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Gili Trawangan, a renowned tourist destination in West Nusa Tenggara Province, faces a significant waste challenge due to the high influx of visitors. Each day, approximately 20 metric tons of waste, including an astonishing 10,000 glass bottles, accumulate on the island. To instigate a shift in the behavior of the local community, business owners, and tourists, Gili Eco Trust has launched an educational campaign. Additionally, Gili Eco Trust actively engages in community-based waste management by establishing a waste bank and pursuing profitable waste reduction strategies. This includes innovative upcycling of glassware and systematic collection of recyclables, diverting them away from landfills. Gili Eco Trust has Instagram and Facebook accounts. Its social media is interactive. They reply to comments and direct messages from their followers. Online media should be interactive to allow the audience to ask questions about the program. The uploaded caption describes the glass bottle recycling process, starting from cleaning trash, melting glass bottles into glass sand, and becoming strong bricks. This campaign invites and urges local communities and stakeholders to carry out waste management and educate them to protect the environment, provide continuous information, and understand and motivate certain activities or programs through continuous and planned communication.

A large waste management system becomes inevitable for a campus due to its population and various activities. Therefore, developing and implementing a waste minimization plan to encourage sustainable campus practices is challenging. Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (UMY), with its nickname as a green campus, certainly has more attention to a sustainable ecological balance, as proved by UMY’s inclusion in the UI Green Metric World University Ranking, focusing on energy use, water use, waste treatment, transportation, and infrastructure. In 2020, UMY won 137th place after competing with 912 universities in 85 countries. This paper would like to analyze the stakeholder’s engagement in waste management systems to achieve a sustainable campus, choosing UMY as a single case study. This study utilized a qualitative research method with a case study design. Data were gathered through an in-depth-interview and documentation. The findings of this study identify strategies implemented by the stakeholders in managing waste in the university environments, including waste separation, waste collection and disposal, waste transportation, and waste processing and recycling. In addition, the findings reinforce the role of the stakeholders as the key, primary, and secondary stakeholders in waste management towards achieving a sustainable green campus.

This study aims to analyze the environmental development program of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) waste bank of PT. Pertamina Limau Field. This study used a qualitative method with in-depth interview data collection. This research model is interactive by reducing data, presenting and drawing conclusions. The results of this study indicate that the implementation of PT. Pertamina Limau Field makes a positive contribution to the surrounding community. The application of community development provides education and awareness to the community in appreciating environmentally friendly values and reducing the waste of resources. The synergy with the Prabu Mulih waste bank makes waste management more efficient and optimal. The waste bank program also has an impact on the social and economic aspects of the community. The sustainability of the waste bank program applies the green economy concept which refers to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) number 11 concerning sustainable cities and communities, number 12 concerning responsible consumption and production. The positive impact of PT. Pertamina Limau Field has resulted in the participation of more than 100 customers who have deposited non-organic waste.

The Ayung River Preservation Program in Bali involves the community and stakeholders to address the degradation of the river. This research focuses on implementing the Penthealix communication model to promote green technology and involve stakeholders in preserving the Ayung River, which is the longest river on the island. The degradation of the river watershed highlights the critical state of the water supply in Bali. Existing data shows that the decrease in river flow rates along the watersheds in Bali has reached 60%, which has the potential to cause a water crisis on the island of Bali. Using the case study method, this research uses in-depth interviews and FGDs with local communities and other stakeholders. Secondary data was also collected from reports in newspapers. The results of the study show that efforts to preserve the Ayung River are implemented in the Green Technologies Program, which includes: 1) Biopori Holes and Infiltration weels; and 2) Community-based waste management. In its implementation, a Penta-Helix collaboration model was built between 1) The Government; 2) Communities; 3) businesses; 4) Academicians; and 5) the media. This program runs the Penta-Helix partnership model, which prioritizes Attribute, communication, and Conflict Resolution Technique efforts to achieve Partnership Commitment between stakeholders.

Apart from having a positive impact on the regional and state economy, coal mining is inseparable from the negative impact that has become the public spotlight. A mining company’s responsibility is not over even though it has finished its operational period. The reclamation and post-mining are the closing stages of the company’s activities. The Istana Kelulut program is a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activity in the form of environment-based community development and is integrated with the post-mining plan. This study aimed to determine community development stages through Kelulut beekeeping in post-mining communities in Balangan Regency, South Kalimantan. This research employed a descriptive qualitative approach and in-depth interview with PT Adaro Indonesia’s CSR managers and beneficiary communities and a study of company documentation as secondary data. The results revealed that community development was carried out through assistance to the community, including training activities to improve beekeeping techniques to make the harvest process more effective. Innovations were also made through the manufacture of automatic honey-suction hoses and artificial nest housings. Throughout 2019, 20 people have joined as Kelulut beekeepers after seeing the Istana Kelulut succeed in developing its colony and increasing beekeepers’ income.

The issue of the environment is becoming more complex. Regarding industry development, the impact of pollution, waste, infrastructure, and social pollution is getting worse. Especially in Riau Province, known for its disastrous peatland fires in recent years. This paper aims to identify the community development to address the environmental crisis in forest and land fires implemented in Kampung Jawa, Riau Province. This study utilized participatory observation and in-depth interviews with the local community. Secondary data were collected in the form of information on programs from the newspaper clippings and reports. The research discovered that local communities initiated the community development program to change the image of peatlands previously known as the source of haze disaster, which also has economic potential. The community development conducted by the local communities consisted of (i) Masyarakat Peduli Api (MPA)—a community volunteering to deal with disasters and suppress forest fires, (ii) pineapple farm and pineapple product processing, and (iii) peat Arboretum. This study also disclosed that community development carried out proactive dialogue and engagement with stakeholders, including farmers’ communities, local communities, NGOs, and local government.

Ecotourism is a particular interest in tourism and often becomes the antithesis of mass tourism. Ecotourism development has several benefits: increased agricultural activities, product processing, Subak income, tourism awareness of Sapta Pesona and entrepreneurship, and recreational opportunities for the community. One of the ecotourism destinations in Bali is Subak Sembung. This paper analyzed the environmental communication conducted for the communities to promote Subak Sembung, Bali, as an ecotourism destination. This study utilized a qualitative research method with a case study approach. The findings were obtained from in-depth-interviews and documentation. Environmental communication itself is a plan and strategy through the communication process and media products to support policymaking, public participation, and its implementation in the environment. The results showed that environmental communication was carried out in Subak Sembung through socializing, counseling initiated by Subak Sembung, and collaborating with the local government. The communication environment also applied Tri Hita Karana (THK) values in Subak to sustain and promote Subak as ecotourism. The THK guides human behaviors in three critical relationships in their lives: the relationship between humans (pawongan), the environment (palemahan), and with God (parahyangan). Balance and harmony in these relationships are essential to achieve sustainability.

The Dieng Culture Festival (DCF) is an innovation of sustainable tourism development, which refers to the character development of local community-based tourism products. The DCF combines the concept of cultural and natural tourism. It shows visitors that Dieng has a variety of natural and cultural tourism objects with a sustainable tourism concept. This study aims to analyze the promotional strategies carried out by the DCF as sustainable tourism based on local communities. This research employed a descriptive qualitative approach by conducting in-depth interviews on 2020 with 10 interviewees included tourism awareness group (Pokdarwis) Dieng Pandawa administrators and the local community involved in the DCF. The results revealed that (1) the promotion strategy was implemented using online media (Facebook and Instagram), (2) publicity through television channels has collaborated with the DCF organizer and (CNN) Pesona Indonesia to publish activities during the DCF to the broader community, (3) the DCF organizer also created an official website containing a series of events, ticket sales, and information on Dieng Plateau tourism objects.

This paper was designed to explore the Legal, Political, and Administrative barriers to Citizen Participation in Local governance. The paper explored both the subjective factors that include the role of stakeholders (local administrators, local political representatives, Civil Society Organizations and Citizens) and objective factors such as legal and administrative basis of Citizen Participation. The paper presented evidence from an inquiry of the local government institutions in Pakistan by employing qualitative research methods. The findings divulged manifold problems that contributed to the ineptitude of Citizen Participation in current development lexicon. First, mechanisms of direct Citizen Participation are faulty. The legal framework on Citizen Participation has a very high margin of manipulation. The main policy documents and laws can be easily interpreted and accommodated to different development discourses. In addition, local government administration, the provincial government, and political elites are not ready to disseminate their powers. Furthermore, local bureaucrats are more empowered than any other stakeholder, which is making Citizen Participation a distant reality. Overall, the findings suggested that it will be difficult to implement participatory governance effectively in Pakistan due to the low degree of Civil Society Organizations' effectiveness, the truncated level of education regarding Citizen Participation, loopholes in the legal framework, and no mechanism for accountability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The current study is designed to explore the level of Citizens' Participation (CP) in the local governance system of Pakistan. The paper presents evidence from a case study of the health and sanitation sectors of a district by employing a quantitative research method. The techniques involve a survey conducted with 367 citizens of Pakistan. The paper has examined the relationship between indicators of CP (transparency, empowerment, and accountability) and effectiveness of local governance systems with the mediating role of local bureaucracy's efficacy and the moderating role of the influence of locally elected politicians. The findings have shown that CP has a very strong relationship with the effectiveness of local governance systems. The results revealed that transparency, empowerment, and accountability have a positive relationship with the efficiency of the local governance system. Overall, our study suggests that there are strong implications for citizens' participation as it increases the effectiveness of local governance systems with a particular reference to the local health and sanitation system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Universities are considered the epicenter of transferring knowledge and transforming societies. Within the context of the mission of university, community engagement holds an important role. In this wake, this article aims to explore the effective training program for university students to foster University Community Engagement (UCE). This study has reviewed the training programs on three inter-related human behavior practices: rational, emotional and spiritual. It has explored the impact of rational, emotional and spiritual trainings on university student to foster University Community Engagement (UCE). The main objective of the study was to evaluate whether the students enhance their UCE practices after the selected trainings were provided to the students. Based on the available research literature, the study has designed a new training manual and concept where university students were trained holistically (rational, emotional and spiritual). The data were collected from the respondents before and after the training. This research indicated that trainings have positive influences on personal and social development and experiences that students' gained from these trainings and helped them for their future levels of commitments to engage with their communities. This research also offered a deeper understanding about the importance of service learning, particularly trainings, for both students as well as institutions of higher learning. Moreover, this research provides grounds for improving the development of curricula and provisions of training. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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