Bio-pore Workshop “LOVE OUR EARTH”

STAK Marturia, 21st of April 2012

As the follow up program of capacity building Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta 2012, Bio-pore community Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta cooperated with STAK Marturia held a Bio-pore Workshop with “Love Our Earth” as the theme. This Bio-pore workshop then was held in STAK Marturia Yogyakarta on Saturday, April 21, 2012, one day before the Earth Day.

The purpose of this workshop is to increase the capability of the participants in protecting, saving, and conserving environment. As one of natural resources, water resources has necessary role for the life of living creatures. Water problems, both quantity and quality, often become problems in many areas in Indonesia, and so does ground water as the part of water resources.

Bio-pore as an appropriate technology to conserve ground water can solve those problems. Bio-pore Absorption Hole is a water absorption method to solve flood problem by increasing water absorbing power in the ground. With “Love Our Earth” as the theme, Bio-pore Community Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta, Stanley (STTL), Herman (STTL), Frida (USD), Yeru (UKDW), and Daniel, convinced the Christian youth to care, love and to save their environment.

Started at 13.00 western Indonesian time, this workshop got 20 participants to participate. Ana Ximenes (STTL) as the speaker in session 1 explained the importance to conserve ground and bio-pore. Ground conservation is the effort to prevent the ground damage because of erosion and to repair the broken ground. Bio-pore as one of conservation method has many benefits such as decreasing the flood risk in rainy season, maximizing the role and activity of ground flora and fauna, and also preventing ground erosion and ground slide disaster.

The explanation about how to put on and to protect bio-pore was delivered by the speaker in session 2, Ricky R.P. Lawoliyo (STTL). At 16.00, participants continued the activity by practising to make bio-pore on the yard of STAK Marturia campus together with bio-pore community of Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta. The participants were divided into 5 groups. Each groups made 2 Bio-pore Absorption Holes.

This Bio-pore Workshop finished at 18.00. The participants were successful in making 10 holes on the yard of STAK Marturia Yogyakarta Campus. Smiling of satisfaction was showed on their face. “I’m happy getting knowledge and practicing directly about how to make bio-pore. Thank you Stube Hemat,” said Yanto as one of the participants when he was delivering his command and impression about that Bio-pore Workshop. The same thing was also delivered by Sinta, one of the participants. “I get the knowledge. I’m very satisfied. Unfortunately the time is too short. I’m still confused about how to make of a bio-pore hole. I hope there will be the same training again.”

Bio-pore Community Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta represented by Daniel delivered that this Bio-pore Workshop Program would not be finished at that point because Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta will always accompany whoever having curiosity about bio-pore.