Her name is Aeshnina Azzahra Aqilani. The girl, who was born on May 17, 2007, began to attract public attention following her courageous move to send a letter of protest to four countries. Nina, as she is fondly called, wrote letters to the representatives of America, Canada, Germany, and Australia. She also wrote letters to…

Meet veterinarian Dwi Suprapti, a heroine of conservation that West Kalimantan people are proud of. The Singkawang-born woman is fondly called “Dwi penyu”, with her last name refering to her activities of struggling to save penyu or sea turtle.  Not only becomes the Marine Species Conservation Coordinator of WWF-Indonesia, she also dedicates her knowledge and…

Inspired by the struggle of Mahatma Gandhi who chose a hunger strike to oppose the tyranny of the colonialists, Melati Wijsen, 20, and her sister Isabel Wijsen, 18, went on a hunger strike. For them, however, the hunger strike was not to oppose colonialism, but to gather public support and attention for the movement against…

Aware that Gorontalo is the most vulnerable area against the escalating climate change, Nelson Pomalingo, the regent of Gorontalo, initiated a climate change adaptation working group in the province.  This working group also pioneered the formulation of work plans and strategies for climate change adaptation at the regional level, which is integrated in the regional…

Intan Yones Astika’s life is inseparable from nature. Since childhood he was accustomed to knowing the green fields. Intan is used to helping her parents, Suyoko and Kasiah, in agriculture. He became more familiar with nature after living with his aunt in Rejang Lebong Regency, a vegetable center in Bengkulu Province. The location is on…

Feeling concerned about the condition of coastal area in his village, Adi Sucipto initiated mangrove planting along the coast of Kertomulyo in Trangkil district, Pati regency, in 2014.  The inspiration to plant the mangrove came when he was fishing with some other young men of the village. They saw that the beach was hot and…

In 2013, Mika Ganobal was appointed by his friends to represent them as the coordinator of “SaveAru”, a movement to save Aru Islands from a corporation planning to clear up the forests on the island to make way for a sugarcane plantation.  His status as a state apparatus made him prone to threats and pressure….

One day in 2014, Muhidin walked along Sedayu beach in Gangga district, Lombok Utara regency. The 60-year-old man saw a mother turtle just finished burrying her eggs on the shore. Actually, this is a usual sighting for him, even since his childhood.  However, he felt something different about the mother turtle that day. The mother…