Cultural and Environmental Conservation through Community Service Program in Girimekar Village

12th International Interdisciplinary Studies Seminar - Environmental Conservation and Education for Sustainable Development

生态环境科学

Trihanondo, Donny^1 ; Endriawan, Didit^1

Dept. of Creative Industries, Telkom University, Bandung, Indonesia^1

关键词: Community services;    Economic opportunities;    Environmental conservation;    Environmental issues;    Indonesia;    Participatory approach;    Qualitative data;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/239/1/012050/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/239/1/012050

学科分类：环境科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Girimekar village in the outskirt of Bandung was chosen as target for community service program conducted by Telkom University and PT. Telkom Indonesia. The program lasted for 6 months. This program consisted of workshops, mural making, environmental conservation and waste management. Research was also conducted during the program, to analyze the effectiveness of the program to increase the villager's knowledge in cultural and environmental conservation. The method used in the research is participatory approach which used qualitative data. The findings are that the program effectively increase the awareness of the participants in recognizing environmental issues and that the visualization used in the mural making attracts people to come to see the murals. This is not only providing economic opportunities for the villagers, but also give challenges to the environmental conservation. The program is still ongoing, and this papers provide preliminary findings and discussions.