Field of Change: People’s Stories on Sustainable Livelihood Development

This publication intends to take the reader across Indonesia, from Aceh to Eastern Indonesia, to share over five years of experience from the Environmental Services Program (ESP). Each story is written by an ESP partner, stakeholder, or staff member and relays their personal experience working directly with ESP program activities. These voices from the field introduce you to their rural and urban communities, as well as their offices, treatment facilities, government agencies, and municipal water companies.

The following field stories have been carefully selected and pieced together to reflect ESP’s ‘Ridge to Reef’ approach. This approach ensures the availability of clen water by protecting upland sources, while working with water providers and users in the lowlands to increase access to water and sanitation services. This ‘Ridge to Reef’ approach emphasizes the intersection between the environment and health and, as a result, directly links upper watershed and urban poor poor communities.

The structure of this publication illustrates this ESP approach. The first National chapter introduces program management approaches and cross-cutting components that make up the backbone of ESP programming. This is followed by three chapter which take the reader from upland Ridge, to intermediary Village, to lowland Reef.

Each chapter begins with an introduction to guide the reader through the selected stories. By using local testimonies and pictures taken by stakeholders in the field, these stories capture the essence of ESP programming from every regional field location. Read as a whole, all four chapters are testament to how dynamic and innovative stakeholders have worked together to secure safe and affordable water and sanitation while protecting and conserving the environment.

Contents:

National
Four Integrated Approaches  for A Thriving Watershed
Master Meter System: Water Access as an Entry Point for Community Empowerment
Turning On The Taps With Micro-Credit
Schools As An Entry Point For Health and Hygiene Behavior Change
Monitoring and Evaluation: From the People, For The People
Gender Mainstreaming: Integrating Awareness Into Everyday Activities
ESP Internship Program: Transforming Knowledge Into Practice
STBM: Coordinating An Integrated National Sanitation Strategy

Ridge
Forestry Education: Maximizing Reforestation Results
Field School Graduates: Never Stop Learning from Nature
Curbing Deforestation With Village Ordinance
Multi-Party Approach: Linking Upstream and Downstream
A Nursery Success: Seedling Development In Aceh
Creating An Energy Independent Village: Community-Based Biogas Initiative
Putting People In The Plan: A “Swakelola” Approach To Spatial Planning
Information Resource Center: Promoting Transparency

Village
Put Down The Guns, Pick Up The Pruning Shears: Cocoa Farming In Aceh
Field School Solutions: Raising Cattle Communally
Water Catchment Collaboration: Water Users Promote Conservation Efforts
Local Water Regulation: Cultivatinbg Understanding Through “Reboan” Forum
Living Problems: Field School Produces High Hopes
Building An Organization: Farmer Groups Develop Management Skills

Reef
The Urban Field School: tackling Sanitation And Solid Waste
Responding to Costumer Demands Water Companies Improve Their Image and The Quality of Services
Building Doesn’t Guarantee Use: Sustainable Sanitation Facilities
Mad About Garbage: Leadership In Recycling
Hygiene Champions: Leading Sanitation Efforts
Reducing Debt: Enabling Water Companies To Expand Services
An Environmental Education Curriculum Born Out Of Concern