By Daniel.          

Have you heard about ‘Reshik’ noodle? This name is not yet commonly heard. Indeed, the popular name is actually 'lethek' noodle. ‘Lethek’ means dirty or dull, because the appearance of the noodles is not white or bright yellow. The term ‘Reshik’ with the meaning of clean, is a way to promote and to rebrand cassava-based noodles so that consumers are curious and 'literate' about locally made and low-gluten food.

The processing of ‘Reshik’ noodles is an activity of Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta in a series of Food Diversity: Local Food Initiative programs to convince young people and students that local food has prospective and healthy business opportunities. This exposure activity to process ‘Reshik’ noodles was held at the resto and factories of ‘Reshik’ noodle with ‘Dokar’ brand in Poncosari, Srandakan, Bantul, Yogyakarta Special Region (12/16/2023). Students must get to know the potency of local food in Indonesia because the Ministry of Agriculture notices that Indonesia is rich of potency with 77 sources of carbohydrates, from corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, rice, cassava, sago, sorghum and other types. Even students are expected to have the skills how to process them into ready to process and even ready to eat products.

This exposure or study visit opens students' insights how to process cassava into healthy noodles because it is low in gluten and students practice to cook boiled and fried noodles. The students met the owner of  ‘Reshik’ noodle with ‘Dokar’ brand, Fx. Subeno. He said that the achievement to this point was a long process in his life, from wandering with various jobs to finally working to produce noodles. Initially he only supplied flour for noodle and cracker factories, but since 2014 he started a noodle-making business under the name ‘Talang Berkah Jaya’ under the label of ‘Reshik’ noodle with ‘Dokar’ brand.

He explained the stages of making ‘Reshik’ noodles, from the very beginning stage by soaking cassava flour to get clean flour, then adding clean tapioca flour with a composition of 40:60. Then this mixture is ground for two hours using a special design machine until the dough is well mixed. Then with a certain thickness the dough is steamed until cooked and ground again until it is completely chewy. The next stage is to mold the dough into long granules, steam and drain for one night. From the indoor stage, the next process is to dry the noodles under the sun until they are completely dry. The final stage is packaging based on weight. The production process of two tons of ‘Reshik’ noodles takes about three to five days depending on the intensity of sun exposure.

From the observation of noodle production, the participants were invited to practice cooking with FX Subeno. He guided each participant to cook boiled and fried noodles covering preparing utensils and ingredients, measuring seasonings, and cooking steps and length of cooking. It turned out that not all participants achieved good cooking results, some were overcooked and some were not evenly mixed, but it did not reduce the enthusiasm of the participants for them to learn and enjoy their cooks. FX Subeno also explained the prospect of ‘Reshik’ noodle becoming a culinary business with local, healthy ingredients and unique flavors.

This exposure experience is opening an alternative job for students, especially by utilizing the potential of local food in their respective regions, related to cassava cultivation, utilizing post-harvest, and even processing cassava-based ingredients into ready-to-eat products. It's time for young people to work! ***

By Lidia Dwijayanti Meike Ullo.          

I am Lidia Dwijayanti Meike Ullo, a student from Ndonbey village, Warmare, Manokwari, West Papua who is studying in the Indonesian Digital Technology University of Yogyakarta, Informatics study program. This article is the result of a long thought to have the courage to express my experiences in writing after I attended the Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta training on Social Entrepreneurship. As a young person I was encouraged to initiate a business venture to solve social problems.

Young people are the generation that can bring change, but it is in contradiction what actually happened in my village. Young people prefer to get married at an early age even though they are not yet working. At the end, they were forced to drop out of school because they got married. On the other hand, young people who returned from college in other cities did not make a difference, even though my region has various resources to open job opportunities. The reality is most people who work as farmers, entrepreneurs, or office workers, are mostly elder people. Even they are married, their parents still pay their living cost.

The young people in the Warmare district are skilled in handicrafts and agriculture, but they find that it is difficult to develop their talents because they do not know how to start. From this situation I am challenged to find a way out of this problem by taking steps, first, communicating directly, discussing and analyzing the potencies that exist with them. Next, in the field of crafts, they can make ‘noken’ or traditional Papuan bags, bamboo combs, traditional crowns, home ornaments, various accessories for necklaces, glasses, earrings, headbands, and other products.

From these findings, I have an idea to guide and assist them to collect the potencies to be processed into crafts that will be sold at reasonable prices. With a variety of creativity and local wisdom, the products have their uniqueness and advantages. I started to market them in various ways, such as through social media, markets, tourist attractions, friendship networks, and exhibitions. I work with local youth, institutions, people who care, business agents, and the government to support this activity so that the process of selling handicrafts becomes easier. In this way, the products are increasingly known by many people and there are more and more enthusiasts, as proved by the handicraft products being sold to Yogyakarta, Bekasi, Cirebon, and several other cities.

Through this process, when there are potential buyers, I offer it to the young people in Ndonbey who are ready to make it. Finished products will be entrusted to a friend who is going to Java, for example, Yogyakarta, and the products will be sent from Yogyakarta to the customer to reduce shipping costs. The increase number of buyers generates more income because the marketing target is not only for adults, but can be accepted by all groups from children, teenagers, youth, and public.

I do this not for personal gain but for the common good, especially to get young people out of unemployment in my village. In this way, I can create job opportunities, fill their spare time and produce worth-selling products. It is expected that with this small action, gradually the social problems in Ndonbey can be resolved and young people can be independent with their abilities. ***

Indonesia will welcome the democratic feast (General Election). At the same time, the young generations as part of Indonesia needs to prepare themselves to take part in the 2024 general election, especially the first-time voters. They need to enrich themselves with political literacy because general election involves many parties, including the organizers-KPU, contestants-legislative and presidential candidates, voters, pollsters, and the government.

The facts above encouraged Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta, as students and youth service accommodates its activists to be politically literate both nationally and globally by inviting them to take part in a seminar "Peaceful General Election 2024 in Diversity”. The event was organized by Communion of Churches in Indonesia in the Special Region of Yogyakarta (PGIW-DIY) at Mergangsan Javanese Christian Church, Yogyakarta (Friday, 18/11/2022). The student delegation consisted of three students from Lampung, three students from Yogyakarta, one student from Nias, two students from Sumba, and one student from Maluku. The seminar discussed General Elections from the perspective of Political Business, the General Election Commission (KPU), and church theology.

Prof. Dr. Nindyo Pramono, SH, MS., said that if the young generation does not understand the political map of Indonesian and stays apathetic to the political situation, 104 million youth votes will be seized by parties bringing the country to primordiality politics. It will be dangerous and lead to conflict, significantly in 2023 it is predicted to become a global financial recession that will affect the election in 2024. In such uncomfortable situation of Indonesia, the voters from the grassroots can be easily abused with a certain lure.

Regarding to the elections, the chairman of the General Election Commission (KPU) in Special Region of Yogyakarta, Hamdan Kurniawan, SIP., MA, revealed the laws and regulations as the guideline to realize peaceful election as a goal for conduciveness in a pluralistic society. The different political choices should not cause conflict in family, society, and church. Public spaces, both land and air must be clear from various disrespectful attitudes. Campaigns done by political parties and teams for presidential and vice presidential candidates must consider educational value, which in the real world everyone must respect each other, as well as in cyberspace. The campaigns should contain the value of political education for the community.

Meanwhile, the chairman of PGIW-DIY, Rev. Em. Bambang Sumbodo, S.Th, M.Min., emphasized that election participants should avoid black campaigns and not spread hoaxes. In line with Hamdan Kurniawan, Rev. Bambang also hoped that the church takes part in the democratic feast and maintain conduciveness in society. First, the church must not carry out black campaigns and primordialism politics. Then, the church must educate every team of election participants for an educational campaign. According to him, the long campaign period provides space for the general election participants to brainstorm ideas and disseminate the vision, mission, and program, in other words, all election participants must focus on disseminating positive content.

Peaceful elections are elections that are elegant and present no conflicts. So, how do young people behave to welcome the democratic feast? Our hope today is the 2024 election will run well and every campaign stage will run smoothly. So millennials must be careful to be aware of the current situation. Let us prepare ourselves by enriching literacy and education about the election, and involve ourselves responsibly so that we can be happy and have fun. The 2024 Election will be a humanist and democratic. ***

Authentic learning is a learning approach that gives space for students to find and to discuss real problems, then build new understandings as a response to addressthe existing problems, even in this process students also 'interact' with existing problems and dialogue with the people involved. The learning concept is an activity model of the Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta where student participants interact directly with parties related to the topic. In the current Social Entrepreneurship training, Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta is making a study visit to the Cindelaras Tumangkar Credit Union (CUCT) in Condongcatur, Sleman to explore community problems regarding finance and how people struggle to be independent (12/11/2022).

At the CUCT office, the participants met Sudarwanto, S.Pd., one of the pioneers who had served CUCT as manager for two periods. He revealed that CUCT's background was from the problems of the people who are mostly farmers and farm laborers. They experienced financial difficulties because they are trapped in loans that are suffocating and forced them to loan to cover other loans and to meet their needs for food, clothing, housing, education, and health. On the other hand, the tendency for an instant and consumptive lifestyle becomes a vicious circle that hinders their well-being.

Luckily, awareness emerged after a discussion in Puluhan village, Moyudan, Sleman, Special Region of Yogyakarta, how the citizens should manage the nation in globalization and capitalism. The reality is that when people with limited finances save their money at the bank, their money does not increase but instead decreases because of various credit, and bank profits are not distributed to customers, meaning that money will flow to owners of capital or shareholders so that the flow of assets to owners of capital contributes to the financial collapse of society with limited finances. When people want to develop themselves, they are troubled by the inability to access capital because of various requirements, and repaying credit becomes a burden to them.

The students tried to digest the explanation, they just realized about 'financial literacy' and for bank savings to be profitable, it means that they have to have large amounts of savings, beyond the ability of a student. CUCT offered an alternative where the value of savings can grow in line with access to capital for business. At the same time, members can have savings and access capital so that members get income from loan repayments and operating profits. Even, CUCT profits will return to the members. Interestingly, in addition to financial services, CUCT also conducts financial literacy education so that people are aware of financial management and the principle ‘not to let dead people leave a burden on their heirs’. At its founding on June 16, 2006, CUCT had 11 members with 16 million assets, but currently, in 2022 it reached more than 5.000 members with 64 billion assets.

The exposure revealed that Credit  Unionare an alternative that already exists in Indonesia and it requires the managers to pay more attention to its members. The students were motivated to explore a social problem in the community and the community's efforts to escape problems, for example, the problems of livestock farmers, cassava plantation farmers, and loan sharks.

Through Social Entrepreneur training, students need to be financially literate, how to manage income, plan expenses, and target potential businesses so that they can develop themselves and become actors of change in the region. Come on young people, be financially literate and develop businesses for the welfare of society. ***

Is everyone interested in solving other people's problems? It’s not common, right?  Instead of solving other people's problems, one still faces difficulty to solve his own problems. It could be the cause of the lack understanding of social entrepreneurs. The spirit of social entrepreneurship must be growing and trending especially among students and young people. Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta encourages students to study Social Entrepreneurship, so they will be able to map the neglected social problems in their areas. The training process provides students with not just theory but direct visits to learn from practitioners.

In the Social Entrepreneur training series, a group of participants visited Agradaya, an empowered agraria area, an agricultural business enterprise based in Sendangrejo village, Minggir, Sleman, approximately 15 kilometers Northwest of the city of Yogyakarta (12/11/2022). The students discussed with Andika Mahardika, the initiator of Agradaya, the initial conditions for the founding of Agradaya. According to Andika, Agradaya emerged from a social reality in the price drop of ‘empon-empon’ (ginger, pee, curcuma, etc) faced by farmers during the harvesting time. It made farmers get no money as the profit to improve their welfare. Seeing the condition Andika Mahardika and Asri Saraswati were encouraged to found Agradaya in 2016.

Agradaya cooperated with the Women Farmers Group (KWT) in the Menoreh hill area, Kulonprogo regency which grows empon-empons with abundant harvest. The women farmers are equipped with instructions on how to cultivate ‘empon-empons’ properly, to harvest them and to wstart the production process by drying the wet empon-empons. The resource person took the students on a tour to observe the solar house and the production area in Agradaya while explaining the processes and activities there.

While walking around, a student questioned how to package ordinary products into something that has high economic value. Andika explained that the marketing of Agradaya also thinks about the design by designing attractive product packaging with Agradaya labels. Production with innovations can produce more than one hundred product packages per day. Product promotion utilizes social media and networks, including narratives that strengthen the product so that sales increase. Then the next question relates to Agradaya products. Agradaya produces various products starting from the drying process in the solar house, the dried empon-empons then the process into products with various flavors, such as Red Ginger Powder, Choco Ginger (Chocolate Ginger), Turmeric Latte (Turmeric Latte), and several other flavors, including dry raw.

A visit to Agradaya opened students' eyes that Indonesia has abundant natural wealth but lacks attention, so it tends to be ignored. It could be that the plants around us are considered priceless but in other places, it has high economic value. It can be known if one has broadened knowledge and networking.

Students, start looking around and find social problems. It is a starting point to initiate steps to empower the community by taking advantage of the strengths around them. Never be afraid to try because failure is part of the learning process to bring changes for a better insight. ***

Social problem is phenomena that always exist in society in any part of the world. As long as society continues to change, social problems continue to emerge. People who work in Social Entrepreneurship must understand social problems because by understanding the breadth and depth of the problem, they will be easier to find opportunities to take preventive, resolving, or constructive actions, even the potential to bring up creative ideas to answer problems that are considered difficult to solve.

Social Entrepreneurship: What Can Young People Do? became the topic of the Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta training to enrich students' understanding and initiate social entrepreneurial pilot ideas. One of the training series was in the form of group study visits with eight students choosing a destination, namely Akar Napas Community in a mangrove conservation forest area in Baros, Bantul regency, Special Region of Yogyakarta (12/11/2022).

The Akar Napas Community is an example of a non-profit Social Entrepreneurship engaged in mangrove conservation, empowering and assisting local communities. The participants discussed with Shanty Ardha Candra and Momox, a couple who started the community on November 4, 2021. With the background of its members as students of nature lovers and environmental activists, the community departed from the problem of the loss of some mangrove forests on Baros beach due to inaccurate planting zone and difficulty in cultivating Sonneratia Caseolaria, one type of mangrove vegetation as the main stronghold in land zoning. The mangrove area is an important area for capturing CO2 and emitting O2 for the respiration of creatures on earth. Currently, Akar Napas Community is also developing other potencies of mangroves managed by the community without destroying the ecosystem, such as eco-printed batik and natural dye inks for written batik which are processed from leftover mangrove seed that has already grown.

Complementing the learning in the Baros mangrove area, the students observed the land related to the mangrove vegetation nursery guided by Momox. They learned several types of mangroves cultivated there, including Sonneratia, Avicenniaceae, and Rhizophora. In planting zoning, the mangrove area is divided into three zones, namely: 1) zone one, or the leading zone with the sea, with Sonneratia or commonly called the Apple Mangrove; 2) zone two, or middle zone planted with Avicenniaceae species; and 3) zone three, at the very back planted with Rhizophora or what can be called Bakau.

Conservation activities have a positive social impact on the environment around the mangrove forest which can now be used as agricultural land and provide direct awareness to the community, especially young people in Baros village about the importance of mangrove forests. The study visit also witnessed the real threat of waste which is dumped through rivers that flows through Yogyakarta city to end up here.

Through study visits, students captured a new understanding of the types of social entrepreneurship and opportunities for its development so that each participant has aspiration and motivation to develop the community potency to answer social problems, especially related to the environment. ***

Garbage becomes part of our daily life, especially household waste. In general, many people do not care about the waste generated by their consumption habits. Garbage becomes a social problem that arises in society and affects the environment and health. Social problems can be overcome with proper handling through creative ideas in the form of entrepreneurship and skills to process waste into products that have added value for sale. Activities to overcome such a problem can be classified as social entrepreneurship, namely initiating entrepreneurial opportunities to answer social problems.

One of the activities to understand Social Entrepreneurship was held by Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta by giving a training to help students to map and to find ideas from social problems in their area. The students also learned directly by participating in an exposure to Lintas Winongo Garbage Bank, Bumijo RW 11 village, Yogyakarta (Saturday 12/11/2022). At the exposure site, they dialogued with Joko Sularno and Siti Rojanah, pioneers of the Lintas Winongo Garbage Bank and learned the steps from waste collection, sorting process, until ready-to-sell products.

The resource person told about the concern about the waste problem due to the bulk of garbage in residents' homes, both from local dan settlers and there has been no effort to sort it out. They started by raising awareness and inviting residents to create a beautiful and waste-free environment through the Garbage Bank. Garbage which became a social problem turned into an opportunity with the founding of Lintas Winongo Garbage Bank. Since 2009, there have been 224 customers with a turnover of 1,5 – 2 million per month, while the Garbage Bank's customer savings have reached 18 million. It inspires other regions to solve problems and even create opportunities for waste problems.

Students gained knowledge and experience from sorting plastic waste, paper, used drink bottles, and used fruit peels, then processing waste into handicrafts and eco-enzymes. With the term Garbage Bank, the term 'customer' is used by residents who collect waste at their homes and sell it at the Garbage Bank. There is a profit-sharing system of 10% of sales proceeds between the customer and the waste bank. Most customers are elderly otherwise and fewer young people or students.

The topic of eco-enzymes provoked Chandra, a student from Kalimantan, who asked about the ingredients for making eco-enzymes. The resource person answered that the eco-enzyme comes from fruit peel waste fermentation. It is made in mineral bottles and requires water and sugar as a source of carbon and fruit skin waste. The fermentation process takes about three months.

From the exposure, students learn about waste and start caring of social problems which can enlighten the public about waste-free environmental management. It is a challenge for young people to care about social problems, find solutions and generate profits to improve the economy and people's welfare. ***

“For some people, social problems are human tragedies. For a social entrepreneur, it is an opportunity to make a change” (Rhenald Kasali).

What comes to mind when we hear the word 'problem'? What is the difference between a problem and a social problem? Not everyone understands social problems. When social problems occur, what young people can do? Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta facilitated students through Social Entrepreneurship training (11-13/11/2022 at Wisma Pojok Indah) to understand social problems around them and how to be a social entrepreneur as the answer.

In the opening, Ariani Narwastujati, S.Pd., S.S., M.Pd, Executive Director of Stube HEMAT introduced what social problems are. Social problems are problems that occur continuously and affect many people. It turns out that various social problems hit the community, such as poverty, unemployment, hunger, and others. Then, what can students as young people do? How can a young person become an agent of change of existing social problems by doing Social Entrepreneurship? There are four things in Social Entrepreneurship which include; 1) There is an element of community empowerment, 2) The efforts undertaken are aimed at generating profits that are used to respond to social problems, 3) Long-term and continuous targets for social change, and 4) Conducted with a business approach and a social approach to address the problems.

In exploring the problem solving, Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta work team guided participants to get to know several social entrepreneur figures, namely Sugeng Handoko, who developed young people in Nglanggeran (Gunungkidul), Goris Mustaqim who raised the enthusiasm of young people in Garut, Gamal Albinsaid, initiated community health services for the poor through waste banks in Malang and Alan Efendhi who empowers village communities in arid areas in Gunungkidul through aloe vera cultivation and business. Not to forget, the progress of three Stube HEMAT activists who returned to their regions and answered existing social problems, such as: 1) Elisabeth Uru Ndaya, S.Pd, in East Sumba saw that women needed to have the power to be independent and productive, so she initiated woman group to learn weaving, 2) Frans Fredi in Lambanapu, East Sumba, who are facing unemployment challenges while young people think agriculture is not prospective and full of price games, so he voiced the movement of young farmers, and 3) In Alor, Petrus Maure initiated the utilization of Alor's local potencies from coconut and candlenut to respond to youth unemployment and local garden produce that has not been optimally processed.

Field exposure becomes a way of comprehensive learning complementing the cognitive understanding gained. Group one visited the Lintas Winongo Garbage Bank in Jetis, Yogyakarta, which encouraged residents to sort waste and sell it at the waste bank to earn additional money. Group two headed to Baros, Bantul to have a dialogue with the Akar Napas Community who saw that the mangrove area was threatened by garbage, the area was getting smaller, so it was necessary to strengthen young people who care about the environment including benefits for the people around the mangrove area. Group three studied at Agradaya (Agararia Berdaya) in Minggir, Sleman which is engaged in helping farmers who cultivate ‘empon-empon’, such as Ginger, Turmeric, and Curcuma to gain prosperity by processing their crops into ready-to-process materials and finished products to be marketed wider. Group four visited the Cindelaras Tumangkar Credit Union in Condongcatur, Sleman as a tool for the struggle of Credit Union members and the support of the poor to be independent and achieve prosperity through financial education and good financial management. Then each group presented their experiences of the study visits and found inspiration for what they could do to address social problems in their respective area.

At the last session, Rev. Sundoyo, S.Si., MBA guided participants in mapping social problems and social entrepreneurship using the Business Model Canvas (KMB) introduced by Osterwalder and Oigneur (2012). In mapping the problems, participants tried to target their respective regions and find problems, solutions, and actions with the concept of social entrepreneurship. The results serve as a guide for participants in following up the training in real action.

When students get opportunities and assistance, they will be the potential next generation of regions bringing changes for a better one, because if not the youth who do it, no one else, and if not now to do it, then there is no other good time. Being social entrepreneur, students can! ***

'Be Yourself', is a simple expression, easy to say but hard to do, even by students. Becoming yourself or 'Be Yourself' is not easy, because it takes a long time and it is not something instant. These words were presented by Trustha Rembaka from Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta in the Mentoring Period for new members of PMKRI Yogyakarta (29/10/2022). It is Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta's commitment as student service to increase student capacity and to strengthen networks among student organizations.

Trustha started the session by dividing twenty students into groups to introduce themselves and share their potencies. Some of them came from East Nusa Tenggara, West Papua, Papua, Sumatra, Maluku, Kalimantan, and Sulawesi. Everyone is required to be themselves with all their weaknesses and strengths, as well as being the answer for others. However, not easy for everyone to be themselves, because various factors influence even from the closest environment, namely family, education, and society. It could be that they do not directly educate how to be themselves, but it is  often unavoidable ‘bring down’ words came that made pessimistic and doubtful. As a result, feelings of inferiority arise, comparing oneself to others and fear of 'what people say' that triggers rejection of one's condition.

Starting from the Scriptures, Genesis 1:31, So God saw everything that He had made, and it was very good indeed. Participants recalled and tried to believe that their existence is very good and there should be no doubt that they have something special. There are stages being yourself, including; 1) knowing yourself and accepting yourself, then finding your strengths and expressing them, in this case, someone can find out by taking a personality test and asking for feedback from other trusted people, 2) identifying negative perceptions about yourself and trying to eliminate them, then to replace them with positive words and build optimism. 3) having good things to do, that are called by the heart and do them wholeheartedly, 4) not being easy to give up but being tough on the challenges because there is always a way out.

Related to PMKRI's values of caring for others, humanity, and universality, Trustha recalled Mother Teresa's words “Stay where you are. Discover your own Calcutta. Find the sick, the suffering, and the lonely, right where you are, in your own home and your own family, at your home and your workplace and your school. You can find Calcutta all over the world if you have the eyes to see. Everywhere, wherever you go, you find people who are unwanted, unloved, uncared for, simply rejected by society, completely forgotten, completely left alone.” The message reminded participants to be themselves through self-actualization that responds to the reality that is happening around them.

Furthermore, as self-actualization, participants were asked to find the connectedness between themselves and the knowledge they learned on campus with people who had difficulties. Several participants tried to express this, such as Jefri from Manggarai who studied law and would help educate the public about the law, for example making a legal complaint to the police. Meri, a student from Sorong would help children in her hometown learn to read and write. This approach is a practical application for students with the knowledge they learn to have a connection with reality that exists in society. The concept is in line with Stube HEMAT's vision of realizing awareness, especially for young people and students, to understand the problems around them. Finally, be a student knowing how to be ‘yourself’ through self-actualization. ***

By Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta. 

What is expected in leadership? A good leader? Responsibility? That is what everyone hopes, both those who are led and those who lead. Everyone tries to find experience in how to be a good leader for an organization. Being a leader is a noble task because they can be role model and a figure that encourages people to do good and bring positive impact on the organization and society.

Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta is 'concerned' with human resource development and encourages young people to become leaders who have a positive impact on society. On this occasion, Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta assisted the Student Organization of BOPKRI Banguntapan High School in Leadership Training, at Joglo Pasinaon, Kalasan, Sleman (Saturday, 22/10/2022). There were 25 students and several teachers who participate in the activity to shape the leadership spirit of the elected student organization board.

At the beginning, the participants learned Stube HEMAT via the YouTube link Stube HEMAT Videos. Next, Kresensia Risna Efrieno, a member of the Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta team, guided the participants in Group Dynamics. They sorted themselves into three groups with one leader. Then, each leader must imagine a picture and write a line on the paper and not be allowed to mention the imaginary picture to their members. Next, group members continue the existing line. At the end of the process, it turned out that the picture made was different from the leader’s imagination. How did it happen? Because the leader did not reveal what his/her dream is and the members just guessed what picture the leader is thinking of. This activity taught how a leader and their members should communicate ideas to each other and maintain group cohesiveness to achieve goals, in this case, OSIS.

In the following session, Trustha Rembaka, S.Th, the coordinator of Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta, invited participants to read the participants' commitment that this LDK “...gives birth to a highly dedicated leader, responding to a problem which is not easy. Not only skills and intelligence are needed, but a sense of responsibility, being sensitive to situations and having a high leadership spirit so that later when they become leaders, they can protect those whom they lead.” Trustha helped the group map out the challenges faced by BOBAYO High School. This process helped the OSIS identify existing challenges and find solutions that they can implement as part of the OSIS program. One group found that the number of students was still low, so they will promote the school through podcasts about school activities, students and their achievements, vocal group tours at churches, and holding competitions among junior high school students. The next group revealed the limited ability of students in several subjects and the skills that they have. From this identification, they form small groups to help students who have difficulty learning, for example, Mathematics and learning musical instruments.

The participants showed enthusiasm when they got space to express their opinions and propose ideas as solutions to the problems they faced. At this point, the character of good leadership, communication, and good cooperation in the organization. Hopefully, the ideas and solutions offered become a program for the OSIS of BOPKRI Banguntapan High School. Viva BOBAYO!

Globalization that occurs along with rapid technological advances brings up terms to distinguish one generation from another, from 'baby boomers' to millennials and zillennials with different mindsets. The millennial and zillenial generations will certainly be very influential in reviving the dynamics of democracy in Indonesia. The topic was discussed at an offline seminar by the Association of Pancasila Citizens (PWP) on "Millennial & Zillennial Generations in Political Dynamics of Elections" in Mlati, Sleman, Yogyakarta, and online on Zoom and YouTube (Saturday, 22/10/2022). Participants came from various backgrounds, including students from several campuses in Yogyakarta and social institutions, such as Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta which accommodates students to take part in the seminar as part of preparing young people to welcome the Indonesian political year and the 2024 elections.

In this seminar, Prof. Dr. Nindyo Pramono, S.H., M.S., as an adviser to PWP, revealed that the association formed because of concern for the ideology of Pancasila which is threatened with fading in modern times. It is hoped that the association can remind people about Pancasila as a national ideology that can unite the nation's children who have different beliefs, cultures, and groups. Furthermore, Prof. Dr. Irwan Abdullah, chairman of the PWP said that the millennial generation which was born in a new civilization with technological advances created a very different social and political atmosphere, so, it is important to build human resources as the key in determining the direction of the future. So, education about information security, information technology, and politics is needed.

Brigadier General Dr. Andry Wibowo, S.IK, M.H, M.SI., head of the Yogyakarta Special Region Intelligence Agency, as the 'keynote speaker' said that speaking about Pancasila, we must look at space and time and then interpret and re-imagine the journey of national conceptualists, that comes to the point of understanding where we find a basic norm of a consensus we view Indonesia, namely Pancasila. He also said that in a multicultural society, there should be one greeting that can represent all existing elements.

Then, Danang Giri Sadewa, a young observer, revealed the data showing the largest social media user of WhatsApp, followed by other social media. The millennial generation uses social media not only to communicate but also to do politics. Meanwhile, Bambang Sigap, a senior journalist, said that based on Kompas survey data, the participation of the younger generation joining political organizations is very low or never at all, but when there is an election, their participation tends to be very high. Not only that, it turns out that today's young generation dreams of leaders who are firm, capable, populist, real action, fair and honest. Next, Dr. Pratama Persadha, a cyber security expert and Director of CISSReC said that a lot of hoax news is spread on social media so everyone needs to read the news or information carefully, then check the truth. He added tips against hoaxes, namely being careful with provocative news, paying close attention to site addresses and closing the browser if you find a suspicious site name, checking facts both on social media and on government and community websites, or joining an anti-hoax community.***

This discussion resulted in ideas on how to use technology to engage in politics in the technological era. What participation can millennials provide, is it just a sensation or for profit? Millennials and zillennials are expected to take advantage of social media and technological developments to maintain solidarity, and political democracy, and always maintain Pancasila values. ***

Consuming is not just about making the stomach full. It is not just about putting food in the mouth, chewing, tasting, and then swallowing it. Many people no longer consume what they grow themselves, but consume from other people's crops. Perhaps in the future people will no longer consume what is planted in the ground, but from machines and robots, so that traditional local food is outdated. That is the common anxiety for people who live in fertile land that overflows with milk and honey.

Supposedly, the soil that turns wooden sticks into plants can revive and support the humans who live on it without any shortage. Food is a sensitive thing that cannot be ignored. History recorded, the colonialists came to the archipelago to look for spices and other food sources. However, now everything has changed. We proudly recognize our independence, but it is ironic because it is accompanied by pride that classy food is food from abroad. Unfortunately, we did not realize that the raw materials of the foods were derived from our country and we are trapped by the consumerism of foreign products. If so, are we free? Yes, we are being colonized by imported foods and products.

Now, what needs to be considered is not how to compete with the war force of other countries, but how this country feeds the people with food of which seeds are owned by the local people, planted on people's land, harvested by the people, sold at affordable prices, and consumed by the people for their health. If it is realized and implemented, then sovereignty is not only a thought but also availability to provide food.

The writer is from Kotabumi, North Lampung where cassavas are like a mother that supports life because thousands of hectares of cassavas are cultivated in this area. Although it contains a high source of carbohydrates, this 'root of prosperity' is not very popular as a staple food because it is considered low. Various types of cassava are grown, but few people cultivate them. It makes us contemplate when we like imported food, by asking ourselves, what will happen to local food in the future? Are we willing if our treasure of local food is lost and forgotten?

As a local youth, the writer hopes for the growth of awareness to love local food from the harvest of our land because one best force of war is a full stomach and one form of prosperity is a barn that never runs out. The barn is our land, so we should not depend on other people's barns. ***

Each region has its special food and maybe it is not found in other places. There is a unique local food as typical foods of the people in Maluku, the place where I am from. Not everyone knows because it does not grow in every place but only in certain areas. I am Sarlota Wantaar from Maluku, an archipelago surrounded by the sea, so, naturally, most of the population lives near the coastline. My place has one of the typical foods as the source of carbohydrates, called sago.

 Sago or Metroxylon sp, is a plant that grows in freshwater swamps or peat swamp areas, watersheds, near water sources, and swamp forests. Sago has strong fibrous roots and bigger as it grows. The sago stem grows according to its growth reaching a height of 30 meters, a diameter of 35-50 cm on average, and some even have 80-90 cm. Its leaves reach 6-7 meters long and wide 5 cm with a leaf bone in the middle. It has fruit after two years and flowers when the age of 10-15 years. The appearance of flowers is a sign that the sago is ready to be harvested.

 Based on data from the Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture, the national sago area covers an area of ​​206.150 hectares (2021), most of which are in the form of smallholder plantations. The dominant sago tree grows in eastern Indonesia, such as Papua, West Papua, Maluku, Sulawesi, and South Kalimantan. However, by province, Riau province has the highest production capacity, about 261,7 thousand tons (2020) compared to Papua's 67,9 thousand tons and Maluku's 10,04 thousand tons. Regarding land potency, Indonesia has 5,5 million hectares but only 5% of it has been utilized, so it can still be developed in the future.

There are two ways to process sago into food material, manually and using machines. Manually, the old sago tree is cut down with an axe because the sago tree is very large and hard, so it cannot use a machete. Then, the sago stalks are peeled, and the sago stems are cut using a pangkur or chisel in stages and collected. Next, the squeezing process uses two containers to start squeezing the sago shavings. After the container is prepared, then prepare a filter made of soft cloth, after all the equipment is ready, then proceed with the squeezing process using running water. Once squeezed, left, or deposited. The starch is transferred to a container, usually using the sago leaves. When finished, the sago is ready to be processed in various ways, such as making papeda which is eaten directly as a substitute for rice, fried, snacks, cakes, and pom-poms.

Sago trees, besides being used as food, parts of sago tree is used for building materials, such as the leaves for roofs of houses, called sago palms. Then the midrib can be used for house walls, such as the unique Maluku traditional house with a roof made of sago leaves and the usage keeps developing creative designs. Houses made of sago wood still exist in the community even in the modern era, because the culture and the spirit to preserve the traditional ones are well-maintained. Let’s care and preserve the local potency! ***

Local food is an actual issue related to cultivation and its process. Unfortunately, people in rural areas are still not enlightened about the potency of their local food and even assume that theirs is not prospective. It happened due to limited knowledge, low innovation, less curiosity, low initiative, and a tendency to be consumers. The millennial generation is needed because they are considered innovative in executing and promoting innovations through technology.

In the Biodiversity program of Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta, young people are expected to develop their region by utilizing local food potency. Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta provided training and exposure in several places in Gunungkidul regency to open new minds and insights about local food and its prospects for me and others students from various backgrounds and campuses. The activities bridged the gap between theory and practice among students by finding some opportunities and real needs of society.

I am Eufemia Sarina, a STIPRAM (Institute of Tourism) student from Manggarai, East Nusa Tenggara, quoted the words of one of the speakers, Alan Efendi, the initiators of the Aloe Vera home industry in Katongan village, Nglipar, Gunungkidul Regency, who said that business requires knowledge and motivation if it fails you must try again. Through the training, I gained new experiences and ideas, especially in processing local food in my area, especially coffee.

I want to do something different for my village, Waerebo, Manggarai Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, which is now one of the world's tourist villages. I challenge myself to innovate by promoting coffee as an alternative tourist destination. Why did I choose coffee as a new tourism alternative in Waerebo? Because Waerebo is one of the largest coffee-producing villages in Manggarai and has various types of coffee, such as Arabica, Colombian, and Robusta.

From my observations, tourists always ask what coffee is served to them, and people only tell them the name of the coffee without describing the shape and color. By initiating a coffee tour, tourists will experience not only the uniqueness of the Waerebo traditional house and enjoy a cup of coffee, but also experience the process of coffee making from the seeding, planting, cultivating, picking coffee beans, and processing the coffee covering process of sorting, drying, and grinding to make coffee powder. Thus, when tourists visit Waerebo, they gain knowledge and experience about Waerebo coffee.

Making of coffee is common for people, but if it is developed creatively, the idea will become a new attraction to increase tourist visits and to make Waerebo a unique coffee village for the tourists. Who else will start to develop the area if not the young Waerebo themselves? Do not wait till you finish college and  bring a graduate certificate but cannot contribute to the village development. While still in Yogya, expand your network, broaden your knowledge, join youth organization and recognize opportunities for development in the village. Waerebo, wait for me to come home. *** 

As agents of change, youth have an important role and strategic position in pioneering village development, one of which is in the dairy goat. In the last 10 years, there has been a positive trend of initiatives to promote local potency through the development of dairy goats from upstream to downstream in Indonesia. The increase of the dairy goat business cannot be separated from the positive response from the goat milk market even though the population is still fluctuating from time to time.

The above thoughts were revealed in a study visit to a dairy goat farm in the tourist village of Nglanggeran Wetan, Patuk district, Gunungkidul regency, Yogyakarta. This was a part of Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta training (Sunday 28/8/2022) about 'Biodiversity: local food initiatives. In this farm, there are several types of dairy goats, including the Etawa (PE), Saanen goat, and Sapera goat, the result of a crossbreeding between a male Saanen goat and a female PE goat, which is a milk-producing goat, with the selling price of milk ranging from Rp 20.000-Rp 30.000 per liter.

The total population of goats on the farm is around 15 -20 goats, and during the dairying period, the production of fresh milk is 1-2 liters/day on average. In addition to fresh milk, goat's milk products are processed into various dairy products with several flavors, milk candy, milk soap, and others. Processing fresh milk into derivative products will increase product variants and extend their storage period, also keep selling prices high by making them look more attractive.

Based on research from the United State Department of Agriculture (USDA), the nutrition of Etawa goat's milk is close to the perfect composition of Mother's Milk (ASI). Every 100 grams of goat's milk contains 4-7% fat, 3-4% protein, 134 grams of calcium, 4.5% carbohydrates, and 111 g of phosphorus. The chemical composition of Etawa goat's milk contains protein, carbohydrates, calories, calcium, phosphorus, iron, fat, sodium, magnesium, potassium, vitamins A, B1 (IU), B2 (mg), B6, B12, C, D, E, Niacin, V, Pantotenant Acid, Choline and Inositol. The fat content of goat’s milk is lower than cow's milk.

Dairy goat farming is a prospective business opportunity, because the content of goat's milk is better than cow's milk, especially the lifestyle of today's people who are increasingly 'literate’  to be healthy, so the development of dairy goat farming can become a potential business, even in the future, the market for dairy goats. Goat's milk can compete with the cow's milk market.

Young people in various regions can develop dairy goat farming as an alternative to earn money not less than income from office work. The benefits will be multiplied if the business management covers upstream to downstream with a technology touch to increase the productivity of goat's milk. A further achievement is the realization of self-sufficiency for goat's milk.

The Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta activity has created a connection between young people and the local potency of their origin areas. Eventually, young people find enlightenment to start paying attention to the potency of local food and to develop it. Success for Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta. ***

Each region has its characteristics, including local food. Talking about local food is not only ready-to-consume products, but also the variety of materials, how to process, cultivate, and the business actors. As a follow-up to exploring food self-sufficiency and local food process, Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta provided learning spaces for students in Biodiversity: Local Food Initiative training in Yogyakarta and Gunungkidul to learn food potencies, raw materials, processed food, and creativity in processing them (August 26-28, 2022).

In the opening session of the training, Rev. Bambang Sumbodo, Stube HEMAT Board, revealed that humans are blessed with natural resources to be developed and preserved, including existing local food materials that must be utilized and processed according to needs. Every individual involved in the local food process will interact with the economy, education, marketing, and digital technology which are interconnected in the development of local food and their creativity.

Regarding food problems in Indonesia, Ariani Narwastujati, S.Pd., S.S., M.Pd., Executive Director of Stube HEMAT reminded that population growth threatens food security, from the Food Security Index, Indonesia continues to decline from year to year, and in 2021 Indonesia is in a position 69 of 113 countries. Food security means the condition of fulfilling food for the country to individuals, the availability of sufficient, safe, nutritious, quality, diverse, affordable, equitable food, not contrary to the religion, beliefs, and culture of the community for a healthy, active and productive life in a sustainable manner. A challenge for the younger generation to build food security in the future.

Complementing the training process, Visca Veronica (teacher at SMK BOPKRI 2 Yogyakarta) accompanied participants to study sorghum as an alternative to local food with high vitamin and nutrient content. Most of the participants admitted that they had just heard of sorghum, even though sorghum can be processed into rice, flour, brownies, cookies, and other products that are beneficial to health. Currently, sorghum continues to be developed in several regions in Indonesia.

In the exposure session to Gunungkidul, participants observed Aloe Vera with Alan Efendhi, an entrepreneur and cultivator of Aloe Vera in Nglipar, Gunungkidul. He chose such a plant that could grow in dry areas but it had high economic value as the products of drinks and food. Furthermore, at Playen, Gunungkidul, the participants were facilitated by Suti Rahayu, the pioneer of UKM Putri 21, who processes cassava into mocaf and a variety of superior products, such as noodles, cookies, flour, and analog rice. Here the participants discovered the new term 'analog rice', which is processed from cassava, corn, and sweet potato flour to be like rice. It is a healthy food ingredient because it has low sugar. There are even a variety of flours made of bananas, breadfruit, banana peels, green beans, and soybeans. This is an inspiration for students to develop regional potencies. In the Nglangeran Ancient Volcano area, participants divided themselves into three groups according to their interests. Group one studied cocoa cultivation from seeds to cocoa pod fermentation, group two processed chocolate into dodol and instant cocoa powder, and group three studied Ettawa goat farming and processed goat milk into powder and candy.

The training inspires participants to explore the potency of their region and how to process it into useful products, as admitted by Patrick, a student from West Papua who studied at STPMD APMD, "This is an extraordinary experience because I learned local food that is not yet available in my hometown, and this also motivates me to promote local food in Papua into food known by the people.”

It’s good for young people to be sensitive of regional potency, and to map and to process local food potency to establish food sustainability and food security! ***

Aloe Vera is considered a plant with no economic value, but in the hands of a young man from Nglipar, Gunungkidul regency, Alan Efendi, Aloe Vera is transformed into a ready-to-drink beverage with high economic value. It is interesting to observe the process of Aloe Vera, for that reason, Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta and thirty students held a study visit in Katongan village, Nglipar, Gunungkidul (27/08/2022).

Nglipar, Gunung Kidul is an area with high temperatures and low rainfall, so only a few plants are suitable for cultivation here, Aloe Vera is one of the plants that can thrive. This was the beginning of Alan Efendi cultivating the Aloe Vera plant and processing it into a fresh and commercial drink.

The common type of Aloe Vera cultivated by Alan and the people in Nglipar is Chinensis Baker which can be harvested for years. This food and beverage product made by Alan Efendi uses the brand ‘Rasane Vera’, which was established in 2014. This business implements a concept of driving the economy of the surrounding community. 'Rasane Vera' initiated by Alan Efendi came from his anxiety about the local potency in Nglipar, his passion to develop his village and to bring impact to the community. There are many challenges and skepticism when he brought it to the market, however due to the persistence and inquiry to develop the business, now the product is known by many people.

The study visit allowed the participants to practice directly processing Aloe Vera into ready-to-drink packaged drinks. They were divided into 2 groups to practice. The processing step is as follows: first, prepare 12 months old Chinensis Baker Aloe vera, then peel the outer skin and cut it into cubes. Second, wash Aloe Vera thoroughly with running water to remove mucus. Third, soak Aloe Vera in the citric acid solution for 6-7 hours, and wash it again. Fourth, boil Aloe Vera for 15 minutes so that it is cooked. Fifth, prepare rock sugar that has been melted in hot water and put it in a cup for packing. Sixth, pack when the sugar water in the cup is cold enough to keep the Aloe Vera more durable, then Aloe Vera is ready to be marketed. Besides the body refreshment drinks, Aloe vera contains several benefits for human health, such as lowering blood pressure, improving human digestion, lowering hypertension, and smoothing intestinal disorders.

A study visit about processing Aloe Vera into ready-to-drink packaged drinks with the commercial value provided knowledge and experience for Stube HEMAT students to develop their local potency. No matter how much profit we get in our business, how much effort we make, be happy to be a blessing for others. ***

The richness of Indonesia in local food crops become an innovation opportunity to process local food having added value. The people in the rural area need to discover the natural potencies to be optimized, especially by young people. The question is whether we know the potencies in our own area? What can young people do? It is ironic if young Indonesians do not know their-own local potencies.

As a response to local food, Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta held a training on Biodiversity: Local Food Initiatives. Students learned biodiversity including identifying and mapping local food in their respective areas. They followed activity from brainstorming about local food until knowing the food security index in Indonesia. In addition, students also visited an inspiring local food processing site, namely UKM Putri 21 in Playen, Gunungkidul, which processes Mocaf flour (Saturday, 08/27/2022). UKM Putri 21 started as an initiative of the Women Farmers Group (KWT) which wanted to do innovation by processing cassava into other long-lasting products. The name of this group is taken from 21 women who are passionate to start processing cassava into Mocaf flour (*Mocaf – Modified Cassava Flour).

The fermentation process of Mocaf uses microbes to produce white flour and less cassava aroma. In the early stages, weigh the required cassava, peel, and grate. Then, in the fermentation stage, soak the grated cassava for 3 days and replace the water once a day. The next stage is drying the grated cassava under the sunlight. Once dry, grind the dry grated cassava and sieve. Finally, the Mocaf flour is ready to be processed.

UKM Putri 21's persistence in processing Mocaf led UKM 21 to get a Small Industry Registration Certificate from the Ministry of Industry of the Republic of Indonesia with the business name 'Putri 21'. Currently, UKM 21 produces mocaf noodles, ‘analog’ rice, and mocaf cookies, while other cassava products are instant gathot, instant thiwul, then products other than cassava, namely banana flower chips, telo skin chips, banana hump chips, pia with purple sweet potato and others.

The study visit enriched students' insights and experiences about the local food process, including tasting processed products from cassava-based ingredients, namely analog rice, which is made from cassava, sweet potatoes, and corn. Students admitted that it was the first time they tasted analog rice. "It turns out that it tastes the same as the taste of the ‘real’ rice," said some of the participants. After that, students listened to the explanation from the head and pioneer of UKM Putri 21, Suti Rahayu, who experienced many failures but she did not give up but worked hard instead to fulfill the market demand, and eventually the business developed. Further, the participants observed the process of making mocaf flour, and UKM Putri 21 products at its shop. UKM Putri 21 designed fine packaging for the products which have been marketed in several network stores, online market, and outlets at YIA airport.

So, the local food process begins from the willingness and persistence to start, which can open up opportunities for the community to get added economic value by doing product innovations. Don't wait any longer, students and young people soon step up to map local potency of each area and to process it into potential and commercial products. ***

Education must reach every element of society, covering age groups, various backgrounds, and residents in an urban and rural areas, so that people have access to development and welfare. Everyone or institution must have a spirit to progress by taking part in bridging the gap in education, economy, technology, and others. This spirit also exists within Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta by responding to a collaboration with students group for field works in Tileng, Girisubo, Gunungkidul, by sending Trustha Rembaka as training facilitator on Maritime-based Creative Economy and Environmental Conservation at Sekolah Alam Pesisir, Tileng village (Sunday, 14/8/2022). This is a follow-up of Education in Advanced Technology: Leaving No One Behind.

Tileng Village is one of the villages in kapanewon (district) Girisubo, Gunungkidul regency with an area of 17.721 hectares which is directly adjacent to the Indian Ocean along 7,2 km with cliffs. The area has three areas, settlement, dry fields or rainfed rice fields, and sea borders or coastal areas. The population is 4.336 people, the majority of whom work as rain-fed farmers and ranchers.

In the discussion, Trustha explained that Tileng village is one of the pioneers of maritime villages in the Special Region of Yogyakarta to improve the people’s welfare. This is a manifestation of the Governor of DIY's vision to make the south coast to be the front yards and to increase the welfare of the community. The maritime economy is a pillar of the economy on the south coast of DIY, not only relying on fisheries and marine but also agriculture and tourism. The first step covers the development of human resources through the Sekolah Alam Pesisir (Coastal Nature School), training on marine fish processing, and loan for farmers and fishermen. This is a good opportunity to realize the welfare of the community if they know what to do, what the potencies are, how to develop it, and who is taking part. The facilitator guided a group discussion consisting of fishermen, workers who process seafood, farmers, and traders. They identified the potencies of the sea, fields, trade, and tourism, and listed what they produced from the marine fish products, shredded tuna and nuggets from tuna, several types of vegetables, peanuts, and sweet potatoes. Furthermore, the facilitator and the participants explored the development of product processing, such as fish fillets, and variants of nuggets, and identified the unique flavors of fish.

On the topic of environment conservation, the facilitator asked participants to mention the beaches in Gunungkidul and their uniqueness, including Sadeng beach as a port, Jogan beach with waterfalls, and Nglambor beach with its snorkeling area. He also reminded the participants about the existence of beach tourism in Gunungkidul is growing, on one hand, it brings income, but on the other hand, the utilization of beaches without ecological study changes the environmental balance, even damage, for example, toilet disposal waste, packaged food waste, and food waste, destruction of karst cliffs for road access, until the loss of natural habitat for turtles to lay eggs, where Gunungkidul is a nesting place for the world's rare turtles. The existence of the Sekolah Alam Pesisir (Coastal Nature School) can be a medium for public education to get the benefits of maritime welfare without harming the environment's sustainability.

From this discussion, one of the participants, Mujito revealed that he found new insights about the Tileng village's economic growth opportunities, from the sea with fish products that can be processed into various processed products, developing cassava into chips and ‘patilo’ products, processing peanuts into crackers and various egg-flavored peanuts.

The community's enthusiasm to learn and achieve a progressive life needs to be accompanied by the availability of community learning facilities and the ease of accessing them. It is where the stakeholders must act, even though the village is outskirt but no longer marginalized. Keep growing Tileng village. ***

Education is the key for the life of a nation because qualified education bears competitive generation to answer the world challenge. The government gives attention to education but policies have often changed, the quality of education stakeholders needs to be improved, and education facilities and infrastructure are not evenly distributed yet. However, the quality of educators and teaching staff in educational institutions is one of the keys to guarantee a good education process and good quality of the alumnus, so the efforts to improve human resources for educators need to be supported.

Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta as a human resource development institution that pays attention to education issues-initiated training to improve the quality of educators and teaching staff of Banguntapan Christian High School, especially related with teamwork and work ethic. This activity was held at Joglo Pasinaon, Kalasan, as a part of the Education program in the Advanced Technology Era and a form of inter-institutional networking (28/6/2022).

In the opening session, Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta performed a short fragment through dialogues among eyes, feet, hands, and mouth which claimed to be the most important part among others. However, they are members of the body with different functions, they still need each other. It means that each part of an organization with different functions, they are still an integrated system to move the organization.

The next presentation, Ariani Narwastujati, S.Pd., S.S., M.Pd., as the Executive Director of Stube HEMAT guided the teachers and employees of the school to answer questionnaires to map each other's personality, regarding work ethic and teamwork. This part helped the participants to learn their personalities and how to behave when facing problems and interacting with their work partners, how to behave under work pressure and life changes, how to make decisions among choices, and how to optimize their talents.

Then, Trustha Rembaka, S.Th., as the coordinator of Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta guided the participants to map the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and challenges at BOPKRI Banguntapan High School. In this activity they found the combination between former teachers and new teachers, as capital for teaching balance, the weaknesses arise when teachers come and go because the jobs elsewhere, opportunities appear from their networks that can be optimized to develop and promote schools, also find the challenges how to manage alumni to support the school. These findings help them to have a new spirit and commitment to improve work ethic and collaboration, take advantage of technology, social media, and mass media to promote the school, and collect alumni data and potential networks.

To respond to this activity, the principal of the school, Endah Nursinta S., M.Pd., said, “Stube HEMAT is one of the institutions that support the development of teacher resources and school employees. I hope that the collaboration will continue to level up school competence through this training.”

Advanced education is the result of the synergy of various parties involved in the world of education, from internal educational institutions and their managers, including teacher and teaching staff, students, parents and institutional managers, the government with policies, monitoring, and evaluation, networks from institutions and personal who interested in education, and the use of technology that supports the achievement of educational goals. ***

Learning experiences or interacting with different communities will enrich one's experience and knowledge. I experienced it too. I am Aginda Yunita Lawa, a student from Atambua, majoring in Management at Mahakarya Asia University, Yogyakarta. I found a new experience when participating in Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta training about Education in Advanced Technology (20-22/6/2022). This is my first experience participating in the activity of Stube HEMAT as an institution engaged in Human Resource Development, especially for students in Yogyakarta.

I found new enlightenment about education, namely education as a process of changing the attitudes and behavior of a person or group to mature humans through teaching and training. Character education is a process where a person learns to identify character, morals, or values, to have a better character and personality. Education is also an effort to improve the ability of human resources so that they can have character and can live independently as stated in the Stube-HEMAT motto.

It must be admitted that technological advances affect one's success, so the young generation should update the information and not be left behind. Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta promoted this concept through a tagline Leaving No One Behind. Through the training, the participants are expected to master technology, and focused on education with character and virtuous character, as I have seen through the educational-themed films, Freedom Writers, Hichkhi, and Flying Color, which tell about the importance of education.

In the current digital era, the young generation needs to know that character education is significant so everyone can apply moral and religious values through science. The demands of the young generation in the era of industrial revolution 5.0 include self-competence, being observant in taking advantage of opportunities, and courage to self-actualize. Stube HEMAT also encourages participants to master at least one of the applications as an added value as a key point in the work competition.

Complementing my understanding and experience of holistic education, Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta introduces one of Ki Hajar Dewantara's learning methods, called the Sariswara method. In this method, the material or teaching is delivered with sentences, songs, and harmonious gestures. The harmony experienced by a person in education fosters ethical and character education.

Who has a role to pay attention to education? Of course, I have to answer this question starting from myself, in addition to parents, teachers (schools), and the environment. In the context of my place of origin from the NTT area, especially Atambua, education still needs to be developed, so the new understanding from Stube HEMAT makes me understand more about paying attention to education in my area and being able to do something useful in the future. ***

I am Sisilia Lepah, a student at Mercu Buana University Yogyakarta, majoring in Accounting. Before studying in Yogyakarta, I lived in Mandula, a small village in Central Sulawesi province. When I continue my study at Yogyakarta, a student city, I felt very enthusiastic but inferior when I met other students who had more abilities than me. At the beginning of my college, I felt comfortable because most of the students at my former campus were from Sulawesi. However, I realized that I will not grow if I stay. Finally, I decided to transfer to another campus and meet various students, even though I had to work harder and compete with other students.

I faced difficult times that push me to give up because I saw everything was impossible. I felt sad and depressed because I used to blame my situation and underestimate myself. Then, I learned to open my mind and accept it, then focus on what I can. After I joined Stube HEMAT training about Education in Advanced Technology (May 20-22, 2022) I realized that I must change my way of thinking, eliminate mental blocking, and change daily habits which could not be transformed overnight, but it requires consistency to get better. In the era of the industrial revolution 4.0, people are required to, 1) have qualified skills to think critically and solve problems, 2) be creative and innovative, 3) be able to communicate and collaborate 4) be skilled in using information and technology media, 5) understand global citizenship, career and life skills 6) search, manage and convey information. Mastering the skills above is not easy but requires a sacrifice of time, energy, and mind to keep learning and practicing.

The skills requirements for young people in the advanced technology era is an interesting issue to campaign because it is closely related to the reality of education of this nation. Inequality in the quality of education in rural and urban areas, and the gap of internet access among islands in Indonesia is  a challenge to produce a good quality generation of the nation. Inequality in the quality of education is the impact of educational facilities, the quality of educational human resources, and the mindset of the local community, for example, people think no need for higher education, besides that there is a reality that young people spend their youth for fun, getting married in early age without having parenting skills and finally the quality of life is not improving. The quality of education is the key to human quality improvement, as evidenced by news from https: //www.goodnewsfromindonesia.id /2020/12/29/ about-index-development-human-di-indonesia-jakarta-highest-dan-who-lowest, about the Human Development Index (HDI) as an important indicator that measures success to improve the quality of human life as measured by age or healthy life, knowledge, and a decent standard of living. Knowledge points are sourced from education. I, who comes from Central Sulawesi, found the data that shows my area is in rank 25 out of 34 provinces in Indonesia. This requires hard efforts to have a better human quality, especially in Central Sulawesi.

What can be done for future changes, especially in the education sector? In my opinion, it is very important to build awareness of the importance of education for opening new insights and forming a mindset. A good mindset will produce a good life too. Improving literacy in rural areas, such as my village, Mandula, by opening reading and literacy studios, routine reading activities at school, reading and games, opening school libraries, giving a book as a reward, forming reading and writing communities, and several other alternatives.

In this case, I have to complete my study well as my first step, especially in the midst of advanced technology, I could have a network to improve my abilities as a provision to do something in my area, even though in the hinterland my area should make progress. ***

Talking about diversity, Indonesia is a house of a diversity of religions, ethnicity, language, race, regional culture, and other social life. People with many differences are required to be tolerant of these differences, especially toward religious understanding. To provide an understanding of diversity, Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta as an institution for developing Human Resources, especially students, sent Yonatan Pristiaji Nugroho, Thomas Yulianto, and Yoel Yoga Dwianto, S.Th to take part in an interfaith dialogue activity on ‘Discussing Christian and Islamic Ecumenism: Are All The same?’ organized by YIPC (Young Interfaith Peacemaker Community) Yogyakarta and SCJ Skolastika Community at SCJ Skolastika Hall (Wednesday, 1/06/ 2022).

This dialogue presented speakers with different backgrounds, namely Father Sigit Pranoto SCJ (SCJ Skolastika Community), Riston Batubara (Protestant), Ahmad Shalahuddin (Islam), and Sr. Fernanda CB (Catholic) as moderator. Starting from the topic of pluralism, then emerged Ecumenism, which is defined as a movement to fight for and support unity, especially in the diversity of religious communities. Students in Yogyakarta and religious communities participated in discussions using the Scriptural Reasoning method, in which participants read and understand scriptures of other faiths (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) and learn to interpret them, as an understanding lesson, how to read and strengthen relationships between people of different religions.

Furthermore, Father Sigit Pranoto SCJ explained the understanding of Ecumenism to achieve the same goal, to have the same sense with their respective teachings and scriptures. Ahmad Salahuddin, from YIPC Yogyakarta, revealed that Ecumenism is not familiar to Muslims. The best learning of ecumenism is from real experiences of everyday life because to understand it is not enough through theories and methods. In this context, even though there are religious differences, if we reveal our identity as human beings created by God, then we are not separated by anything because we have the same thoughts and feelings, then as believers, we must maintain the integrity of this creation.

Several participants responded about ecumenism, one of which was Yoel, a magister student at STAK Marturia, who said that ecumenism is like exercising at school, where students learn and practice all kinds of sports as diversity, the challenges that arise what if the school roof leaks, what role will ecumenism play this matter? The resource person responded to the question by explaining that ecumenism should be a comfortable home, which shelters various religious struggles. Ecumenism reflects a person who has faith and is open to others and a pluralistic society.

This dialogue activity brought a new experience to Brian, a student at UII (Indonesia Islamic University), who revealed that this activity helped him to understand the concept of ecumenism theory in addressing religious diversity and that other religions have the same things as taught in Islam. This is an achievement of the discussion so that participants can understand the meaning of ecumenism even though they have different belief backgrounds.

The fact that the understanding diversity of each religion must be accepted as the wealth of Indonesia as a nation. The willingness to interact and respect is the basis for realizing brotherhood and unity to maintain the home, Indonesia, so that diversity remains safe and comfortable that embraces each other in harmony.***

Leaving No One Behind become the tagline of Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta training on Education in Advanced Technology. The training was held at Wisma Pojok Indah, Condongcatur, Yogyakarta (20-22/05/2022) to encourage students to be 'literate' on social realities, such as technology taking over human work, demographic bonuses, disparities in the quality of education among regions; and to  inspire twenty students to be more adaptive to technological advances, also to motivate students to act as agents who bridge the technological gap.

Underdeveloped conditions mean a person who is unable to obtain adequate education, a weak economy, and low health quality, has no many options to reach a prosperous life. The quality of human resources is urgent to be improved and this is the concern of Stube HEMAT, as stated by Ariani Narwastujati, S.Pd., S.S., M.Pd., Executive Director of Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta. The Indonesian government continues to strive for its human resources to have qualifications such as; willingness to work hard, dynamic, skilled, and master of science and technology. To obtain such qualifications, there must be policies and roadmaps that lead to improve the quality of human resources. However, it must be acknowledged that there are many challenges, from the world of education there are gaps due to geographical conditions, educational facilities from one area to another, the quality of students and family support, the culture of the local community and the access to communication and technology.

Nowadays, managing private educational institution faces hard challenges. It was revealed by Dr. Drs. Mulyo Prabowo, M.Pd. from BOPKRI Foundation, when he told that the number of schools and students continues to decrease, however, the foundation continues to fight for the schools’ existence, train human resources and promote them. Meanwhile, Endah Nursinta, M.Pd., the headmaster of  BOPKRI Banguntapan High School, told about the challenges of schools with limited human resource input for students, so extra assistance is needed for them, increasing school branding and expanding school promotions. Likewise, the church responds the technological advances to serve the congregation by providing streaming services, online prayer fellowships, and cashless offerings and improving the congregation's economy by marketing through social media groups, even helping other churches to improve their technological skills the dynamics of church ministry was explained by Rev. Bambang Sumbodo, M.Min, pastor emeritus of Javanese Church of Mergangsan, and the board member of Stube HEMAT.

Advanced technology become a challenge for students, so it is important for them to adapt the technological advances, utilizing gadgets and applications to study. Then, the students mapped applications that 'support' their study with Aditya Wikan Mahastama, M.Cs., information technology lecturer at UKDW. From the process, it was revealed that design applications, video editing, statistics, and applications related to theological studies became the needs of the participants. Next, the participants were divided into groups to get to know about these applications.

Talking about education cannot be separated from Ki Hadjar Dewantara, the father of Indonesian education who stated that education is the integrity of knowledge and behavior. This wholeness can be achieved with the artistic approach developed in the Sariswara method. The training participants learned the Sariswara Method with Cak Lis, the familiar name of Listyo H Kris (Sariswara Laboratory). The Sariswara method is a learning method through art that combines sensory experience, literature, and motion and contains values and teachings of goodness that are packaged into a story, game, or rites that will bring up cooperation, tolerance, love for others and nature. Then the participants were asked to explore the games in their area and practice them to preserve the good values. The participants were also invited to watch educational-themed films, such as Flying Color, Hichki, and Freedom Writers to understand holistic education, that education is not only related to students and teachers but also school and the policies, family conditions, and a conducive environment. Each must be aware of its position and responsibility to work together to form an ecosystem that supports the success of the education process.

This training motivated Eufemia Sarina, one of the participants, to utilize technology more in searching for information related to tourism, according to her study. She is also eager  to help her friends to operate video editing applications. Bridging the technology gap does not wait until someone is perfect, but it starts with a willingness to share technology-based skills. Are we ready let  no one left behind? ***

Who does not know technology? Technology has spread throughout the world, including Indonesia. It must be admitted that human life is unseparated with technology, including education. Is the presence of this technology good news, or a challenge? Have you ever thought that this issue is important? How is the condition of our education with the presence of technology? Therefore, Stube HEMAT invited young people, especially students in Yogyakarta, to be sensitive to this issue.

Stube HEMAT, as a student mentoring service, conducted training about Education in Advanced Technology: Leaving No One Behind to challenge students from various regions in Indonesia to be more sensitive to education issues in Indonesia which are struggling with education policies that often change, the search for an ideal curriculum, the gap in access and facilities, increasingly unaffordable costs and the quality of human resources as educators. The discussion took place at Wisma Pojok Indah (Saturday, 30/04/2022).

In the introduction, Rev. Bambang Sumbodo, M.Min, Board Stube HEMAT reminded participants about the story of Alfred Dreyfus, a French officer who became a victim of injustice because he was considered a traitor by providing information to the opposing party. When he was found guilty it seemed that it was an attempt to uphold the truth but the truth in question was not the real truth. "The challenge in the scientific world now is to put forward rational truth because it is sometimes unreal," he said. "Be a young man who uses common sense in any case, clever as a snake but sincere as a dove, do not be easy to be a short fuse," he continued.

In the next session, participants explored the basics of educational philosophy with Yoel Yoga Dwiyanto, S.Th, one of the Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta team. "Education would not exist without humans, and education will always change," he said. The participants were very enthusiastic about finding answers to what kind of educational philosophy and educational philosophy. Then, they presented the educational philosophy, namely Idealism (education helps the development of thought and personal self, because human talents are different, the education given must be based on their respective talents to develop ratios and morals). Realism (education shapes each individual into what is considered good, so that education given to educated subjects is similar to obedient robots). Pragmatism (education is based on the fact that the subject is not an object, but a subject that has experience. Each subject is an individual who has experienced so that they develop and have the initiative to act). Progressivism (education aims to train thinking skills by applying ways of free, analytical, scientific, natural, and consideration to produce advanced thinking). Essentialism (education glorifies past cultures that have strong values ​​and has been tested to provide stability). Perennialism (education that generates the ability to think constructively to adapt to changes and developments in science and technology). Existentialism (education encourages each individual to develop all his potential continuously to achieve self-fulfillment and full awareness to imagine what is possible and what can be done). Reconstructionism (education that guides the human soul to understand rational life orders, and to think about what needs to be changed for the future). From the deepening of the philosophy above, it turns out that it has influenced the practice of education to now.

Regarding the topic of Education in the Technological Era, Dema Mathias Lumban Tobing, M.Kom, called Dema, explained the theme of Your Digital Life. With the skills of information technology, computers, gamers, and game developers, Dema explained that the presence of technology is increasing every year and even exceeds the human brain. “Our challenge today is not between humans but, humans and computers. So, what happens if the human brain does not keep up with the era?” he challenged the participants. He also warned of some endangered-deleted jobs. In addition, participants also gained experience on how to use their gadgets to be more productive. Several participants told how they planned in the future to use gadgets with their respective backgrounds.

The presence of increasingly rapid technology in the education world cannot be avoided. It means that as the year changes, changes will continue to occur and humans will go hand in hand with change, including the presence of technology. As a young person, you must take advantage of your gadgets or technology for a better career and future. ***

By Antonia Maria Oy.          

Being chosen as a participant in Local Exposure to Lampung province on Sumatra island is a precious blessing from God and a challenge for a student like me. It is my first time visiting an area that is new because I do not know the characteristics of its people. On the one hand, it is an honor to learn new things and add to the list of islands in Indonesia that I visited! However, on the other hand, this is a challenge for me because Lampung and its people have different cultures and customs from East Sumba in East Nusa Tenggara.

For two weeks in April, I did my best to share my knowledge and skills with young people, under 19 years old, at Pondok Diakonia GKSBS Batanghari, East Lampung. The characteristics of youth in one area are very different from other areas. Young people in my hometown do not have and are not used to using a smartphone, while almost all young people in Pondok Diakonia have a smartphone, even since elementary school. It affects their knowledge and insight about the 'world outside' because it is easy to find something 'trending' in cyberspace or learn new things they are interested in. In Lampung, I shared my public speaking skills, tips on hosting an event, techniques for recording and editing videos, and processing chocolate bars into various forms (emoticons, cartoon figures, miniature masks) for sale.

From the experiences, I found several things as reflections, first, the importance of educating the use of social media at an early age. From time to time, technological development runs rapidly along with the massive flow of information circulating, and hard to limit it. Along with the emergence of negative things circulating on social media timelines (TikTok, Instagram, Facebook) that affect their character, nature, and teenagers' attitude. Teenagers need to be able to filter spectacles and readings that are appropriate for their age, so they do not easily fall into negative things.

Second, I realize the importance of instilling basic skills among youth as a provision of life. I found that young people in the Lampung multiplication program are potential with a passion for self-development, such as being a writer, presenter, orator, and others. They can achieve it if they get a companion to develop their potencies. In my opinion, it must be continuously done because they need friends, coaches, companions, as well as teachers who can hone their abilities. Otherwise, if there is no attention to them, the potencies slowly wither away.

Third, sustainable basic health education is a necessity for young people. The findings of cases of sexual diseases and sexual behavior deviations that occurred in East Lampung were a sign of a lack of sexual education for children and adolescents. Sex education is no longer taboo and must be educatively informed so that teenagers understand what is dangerous and what should not do in their adolescence.

Last, empowering students in Lampung to contribute to their hometown, especially developing the capacity of young people, so that local people's human resources are improved and able to take advantage of local products.

Thank you to Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta for being a place to develop students' knowledge and skills. Hopefully, in the future, more students will have the opportunity to gain experience and to have self-empowering to benefit the community. ***

By: Andraharis Pati Ndamung          

Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta is an institution that facilitates students to develop through training that is expected to be more qualified individuals. Here I learn a lot, broaden my insight and be sensitive to social phenomena that occur around me. In addition, Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta is focused on the students and helps them to understand how to utilize life efficiently, independently, analytically, and diligently to achieve future dreams. At Stube, I increase my knowledge and experience, improve my abilities and potencies, and finally join the exposure program to Lampung.

The Exposure to Lampung was an unforgettable experience and became one of stories in my life. I shared skills of cutting hair using scissors and electric clippers, including talking about barbershops and the economic prospect. Running barbershops can be an alternative job for income. Other activities include assisting in making videos and editing process.

I also learned Lampung through visits, such as to the Way Kambas National Park, a place for elephant conservation and even having interaction with elephants. I also practiced how to tap rubber sap in Mesuji. It turned out that tapping rubber was difficult because I entered a rubber garden where there were lots of mosquitoes and leeches and even snakes. I cannot find both elephants and rubber trees in my hometown in East Sumba.

For me, being a student is a golden period as a transition from youngster to adulthood and meeting social problems, confusion, and loss of identity. A student faces the choices that come and must be able to predict what will happen in the future. So, students need to be steady for the goal of being a student and be ready to face the outside world by wisely choosing a supportive environment and shaping themselves into someone who brings change. When the choice is in hand, which will come first, humanity or welfare? Wisely thinking, choosing humanity is more crucial, isn’t it? Most experiences I have ever found that, there are still many people who are oppressed and seek justice. I learn a lesson that 'be a pity to them' is not enough, but building-helping-sharing is a real form of raising human values instead.

From the Exposure to Lampung I learned a lot about humanity, a person with higher education is required not only to show dedication to work professionally, but also sensitivity to see the surrounding problems by opening his living space to pay attention and raise the dignity of other people's lives, as well as accepting and assisting young people to have opportunities for a better life.

I would like to thank Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta for providing the opportunity so I can learn about social and cultural life in Lampung as well as share my knowledge and experiences with young friends in Lampung.***

By: Trustha Rembaka         

Local Exposure to Lampung is one of Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta's program activities to strengthen Stube HEMAT services in the region as well as a workspace for students who are studying in Yogyakarta to share their knowledge and skills. Rev. Theofilus as the multiplicator program of Stube HEMAT in Lampung has mentoring services for youth at the junior high and high school levels besides serving the GKSBS Batanghari congregation. The exposure participants support the services provided by multiplicator, and of course, it becomes a challenge when interacting with the dynamic phase of adolescent growth in line with curiosity so that it becomes an opportunity for exposure participants to provide knowledge and skills for their future.

In conversations with teenagers who live in Pondok Diakonia GKSBS Batanghari, it was revealed that they came from various districts in Lampung, such as East Lampung, Central Lampung, Tulang Bawang, West Tulang Bawang and North Lampung. They leave their parents and village to live in a dormitory to get a conducive environment for learning and better access of education than where they came from. It is not easy for them to be separated from their parents, but indirectly this situation encourages them to be more independent, responsible, and take care of each other.

For the exposure activities in Lampung, I prepared training in writing blogs and narration for videos, taking pictures and making short videos, and supporting the works of the Stube HEMAT Multiplication in Lampung. Journalistic training strengthens young people's writing skills, and it is useful when they do their school assignments, create video narratives, and document Stube HEMAT activities. It must be admitted that it is not easy to find ideas and create an article, so you have to sit down and chat with them so you can 'connect' with them so that various stories will be revealed and ideas will emerge. Then, one strategy was to allow them to choose a topic that interests them to write about. They have proven that they are capable to produce writings and have been published both blogs and narratives for their short videos. However, some have not succeeded.

Capacity-building among youth at Pondok Diakonia GKSBS Batanghari plays a significant role because it prepares them to become young people with added value, both spirituality, under the pastor's guidance, church assembly, and GKSBS Batanghari congregation. Teenagers are equipped with actual knowledge, skills development, independent character building, and broader insight when interacting with existing topics and sources, and it will help them to respond the future more optimistically. Furthermore, the approach and mapping of campuses and student gathering spots in urban areas such as Bandarlampung, Metro, and Bandarjaya, as well as opening new networks and continuing to assist youth, need to be done continuously.*** 

By: Yohanes Tola          

Becoming one of the participants in the Local Exposure to Lampung program is a wonderful opportunity that I have experienced so far. I never thought that my meeting with the Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta team at the end of 2021 led to the best experience 'gift'. At that time, I met the Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta team as a 'new person' who did not know what Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta was, and at that time I was in charge as chairman of the Christian Student Association (PMK) of the Yogyakarta Institute of Technology.

Next, I attended Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta training on Water Security, including harvesting rainwater for drinking water, visiting Government Water Plant (PDAM) to understand the reality of water distribution problem in Yogyakarta Special Region, and joining the discussion with WALHI, an NGO concerning on the environment conservation, about water and its challenges. These various activities have transformed me into a figure that lives up to the motto of Live, Efficient, Independent, Analytical, and Perseverent.

I participated in the next activity, Local Exposure to Lampung, to share a public speaking training program and introduction of New and Renewable Energy (EBT). In Lampung, I discovered new things, met new people, presented material, adapted new environment, observed social sensitivity, and actualized campus knowledge in the community. I learned the world reality more clearly and found problems in society through the former people working for the society changing into a better condition.

My encounter with Rev. Theofilus Agus Rohadi, S.Th., the pastor at GKSBS Batanghari, East Lampung, also the Multiplicator of Stube HEMAT in Lampung taught me the meaning of sincerity, a response to God's grace for a better world and children. The interactions with children at Pondok Diakonia opened my eyes to the spirit of learning to overcome obstacles, such as economic limitations, the distance between home and school, and limited educational facilities, so staying at Pondok Diakonia was the right choice to continue their studies. Moreover, practicing public speaking skills will be an added value for them. I got another experience from a grandpa Ji, a member of the congregation at GKSBS Batanghari where I stayed for about fourteen days. With him, it was like experiencing 'college' and finding an imprinted meaning in 'Lecture of Life'. The meeting with “Yabima”, a church NGO concerning on farmer and village development, and the people working for this issue, gave a meaning to the idealism that must be owned in the current destruction of nature, especially in the agricultural world which has faced excessive modernization by leaving traditional values ​​of eco-friendly.

I am glad to meet some amazing people in my life. I believe there is always a reason for a meeting, whether it's about a time to reunite or a time to remember to keep those memories alive. Thank you, Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta for providing study space for me, I am proud to be a part of Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta as my 'life alarm', about an attitude and way of living as a student, which I will keep and share with my friends through my organizational and social activities.***

By Trustha Rembaka.          

The opportunity to live in a different society, culture, and environment is a valuable experience that will enrich students and the local community with insight, knowledge, and experiences. In 2022 Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta selected three students for the Local Exposure program to Lampung, namely Nia Oy (Agribusiness, Tribhuwana Tunggadewi University, Malang), and Andraharis (Accounting, Technology University of Yogyakarta), both from East Sumba and Yohanes Tola, from Manggarai (Energy System Engineering, Institute of Technology, Yogyakarta). They went to Lampung with Trustha Rembaka, the coordinator of Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta who accompanied them from April 2-16, 2022.

They shared their knowledge and skills with youth at Pondok Diakonia GKSBS Batanghari, East Lampung, including training in hair-cutting and its business prospects, it is such an added value for young people to have alternative jobs in the future. Nine children attended manual haircutting training using scissors and electric clippers, however it must be admitted that each of them improved differently. Another activity is public speaking having purpose to improve speaking skills by observing the types of events and the characteristics,  to design the run-down of an event and practicing appropriate gestures, how to speak easy-to-understand words, to have clear articulation, and to eliminate verbal graffiti. Next, journalistic training is an alternative to hone their ability to report on activities that have been carried out or convey their ideas or self-expression, then the writing will be published on a blog.

Two other trainings that complemented the skills of young people at Pondok Diakonia GKSBS Batanghari are processing chocolate bars and editing video. Chocolate processing using various colors shape into different model such as hearts, leaves, and cartoon figures into miniature masks. They also calculated the cost and determined a suitable selling price. Then video editing training became a tool to combine public speaking and narrative writing. Furthermore, they performed their progress by becoming event hosts and moderators at Stube HEMAT Lampung training on Health and Society, and creating video content related to youth and health for YouTube.

Not only the youth from Lampung did learn new things, but the students from Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta also met a special encounter in Way Kambas National Park to observe elephants directly, and in Mesuji they experienced the struggle to tap rubber, which they haven’t found in their daily life before.

Activities in Lampung have proven to be beneficial, as revealed by Griya, a teenager from Kotabumi, Central Lampung. “In the Stube activity last April, I discovered many things that I had never learned before, on public speaking training, I learned about self-confidence, facial expressions, body gestures, composing words, and I feel better. The presence of Stube is very important and helps the youth here to develop themselves. I hope the activities may last longer, so we can increase our skills and knowledge."

These series of activities became a learning space for all parts, either students who joined the Exposure Program to Lampung, or the youth of Pondok Diakonia GKSBS Batanghari, and the Multiplicator of Stube HEMAT in Lampung as well. Hopefully, the knowledge and skills learned will be beneficial as provisions for their lives, others’ and society. ***

Education cannot exist or take place in an empty space, because it comes from the experience of human life in the context of the place where they live related to problems and issues. As time and space go by and change, as events and experiences continue to flow, education should respond the changes quickly and appropriately. Various educational theories have the construction of thought behind them. Often, the construction of thought is derived from a conflict, tension, or realization to meet the needs or a better vision for society.

To respond to educational problems, Stube HEMAT dealt with educational issues with a theme about Education in Advance Technology. As a first step, Stube HEMAT held a book review on Philosophy of Education: Schools of Philosophy of Education, written by Teguh Wangsa Gandhi HW, published by Ar-Ruzz Media, 2013 (07/04/2022). Yuel Yoga Dwianto, S.Th., Stube HEMAT work team became the presenter in the book review. He introduced the sects of educational philosophy, such as Idealism, Realism, Pragmatism, Progressivism, Essentialism, Perennialism, Existentialism, and Reconstructionism. However, he criticized the book for excluding the Rationalism initiated by Rene Descartes at the beginning of the modern era.

These sects of educational philosophy emerged as a response to human anxiety about educational problems. These are academic, social, and even political responses from people to the novelty and future educational needs. Uniquely, these approaches are related to behavior and attitudes. Concerning the challenges of advanced technology and rapid changes in human civilization, Jean-Paul Sartre's existentialism approach provides the answer. It encourages every individual (student) to develop all of his potential to achieve self-fulfillment and awareness, and imagine what he can achieve, what might happen and what he can do.

The study of educational philosophy thought is expected to make the participants aware of the basis of thinking about the importance of education for a better life in the future. In a broader sense, society can develop according to its purpose and nature, and the existence of human life according to the times. In short, life and life's goal can be achieved when education is truly "alive". Because, education and human life are two identical things, inseparable. The relationship between the two is like the body and soul: the soul has the potential to move the body, while the goal of life is moved by education. Without education, humans will lose their spirit.

In this book review, it is also revealed that education in this technological era is developing so fast, its development includes a more balanced curriculum scope, an educational approach that respects the uniqueness of its students, the preparation of teaching, and more organized learning plans, and uses technology a lot. As a consequence, teachers and students must realize that they cannot be complacent. They have to think about breaking down the education system from an imaginary basis to become real experiences. Furthermore, a person's perception, conception, articulation, and analysis are formed by physical and psychological abilities such as the development of the times and the context in the educational process.

Unfortunately, due to the limited acquisition of knowledge, human knowledge is also limited. What one thinks, understands, and feels, is just a little part. No one can claim that he has reached the final and absolute end. Anything felt and understood is the best thing to have. Education can contribute to change the world in a certain period even though in limitations. Keep on finding out answers of everything that happens in life for changes. (YYD) ***

It turns out that waste issue is not as simple as I thought before. I throw things that I do not use any longer into the rubbish bin and everything has done. The waste issue can be worse because people’s ‘ignorance’ without care about trash. However, I found enlightenment from the student training held by Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta when I joined the Energy and Environment Program (Training and Exposure). I saw in the brochure that there was an exposure to Gemah Ripah Garbage Bank. Then a question arose in my mind, what kind of waste bank it is? What are the activities? Is it collected waste?

First, I introduce myself, I am Kostansa Hukum, from Aru Islands, studying Management at the Immanuel Christian University. I think that waste management in Aru is not good because many people do not care about the environment by throwing garbage directly into the sea or swamps, which is easily washed away when the tide is high. In Aru, no one wants to buy waste and then resell it. If someone wants to buy trash, it will be a good thing because it can reduce waste in Aru. In general, paper and plastic waste are burned and thrown away, not processed yet into something valuable. Actually, they learned how to make handicrafts from used materials at the elementary and junior high schools, however after they graduated, they did not do it anymore.

From the training, I found that the waste issue is closely related to us because we produce waste every time. At Gemah Ripah Garbage Bank in Bantul, Bambang Suwerda as a resource person, the pioneer of this waste bank, said that this is a movement from the community to manage their waste. There, we identified the types of waste, such as paper, plastic, glass bottles, cans, and iron. By visiting the place directly, I could see that from these various types of waste, I could make money by selling waste according to its types and creatively recycling waste into many products such as, key chains, flower pots, clothes, and other ones. From the experience I discovered new things that  I just found out that garbage has a bank, garbage can make money by recycling, even one used plastic bottle can be divided into 3 types of waste, such as cap, label, and the bottle itself. Next, I looked back how the cleanliness of my boarding house, every room has a trash bin but the residents do not care and let the garbage pile up. This is my challenge to be an example and invite my boardingmate to manage waste better.

I hope this article can add information and experience for readers, and we can start implementing the proper way of disposing garbage and keeping the place and environment clean. I will share with others my experience gained in the Stube HEMAT how to manage and reduce it. ***

A Reflection          

The universe is considered the architecture of civilization, a source of comfort, and a speedy space that can bring humans into the Paradise garden of pleasure. However, the reality is the opposite, where the universe is just a giant tunnel filled with parasites. Unfortunately, the parasite is a human who is easily moved by fascination, arrogance, greed, and ecstasy and expends a lot of energy to exploit the smallest parts of the universe for the pleasure of the body. People dredge too much from the universe for the sake of enjoyment of the body, but forget to care for and fill the body of the universe. Instead, humans let the universe starve, full of garbage, and polluted with waste. Now, the universe is on the verge of collapse and neglect.

It must be admitted that historically, the universe is a giant machine that can also be damaged over time if humans continue to exploit it irresponsibly. Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta as a student assistance institution took a step forward to start campaigning for students and young people to have the awareness to preserve the environment. Yogyakarta as a student city is inhabited by students from outside the area and students who live temporarily in this city, of course, they produce waste. Then, what can students do to help the universe? Not a few students ignore the waste they produce and leave.

In a series of training and exposures, the writer and thirteen students from various regions, various majors, and various campuses in Yogyakarta visited a place to observe, to dig up information, and to study the utilization and management of anorganic waste based on digital technology, namely ‘Rapel’ (Rakyat Peduli Lingkungan or People Care for the Environment, in English)) in Sendangadi, Mlati, Sleman (19/3/2022). We had a dialogue with the initiator of ‘Rapel’, Yudho Indarjo. He explained that ‘Rapel’ was established in April 2019 when Yogyakarta experienced a waste emergency. ‘Rapel’ itself is a waste utilization and management industry under the supervision of PT. Wahana Anugerah Energi (WAE), established in 2012.

A study visit to Rapel was full of reflections and educational space, where ‘Rapel’ can be a millennial solution for managing inorganic waste in Yogyakarta and its surroundings, even in 34 provinces in Indonesia. In addition to the solution, it is a breakthrough to minimize the footprint of ecological sins by 3R-reduce, reuse, recycle, using the ‘Rapel’ application. Interested people can download this application on the Playstore and register as a member. Through the apps, he can sell waste according to its type without leaving the house. They just upload photos on the apps and ‘Rapel’ partners will take, weigh and pay for waste according to its type, including paper, cardboard, plastic bottles, plastic buckets, scrap metal, milk packaging boxes, used cooking oil, used electronics, copper, and aluminum.

As a theology student, I learn the relationship between humans and the universe and reflected on how the church could be theologically and ecologically responsible to maintain the universe that God has given for human survival. Regarding anorganic waste, I learned to equip myself to serve the church and society in the future. Like ‘Rapel’, that’s emerged from the idea of ​​people who care about the environment. As a breakthrough, the church is on a mission to restore creation, church can organize and educate the congregation through various services to build awareness and understand the threat of waste, sort waste, and distribute it to waste banks or waste managers, such as ‘Rapel’. If so, it would not be an exaggeration to say that the church has acted pro-environmentally. I dream to realize a church that cares about the environment, especially waste. ***

The crisis of awareness of environmental sustainability is an up-to-date problem because the earth is getting older and humans need radical changes that promote awareness of the importance of preserving the environment. Changes in patterns and lifestyles to be more environmentally friendly for life sustainability become personal awareness in society and even have to be institutionalized and even be a new culture of postmodern society. This awareness inspires human life, starting from the consumption of basic needs, energy consumption, technology use, household equipment needs, use of transportation facilities, building arrangement and home care, agricultural patterns and other livelihoods, industrial development, business development, organizational development, economics, politics, and education.

Considering such a problem, Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta discussed Responsible Consumption and Production at Wisma Pojok Indah (19/02/2022). In the opening, Trustha Rembaka, S.Th (coordinator of Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta) introduced the institution and mapped the participants’ understanding of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Some participants admitted that they had just heard this, but were interested in exploring it.

In the discussion process, each participant from various regions in Indonesia who was studying in Yogyakarta revealed what they consumed and what they produced. Each expressed different answers. Ika from Lampung admitted that she consumes more than she produces, from food, beverages, water, soap, shampoo, electricity, internet quota, news, and fuel. She hoped to be a more responsible person in consumption and production.

Suparlan, S.Sos.I, MA from the Sheep Foundation Yogyakarta and the WALHI Jogja Council, as resource persons for the discussion, said that being an environmentalist is easy. Environmentalists exist because of global warming and climate change that is happening in the world today. It happens due to the rampant global development and industrial revolution without paying attention to environmental sustainability. Agriculture suffers from the impact of climate change and global warming from seasonal changes, changes in water availability, and pest and disease attacks that trigger crop failure. The far-reaching impact is food insecurity and the threat of hunger. So, it is appropriate that responsible consumption and production become one of the points of the SDGs to make the global community aware of responsible consumption and production patterns.

The higher the individual consumption, the greater the exhaust emissions released into the atmosphere. The accumulation of exhaust gases causes global warming and climate change. Worse, the world is trapped in the greed of capitalists who dredge nature without considering its sustainability. In group activities, participants counted the carbon produced from their daily activities. For example, the use of one rice cooker for 1 hour produces 267 grams of CO2. Let us imagine how much CO2 the world's population produces just from using a rice cooker!

Rev. Bambang Sumbodo, S.Th, M.Min., the board of Stube HEMAT guided participants to reflect on what people need today. It is important to have an awareness mindset toward a better and environmentally friendly life. Life is no longer oriented to momentary profits but sustainable thinking to maintain the sustainability of nature and the environment. Various findings about the impact of global warming, irresponsible consumption and production and the resulting carbon should make all participants rethink their way of life. ***

By: Kresensia Risna Efrieno.          

Humans are social beings who cannot be separated from social reality. Many social phenomena occur in society, such as problems related to education, poverty, social inequality, technology, economy, and so on. From this reality what should we do? Will sensitivity and social awareness grow by themselves? Awareness of this social issue or reality needs to be continuously sprouted and honed, to trigger awareness of the reality.

Along with the hope for the realization of humanity awareness, especially among young people, Stube HEMAT provided a mentoring space for students of SMPK Tirta Marta, BPK Penabur Pondok Indah, Jakarta through Social Studies 2022 with the theme "I and My Human Fellows–We Care We Share". This Social Study activity is part of the concern of Tirta Marta Foundation-BPK Penabur, Pondok Indah Jakarta, to sharpen the sensitivity of students about the reality around them, to bear young generation who knows what to do to respond the life problems. The pandemic conditions did not block the learning process, as the activities took place online for 3 days, where Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta facilitated them for two days, on the 2­nd and 3rd February 2022.

The first day (2/2/2022) was the beginning for students to get to know Stube HEMAT and Ariani Narwastujati, S.Pd., S.S., M.Pd., the Executive Director of Stube HEMAT explained about Stube HEMAT and its services to develop human resources in some regions in Indonesia. Ariani showed a video depicting  the previous social studies to help students find out  the last-8-years social study activities and  a video showing the life realities in Raja Ampat, West Papua of which the quality of education and facilities still needs support.

To strengthen personal touch with students, the school divided the students into 7 small groups with one facilitator from Stube HEMAT teams each. In small groups of 9-10 students, the Stube HEMAT team guided students to explore their personalities through a 'quiz game'. The students looked very enthusiastic when they knew their characters, such as a good person, a smart person, a confident person, a funny person, and an independent person. Some claimed to be matched with the result but some are not. This process led them to have self-awareness that they are so worth in persons and may do something useful for others in response to the difficulties of others that occur around them.

On the second day (3/2/2022) the first session was delivered by Trustha Rembaka, S.Th., by showing a video of the lives of junior high school students on Sumba Island who experienced limited educational facilities. They went to school on foot, climbed up the hills to get internet connection while studying online, studied at night with oil lamps because of no electricity, looked for firewood for cooking and also in charge to raise family livestock. In this section, students learned to uncover problems and gaps experienced by peers in other parts of Indonesia. Then in the second session, Kresensia Risna Efrieno accompanied the students to watch a video telling about the life struggle of Sudarmono, a person with disability due to a work accident. He did not give up due to his condition but struggled to continue his life instead. He and his wife started a peanut chips business and it has grown till today.

From these series of lessons, the students reflect and determine their attitude, and what they can do as the expression of caring for others, which is then comes into a group project planning. The activity of Social Study is not just to raise awareness or sensitivity toward social realities, but also to act as a realization of that awareness. Are we aware of the social reality around us? Let's open our eyes, open our hearts and determine the steps to act and share.*** 

A region cannot run alone without the support of the local or central government, both facilities and infrastructure, as well as budget to realize the regional development goals. Once talking about the budget, the term Regional Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBD) will often be found. APBD is actually showing the regional government's work plan in the financial sector for a certain period. A budget plays a significant role for a region or organization because it drives the development of economic potencies, and entrepreneurial activities to realize prosperity. Has the realization of the APBD been fulfilled by each region?

Students need to know regional budgets because it will equip them to understand how to step when they return to their hometown. Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta held a discussion on Mapping Regional Potency and The Potency of Local Government Budget Support with George B.L Panggabean, a practitioner who has experience as a member of the house of representative (31/01/2022). Dozens of students with various study backgrounds enthusiastically participated in this discussion because they did not know the details of budget management in their area, and this discussion became an opportunity to ask questions. From this point, the students expressed their observations about the region and activities related to the government budget.

The speaker explained that all government's budget management system from the center to the regions level had guidelines already issued by the finance minister. The guidelines themselves often become different from year to year, so the dynamics of the government budget also refer to the latest one or the current year. There are several types of APBD utilization, for example, regional revenues from Regional Original Revenues, from the center, and other legitimate income, while expenditures consist of routine, goods and services, capital, and others. Then, how can the community access this budget for development in their area? In essence, the community or organizations/institutions can access the budget, because the development is also for society. Not everyone knows the steps of proposal submission, meanwhile, the program is proposed through the proposal process, planning in the development planning deliberations (musrenbang) starting from the lowest level covering  RT, RW, Kelurahan, District, and so on. Then, it enters the budgeting process. So it does not mean the proposal to be immediately approved. In addition, APBD planning can be proposed according to the procedures based on the regional development goals, legislative's allocation, and executive funds.

Musrenbang and public hearings are an opportunity for the community to campaign for the program aspirations with organizational leaders, institutions, members of the representatives, and executives. If the aspiration is approved, it will be included in the Regional Revenue and Expenditure Budget Plan (RAPBD). Submission of this program would be better in the form of an activity proposal. Examples of programs that are commonly proposed by the community include improving the quality of roads in villages, supporting agricultural facilities, and other programs for the benefit of society.

In this discussion, the students found new things related to the budget and steps to access regional budgets to take part in their regions development. As young people and pioneers for the future of the nation, being proactive through various organizations and involvement in self-development through either small or large forums is very crucial, as it will contribute to the development of local regions.***

By Daniel          

Students have a dream to succeed, and the success requires support, such as knowledge to increase self-capacity and network that students have to improve their skills or soft skills. The skills to answer future challenges can be obtained both from campus through lectures, practices, campus organizations, or student group associations, as well as outside campuses, such as being involved in community organizations and human resource development institutions.

As an institution for mentoring and developing human resources, Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta focuses on students, who are expected to become pioneers in developing resources in their area. Stube HEMAT continues to expand its network to students by holding socialization of Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta in collaboration with the association of Theology and Christian Education (IKTP) STAK Marturia Yogyakarta (28/01/2022). Yuel Yoga Dwianto and Daniel represented the Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta.

Several students from STAK Marturia Yogyakarta who are members of the association hold regular worship and discussions about organizational anxiety at GKSBS (Communion Christian Churches in South Sumatera). Eri Kristian presented the topic of “To revive and enlive the restlessness of the Southern Sumatra Christian Church”. In this discussion, Eri started with a question, what should be enlivened? Has it not been alive so far? Next, Eri explained the GKSBS values, which consisted of 11 points: Asceticism for Sharing, Fairness for Sharing, Gender Justice, Dialogue for Participation, Strengthening Organizations, Strengthening Local Financial Institutions, Education for Life Skills, Ethnic Sensitivity, Accountability, Ecological Improvement, and Spirituality. These values ​​come from GKSBS living as part of the South Sumatra context. GKSBS works to do the contextual services by proclaiming itself as a regional church. Through contextual awareness, GKSBS strives to present values ​​that serve as guidelines and strategic directions for its actions and services.

Each participant learned the values ​​of GKSBS and gave feedback, Daniel Prasdika, one of the participants from GKSBS Seputih Rahman received an Accountability value (stable management or empowerment). He talked about several points of Accountability, namely, first, having networks with as many parties as possible to decide the direction and goals of the organization or church, and, second, documenting well the history and variety of the works, having more parties and the will to participate. In addition, students' understanding of the values ​​of GKSBS will strengthen Theology and Christian Educational students to live up to the calling in study and ministry.

After the discussion, Yuel Yoga Dwianto, introduced Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta to the participants by explaining the new semester programs, including Energy and Environment: Responsible for Production and Consumption, and Education in the Era of Advanced Technology. Another program is the Local Exposure to Lampung which opens opportunities for students from outside the region to visit Lampung and learn about the area. He also shared his experiences when participating in the activities at Stube HEMAT beneficial for him.

Let’s continue to synergize and to involve actively in various student activities, bringing students to have experienced ones who are ready to answer life's challenges. ***