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15 May 2011

Staying ConnecTED [wonderlust.com]

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Staying ConnecTED MAY 15, 2011 Yesterday marked the first University-based TEDx event in Indonesia. TED brings together people from the technology, entertainment and/or design realms and gives them a forum to share their stories of dedication and success. Each speaker gets 18 minutes to inspire audience members through their tales of overcoming obstacles and in turn enjoying the kind of success that comes only to those who dare to dream big and work hard. Students

15 May 2011

TEDxUI [Sub-Cult.com]

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TEDx UI event / 15 may 2011 TED (which stands for technology, entertainment, and design) is a non-profit organization, dedicated to making, “riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world.” Recently, students from Universitas Indonesia organized the first ever University-based TEDx event in Indonesia. Event co-coordinator, Salman Muhammad, wanted to bring together great minds from academia, the student body, as well as alumni who have “achieved success or have inspiring careers.” He noted that,

18 May 2011

Petik Sendiri di Rumah [Tabloid Nova]

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Petik Sendiri di Rumah REPORTER: TABLOIDNOVA.COM / WWW.TABLOIDNOVA.COM Di acara masak yang dipandu oleh celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, sembari menerangkan menu yang akan dimasaknya, ia sering terlihat pergi ke halaman rumahnya. Tujuannya adalah untuk mencabut sayuran yang akan dimasaknya. Jamie memang dikenal sebagai chef yang suka berkebun. Di Indonesia yang dikenal dengan tanah suburnya, berkebun rasanya sudah bukan hal yang asing. Sayangnya, kebiasaan positif ini seperti tertelan bumi atau kurang terekspos. Biasanya berkebun di rumah

26 May 2011

Press Release TEDxUI – ConnecTED Minds [AnakUI.com]

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Press Release TEDxUI – ConnecTED Minds Bertempat di Auditorium Kompas Gramedia, Fakultas Psikologi Universitas Indonesia pada Sabtu, 14 Mei 2011 telah diadakan acara pertama dari TEDxUI dengan tema besar ConnecTED Minds. Kelahiran TEDxUI tak pelak berangkat dari ide berdirinya TED sebagai kegitan berkala yang menghadirkan para pemikir dunia untuk membicarakan mengenai ekspertasi minatnya. TED sendiri merupakan kepanjangan dari Technology, Entertainment, dan Design, namun pada perkembangannya topik yang diangkat menjadi lebih luas dari ketiga hal tersebut.

14 May 2011

TEDxUI: “Connected Mind” | May 14, 2011, 10:00am – 2:00pm WIB | Depok, Indonesia

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TEDxUI: "Connected Mind" May 14, 2011, 10:00am - 2:00pm WIB Depok, Indonesia Speakers: In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides

26 May 2011

Ketika Warga Jakarta Memilih Berkebun [Kompas.com]

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KOMPAS.com - Kenapa Anda datang kemari? Tanya arsitek Sigit Kusumawijaya, humas komunitas Jakarta Berkebun kepada seorang remaja putri dalam sebuah acara berkebun beberapa waktu lalu. Remaja tersebut menjawab dengan kalimat sederhana, "Kemarin lihat foto teman sedang berkebun, kelihatannya seru kegiatan berkebun ada tanah-tanah yang menempel," ujarnya. Sigit juga bercerita pernah ada seorang ibu dari pinggiran Jakarta, jauh-jauh datang ke Spring Hill Kemayoran Jakarta Pusat, tempat kebun pertama komunitas Jakarta Berkebun berada. Alasannya sangat sederhana, ibu

9 Sep 2011

Young Indonesians Paint the Town Green [The Jakarta Globe]

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Young Indonesians are breathing new life into their polluted concrete capital city with little more than buckets of soil and seeds. A group of mostly young professionals, known as Gardening Indonesia, has joined the global urban farming movement, converting vacant patches of land between Jakarta’s skyscrapers into lush green vegetable gardens. “There’s concrete, concrete, everywhere. But if we look hard enough, there is vacant land we can farm,” said Sigit Kusumawijaya, 30, watering freshly planted

23 May 2011

TEDxUI, Connected Minds! [The Marketeers]

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Bertempat di Auditorium Kompas Gramedia, Fakultas Psikologi Universitas Indonesia pada Sabtu, 14 Mei 2011 telah diadakan acara pertama dari TEDxUI dengan tema besar ConnecTED Minds. Kelahiran TEDxUI tak pelak berangkat dari ide berdirinya TED sebagai kegitan berkala yang menghadirkan para pemikir dunia untuk membicarakan mengenai ekspertasi minatnya. TED sendiri merupakan kepanjangan dari Technology, Entertainment, dan Design, namun pada perkembangannya topik yang diangkat menjadi lebih luas dari ketiga hal tersebut. TEDxUI sendiri adalah organisasi non-profit yang

13 Apr 2011

Rich Jakartans Try Their Hands at Farming [The Jakarta Post]

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Rapid urbanization has effectively separated people from the food they consume, which results in a majority of people in big cities being unfamiliar with how their food is grown. A small group in Jakarta, however, has been trying to reverse this trend and decided to grow its own food. Armed with scraps of borrowed land and little knowledge about farming, these people are trying to do almost the impossible: become urban farmers. One such hopeful

21 Feb 2011

Gardening Group Aims To Create Green City [The Jakarta Globe]

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From the seed of an idea floated on Twitter in November, a new social movement that encourages urban farming in the capital has finally bloomed with its official launch on Sunday. Ridwan Kamil, a prominent architect who started the group with the hashtag #jakartaberkebun, spoke at the launch at Springhill Golf Residence in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta. He said the Jakarta Berkebun (Jakarta Gardening) movement aimed to turn thousands of hectares of abandoned and vacant land