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Monday 6 January 2014

Linking Environmental Sociology to Timorese Universities

Elsa J. Araujo Pinto
Post-Graduate student in Peace Studies

Environmental Sociology is a new topic emerged in the field of sociology science in 1970s. Sociologists came into a conclusion that it was important to put more attention to the environmental issues. As stated in Hannigan (1995), the term of Environmental Sociology was first used in 1971 by  Samuel Klausner in his book “On Man in His Environment”.

As we can see in recent years there are many natural disasters occur in all over the world such as: long dry season, heavy rain, landslides, typhoon, tsunami, flood etc. The fatal effects that it can bring are diseases to human health (old and new one), increase in sea level, famine and death. These all have direct impact to the live of human being, animal and plants. As it happens often, environmental sociologists, scholars, government, NGO and the international agencies put more attention and effort in dealing with the environmental issues, especially with the emerging issue of  ‘climate change’.  

Reflecting on the environmental sociology, it is really interesting  for the writer to put more attention on the relationship between human being and nature in the environmental sociology. It is because most of the time human beings attempt to act as the controller for the nature. They think that they have got all the power to control the nature by using their knowledge and ability in creating, inventing and modifying everything that belong to nature, all of this have done through the technology they have created.

 However, as the time goes by, things are changing. The nature comes to show how powerful it is. Now days,  human being has to change the idea of ‘the controller’ of the nature, because it is proved  that human being can’t take control and will never take control on the nature.

Let us take the example on the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in March 11, 2011 in Tohoku area. It caused death, injury, damage in infrastructure but it also destroyed the power plan energy and endangers human’s life and also the environment. In fact this power plant was examined and the government of Japan was really sure that it’s safe for human and environmental, however it turned out the other way around when it was hit by Tsunami. Instead of suffering from the earthquake and tsunami only, people have to suffer from the effect of the power plant that has destroyed their agricultural land. Human beings are able to invent things to make their live easier but they don’t really consider the effect to the nature. We have examined, planed and considered other aspects yet most of the time we failed to consider the power of nature. This is as an example out of other cases occurred around this planet.  

The Tsuname and Fukushima experiences simply show that the ideal relationship between human being and nature is as a complementary not as a controller. There should be the balance in exploiting and giving back to the nature. Nature provides so much for human being, such as water, land, air, trees, crops, animals and etc. we admit it or not, human being is a part of nature. Let us check it together, land where we stand, air that we are taking right now, water and food for living, all are from the nature.  So, human being is one of the inhabitants in this nature or in a big scale is what we call ‘planet’. Human being takes part to it and should act as complementary, not as controller. This simple thought proves the position of human being as the complementary.

To respond to the climate change as new issue emerged in 21 century, we do have to act as complementary. Yes, climate change is the evidence that the nature has responded negatively to our human behaviors. It’s the way of nature to communicate to its inhabitant especially human beings for not acting as controller.

Climate change is a real problem and we need a real solution. We should start with is by changing our relationship with nature. Be friendly for the planet where we live. Let us, the human being, be the complementary for the nature, because we have only one planet to live now and for our next generation. Our Universities in Timor particularly should adopt environmental sociology as a field of study. It is still not that late to act. So, act NOW!



Friday 3 January 2014

Timor Leste: Ameasa Interna no Externa


                            Ekonomikamente agente infiltrada destroi Estadu Timor 


Buat Ida pratica espionage hasoru interesse nasional Timor Leste nian laos  buat ida foun. Tuir hau nia observasaun, hourik uluk kedas, bainhira sei iha faze luta ba ukun rasik-an mos iha ona pratika espionajen hosi nasaun boot hasoru lideres Timor no activista independentista liu2 sira nebe halo luta iha Frente Clandestina no Frente Diplomatica. Iha momento neba, governo Indonesia ho ninia aliados sira sosa intelijente hosi rai seluk hodi naok informasaun: laptop, mobile phone, pc, etc hosi mala Clandestina no mala Diplomatica Timoroan nian. Buat sira ne'e hotu akontese tamba iha tentativa atu blokeia ou trava movimento independentista Timoroan nian ba ukun rasik-an. 

Ohin loron, hafoin tiha tinan 12 ukun rasik-an, kontinua existi pratika espionajem kontra soberania Timor tamba Timor iha ninia riku soin. Ne'e duni laos novidades kuandu ita rona konaba practica espionajem hasoru interesse nasional Timor Leste nian.

Pratika espionajem atraves hosi dalan legal no illegal. Buat sira ne'e hotu em nome dos interesse espionajem sira ne'e, sira konsidera normal. Sira tama atraves hosi meios governantes, politikus, empresarios, lsm, Igreja, etc.. Infelizmente ita nia Estadu sei fragil hela i ita nia sociedadi sei pura (virgem) hela. Ne'e duni laiha meios sufisiente atu atua kontra pratika espionajem sira ne'e. Sira hanoin katak pratika espionajem sira ne'e legal i normal.


Iha ultimo tinan 2013, Timor Leste hasoru ameasa oi-oin, konserteza iha 2014 kontinua existi ameasa hasoru Timor, liu2 ameasa hasoru soberania tasi Timor. I, atu remata tinan 2014, Estadu lakon tiha ona osan milhoes de milhoes.

Tuir lolos Estado Timor tenki hatene katak moris ne'e hanesan game ou jogo ida. Moris ne'e hanesan catur. Ne'e duni, Estadu Timor kuandu halo jogo tenki manan, tenki sai campiaun. Se Estadu Timor la manan iha jogo ida nia laran, ne'e tamba Estadu sei fraku, sei fragil.

Tuir hau nia observasaun, duranti ne'e Estadu Timor sei fraku tamba Estadu la hatene kontrola ninia sidadaun rasik. No mos Estadu la hatene kontrola sidadaun estranjeiru nebe moris iha Timor. Iha konstituisaun hateten katak sidadaun hotu2 inklui ema estranjeiru tenki moris iha Estadu nia okos. Maibe, iha pratika sidadaun sira (at liu tan sidadaun estranjeiru) mak kontrola, manipula no explora Estadu Timor. Estadu Timor husik deit sidadaun estranjeiru livre i halo buat hotu konforme sira ninia hakarak. Buat ida ne'e mak ita bolu pratika espionajem hodi destroi ita ninia rain.

Pratika espionajem liu hosi destroi povo ninia moral. Ohin loron ita hare'e distribuisaun livre film pornografia, droga, etc.
Politikamente governantes sira halai tuir ritmo nebe ita bolu KKN (Kolusaun, Korupsaun no Nepotismu) hodi kria ona mentalidadi ida katak ema tenki naok mak bele moris.
Ekonomikamente povo ninia moris destruida. Sector agrikultura rasik ohin loron importa sasan barak tebes hodi hamate povo ninia moris. Tenki iha ema balun mak hatama sasan sira ne'e mas infelizmente laiha meios hodi kombate. Ai-han prima nebe bele hetan iha Timor infelizmente importa hotu hosi rai liur.
Koalia konaba sector justisa Timor Leste nia lei sei fraku tebes.

Buat sira ne'e hotu sai tiha ona ameasa ida ba Estadu Timor.  Ne'e duni Estadu Timor tenki hadia lalais ou muda lalais ninia sistema atu nune bele kombate hasoru ameasa externa no interna. 


Hanesan cidadao Timor, hau iha obrigasaun atu fo'o hau nia observasaun konaba situasaun actual iha Timor Leste. 

 Buat sira ne'e hotu mak ita bolu partisapasaun ativa sidadaun nian hodi dezenvolve rai Timor.

Ne'e duni, selain Timor Leste hasoru ameasa externa tamba riku soin iha tasi Timor, Timor Leste mos hasoru ameasa interna. 

PM Xanana Gusmao ema Ida extraordinaria, aman ba nasaun, legendario ba rai no povo Timor. Maibe, nia mesak deit labele halo buat ida. Persiza ema matenek ho nasionalista bo'ot iha nia sorin hodi hadia sistema nebe oras ne'e rungu ranga no fraku hela.  Kazu kontrariu, espionajem sira ne'e sei  halo ameasa interna sai boot i perigozu.

Hanesan cidadao Timor iha obrigasaun moral atu fo'o kontribuisaun hodi hamenus ameasa interna no externa.

Semana diak Timor Leste. 

C.O