Due to Air Pollution, 5.5 Million People Are Infected With Respiratory Tract
DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has stated that there are millions of citizens of the capital have respiratory tract infections...
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The “Action” in Climate Action
There is an uncertainty prevailing over the willingness of governments and individuals all over the world to respond to calls...
Riau Province Loses Rp50tr Following Pollution and Fires
The haze covering Riau, due to land and forest fires, have cost the province Rp50trillion, says Coordinator of the Environmental...
Pollution Causes More than 50% of Jakarta Deaths and Sickness
Executive director of the leaded fuel eradication committee, or KPBB, Ahmad Safrudin, has said that the poor air quality in...
AQLI: Jakarta’s Current Pollution could Shorten Lives by over 2 Years
A recent study has claimed that the current severe air pollution in Jakarta could shorten the lives of its...
Air Visual: Jakarta Air Quality Improves Following Blackout
Jakarta air quality has experienced an improvement on Monday morning, 5th August, after a widespread power outage on Sunday. According...
Light Pollution Makes Stars Invisible in Jakarta
Ronny Syamara, an astronomer at the Jakarta Planetarium and Observatory, has said that Jakarta not only suffers from water and...
One million volunteers in Jakarta took to the streets to raise awareness of the city’s littering problems
On Saturday, September 15, 2018, one million Jakartans took to the streets in the early morning sun to pick up...
Jakarta Remains in Top 5 of World’s Worst Air Quality Index
While Bandung recently received an award for its clean air, Jakarta continues to find itself on the wrong end of...
River Polluters Will Be Publicly Shamed, Jakarta Governor Warns
People caught throwing garbage into Jakarta’s rivers will be publicly shamed by having their photos displayed in a banner, says...
Jakarta’s Pollution May Lead To Low Quality Sperm
Pollution in Jakarta makes the air ‘unhealthy’. Some expert believe it will have an effect on men’s health, potentially leading...
Indonesia’s Solution to the Plastic Epidemic
How ironic it is to know that the disposable, non-degradable plastic products, such as rain ponchos, straws and cutlery, which...
Indonesia’s Plastic Plague
Where does the world’s largest archipelago currently stand in the fight to save Earth from turning into a ‘plastic planet’?...
HUB For Cyclist: Cycling for a Greener City
In Jogjakarta, bicycle community HUB For Cyclist aims to create a green environment through alternative ways. For some of us,...
Trash Talk
“Ours is a culture and a time as immensely rich in trash as it is in treasures.” – Ray Bradbury...
Bali’s Doomed Love Affair with Plastic
When I began to research this article, I saw the immense problem that is literally choking the life out of...
Touristic Escapes in the Dirtiest River in the World
When it comes to visiting Jakarta, we only can be sure that we will find a city of contrasts and...
Jakarta Air Pollution: Not all Doom, Gloom & Catastrophe!
In 1994 there were an estimated 1.38 million vehicles (cars, motorcycles, lorries and buses) in Jakarta. 27 years later in...