Should scientists care about politics?
A RENOWNED scientist once told me that we can only make real impacts by walking in the corridor of power.…
Browsing: Exploring Sustainable Development
Understanding politics to attain sustainable development
MALAYSIA is about to hold its 15th general election (GE15) on Nov 19, 2022. As the current political situation has…
Valuing whale poop: The concept of inclusive wealth
‘How much is a whale worth?’ Probably for many of us, the first thought in our mind is to estimate…
Jumpstarting ‘green’ industry in North Kalimantan with foreign investment
INDONESIA has never shied away from expressing its hunger for modernisation and industrialisation. The country has been taking a pragmatic…
Cleaning up horse dung: Innovation beyond technology
I recently found an exciting story in one of my son’s books. It goes like this: In the late nineteenth…
Decarbonising hard-to-abate sectors with biomass, hydrogen, and algae?
In previous articles, concerns over emissions from manufacturing building materials for Nusantara were raised. Cement and steel manufacturing was referred…
Replacing steel and concrete with wood?
As mentioned in the previous article, the building materials used in urban construction emit large amounts of greenhouse gases…
Redefining Kalimantan’s power dynamics with hydroelectricity
THE relocation of Indonesia’s capital to the coal hinterland in East Kalimantan has raised concerns over its energy sources. As…