Jul 13, 2020 Last Updated 11:50 PM, Jul 2, 2020

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Energy

Islam-inspired renewable energy

Muhammad Djawis Masruri with Arahmaiani Feisal/ Source Kristina Großmann

A collaboration between a teacher and farmers in Central Java is unlocking the potential of an indigenous biofuel source

Pak Arum showing off his rissoles, cooked using biogas (Credit: Christina Haryanto Putri)

Biogas reduces the burden of fossil fuel subsidies

Corruption continues to shape the political landscape in Kutai Kartanegara, Indonesia’s richest district

Jatropha biofuel production in Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara

A generation of resistance

Jun 26, 2020 - IVO MATEUS GONCALVES

Students demonstrate at Santa Cruz cemetery, 12 November 1991 / Author

East Timor’s student movement and the struggle against oppression

Essay: Celebrating Imlek, Catholic style

Jun 22, 2020 - JOSH STENBERG

Practices such as Imlek masses are a welcome example of tolerance and plurality

West Papua and Black Lives Matter

Jun 17, 2020 - SOPHIE CHAO

A movement seeking justice, healing, and freedom for Black people has become a powerful rallying call for Indigenous West Papuans

Artists seek assistance

Jun 14, 2020 - RAHMADI FAJAR HIMAWAN

Several pesinden accompanying a wayang performance / Rahmadi Fajar Himawan

Javanese traditional musicians are among the many artists and performers struggling to survive, or qualify for government payments under COVID restrictions

A house of cards?

Jun 02, 2020 - YULIDA PANGASTUTI

The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the exploitation of non-formal early childhood educators

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