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Greening institutions in Timor-Leste By Penny Jones
Acting Country Director Plan Timor-Leste 6 July, 2009 ©
Plan
Formation of the Green Task Force •Formed in September 2008. •Aim: To Improve Plan Timor-Leste’s environmental knowledge and practices in the office, the field and the home.
©
Plan
Initial Green Task Force activities (presurvey) •Tree planting •Film screening •Poster campaign •Green Team Awards for staff •Infrastructure improvements • Fans installed • Taps fixed • Waste segregation.
•Environmental policies • Duplex printing • Green catering. ©
Plan
Introducing the Green Investigator •Izito Castanheira, Plan Timor-Leste’s Operations Manager.
©
Plan
Plan Timor-Leste Staff Environmental Survey • Conducted over approx 1 month, from 18 Feb 2009. • 104 staff participated (96.2 %). • Written interviews – Tetum and English. • Open-ended questions. • Results reported for Timorese Plan respondents. ©
Respondents by district (%) 60
51.6
40 28.0 16.1
20
4.3 0 Dili
Aileu
Lautem
Unspecified
Survey findings: Views of the environment Major environmental issue facing Timor-Leste (% ) 30
24.7 17.2
20
16.1
15.1
15.1 11.8
10
0 Waste management
©
Plan
Awareness
Burning off
Deforestation
Disasters
Other
Survey findings: Views of the environment •Major environmental issue facing the world: • Pollution – 30.0% • Natural disasters – 20.0%.
•Best source of information on the environment: • Government – 29.0% • Television / films: – 11.8%.
©
Plan
Survey findings: Views of the environment •‘Young people need to know more about the environment. This is crucial for Timor-Leste, because the environment is not just one thing: it’s the earth, the sea and the sky.’ Male, Dili. •‘The environment is an important part of our health.’ Male, Dili ©
Plan
Survey findings: Protecting the environment Most important action Timorese people should take to protect the environment (%) 60
52.7
40 18.3
20
11.8 8.6
8.6
Cleaning
Other
0 Planting / protection of trees
©
Plan
Awarenessraising
Waste disposal appropriate
Survey findings: Protecting the environment •Biggest obstacle to environmental protection in Timor-Leste: • Education / awareness – 43.0%.
•Most important thing international organisations can do to protect the environment in Timor-Leste: • Education / awareness-raising – 51.6%.
©
Plan
Survey findings: Protecting the environment •‘Now the world is getting warmer, we need to plant lots of trees, and protect ourselves from natural disasters.’ Male, Aileu. •‘We need to help communities to prepare alternatives. If we tell them not to cut down trees, we need to help them find other options.’ Male, Lautem. •‘People often don’t think enough about the environment. They throw garbage anywhere, cut down trees, and burn rubbish in people’s living areas. As for the ©
Plan
Survey findings: Changes in staff behaviour • 73.1% of respondents said they and their families had taken a new environmental initiative in the previous 6 months. Family initiatives in previous 6 months (%) 30
27.6
27.6 25.2 19.5
20 10 0 Waste management ©
Plan
Tree planting
Cleaning
Other
Survey findings: Changes in staff behaviour •94.6% said they could do more at work to protect the environment. Additional ways respondents could protect the environment at work (%) 40
38.1
30 19.4
20
15.7 13.4
10
8.2
5.2
Tree planting / protection
Other
0 Education / awareness raising ©
Plan
Waste Waste minimisation management
Cleaning
Survey findings: Changes in staff behaviour •88.2% said they could do more at home to protect the environment. Additional ways respondents could protect the environment at home (% ) 13.5 15
13.1
12.0
10 5
4.7
4.0
5.5
Education / awareness raising
Waste minimisation
Other
0 Cleaning
©
Plan
Tree planting / Waste protection management
Survey findings: Changes in staff behaviour •‘Plan has explained about the environment to its staff and to the communities where it works, but we still don’t have very good results. But gradually, people will start to understand.’ Male, Dili. •‘We should introduce penalties for staff who do not follow good environmental practices, so that staff get used to looking after the environment everywhere, not just at Plan.’ Female, Lautem. ©
Plan
Survey findings: Views of the Green Task Force •Most useful Green Task Force activity: • Tree planting / gardening – 31.9% • Education / awareness raising – 13.2% • Waste management – 13.2%.
©
Plan
Survey findings: Views of the Green Task Force •44.1% had told someone outside Plan about the Green Task Force. People whom respondents told about Green Task Force (%) 40
32.7
30 19.2
20
17.3
13.5
10
9.6 3.8
3.8
Government
Others
0 Family
©
Plan
Neighbours
Plan beneficiaries
Friends
Other NGOs
Survey findings: Views of the Green Task Force •Most frequent suggestions for Green Task Force: • More awareness-raising for staff / communities – 41.3% of suggestions. • Increase presence in rural areas – 9.3% of suggestions.
©
Plan
Survey findings: Views of the Green Task Force •‘We need to keep telling the community about the importance of the environment. We need to create a Green Task Force to protect the environment, from a national level all the way to the districts, subdistricts, sucus and aldeias. This team should teach people to respect and value the environment.’ Male, Aileu. •‘All the NGOs should come together in one big Green Task Force, so that lots of people in the community can understand and get involved.’ Female, Dili. ©
Plan
Lesson-learned: Effective environmental education •Need to share information in a variety of ways • Participatory activities (eg tree planting) are effective. • Written messages (eg emails) are less effective.
©
Plan
Changes made a result of lessons learned •Participatory workshop on the environment for extended management team. •Environmental action plan developed. •Aileu office established its own Green Task Force • Tree planting campaign • Improved waste management practices • Environmental awareness-raising in rural areas.
©
Plan
The latest Green Task Force Action Plan •Community: • Environmental campaign.
•Office: • Tree planting • Reduce energy use • Reduce water use.
•Home: • Provide advice to all staff to have and clean a household toilet.
©
Plan
Questions? •Please contact • Penny Jones • Acting Country Director • Plan Timor-Leste • +670 331 2492 • [email protected].
©
Plan
Acting Country Director Plan Timor-Leste 6 July, 2009 ©
Plan
Formation of the Green Task Force •Formed in September 2008. •Aim: To Improve Plan Timor-Leste’s environmental knowledge and practices in the office, the field and the home.
©
Plan
Initial Green Task Force activities (presurvey) •Tree planting •Film screening •Poster campaign •Green Team Awards for staff •Infrastructure improvements • Fans installed • Taps fixed • Waste segregation.
•Environmental policies • Duplex printing • Green catering. ©
Plan
Introducing the Green Investigator •Izito Castanheira, Plan Timor-Leste’s Operations Manager.
©
Plan
Plan Timor-Leste Staff Environmental Survey • Conducted over approx 1 month, from 18 Feb 2009. • 104 staff participated (96.2 %). • Written interviews – Tetum and English. • Open-ended questions. • Results reported for Timorese Plan respondents. ©
Respondents by district (%) 60
51.6
40 28.0 16.1
20
4.3 0 Dili
Aileu
Lautem
Unspecified
Survey findings: Views of the environment Major environmental issue facing Timor-Leste (% ) 30
24.7 17.2
20
16.1
15.1
15.1 11.8
10
0 Waste management
©
Plan
Awareness
Burning off
Deforestation
Disasters
Other
Survey findings: Views of the environment •Major environmental issue facing the world: • Pollution – 30.0% • Natural disasters – 20.0%.
•Best source of information on the environment: • Government – 29.0% • Television / films: – 11.8%.
©
Plan
Survey findings: Views of the environment •‘Young people need to know more about the environment. This is crucial for Timor-Leste, because the environment is not just one thing: it’s the earth, the sea and the sky.’ Male, Dili. •‘The environment is an important part of our health.’ Male, Dili ©
Plan
Survey findings: Protecting the environment Most important action Timorese people should take to protect the environment (%) 60
52.7
40 18.3
20
11.8 8.6
8.6
Cleaning
Other
0 Planting / protection of trees
©
Plan
Awarenessraising
Waste disposal appropriate
Survey findings: Protecting the environment •Biggest obstacle to environmental protection in Timor-Leste: • Education / awareness – 43.0%.
•Most important thing international organisations can do to protect the environment in Timor-Leste: • Education / awareness-raising – 51.6%.
©
Plan
Survey findings: Protecting the environment •‘Now the world is getting warmer, we need to plant lots of trees, and protect ourselves from natural disasters.’ Male, Aileu. •‘We need to help communities to prepare alternatives. If we tell them not to cut down trees, we need to help them find other options.’ Male, Lautem. •‘People often don’t think enough about the environment. They throw garbage anywhere, cut down trees, and burn rubbish in people’s living areas. As for the ©
Plan
Survey findings: Changes in staff behaviour • 73.1% of respondents said they and their families had taken a new environmental initiative in the previous 6 months. Family initiatives in previous 6 months (%) 30
27.6
27.6 25.2 19.5
20 10 0 Waste management ©
Plan
Tree planting
Cleaning
Other
Survey findings: Changes in staff behaviour •94.6% said they could do more at work to protect the environment. Additional ways respondents could protect the environment at work (%) 40
38.1
30 19.4
20
15.7 13.4
10
8.2
5.2
Tree planting / protection
Other
0 Education / awareness raising ©
Plan
Waste Waste minimisation management
Cleaning
Survey findings: Changes in staff behaviour •88.2% said they could do more at home to protect the environment. Additional ways respondents could protect the environment at home (% ) 13.5 15
13.1
12.0
10 5
4.7
4.0
5.5
Education / awareness raising
Waste minimisation
Other
0 Cleaning
©
Plan
Tree planting / Waste protection management
Survey findings: Changes in staff behaviour •‘Plan has explained about the environment to its staff and to the communities where it works, but we still don’t have very good results. But gradually, people will start to understand.’ Male, Dili. •‘We should introduce penalties for staff who do not follow good environmental practices, so that staff get used to looking after the environment everywhere, not just at Plan.’ Female, Lautem. ©
Plan
Survey findings: Views of the Green Task Force •Most useful Green Task Force activity: • Tree planting / gardening – 31.9% • Education / awareness raising – 13.2% • Waste management – 13.2%.
©
Plan
Survey findings: Views of the Green Task Force •44.1% had told someone outside Plan about the Green Task Force. People whom respondents told about Green Task Force (%) 40
32.7
30 19.2
20
17.3
13.5
10
9.6 3.8
3.8
Government
Others
0 Family
©
Plan
Neighbours
Plan beneficiaries
Friends
Other NGOs
Survey findings: Views of the Green Task Force •Most frequent suggestions for Green Task Force: • More awareness-raising for staff / communities – 41.3% of suggestions. • Increase presence in rural areas – 9.3% of suggestions.
©
Plan
Survey findings: Views of the Green Task Force •‘We need to keep telling the community about the importance of the environment. We need to create a Green Task Force to protect the environment, from a national level all the way to the districts, subdistricts, sucus and aldeias. This team should teach people to respect and value the environment.’ Male, Aileu. •‘All the NGOs should come together in one big Green Task Force, so that lots of people in the community can understand and get involved.’ Female, Dili. ©
Plan
Lesson-learned: Effective environmental education •Need to share information in a variety of ways • Participatory activities (eg tree planting) are effective. • Written messages (eg emails) are less effective.
©
Plan
Changes made a result of lessons learned •Participatory workshop on the environment for extended management team. •Environmental action plan developed. •Aileu office established its own Green Task Force • Tree planting campaign • Improved waste management practices • Environmental awareness-raising in rural areas.
©
Plan
The latest Green Task Force Action Plan •Community: • Environmental campaign.
•Office: • Tree planting • Reduce energy use • Reduce water use.
•Home: • Provide advice to all staff to have and clean a household toilet.
©
Plan
Questions? •Please contact • Penny Jones • Acting Country Director • Plan Timor-Leste • +670 331 2492 • [email protected].
©
Plan
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