Friday, April 6, 2012

Pro Fauna Terbitkan Buku Islam Peduli Satwa


Organisasi pembela satwa, makhluk Allah swt, mengingatkan umat Islam supaya peduli terhadap satwa yang kita hari bertambah menderita bahkan punah. Ornanisasi ini memulai dengan mengajak Pesantren dan Ulama Pesantren untuk menelaah bersama kitab klasik Islam secara komprehensip. Hasilnya:  "Ada banyak kisah nabi dan surat di Al-Quran yang menyimpulkan bahwa Islam juga mengajarkan kasih sayang terhadap satwa." menurut Pro Fauna dalam situsnya.PROFAUNA

Kepedulian Islam terhadap satwa itu juga menjadi sebuah kesimpulan dari workshop lebih dari 35 pesantren pada tanggal 22-23 Mei 2010 yang diadakan oleh ProFauna Indonesia bekerja sama dengan pesantren Al-Hikam Malang dengan dukungan dari Animalia Foundation dan CIWF.

Pendekatan ini merupakan upaya yang baik dan mudah-mudahan mendapat kepedulian dan  dapat ditularkan kepada seluruh ummat Islam.  Etika Islam dalam perawatan dan pemeliharaan satwa juga termaktub disini. Izzuddin Abdussalam, dalam Qawaid al Ahkam fi Masalih al Anam, menekankan, apabila seseorang memelihara binatang atau satwa, maka yang bertanggunjawab adalah manusia, sebagai 'walinya'.

Ibarat anak manusia, tidak sah dinikahkan kalau tidak ada 'wali', minimal ada wali ul amri (pejabat negara bertanggungjawab). Maka menurut Izzuddin, apabila merawat binatang kewajiban manusia antara lain:

1. merawat dan menyediakan makannya.
2. memasangkannya pada saat musim kawin, sehingga dengan demikian dia bisa meneruskan keturunan dan haknya sebagai spesies.
3. tidak membebani melebihi kemampuan hewan atau binatang tersebut
4. kalau disembelih hendaknya jangan didepan anak atau induknya
5. tidak boleh menempatkan pada suatu tempat yang dapat menyiksa sehingga mengakibatkan binatang itu patah tulang atau cedera. dst..

Lanjutan dapat dibaca di Buku: KONSERVASI ALAM DALAM ISLAM

Saya berkeyakinan, kalau perintah ini dijalankan, maka kelangkaan terhadap satwa dapat diatasi. Satwa wajib mendapatkan haknya dan mendapatkan pasangannya sehingga terhindar dari extiction dan masuk buku merah IUCN REDD LIST .


Buku Islam Peduli Satwa (Pdf) dari Profauna

Sunday, April 1, 2012

"Green Pesantren" Al Ittifaq Ciwidey, Bandung

Al Ittifaq merupakan salah satu pesantren penerima Penghargaan Kalpataru dan dapat menjadi model eco-pesanten. Pondok Pesantren Al Itifaq Ciwidey menerima Kalpataru 2003. dipimpin oleh KH Fuad Affandi, melakukan pemberdayaan pertanian organik, pemanfaatan lahan secara efektif dan peningkatan ekonomi masyarakat sekitarnya. Al Itifaq mempelopori pendirian Kelompok petani sayur mayur yang mengirimkan 3-4 ton sayuran ke berbagai supermarket di Jakarta dan Bandung, dengan frekwensi tiga kali seminggu. Al Itifaq mengkoordinir 500 kelompok petani sayur yang kemudian menumbuhkan pemberdayaan perekonomian masyarakat komunitas pesantren dengan cara sekolah gratis, peningkatan pendapatan dan kesejahteraan petani. Selain itu, pesantren memproduksi popuk organik di Cijapati, Jawa Barat dengan kapasitas produksi 20 ton per hari. 

Lagu Keindahan Alam Ciptaan Kiyai Fuad Affandi:



"Keindahan Alam" (nasheed) from Green Islam in Indonesia on Vimeo.

Dengan pemberdayaan ekonomi petani sekitar, pesantren ini mampu bertahan di komunitas petani segagai 'agent of change' kehidupan masyarakat. Kepemompinan Kiyai Affandi yang merupakan turunan ke 3 Pendiri awal pesantren ini, membuat pesantren ini maju dan dapat memberdayakan masyarakat. Minggu ( 1 April 2012) saya berkunjung kesini. Pesantren berbaur dengan masyarakat dan tidak berdiri eksklusif. Kondisi ini mengingatkan saya pada pesantren Buntet Cirebon, yang juga berada ditengah komunitas masyarakat dan menjadi kampung santri.



Thursday, March 29, 2012

The Globalization of Eco Islam

Eco Islam is a word that has emerged in response the environmental crisis. The movement seems to be moving from local to global action helped by some key actors in the Muslim world who try to define and respond to religion which is at the root of the heart and mind.  The "green take" of this movement is virtually a return back to the human perspective to appreciate nature and natural capital as a basic need in accordance with Islamic guidance on human nature: Fitrah.

It's impressive and surprisingly important to see that the role of Muslim in refining, moving, taking action and developing Islamic Environmentalism - an Islamic global ethic for the environment 'Eco Islam"  - has been recorded in this report: Report on Globalized Islamic Environmentalism by the University of Leiden.

The report is quite a comprehensive study from the begining of the movement and covers new and old key leaders in the Muslim world in the Environmental movement. The survey starts with an optimistic quote from Olav Kjorven of UNDP at the launch of M7YAP (Muslim Seven Year Action Plan for Climate Change Actions) in Istanbul 2009:

"the role of Islam could be decisive factor tipping the planet toward sustainable future. This commitment in Istanbul for a low carbon future can be a historic and significant in the path of resolving the climate change..."

The report makes the links between important documents and statements as well as policy-making processes throughout the Muslim World regarding the environmental movement.

The 1.3 billion Muslims of the world should not keep quiet in response to the climate crisis, and actions to conserve the planet are a real reflection of faith and piety.

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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Green Islam in Indonesia

Beberapa waktu yang lalu teman saya Professor Anna M Gade, Guru Besar di University of Wisconsin at Madison, USA, membuat rekaman kegiatan terkait aktifitas di beberapa pesantren lingkungan (ekopesantren) baik di Jawa Barat maupun Jawa Tengah.


K.H. Ahmad Yani: "Islam and Ecology" from Green Islam in Indonesia on Vimeo.

Menurutnya, beliau merekam 32 seri "Islam Hijau di Indonesia" yang membawa aroma positif kegiatan Islam dan lingkungan yang berasal dari tokoh-tokoh pesantren di tingkat akar rumput. Perbincangan saat video ini diluncukan juga sangat menarik ditayangkan oleh National Public Radio (NPR) di Wisconsin, USA.

Sungguh menyenangkan melihat rekaman-rekaman ini.

Lihat Juga:

Kiyai Ahmad Yani: Islam and Ecology

Lagu Keindahan Alam Karya KH Fuad Affandy, Al Ittifaqiah, Ciwidey

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

IFEES Finalist Conservation Solution

Islamic Foundation for Ecology and Environmental Science (IFEES) Selected as Finalist in Rare and National Geographic's Solution Search for Community-Based Marine Conservation Project. Public invited to chose top trhee and help decide the $20.000 winner.

Birmingham , November 22nd 2011 – IFEES has been, was selected as one of the 10 finalists of Solution Search. Solution Search is an innovative online platform launched in partnership by Rare and National Geographic to find proven community-based solutions for global environmental issues. The first contest, “Turning the Tide for Coastal Fisheries,” sought applications from organizations worldwide that demonstrate proven innovations which benefit coastal communities and marine ecosystems.

The general public can vote online for the IFEES solution entitled, “ Islamic Marine Conservation at www.solutionsearch.org to be the grand prize winner. Voting closes December 24, 2011.

“For too long the conservation community has focused on problems,” says Brett Jenks, president and CEO of Rare. “But there are a lot of working solutions in remote parts of the planet. Local communities are the R&D labs of conservation. We have to find what’s working and make it available where it’s needed. We are excited to invite the public to be engaged in this process”

Over 100 entries were submitted from 48 countries around the world. A panel of seven esteemed judges selected the 10 finalists. The entry that receives the most votes will be declared the grand prize winner and be awarded a US $20,000 project grant and a video on National Geographic’s The Ocean website. Two runners-up will each receive a US $5,000 project grant.

All of the top 10 finalists will be eligible to become a model for replication through Rare’s global Pride campaigns (Rare’s signature program that engages communities to build pride around unique natural assents through social marketing). Public voting will close December 24, 2011 and the winners will be announced on January 6, 2012.

The Misali Island Islamic Environmental Ethics Project is a collaborative venture in which the Islamic Foundation for Ecology and Environmental Sciences (IFEES) figured as the senior consultants. Our Contribution effectively stopped the fishermen dynamiting the coral reefs as a result of which a valuable natural resource was protected, livelihoods were insured and fish supplies were secured.

Its objectives were to –

(a) To bring into the open Islamic environmental stewardship principles

(b) To sensitize marine resource users to the Islamic conservation ethic and

(c) To implement these teachings within the parameters of an integrated conservation and development project bearing in mind sustainability issues

The public is encouraged to check www.solutionsearch.org from Nov. 16, 2011, to Dec. 24, 2011, to vote for the solution they think is most likely to turn the tide on coastal fisheries.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Dawud Wyn Price
Project Manager/Administration (IFEES)
Field Operations Office
Princess Street Training, Education & Enterprise Centre
25-28 Princess Street, Burton upon Trent,
Staffordshire DE14 2NW

+44 (0)7791602107
Dawud.price@ifees.org

www.ifees.org.uk

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Thursday, November 10, 2011

The Green Hajj and Green Pilgrimage Network

Following is some link that relevant to the Islamic action to greening the pilgrimage. The Green Hajj Guide, has been launch in Assisi Italia 1 November 2011, on the event of Sacred Land and Green Pilgrimage Network.

  • The first guide to an environmentally sustainable Hajj by Global One 2015 has launched at the Sacred Land Launch and Celebration of the Green Pilgrimage Network, in Assisi, Italy, organised by the Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC), on 02 November 2011.

to download a copy and read more . . .

  • The Bahasa story of Green Pilgrimage (Haji Ramah Lingkungan) >>>>
  • Francesco Assisi yang Ekologis >>>>