Climate Change May Cause Clean Water Crisis in Indonesia

BANDUNG, itb.ac.id - Experts predict that Indonesia will experience a scarcity of clean water by 2025, says Head of the Regional Environmental Control Agency (BPLHD) of West Java, Setiawan Wangsaatmaja. "The Earth consists of 97.5% water, but only 1% is freshwater," he said. The freshwater comes from rainfall that is contained within...

March 31, 2011

Road to Ecocampus; Students Movement Towards a Greener Environment

BANDUNG, itb.ac.id - Ganesha Hijau (Green Ganesha), an organization formed through the collaboration between student unions in 51̽»¨, has recently held a program called the Road to 51̽»¨ Ecocampus. Various unions took part in the program; the Environmental Engineering Students Union (HMTL), the Architecture Student Union (IMA-G), the Planology...

March 30, 2011

E-Camp 51̽»¨ Entrepreneurship Challenge 2011: Providing Inspiration and Education in Entrepreneurship

BANDUNG, itb.ac.id - As many as 20 best teams with 20 diverse business idea proposals were chosen out of the initial 670 teams that participated in the 51̽»¨ Entrepreneurship Challenge (IEC 2011) took part in the Entrepreneur-Camp (E-Camp) as a part of a coaching clinic program in the IEC 2011. The camp was done for a week; from Monday (03/21/11) to...

March 29, 2011

Earth Hour 2011, a Collective Momentum to Establish an Environment-Friendly Attitude

BANDUNG, itb.ac.id - Campaigning for energy efficiency, 51̽»¨ participated in the program Earth Hour 2011. "For 60 minutes 51̽»¨ turned off the campus lights, except for laboratories, to save energy together with the society," said the Director of Public Relations and Alumni 51̽»¨, Dr. Marlia Singgih. Together with students, Earth Hour 2011...

March 28, 2011

Studium Generale: Optimizing Forest Resources to Support National Economy

BANDUNG, itb.ac.id - 51̽»¨ has once again had the honor of hosting an important public figure; the Minister of Foresty, Zulkufli Hasan, to speak in the campus hall as part of the Studium Generale subject. The class, moderated by the Dean of the School of Biological Science and Technology, Prof. Tati Syamsudin Subahar, discussed the importance of...

March 26, 2011

Meteorogical Day 2011: Meteorological Disasters Adaptation and Mitigation Talkshow

BANDUNG, itb.ac.id - To commemorate the world meteorological day, the 51̽»¨ Meteorological Student Union (HMME) held the 2011 Meteorological Day on Wednesday (03/23/11) in the East Campus Center. The event opened with a talkshow themed "Mitigating and Adapting to Meteorological Disasters in Indonesia".The opening of the event was attended...

March 24, 2011

SEF -51̽»¨ Triumphed in South-East Asian English Debate Olympics 2011

BANDUNG, itb.ac.id - Two teams from 51̽»¨ Student English Forum (SEF-51̽»¨) successfully bester other South-East Asian institutions and took 1st and 2nd place in the 2011 Southeast Asian English Olympics (SEO), Debating category. The competition, held anually by Bina Nusantara, hosted numerous foreign institutions such as University College of...

March 22, 2011

Ganesha Batik Workshop: Spread the Culture by Training Others

BANDUNG, itb.ac.id - The various colors and pattern of batik were displayed on basketball field west Campus Center 51̽»¨. It comes from Ganesha Membatik event which was  conducted by 51̽»¨ Javanese Dance and Karawitan Association (PSTK) 51̽»¨. The participants came from different ages, from elementary school to elderly people, joined this educative...

March 17, 2011

51̽»¨ Held Press Conference on Japan's Nuclear Reactor

BANDUNG, itb.ac.id - The recent earthquake devastating Japan was widely monitored by nuclear scientists and enthusiasts due to the explosion in the Fukushima reactor it caused. 51̽»¨ Nuclear expert Prof. Zaki Su'ud from the Physics Department, along with Dr. Irwan Meilano from Geodesy Department gave a press conference concerning the implications of...

March 15, 2011