On 30^th July till 2^nd August 2015, WWF Indonesia invited youth representatives from big cities in Indonesia gathered at Eco Learning Camp, West Java. I was given the opportunity to represent Bali. We learnt the meaning of connection to nature, renewed our motivation in environment conservation, and equip ourselves to be more resilient to face challenges.

I hugged a big avocado tree, thanks to it for producing oxygen and avocado fruit. There was a comfortable feeling when I hugged that tree. It reminded me with big trees in my house. They are the world oxygen factories and they give it to all living creatures for free. Have you ever said thank you to them for producing oxygen?Can you imagine if all tress in this planet are cut? Can you live without oxygen? 

Hugging a tree is kind of morning meditation in Eco Learning Camp. This place is a kind of camp for environmental education provided for activists and practitioners who dedicated their life to the environment. The activities in this camp raise awareness of environment and encourage action to save the earth from the simplest things.

The electricity of this camp is generated from solar cell. As tropical country where the sun shines brightly everyday, solar cell is a good renewable energy for Indonesia. Furthermore, all food provided in this camp comes from organic farming. Eco Learning Camp has its own farm to grow fruits and vegetables. They also grow vegetables in balcony. It shows that people do not need to have special land to grow their own food because we can grow it everywhere. Just grow the plant in appropriate place in your house, like balcony or terrace.

Workshop #BeliYangBaik

In this opportunity, WWF Indonesia explained about their consumer campaign called #BeliYangBaik ("buy the good one") and how we can encourage people to be a good and responsible consumer. I guess all of you already knew about "7 Billion Dream, One Planet, Consume with Care", a theme established by UNEP on this year World Environment Day.

Here are surprising facts about Indonesia

• Indonesia is the largest consumer of palm oil products

• Domestic consumption of seafood counts significant

• Paper and tissue consumption increases as economic grows

• Forestry and marine resources are fully exploited

• Fuel consumption for private transportation is high

Everything you buy—from frozen fish to lipstick—is the end product of a complex production chain. Often, this chain starts in some of the world?s most fragile and exceptional natural places. Think of the Heart of Borneo, the Sumatra low land forests, or the Coral Triangle area. Indonesian consumers are not aware of this issues yet, nor of how consumption contributes directly to the environmental disasters happening in their own yard. The destruction continues as careless and wasteful consumption goes on.

Earth cannot afford our current lifestyle. In order to bring our lifestyle back to what our planet can provide, we need to make sure we only buy what we really need. And what we buy should be produced without putting at risk our home—the natural environment we all depend on. Consumers should play their role to help sustaining the natural resources, and better alternatives are there to choose.

Choosing better produced products and better technology, identified through ecolabels that make a difference can help conserve these places and our natural resources. Those with ecolabels produced their products in such a way that not harm the environment. It will also help WWF transforms multi-billion dollar industries to become better stewards of our Earth - which is one of WWF's conservation strategies.

So, if you are Indonesian, you can pledge #BeliYangBaik in change.org. If you have Indonesian friends, you can ask them to do so. If you are not Indonesian, you can start this awareness in your local areas. It's time to consume with care because there are 7 billion people need to feed everyday while our natural resources are very limited and most of them are already fully exploited.