Safeguarding Our Grandchildren’s Future
Local residents initiated a movement to improve the environment. They feel the government is not doing enough. Now they are reaping the benefits of their actions.
October 23, 2007
MUKRI still recalls how when he was a child, Jakarta was an urban village of dense green foliage. Almost all of the houses in his native village in Central Karang, Lebak Bulus, had wide gardens planted with trees. The 54-year-old still recalls how after studying the Qur’an and when evening prayers at the mosque were over, how he often used to race home past open gardens that were quiet and shady. To this day, recollections of stealing durian fr
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