Namaste Festival

“Healthy Choice for A Worthy Change”
By Respect Magazine

Breathing and Food Analogy
Breathing and eating, two constant things that human do in all their lives. But unfortunately, these actions often make people forget the importance of self-control, providing & processing food that is in harmony with nature and with the food producer. Nowadays, food exploitation spread more evenly and they attempt to provide large quantities of the same kind of food, thus harming our earth. Earth is contaminated by so many kinds of chemicals from synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. A large sum of animals and plants died in the end. Also, the food producers have a higher risk on getting poisoned by the chemical materials.

Let’s Make a Balanced Choice
Although Indonesia is rich with all kinds of food, we are far from being independent. This is because we are not capable (yet) of processing our food. And within the process, we do not appreciate the nature itself by using harmful substances, burning the forest, land exploitation and dealing with unfair government policies. It’s all depending on our choice: are we going to continue the calamity or making efforts to restore the balance and harmony in our lives. Indonesia Berseru is asking you to look deeper on what is in our food? Who is the provider? Is there any impact on the process? And together, let’s think a more sustainable way to consume our food.

“Coping with Climate Change to Maintain a Balanced Life”
By TCRPI

Do you feel the climate is changing? Do you see the recent phenomenon of nature, like flood, rainstorms and drought that recently happened in various places?How is our earth doing now? Not only yogi wants a balanced life, our earth too. Climate change has become a reality and we have to deal with it. We have a choice to make changes in how we live, a choice to have a healthy lifestyle, a choice to protect the environment. Let’s learn how to synergize our thoughts and actions to keep our earth in harmony. It is time to give back from what we have taken from the earth.

Profile

Metta
Metta is a yogini by heart, a part-time yoga instructor, a full-time employee of an international company, and a student of life. She finds her passion in yoga and aims to promote the benefit of yoga to public by bringing the yoga off the mat, applying the principles in everyday life, including on how to interact with nature. As one of The Climate Reality Project Presenter, it is also her role to spread the awareness of the urgency of climate crisis.

“Hot Issues, Cool Solutions: Living a Balanced Lifestyle”
By TCRPI

Human beings start to be aware that the recent climate phenomenon, including the extreme ones, is also caused by the impacts of our behaviors and lifestyles. Therefore it is important for us to understand that there are certain ways to keep living a productive, flourishing life, without harming the ecosystem. Among others are creating cool solutions to cope with the hot -global warming- issues, and leading a smart, balanced lifestyle, which will be discussed in the presentation.

Profile

Tita Larasati
Tita Larasati is trained as an industrial designer in Indonesia and The Netherlands, focusing on the issues of “sustainability”. She was trained by Al Gore as a presenter for Climate Reality Project in Jakarta, January 2011. She currently lives in Bandung, works as a lecturer/researcher at the Institute of Technology Bandung, runs a small independent publishing company, and is active in Bandung Creative City Forum.

* All classes will be conducted in Bahasa Indonesia