Laetania Belai Djandam
Laetania Belai Djandam, she is a young environmentalist, her age is 19 years old. She is a Health and Human Sciences student at the University of Sheield in the UK and an Indonesian youth environmental activist. She felt lucky to be raised in a family that values the integrity of nature and is environmentally conscious and active. Because of this, she has been exposed to and involved in climate action from quite a young age. Growing up in that space has inspired her to do as much as she can for the Earth and its people.
Descending from the Dayak people of Borneo, she is also passionate in supporting the development of local and customary communities in Kalimantan, Indonesia. She is especially interested in helping to build their adaptive capacity in facing both health and environmental crises. Her parents have always been involved in working with communities in Indonesia and their environment, so she grew up with an understanding that these are two important things to protect and support.
She was only seven years old when she first volunteered in a community project to clean the Ciliwung River in Bogor with a respected climate activist, Hapsoro. Nine years old when she felt proud to go on a field trip with her classmates and teacher to visit her mom’s office and learn about her work in forestry. Twelve when she was one of the chosen students in my elementary school to feature in a television series about recycling waste.
Her interest in environmental causes sparked from a very young age, but she relied more on taking opportunities that came her way, rather than creating them myself.
She believes everybody deserves to live a healthy, happy life. “As a health student, I want to give people the opportunity to make healthy choices and have healthy lives.” And as a young environmentalist, she wants to ensure that people have equal access to a clean and sustainable home.
As a Planetary Health learner, she understands that it should not be a choice between the two. There is an underlying connection between human and environmental health, where if one is not healthy then neither can be. We need to be illuminating these connections between health and the environment because the solution lies in the heart of where the two meet.
1. What is the main idea of paragraph 1?
The main idea of paragraph 1 is about Indonesian young activists who care about the environment.
2. What does paragraph 2 talk about?
Paragraph 2 talks about Laetania Belai Djandam who grew up with the understanding that two important things to protect and support are health and environment.
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