Youth Community as Initiator, Motivator and Executor in the Climate Village Program Implementation in Malangan Sukoharjo Indonesia

Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas SebelasMaret, 57126 Surakarta, Indonesia

^* Corresponding author: argyo demartoto

Abstract

Climate change impacts ecosystem, public health, food security, and economic development. The community-based adaptation and mitigation capacities of climate change should be strengthened through implementing Climate Village Program. This research aims to explore youth community as initiator, motivator and executor of Climate Village Program in Malangan Sukoharjo. Data collection was conducted using observation, in-depth interview and documentation in September–November 2021, data analysis using an interactive model, and data validity test using data source triangulation. Fifteen informants of research were Chairperson of Environmental Office of Sukoharjo, staffs of Malangan Village, advisor, head, Living Environment Division of Climate Village Program and Malangan villagers particularly youth community of Malangan Village. Result indicates Malangan villagers developing potential medicinal plants, ornamental plants, and livestock enthusiastically. Youth community actively initiates and motivates people through socializing Covid-19 prevention and management, applying healthy and clean life behaviour, including processing and utilizing rubbish actively through Reuse Reduce Recycle system and reforestation, constructing recharge areas to prevent flood, and planting big trees to improve family food resilience, energy resilience, and people welfare and to reduce emission. Inadequate knowledge on fish cultivation and plastic bottle rubbish processing constrains the implementation as the execution of Climate Village program.