Bio

I am an Indonesian who has been living in Singapore since 2003.

I grew up in suburban Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. I spent much of my childhood running around in the paddy fields with friends just behind my housing complex. I often visited my grand parents’ place in Garut, West Java as well. Garut was a much more under -developed place compared to Bandung, with much less population. My grand parents had a sizable fish pond and chicken farm behind their house. And behind, in the background stood mount Guntur. I always enjoyed myself there.

I grew up knowing that the natural habitats in Indonesia are endangered. I heard it from the news, the school and my parents but it did not really move me. I was of course mindful not to destroy the environment and I did not like people who did but I did not feel so strongly about it.

It was after I came to Singapore when I started to feel more strongly about conservation issues. Every year or so I would come home to Bandung and without fail, there would be a patch of land/paddy fields where I spent my childhood running around flying kites that disappeared as it made way for the expansion of the housing complex. Little by little, my childhood playground was getting smaller and smaller and right now, there is none left. All replaced by houses.

The growth of the human population certainly has an adverse impact on the environment. The big question is, how long till nature simply cannot bear the burden anymore? Because in the end, we ourselves will be the one facing the consequences.
This video, presented by Sir David Attenborough looks into the problem of overpopulation and its impacts on the environment:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwBgNF_4g7Q