JAKARTA - Many efforts can be made to save the
earth from global warming by doing a certain activity as a Canadian
woman making a tour by roller skating from Merak, Banten,to Kuta,
Bali.
Sacha Stevenson, in Canada 29 years ago, said she wanted to do
the action to inspire people to reduce carbon emissions from motor
vehicles from the atmosphere.
"I do this because I care for the earth, your earth, our earth.
I am not rich and have no money for creating such program. I only
have my body to care and preserve planet," Sacha said firmly and
clearly.
Judging from her way of speaking, she looked very optimistic
with the action that she was called Bule on Blades. Bule was an
informal call for white people, foreigners in general, staying in
Indonesia. And since she had been living in Jakarta for the last
ten years, she felt as part of this country.
"I do love this country and this is my way to fight for a
greener Indonesia. Moreover I hope other Indonesians would be
inspired by me and follow my action in their own way," she
said.
She would be roller skating along 1.420 kilometers in Java
Island with a challenging road condition on May 3, 20110 . She
realized that she would face bumpy streets and rocky hills.
"I’m going to skate every 50 kilometers and then take a rest to
regain my strength to continue my journey. Furthermore, I know that
I will not find smooth roads like toll roads. Therefore if my
roller-blades can’t pas trough such smooth roads, I walk," she
added.
Planting seedlings at halts
To support her action in making Indonesia greener, she would
plant seedlings in every stop for taking a rest. It was aimed to
symbolize her effort in going through the cities with her
roller-blades. For that reason, she really appreciated people who
wanted to donate seedlings to be planted.
"The seedlings that I plant will be the witnesses of my history.
Therefore, I will be very grateful that there are people who want
to make a contribution by providing the seeds, because the
seedlings would die if I carry them from my starting place," she
said.
She again firmed that her concern was not in creating new land
as for planting trees, she just wanted to make a healthy lifestyle
by inspiring people to follow her ways in reducing carbon
emissions.
"I just want people to make the earth greener in life. It’s not
only skating, but they can have biking on walking rather than using
motor vehicles. I want to inspire those in positions of power to do
something good with the power you have," she explained.
Sacha was not doing the project for takings. She now was looking
for a sponsor to unleash the journey until she got around in Kuta,
Bali, as the last destination. Nevertheless, if she would not have
a until her departure on May 3, she would make use of her savings
of about 1.732 US dollars.
"I’m not begging for money. I wish there are people who support
my action such as giving me to a place to stay overnight or the
seedlings. Otherwise I will use my savings to make my journey which
may take 30 to 40 days," she said.