The lecture given by Michael Hall entitled Tourism in Asia Themes and Issue in Environmental Change explained about the link between tourism and environment, particularly climate change, and how it can affects one another. He started the lecture by showing us tourism growth in the past years. It is highly increasing due to economic growth, changes in consumer attitudes, changes in political and re...
Read MoreOn July 25th 2015, RDI had the opportunity to hold lecture presented by Dr. Ari Tarigan of Cofely Fabricom, Norway with the topic Reducing Individual Carbon Footprint Using Travel Behavior Technque fo Sustainable Transportation: Public Acceptance, Attitude, and Knowledge towards Hdrogen Energy Vehicle Introductiona.Dr. Tarigan began his lecture by introducing the implementation of sustainable...
Read MoreOn 11th June 2015, RDI organized an international lecture by Dr. Marla Petal from Save The Children Australia with the topic of Comprehensive School Safety. Dr. Petal shared her professional experiences involved in school safety programs.Comprehensive School Safety aims to protect learners and education workers from death, injury and harm in school; to plan for educational continuity in the face o...
Read MoreRole of Development Agencies in Disaster ResponseThe presentation took 6.2 magnitude earthquake in Bener Meriah, Aceh as an example in explaining the role of development agencies. The earthquake itself was very unique because it is not a big disaster, it is a medium disaster. Medium disaster is an event that can potentially be a media of learning, because it is important but not too crucial. Thus,...
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