
First, Indonesia will experience temperature increases.
Second, the country will experience increase rainfall.
Third, sea level rises will inundate productive shore-lines, effecting farming and coasting livelihoods.
Fouth, food security in Indonesia will be threatened by climate change
Fifth, the warming of ocean water will affect the nation's marine biodiversity
Sixth, climate change will intensify water and insect-borne diseases

WE ALL CAN HELP TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE

We're all hearing a lot about global warming these days. The Bali climate convention helped raise awareness of this important issue among us.

For sure, the science involved is complex, and solutions may often seem beyond our abilities to comprehend, but as member of the human race we have a clear responsibility to protect our planet and to ensure we leave it in good shape for future generations. Thankfully, the topic has been made more understandable by the likes of former U.S vice president Al Gore, who made the popular movie on climate change called An Incovenient Truth. In his must-see movie, Gore explains that our thin layer of atmosphere, reqired for maintaining the temperature on Earth within comfortable bounds, is getting thicker because of huge quantities of human-induced carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. This is trapping a lot of infrared radiation that would otherwise escape out into space, causing our atmosphere and oceans to get dangerously warmer. Sadly, deforestation, the degradation of peat land and forest fire have put Indonesia among the top three largest emitters of greenhouse gases in the world. Emission resulting from deforestation and forest fires are five times those from non-forestry processes.

GREEN HOUSE gases

There're exist numerous chemical compunds called Greenhouse gases that cause global warming. Many occur naturally, including water vapour, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and ozone. Others, with even less inspiring names, like hydro-fluorocarbons, per-fluorocabons, and sulfur hexafluoride, are caused by human activities, including industrial processes, and significantly add to the level of naturally occuring green house gases. Nitrous oxides emissions occur during various agricultural and industrial processes, and when solid waste or fossil fuels are burned. Methane is emitted when organic waste decomposes, whether in landfills or in connection to livestock farming. But it is carbon dioxide (CO2) that is most important of all greenhouse gases as it accounts for around 60 percent of the so-called 'enhanced greenhouse effect'. CO2 is released into the atmosphere by respiration, the burning of solid waste, wood and wood products, fossil fuels, including oil, gas and coal, and deforestation. Every year, humans add over 30 billion tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere through these processes, and the amount is estimated to have increased by 30 percent since the industrial revolution beginning around 1750. Humankind wouldn't be viable without CO2, but the future of life on earth is now threatened by producing too much of it.

WARMING CLIMATE A CATARACT BLINDNESS RISK

(Agency France-Press)

Climate change will increase the people of losing their sight through cataracts because of higher levels of ultraviolet rays. The three main factors that lead to cataract blindness are age, smoking, and UV exposure. Climate change will increasethe risk of developing cataracts, this is the statement to mark World Health Day, which has the theme "Protecting health from climate change".
A spokesman for the foundation, which works mostly in developing countries to restore sight to people with cataracts, said the increase exposure to ultraviolet rays would be cauased by depletion of the ozone layer. Although cataracts can be overcome with a relatively routine operation, they are responsible for almost 50 percent of cases of avoidable blindness worldwide.
In terms of cataract blindness, the figures show those who are most at risk of vision loss are people with no access to services to reserve the condition. The foundation stressed the importance of taking prevention measures and protecting the eyesight of children who spend long periods of time outdoors, often without sunglasses.
The solution can be as simple as choosing good sun protection, by wearing things like wide-brimmed hats and sunglasses. In a separate report released, Australian doctors found that climate change would lead to higher rates of some infectious and respiratory diseases as well as more injuries from storms and bushfires.
Doctors from Environment Australia found that over the next decade the healath of children and the elderly would be most at risk from rising temperatures. Climate change is already a reality in our waiting rooms and surgeries - and is set to become a key challenge for our health system over the coming decade, said the report's co-author Graeme Horton said.

DRIVING TIPS FOR DIFFERENT WEATHER CONDITIONS

(Mobile 1 safety Driving Tips)
Congested traffic:
- drive slowly
- do not hit the clutch frequently because it wear ou prematurely.
Rain:
- drive at a conservative speed
- turn on the hazard lamps
- adjust the windshield wipers to the rain's intensity
- turn on the air-conditioner to prevent fogging
Flood:
- while drving through water on the road, do push the gas pedal constantly to avoid the car's engine being turned off, which occurs because the water gets inside the muffler.
- drive slowly to prevent crating waves of water.
- in order to see whether the car can get through the flood, use the muffler as a reference. If the muffler is higher than the water, then the car can pass through the water.
Night time:
- if drowsy, do not drive
- while turning, use the long lamp so the other car on the opposite side is aware of your position. - avoid using the long lamp on a straight path in order not to obstruct the view of the drivers on the opposite side
- control your speed and keep safe distance between your car and the car in front
- in order to prevent fatigue, open the window and breath the fresh air from outside

GREEN OFFICE

Now let's check the office. A big part of greening your workplace involves cutting down on energy use and waste. You have probably noticed how computers, printers, faxes and so on consumed a lot of energy and create heat. This warms up the work space, which the air-con struggles to cool down while releasing heat outside the building. Make sure that these devices stay switched off when they are not in use, and use them as sparsely as you can. That's also applies to lighting. You can achieve significant savings by using Compact Fluorescent Lights (CFLs); this bulbs may cost more but they use about 20-25 % of the electricity of similar conventional lighting- over time, you're saving on your bills and reducing the quantity of stuff that ends up in Jakarta's bottomless landfills. On the supply side, you have plenty of option to reduce waste, such as: For workshop and seminars, reduce as much as possible the quantitiy of printed material and rely on electronic copies, flashdisks or CDs to share files. Cut down on packaging and waste in the office kitchen by introducing reusable dishware. Make notepads using scrap paper. Wherever possible, reuse envelopes and purchase envelopes with re-sealable lips, and space for multiple adresses, to extend their lifetime. Reuse folders and files. Bring your lunch in your own reusable packaging. The usual suspect in the office of course is your good ol' laser printer, which is probably churning out wads after wads of paper that are destined for a short and inglorious end in wastebin. It's been preached and clamored on the rooftops, but there's no saying it enough; to make your paper go further, use both sides of the sheet and disposeof it in a designated recycling bin. That paper works or paper waste can be mulched in and turn into new paper products. Now, for the final touch - some vegetation to top off your office's environment-concious rebirth. Sansevieria plants (Mother-in-law's tongue) will highlight your green credentials and wont strain your gardening skills; they are not particularly picky about how much water they receive, and they don't need much sunlight either. Your best bet for a good deal are the streetside flower sellers on Jl. Asia Africa in Central Jakarta. There, we're done for today. Before you close the door, make sure you switch off the lights.

GREEN STARTS

(from greenlifestyle)

This mission actually begins at home. How do you get to work? Family car? Motorbike? How about carpooling? Sharing a ride to go to work means fewer cars
on the road, reduced traffic and pollutions, and less time for you stuck behind the wheel and staring at the smoky back end of the bus. Carpooling is made easy
thanks to www.nebeng.com, a helpful website to dedicated to matching drivers and passengers living in the Greater Jakarta area.
For the brave at heart, consider the two wheel solution. Bicycle? in Jakarta? Affirmative. Bike to work Indonesia (www.b2w-indonesia.or.id) a community of
thousands of gung ho cyclists around the country, have share their favourite routes in Indonesia's cities on their websiteso that you can navigate your way to and
back from work. Perks: you get to work out and whiz by traffic jams while your gas bills go down.

THE OFFICE LOW-WATT DIET- AND OTHER WORK PLACE STORIES

(taken from Greenlifestlye)

This time and next time continously, do it the low-watt diet, the article will give you something to look forward to when you drag yourself into the office-a mission for a more sustainable workplace. Do you see Monday coming at you with the same anticipation you usually reserve for a dinner of unsalted broccoli and boiled potatoes? Time to change! From your printer to the local flora (the kinds that grows out of pots), there's more ways than one to make sure that bringing home the bacon doesn''t cost the earth. And you'll probably find it easier than reducing the time you spend on friendster or facebook during working hours. How to do it: 1. Share a ride: log on to www.nebeng.com and catch yourself a carpool ride to and from work 2. Go for a ride: access www.b2w-indonesia.or.id and look up bicycle-friendly routes that can take you out of, into and around some of Indonesia's largest cities. 3. Recycle paper: reduce waste, save trees and suport a valuable grassroots enterprise. Pak Salam will be happy to get HVS paper, cardboard, newspaper and magazines, and posters, brochures etc. Call +62 21 790 0742/ 0856 1515 692. Or drop bya his office, Jl. Mampang Prapatan XI No.3A, Jakarta. For Bali residents, contact ecoBali- a service available for household, schools, factories and other types of business to collect recycleable and dispose them resposibly. Call 0361-7907314 or e-mail ecobali@yahoo.com 4. Save on lights: Compact Fluorescent Lights (CLFs) are the way to go for long lasting, low energy use bulbs. Order from PT. Sundaya Indonesia +6221 541-6103/04/05, e-mail info@sundaya.com 5. Buy responsibly: be selective about the office supplies that you buy. Check out www.thegreenoffice.com. 6. Get more tips: visit www.greenoffice.org.nz and plan your office greening mission from A to Z.

EDUCATION ON GLOBAL WARMING

Global warming can be teached and educated with an approachable and entertaining design. No more talk and talk, it's time to act!. A cartoon exhibition can
informed global warming caused by human activities. Save energy to preserve environment. Campaigning global warming will educate ordinary people in simple
ways to preserve environment in daily life.

GLOBAL CHANGE, EMISSION PLAN

(taken from Reuters)

Projections by the UN Climate Panel indicate emissions by rich nations will have to fall by 25 percent to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2020 to avert the worst
effects or more droughts, heatwaves, floods and rising seas, the most extreme curve.
The major economies account for 80 percent of world greenhouse gas emissions, topped by the United States and China, and are meant to work out ways
contribute to a new UN treaty to succeed the Kyoto Protocol beyond 2012.

GLOBALIZED RESPONSBILITY' MUST TO TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE: UK

'( taken from: JP/ V. Anjaiah)
It's time for every country, rich and poor to focus on how to make the transition from being 'high carbon' to 'low carbon' economies, rather than just focusing on
money alone, said the British Government. They believes it more important to focus on oportunities rather than costs if we are to succesfully move toward
developing low carbon economies. It would be pointless to just think about the financial costs.
There are should not be any deadlines for climate change, similar to deadlines used in trade negotiations. It can't be done in climate change, because the
deadlines are set by the way in which the environment responds to stresses we're imposing on natural system, and we will pay an intolerable price if we get
that wrong.

INDONESIA: CLIMATE CHANGE TEAM YET TO BE FORMED

(newspaper Jakarta)

The goverment is unlikely to meets its deadline for establishing a special climate change comissiom because of cautiousness and tough negotiations.
The comission was originally scheduled to be set up by the end of April. Their responsbility will include monitoring the national action plan for fighting climate
change and teaching people to adapt to frequent changes in the weather. They also manage all funds earmarked for dealing with climate change, including
billion of dollars in grants expected from wealthy countries to help Indonesia reduce emissions.
The action plan was launched by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono while he was attending the climate change conference in Bali last December.
It is consist of steps to reduce green house gas emissions from the energy, agriculture, forestry, and fishery sectors. The comission would be a follow up to
the Bali conference.
There was a study showing parts of the capital, including Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, will become submerged due to rising sea levels caused
by climate change. Indonesia should have be able to export rice if there were no extreme weather changes this year.

GREEN PLANS, EDUCATIONAL FUN

(newspaper post)

It's cool to be green, show that people can help reduce global warming relates to everyone.
Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has not only increase global temperatures, but also has directly causeed the spread of diseases. WHO estimated that
around two million people die of air pollution-related disease annually.
Some people believe global warming is not related to them, so now the for changing! we have to show how it is aplicable to them and what they can do in their
daily lives to reduce bad habits which can make the Earth condition became worse.
Start from small group, like our family, we can save energy and cut their carbon emissions, by doing simple acts, for example: switching off electronic devices,
decomposing rubbish, walking to the near by places-resting the car/motorbike, are helping reduce greenhouse gases.
We have to make greenliving a lifestyle. It will increase our quality of life. Planting trees in surounding area also can offset the carbon reduce from
car knalpot exhausted.

U.S. Climate Change

(taken from Agence France-Presse)

United States President George Walker Bush was announced his visions for fighting global climate change. The speech by BUsh, known for cozying up to
big energy-burning industries and opposing mandatory caps on carbon emissions as too costly to the economy, will layout goals for countering environmental
polution over the next 20-50 years.But, the leader of one of the world's top polluters was not expected to stray far from largely voluntary, pro-technology approach he has embraced in the past.
This speech talked about a strategy for a way forward and principles for dealing with the problem.

There was a meeting of the world's major polluters in Paris, the talks including identified long term and realistic intermediate goals for greenhouse gas emission.
Ensure all major economies like France, Germany, China and India play a role in any international agreement so as to avoid a future a Kyoto-like effect,
referred to the 1997 treaty which did not require require high-polluting-developing countries to reduce emission.
Former president Bill Clinton signed Kyoto but United States never ratified it and bush abandoned it in 2001, saying the binding restrictions on U.S. emissions
would prove to costly and harmful to U.S. ability to compete. The Republican president made no mention of the words "global warming" or "climate change"
in his first five State of the Union addresses.

Last year he acknowledged that climate change is a "serious challenge", a statement environmental groups welcomed as an important first step, but critics said
he could have gone further toward creating incentives for change. In the sunset of his White House tenure, clean energies have gained popularity amid fears
of permanent global damage from pollution, and pressure has mounted for Congress to pas federal legislation to limit the levels of emmissions.

In announced these goals he emphasized the importance of incentiveizing technologies as an effective way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. There was a
bill sponsored by Republican Senator, would set a limit of on the level of carbon emissions and introduce economic incentives for cutting back on pollutants.
The Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012. On average it requires nations to reduce their emissions 5.2 percents below their 1990 level between 2008 and 2012.
This would represent a 29 percents cut in overall emissions compared to level expected by 2010.

Hello Green Fellows...

Issue of global warming comes blows after the International Conference which held in Bali-Indonesia on December 2007 result Bali Road Map.
Bali Road Map is declaration that each nations in this world must take actions to stop emission and be more aware about the impact of Global Warming.

We as world citizen can take part by doing more green activities, and more friendly to our environments. Start from little things, like separating organic and
non-organic waste from our domestic trash in house, will help reduce the emission. Or by recycle and reused seconhand things, like use more than once to
plastic bag, use paper on both side, etc.

These postings, articles, writings, are about loving care our Earth. What are the nations do, what will the countries do, and what we can do to make Earth stay green.
The Earth temperature is getting hot day by day, the ice pole in north and south are melting. Should we neglect this condition? NO
the answer is big NO NO..

Together we can make it happen, better green world. So this Earth can inherited to our children. Because we only have ONE Earth..