Saturday, April 28, 2012

TRAVEL KAMPUNG 99 PEPOHONAN






 
Many people who feel cramped with a high level when faces kestresan congestion, pollution, and air temperatures are unusually hot in the metropolitan city of Jakarta. We can only feel Jakarta that without being bogged down only when Lebaran only. When the capital was abandoned by most of its inhabitants. Freshness and coolness of the air can only be enjoyed in air conditioned buildings are only present momentary freshness and freshness of the misguided course. Because the artificial temperature is removed from the air conditioning can cause dry skin and respiratory disorders can even cause lung cancer. Worse yet used freon is one cause of the temperature of the earth is getting warmer.

Therefore we would be very curious if there is a chance vacation to a place that the fresh air and pollution free. Boredom and stress that descend from the routine, could be lost for a moment when we are in the wild, with a carpet of green plants are abundant oxygen. This was an opportunity I felt when I and 13 other bloggers are invited to follow the event from The Field Report conducted by the VHR media (dot) com to the village of 99 trees. 99 villages located in Meruyung, Depok is a green area which is inhabited by a community of about 20 families. 99 village communities in the community that a healthy lifestyle among the grove of trees they planted. This community can live independently with the use of the natural potential of their own which they worked as plantation timber to build houses, farms, plantations, and livestock as well as managing their own area of
​​human habitation into a comfortable recreation beautiful nan.

Our arrival was greeted with a typical lunch menu is Sundanese tamarind vegetables, fresh vegetables with sauces that are not separated, dried fish and tofu - fried tempeh. After a rest and lunch, we received a welcome speech from Ms. Santi as one of 99 members of the village community. In this introductory session, Ms. Santi told that the village of 99 trees used to be a barren wasteland that is a rubbish dump for residents nearby. Air temperature during the summer temperatures in this region can reach 35 degrees Celsius even landslides have occurred in 2005. Edi Jamaludin or what we called Abi or father in Sundanese, a green-minded initiative to buy the land area of
​​500 sq m in this arid region in 2002. The initial goal just wanted to plant 10 trees every day. Not unexpectedly the formerly barren land can be transformed into lush with trees in a short time.



Completed an introductory session, we were invited to collect the leaves and stems dry and white teak seeds scattered around the village 99. Dried stems and leaves that we collect will be used as compost fertilizer, seeds are white teak tree seedlings will be planted. Activities we do to instill awareness about the environment of a simple and inexpensive. According to Abi that truth must be proved not only by hearing, seeing or feeling, but the collaboration of all three. By doing activities to collect the leaves and seeds that fall then we have proved the truth of one method or way to preserve the environment.

We were invited to see the consumption of fish breeding ponds such as catfish, catfish, tilapia and carp. We described the ways to cultivate fish to feed derived from household waste in the kitchen of the remains of cooking. After that we visited a goat farm and cattle are also cultivated by citizens of the village of 99 trees. At the ranch, we were taught how to milk goats Etawa, fleece, and also how to make manure from livestock wastes.

The next day we were invited to plant trees from seeds that have been provided, on the banks of the river Pesanggrahan. Crops we grow are the types of cash crops such as sengon, white teak, and angsana so hopefully will be able to be a barrier to flow when the river overflowed Pesanggrahan, no landslides.

After planting we were invited to catch fish in the pond that will be used as ingredients for cooking that will be our lunch. This activity which we found very exciting and fun, because we ran bekejar-chase in a muddy pond fish so as to make our whole body into berbalur brown mud. The fish that we caught were in the presentation of the food we lombakan. There are flying fish fry with the look, some are messy to fry with the view to look a little burnt. Whatever the appearance of the dishes we have made, we all ate with great gusto. Vegetable Vegetable tamarind becomes our dream for a very distinctive atmosphere of the house on stilts with trees set in beautiful nan.



After lunch, we were ready to return to Jakarta for the move back again with all the hustle and bustle. Much we can take a life lesson from this village of 99 trees. Inside the community together to create a synergy in this community. Village residents from the 99 trees to change the paradigm of the self into all our's. If I take care of us so I would be taken care of but if I just take care of myself, then I too can not be neglected. And in the end they were never looking for inspiration, but in fact they are an inspiration

AGUNG MULYADI
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