Gunarti, Activist for Kendeng Mountains Community Network: We are colonised by our own kind

Gunarti, a farmer and activist in the Kendeng Mountains Community Network, seems hesitant to be compared with Kartini, even though she shares the same birthday on April 21, as the inspiring national hero. She is now well-known for her leadership in the green movement to oppose the proposed construction of Semen Indonesia's cement plant in Rembang, Central Java. She believes the plant will endanger existing ground water springs and impact the larger issue of food security there. "It's better to have a cement shortage rather than a shortage of food," Gunarti, 43, says adamantly.