PROFILE ~ Pedukuhan Sribitan

Sribitan Bangunjiwo Village Kasihan

Bantul district of Yogyakarta Province

A. Geographical Location and Administrative:

Geographic Location dukuh Sribitan IX is located in the Village Bangunjiwo Kasihan Pripinsi Bantul Yogyakarta or about 6 km from the Tourist Village Pottery Kasongan.Sribitan is one dukuh Bangunjiwo Village which is an area of Mountain Topography the hilly and less fertile soil. Administrative boundary Northern dukuh Lemahdadi, Kalirandu dukuh east, south and west dukuh Contacts dukuh barking with yard area of 39.7810 hectares, 5.5750 hectares Rice Field, moor the total amount was 1.7200 49.6395 Ha Ha. Number of Head of Family comprised 282 Head of the Family

B. Potential Areas:

Environmental Tourism Hamlet.

IX dukuh Sribitan in early 2009 established himself as the Environmental Tourism Village, this is already a commitment with all the citizens so that we all can apply Clean And Healthy Lifestyle (PHBS) and could create a welcoming environment quality is a yearning citizens Sribitan dukuh IX. This is not out of dukuh IX adopted by the Government Sribitan Bangunjiwo Village as a pilot hamlet Hamlet ALERT. Alert Hamlet is a Hamlet whose inhabitants have cracked preparedness preparedness resources and the ability and willingness to prevent and resolve problems - health problems, disasters and kegawat daruratan independently. Thus the citizens dukuh IX Sribitan always try to support the programs of the Government.

One of our effort is Sribitan dukuh residents maintain a healthy environment by managing waste from households. Indeed, citizens who already entrenched habits in a person is difficult to change, but perpetuate the bad habit is clearly a big mistake, there is no other way except to straighten it. Custom of placing undue waste, burning and burying waste that can not be destroyed is a habit that causes damage to the environment and human health problems. Trash this era tend to not fit anymore in governance with the old way of gathering - a waste transport.

It is time we make a change management system or waste segregation. As difficult as anything, to improve community practices for managing the waste must be done properly. Being a necessity and an obligation for us all to save the Earth, protecting and maintaining His creation - not even hurt it. We need to pass on good habits to our children and grandchildren in waste management.

Amid the rampant problem of waste, solid waste management system is created independently, productive and community-based eco-friendly, especially in the area dukuh Sribitan IX. In dukuh Sribitan IX himself had walked in community-based waste such as sewage treatment system is carried out independently have been going well.Waste treatment system was started from the household level to sub-sub-group level and finally at the level of RT dukuh and produce various kinds of waste which has been separated in accordance with the type of dry waste (comprising: plastic, paper and metal, etc.) that are economically valuable sale or become more specialized crafts and wet garbage (food remnants from households) to be used as compost fertilizer.

Hopefully, with the extent of public awareness to keep this environment, will create a friendly environment for the residents. Because, like a wise message above, "...... that we do not inherit this earth from our ancestors, but we borrow it from our grandchildren .....". And residents dukuh IX Sribitan already gives an example how to maintain the environment so that we can leave something good for our children and grandchildren, all of which are managed by volunteers - volunteers who joined the Society of Environmental Sriasih "Sribitan Sehat, Asri and Clean "................................. Amen