'Bumiku Satu' teaches environmental lesson

'Bumiku Satu' teaches environmental lesson

JAKARTA (JP): Private TV station RCTI begun a four-part
educational series, Bumiku Satu (My Only Earth), on the
importance of environmental conservation yesterday.

Scheduled for broadcast at 4:30 p.m. on consecutive Sundays,
the series is produced by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
and explores themes of water, air, energy and the forest and
biodiversity.

WWF said in a statement the series was a pilot project for TV
as an alternative medium to increase public awareness on the
environment.

"The program also hopes to make up for the lack of education
on the environment in the school curriculum," a WWF release said.

One of the episodes, Air (Water), won the Festival Sinetron
Indonesia award in the nonfiction category for educative and
informative programs.

After evaluating viewer response to the first four parts, WWF
plans to produce 26 more episodes. (ste)