The most honorable judges, the honorable teachers from
Steladuce 1 senior high school, and all my beloved friends. First of all, let’s
thank God for his blessing so that we all can be here in a good condition.
Ladies and gentleman,
“If you think of a year
later, plant a seed. If you think of 10 years later, plant a tree”
This Chinese teaching has been popular since 500 C. In that old phase, people
have thought about trees. This is something ironic, for that time, numbers of
trees were more than number of trees nowadays. But, as reflected by the wise
words, it’s been realized that trees were important.
How could a tree be enough for ten years? The answer is because, a tree
has many benefits. Basically, trees are for
foods, and woods. Now, trees are also for
oxygen producer, water saver, paper raw input, fresher, cooler, erosion
protector, flood protector, birds (and other animals) houses; and still many
more. Trees in great number are called forest. It has more benefits such as: 1) Reducing global warming. Global warming happen
because of the ozon layer is broken as the result of air pollution from
motorcycle and burning. Trees can absorb the dirty air so that the ozon layer
keeps virgin. The less trees, the less absorbtion, the worse the global
warming. 2) Trees fresher the air. Dust, CO, SO2, and other pollutes
will be absorbed by other trees so that in human breathes the qualified air-
which full of oxygen. 3) Trees will improve the wet atmosphere. 4) Reducing the
potency of erosion especially in the terrasering area, etc.
Can you guess what happen with the extinction of forest limitation of
trees? It brings a lot of sadness. In
the rainy seasons, many farms area broken; roads, bridges, and houses are
broken too. Flood and erossion killed many victims and brings many diseases. In
the dry season, fires and smoke contribute danger and victims too.
The things above can happen because of changing of
functions. Many forests are cut to be made into houses and industry center. And
also with the green area in the country. They are greatly changed into
housings, malls, schools, and other big buildings. We
can’t imagine what will happen to our lovely earth if it’s been continue.
Planting trees can be started from our houses. We
can start by planting fruits or herbal trees. If there’s no open land area, we
can use cans or pots. Other thing that’s also important in green action is maintaining
the trees. Trees need fertilizer, water, and care. Without those three
important aspects, tress will die. Planting will be not enough without
maintaining action. Planting and maintaining should go hand in hand so that
trees will grow well. Let’s plant trees and keep them grow green and fresh.
Green Indonesia!
All right, it’s enough from me. Thank you for your
attention and if I have any mistakes i’m really sorry. And good bye.
My Green School
The most honorable judjes, the honorable teachers from
Steladuce senior high school, and all my beloved friends. First of all, let’s
thank God for his blessing so that we all can be here in a good condition.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Have you ever been inconvenient at your school?
May be yes or may be no.
I was sureprised in the beginning of
my study at SMP 9 Yogyakarta. I used to live in a very cool and green area that
is in Berbah. But then, I have to stay at school which is very crowded and by Main Street that
full of pollution.
Long time ago, my school was dirty. When I was at the first grade, I
saw the trashes are not messy, rubbishes were not in proper place, trees and
plants were yellow and weak. There was horrible thing. It happened because many
students didn’t like cleanliness. For example, when they were in the break
time, they throw the candy cover everywhere. How poor it is!
However, this condition is now changing. In this time, my school
becomes a beautiful, green and comfortable for study. Plants and trees are
being improved. In front of every class, there were plants under the
responsibility of the student in the class to keep and care. By the school
yard, there are many green trees. Not only that, but at my school there was
also program on Sunday called ‘minggu bersih’. In one class is divided into 4
groups, there were group one for week I, group two for week II, etc. Every
group will get the turn to go to school on Sunday to clean and care school
surroundings. In ‘minggu bersih’ program, the activities conducted are clean up
the class and care the plants in front of class.
‘When there is a will there is a
way’ is a proverb which is appropriate for us to improve the green quality of
our schools.
Ladies and Gentlemen, we should not think about our own place only; but
also think of our school environment. If our school is fresh, we would be more
motivated to study and finally our achievement will improved too.
My expectation is that every school in Yogyakarta become
gree, coll and fresh. It can be realized by many programs such as every student
is obliged to bring a pot of plent. The student must care and keep the plant
they brought. And every year, school give
the appreciations to the students whose plants were green and grow well.
That’s only a simple example of making school green.
All right, it’s enough from me. Thank you for your
attention and if I have any mistakes i’m really sorry. And good bye.
