SAYANG KALIMANTAN | Picture This Festival 2018 | Singapore Finalist
Summary
TLDRIn 2015, Indonesia experienced a catastrophic ecological disaster with fires releasing more carbon than Europe did in a year. The thick haze led to severe health issues and even deaths. Volunteers and locals fought the fires, and innovative solutions like deployable shelters made from sustainable bamboo were developed to protect residents from the hazardous air. The script calls for collective action to combat environmental issues and reverse climate change, highlighting the beauty of Kalimantan when free from haze.
Takeaways
- 🔥 In 2015, Indonesia experienced one of the largest ecological disasters, with fires releasing more carbon into the air than Europe did in the entire year.
- 🌫️ The air quality was severely compromised, with air pollution levels reaching up to 60,000 particles per cubic foot indoors, equivalent to smoking cigarettes.
- 🚑 The health impact was devastating, with stories of children dying on their way to school and adults suffering from strokes, likely linked to the haze.
- 🌳 Efforts were made to combat the fires, including pumping water into the ground to stop the spread of fire in the affected areas.
- 🛠️ The government's response was criticized, and volunteers like Wally Tom from the Correct button took initiative to help the affected communities.
- 🏠 Safe rooms were constructed to protect vulnerable populations, featuring air purifiers and hard walls to keep out pollution.
- 🌿 A deployable shelter made from sustainable bamboo was designed, allowing villagers to create a safe pocket of air within their homes.
- 🌍 The script highlights the beauty of Kalimantan when free from haze and fires, emphasizing the importance of preserving its natural state.
- 🌱 The speaker expresses pride in being from Kalimantan, often referred to as the 'lung of the world,' and hopes for a future free from environmental disasters.
- 💪 The narrative calls for collective action to combat climate change, urging people to take concrete steps beyond social media activism.
Q & A
What was the ecological disaster that Indonesia faced in 2015?
-In 2015, Indonesia experienced one of the largest ecological disasters in history, with fires burning down vast amounts of forest and peatland, releasing more carbon into the air than Europe did in the entire year.
How did the air quality affect the people living in the affected areas?
-The air quality was severely compromised, with air quality meters reading around 30,000 to 60,000 particles per cubic foot, equivalent to the pollution from smoking a cigarette with every breath. This led to health issues such as throat and nose irritation, and in severe cases, children collapsing and dying on their way to school.
What was the immediate response of the narrator upon arriving in the affected area?
-Upon arrival, the narrator took air quality readings and found the air to be extremely polluted, akin to being in a garage with buses running all day long. This prompted an immediate sense of urgency to address the situation.
What measures were taken to combat the fires and protect the environment?
-Efforts included walking through the forest to fight the fires, pumping water to stop the spread of fire, and providing masks and a drone to the firefighters.
How did the government's response to the disaster affect the narrator?
-The narrator was angered by the government's lack of response, leading them to take the microphone and start an oration about the haze and forest fires, which had been recurring since 1997.
What was the role of Wally Tom, the founder of the Correct button, in this situation?
-Wally Tom came to Palangka Raya as a volunteer and started a partnership to help the people affected by the haze and fires.
What innovative solution was developed to provide safe air for the affected communities?
-A deployable hay shelter was created, made from sustainable bamboo, which could be easily woven and constructed in homes to create a safe pocket of air with the use of fan filters to reduce PM 2.5 levels.
What are the features of the safe room designed to protect people from the haze?
-The safe room features a glass gate to prevent outside air from rushing in, a first-stage air purifier using static to capture large particles, and multiple fan filters to reduce PM 2.5 levels to zero.
How does the narrator describe the beauty of Kalimantan when there are no fires or haze?
-The narrator describes Kalimantan as having blue skies, beautiful green forests, and being a place that cleans the air of the world, often referred to as the 'lung of the world'.
What is the narrator's hope for the future of Kalimantan regarding the haze?
-The narrator hopes that Kalimantan will be free from the haze and that collective action, beyond just social media posts or comments, will help reverse climate change and protect their homeland.
Outlines
🌳 Indonesia's Ecological Disaster of 2015
In 2015, Indonesia experienced a catastrophic ecological event, with fires destroying vast areas of forest and peatland over three months, releasing more carbon into the atmosphere than Europe did in an entire year. The environmental impact was severe, with air quality measurements reaching hazardous levels, equivalent to smoking a cigarette with every breath. The health effects on the local population were devastating, with reports of children collapsing and dying on their way to school, and adults suffering from strokes. The situation was so dire that some people found it safer to sleep outdoors to avoid the indoor pollution. The narrative describes the efforts of individuals and volunteers, including the founder of the Correct Button, who came together to address the crisis. They provided masks and a drone to help firefighters combat the blazes and started conversations about long-term solutions to the recurring problem of haze and forest fires.
🏡 Building Safe Rooms for Haze Protection
Following the ecological disaster, the focus shifted to creating safe spaces for the affected communities. A shelter was designed with features to protect against the hazardous air, including a glass gate to prevent air from rushing in, an initial air purifier to capture large particles, and fan filters to reduce PM2.5 levels to zero. The structure was made of hard materials like concrete and glass to prevent pollution infiltration. Additionally, a deployable haze shelter was developed using sustainable bamboo, which villagers could construct in their homes to create a safe pocket of air. These shelters were designed to withstand severe haze conditions, providing a refuge for families. The narrative also highlights the beauty of Kalimantan when free from smoke and fire, and the speaker expresses pride in their homeland. There's a call to action for collective efforts to combat environmental issues and reverse climate change, emphasizing the need for concrete actions beyond social media posts and comments.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Ecological Disaster
💡Carbon Emissions
💡Air Quality
💡Haze
💡Peatland
💡Deforestation
💡Air Purifiers
💡PM 2.5
💡Safe Rooms
💡Sustainable Materials
💡Community Action
Highlights
Indonesia faced one of the largest ecological disasters in 2015 with massive forest and peatland fires.
The fires released more carbon into the air than Europe did in the whole year.
The air quality was so poor it felt like breathing in cigarette smoke.
Indoor air quality was worse, with readings reaching 60,000 particles per cubic foot.
Children and the elderly were particularly vulnerable, with some dying from the toxic haze.
The haze was so severe that some people found it safer to sleep outdoors.
Efforts to fight the fires involved pumping water to stop the spread of fire in the dry peatlands.
The government's response was criticized for not being adequate to the scale of the disaster.
A partnership was formed to address the haze and help the affected communities.
The idea of building safe rooms with filtered air was conceived to protect vulnerable populations.
Safe rooms were designed with features like glass gates and air purifiers to reduce PM 2.5 levels.
A deployable haze shelter made from sustainable bamboo was created for easy setup in villages.
The shelters were designed to create a safe pocket of air within the house for families.
Kalimantan, once free of smoke and fires, is described as a beautiful green lung of the world.
The speaker expresses hope for Kalimantan to be free from haze and calls for collective action against environmental issues.
The message emphasizes the importance of concrete actions over social media posts or comments to combat climate change.
Transcripts
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so in 2015
Indonesia faced one of the largest
ecological disasters the world has ever
seen
in three months fires burnt down so much
forest and peatland that it put more
carbon in the air than Europe did in the
whole year to have so much forest lost
to fires there's so much carbon put into
the air and can you imagine what the
people who lived experienced so once we
stepped off the plane it was quite
amazing it felt like I had stepped into
a garage with buses running all day long
the air was thick on my throat began to
burn my nose began to burn as we as we
walked on the tarmac
I took readings on the air quality
meters was about thirty forty thousand
thirty thousand is very high thirty
thousand particles per cubic foot was
equivalent to what a cigarette puts out
every breath you take it's like drawing
on a cigarette and it was gonna get
worse
we got the dhamma tree where we were
staying the indoor air quality was worse
it was about sixty thousand based on the
numbers it will have been safer to sleep
outdoors because it would have been half
the level of pollution some people did
because the haze yeah I like children
when when when he was cycling and then
he didn't use the mass so the Heisei
come into the into the month it's more
than any he cannot read and annotate on
on the way so many children exposed
quite a few cases of children just
walking to school and dying on the way
they were collapse and within 24 hours
get diarrhea and possibly this was a
kind of a toxic shock to the system our
friends we are aunts and uncles who were
getting strokes you know it's very hard
to pinpoint that is the haze but with
the high incidence of these stories we
are getting rather concerned and
it made our what feel even more urgent
we just walked through the forest and
fighters are raging below our feet their
files will be on the ground and they
discret underground because it's like
deepest sponge down that it's all really
dry and very long evolved so they're
pumping water answer that will kinda
that and hopefully stop the
spread of fire in this area but the
forest see which is 5,000 hectares we
just saw like eight men going at it you
know life practically fighting nature so
I'll come soon so we'll be giving them
eight masks and a drone and these are
the brave brave men fighting fires on
everyone when we arrive in front of
Governor office and I saw how the
government didn't respond to us I was
angry
I took the microphone and started to the
oration the haze and forest fire already
happened in Central Kalimantan since
1997 and it keeps coming back every year
this is something that we really need to
talk about at firket but and of course
to find out the solution so at the time
Wally Tom the founder of the correct
button came to palangka raya as a
volunteer we started a partnership at a
time and when we got into the
conversations about the haste and Wooley
wanted to do more about helping the
people it was like the stringer so for
me myself and also for my team
there wasn't really a way to be safe
from the haze 24 hours a day so my
belief was what was really meaningful
was to build safe rooms rooms where the
air was filtered children and elderly
could breathe easily without having to
wear masks and that's what we did for
the next two years after 2015 we went to
talk to engineers we went to meet
different people to discuss how can we
do this right after two years we finally
built this a shelter and he has quite a
few features to protect the people
inside it has a glass gate that doesn't
allow outside air from rushing in it has
first stage air purifier that uses
static to capture all the big particles
and it has six to seven fan filters from
areas that clean out and bring the PM
2.5 levels down to zero and it's made of
hard walls those concrete glass windows
and there won't be easy infiltration of
the pollution and the other thing we're
really proud about is this deployable
hay shelter it's made from sustainable
bamboo the villages can find in their
backyard and weave it and create this
dome in their house all it takes then is
a shower curtains to drape over and
create the shell and the same fan filter
to put on top instead of trying to seal
the whole house we create a safe pocket
of air within the house and a family of
four to five can sleep in that all day
long they should be able to withstand
psi 1,000 to 2,000 conditions
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so over the last few years as we were
building a charter we were privileged to
see Kalimantan without the smoke without
the fires the skies are blue the forests
were beautiful green and these are
forests that clean the air of the world
Kalimantan is so beautiful I'm so proud
to be born in Kalimantan Kalimantan
wants dub as a lung of the world that's
the place that we call home and our
homeland should not be in the haze
because in the past it was not like that
so I really hope the Kalimantan will be
yeah free from the haze
if you all stood up together and went
out to do something about environment
something concrete and not just on
social media or typing angry comments I
think we could reverse climate change
but we need to get in action
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