A 6th-Semester Student of Arastamar Theological College, Bengkulu
The activity of Stube HEMAT Bengkulu with the theme of Climate and Environment: Climate and its impact on Bengkulu environment was held at the Academic Hall of STTAB with Andreas Wahyu Permadi, S.Tr., MP as the resource person (Saturday, April 2, 2022). There were several notes in this activity:
The participants learned that weather is the physical condition of the atmosphere that can change in the short term, while climate is the average weather condition in an area over a long period. For example, today in Bengkulu is very sunny, but yesterday it was raining (weather). While an example of climate is ‘dry season in this year is quite long. Climate change is a change in the physical condition of the atmosphere, including changes in temperature and rainfall distribution that cause impacts on human life, such as long droughts, non-stop rain, landslides, and so on. Like it or not, climate change is going to happen. Climate change impacts farmers' failure to harvest, forest fires, floods due to heavy rainfall, and its effects on health such as respiratory infections, etc. The case is also seen in Bengkulu today, such as farmers fail to harvest, the rising air temperatures in Kepahiang which is famous as the coolest area in Bengkulu, or the phenomenon of hail in North Bengkulu.
What actions should be taken to reduce the negative impact when a disaster strikes? Adaptability is needed to reduce negative impacts, as well as observing climate and weather information as efforts to optimize disaster risk reduction, increasing body resistance through sport, consuming healthy food, building infrastructure by adjusting the risk of climate change impacts, or improving water management. Mitigation is an effort to avoid worst disasters and it can be managed so that when a disaster hits, everything is ready. The mitigation can be done by planting trees, saving water, energy-saving, using environmentally friendly energy sources, managing waste, and planting trees in the yard.
After the resource person delivered the discussion, there was a question from the lecturer, Made Nopen. He asked why Bengkulu city lacks of wind while the village is not. The resource person answered that less cool wind in Bengkulu city was due to some factors, such as the less number of trees than houses, and it is near the coast so the heat would be reflected up to the sea level, so the temperature was much higher or hotter. There are important things to do, such as reducing private cars, and minimizing pollution, even though they are seen as trivial but having a good impact to the environment.
At the end of the presentation, the resource person emphasized that climate change cannot be avoided, but its negative impacts may be minimized. The world does not lack smart people but lacks people who care environment. So, for those who already know the dangers of climate change and its impacts, let us keep the environment and nature clean and balanced by disposing garbage in its place, reusing recycled goods, planting trees in the yard, and caring for the environment. ***
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