Shaping Sustainable Life-style Character: Impressions of IPB University College students Collaborating within the 30-Day Eco Journey

Big adjustments usually begin with small actions. This is the premise for the Sustainable Solution Champions (SSC) initiative. One of its implementations is Eco Journey, an initiative that encourages college students to construct consciousness of sustainable dwelling by concrete actions for 30 days with out interruption.

“We want to build collective strength through IPB’s vision of becoming harmonious human beings, in tune with each other, nature, and the Creator. Change cannot happen without starting with individual moral actions,” mentioned Dr Rina Mardiana, the driving pressure behind the initiative, in the course of the SSC Evaluation and Reflection session.

Dr Rina defined, “This program encourages us to plant the seeds of sustainable habits. The first phase is the formation of a sustainable lifestyle character, and the second phase is voluntary sustainability habits, when awareness grows into habit.”

Over the course of a month, individuals carried out 4 most important actions: Anti-Food Waste, Planet-X, EcoStroll, and BioDiscovery. These 4 initiatives concentrate on easy way of life adjustments which have a major impression on the atmosphere. Participants additionally engaged in every day reflective journaling as a type of self-awareness and self-evaluation.

One participant, Nasywa Aulia Artha, shared her expertise in finishing up the Anti Food Waste motion.

“After reflective journaling, I realized that I had been wasting food. In 30 days, my total food waste reached about one and a half kilograms. From there, I learned to manage my consumption more wisely. Together with the group, we also made compost from food waste in the campus cafeteria,” she mentioned.

Another participant, Wafa, added that this motion made her extra grateful and delicate to the atmosphere. “From this action, I learned to take only enough food and process ingredients that were almost thrown away into new dishes. It’s not just about waste, but also about gratitude and responsibility towards natural resources,” she mentioned.

Through this reflection exercise, the ‘Sustainable Solution Champions’ have been inspired to not cease on the preliminary part, however to proceed these good habits as a part of their every day way of life.

“This evaluation is not about passing or failing, but about being honest with ourselves — whether we want to continue our commitment to sustainable habits. This is not merely a technical evaluation, but a process of crystallizing values and character,” concluded Dr Rina.

About Sustainable Solution Champions
The Sustainable Solution Champions (SSC) program is a part of IPB University’s Eco Journey sequence, which inspires college students to hold out sustainable actions for 30 days. Through 4 actions like Anti Food Waste, Planet-X, EcoStroll, and BioDiscovery, this system goals to foster consciousness of the significance of an environmentally pleasant way of life and college students’ social duty towards the Earth. (*/Rz) (IAAS/KDP)