Indonesia will welcome the democratic feast (General Election). At the same time, the young generations as part of Indonesia needs to prepare themselves to take part in the 2024 general election, especially the first-time voters. They need to enrich themselves with political literacy because general election involves many parties, including the organizers-KPU, contestants-legislative and presidential candidates, voters, pollsters, and the government.

The facts above encouraged Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta, as students and youth service accommodates its activists to be politically literate both nationally and globally by inviting them to take part in a seminar "Peaceful General Election 2024 in Diversity”. The event was organized by Communion of Churches in Indonesia in the Special Region of Yogyakarta (PGIW-DIY) at Mergangsan Javanese Christian Church, Yogyakarta (Friday, 18/11/2022). The student delegation consisted of three students from Lampung, three students from Yogyakarta, one student from Nias, two students from Sumba, and one student from Maluku. The seminar discussed General Elections from the perspective of Political Business, the General Election Commission (KPU), and church theology.

Prof. Dr. Nindyo Pramono, SH, MS., said that if the young generation does not understand the political map of Indonesian and stays apathetic to the political situation, 104 million youth votes will be seized by parties bringing the country to primordiality politics. It will be dangerous and lead to conflict, significantly in 2023 it is predicted to become a global financial recession that will affect the election in 2024. In such uncomfortable situation of Indonesia, the voters from the grassroots can be easily abused with a certain lure.

Regarding to the elections, the chairman of the General Election Commission (KPU) in Special Region of Yogyakarta, Hamdan Kurniawan, SIP., MA, revealed the laws and regulations as the guideline to realize peaceful election as a goal for conduciveness in a pluralistic society. The different political choices should not cause conflict in family, society, and church. Public spaces, both land and air must be clear from various disrespectful attitudes. Campaigns done by political parties and teams for presidential and vice presidential candidates must consider educational value, which in the real world everyone must respect each other, as well as in cyberspace. The campaigns should contain the value of political education for the community.

Meanwhile, the chairman of PGIW-DIY, Rev. Em. Bambang Sumbodo, S.Th, M.Min., emphasized that election participants should avoid black campaigns and not spread hoaxes. In line with Hamdan Kurniawan, Rev. Bambang also hoped that the church takes part in the democratic feast and maintain conduciveness in society. First, the church must not carry out black campaigns and primordialism politics. Then, the church must educate every team of election participants for an educational campaign. According to him, the long campaign period provides space for the general election participants to brainstorm ideas and disseminate the vision, mission, and program, in other words, all election participants must focus on disseminating positive content.

Peaceful elections are elections that are elegant and present no conflicts. So, how do young people behave to welcome the democratic feast? Our hope today is the 2024 election will run well and every campaign stage will run smoothly. So millennials must be careful to be aware of the current situation. Let us prepare ourselves by enriching literacy and education about the election, and involve ourselves responsibly so that we can be happy and have fun. The 2024 Election will be a humanist and democratic. ***

Authentic learning is a learning approach that gives space for students to find and to discuss real problems, then build new understandings as a response to addressthe existing problems, even in this process students also 'interact' with existing problems and dialogue with the people involved. The learning concept is an activity model of the Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta where student participants interact directly with parties related to the topic. In the current Social Entrepreneurship training, Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta is making a study visit to the Cindelaras Tumangkar Credit Union (CUCT) in Condongcatur, Sleman to explore community problems regarding finance and how people struggle to be independent (12/11/2022).

At the CUCT office, the participants met Sudarwanto, S.Pd., one of the pioneers who had served CUCT as manager for two periods. He revealed that CUCT's background was from the problems of the people who are mostly farmers and farm laborers. They experienced financial difficulties because they are trapped in loans that are suffocating and forced them to loan to cover other loans and to meet their needs for food, clothing, housing, education, and health. On the other hand, the tendency for an instant and consumptive lifestyle becomes a vicious circle that hinders their well-being.

Luckily, awareness emerged after a discussion in Puluhan village, Moyudan, Sleman, Special Region of Yogyakarta, how the citizens should manage the nation in globalization and capitalism. The reality is that when people with limited finances save their money at the bank, their money does not increase but instead decreases because of various credit, and bank profits are not distributed to customers, meaning that money will flow to owners of capital or shareholders so that the flow of assets to owners of capital contributes to the financial collapse of society with limited finances. When people want to develop themselves, they are troubled by the inability to access capital because of various requirements, and repaying credit becomes a burden to them.

The students tried to digest the explanation, they just realized about 'financial literacy' and for bank savings to be profitable, it means that they have to have large amounts of savings, beyond the ability of a student. CUCT offered an alternative where the value of savings can grow in line with access to capital for business. At the same time, members can have savings and access capital so that members get income from loan repayments and operating profits. Even, CUCT profits will return to the members. Interestingly, in addition to financial services, CUCT also conducts financial literacy education so that people are aware of financial management and the principle ‘not to let dead people leave a burden on their heirs’. At its founding on June 16, 2006, CUCT had 11 members with 16 million assets, but currently, in 2022 it reached more than 5.000 members with 64 billion assets.

The exposure revealed that Credit  Unionare an alternative that already exists in Indonesia and it requires the managers to pay more attention to its members. The students were motivated to explore a social problem in the community and the community's efforts to escape problems, for example, the problems of livestock farmers, cassava plantation farmers, and loan sharks.

Through Social Entrepreneur training, students need to be financially literate, how to manage income, plan expenses, and target potential businesses so that they can develop themselves and become actors of change in the region. Come on young people, be financially literate and develop businesses for the welfare of society. ***

Is everyone interested in solving other people's problems? It’s not common, right?  Instead of solving other people's problems, one still faces difficulty to solve his own problems. It could be the cause of the lack understanding of social entrepreneurs. The spirit of social entrepreneurship must be growing and trending especially among students and young people. Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta encourages students to study Social Entrepreneurship, so they will be able to map the neglected social problems in their areas. The training process provides students with not just theory but direct visits to learn from practitioners.

In the Social Entrepreneur training series, a group of participants visited Agradaya, an empowered agraria area, an agricultural business enterprise based in Sendangrejo village, Minggir, Sleman, approximately 15 kilometers Northwest of the city of Yogyakarta (12/11/2022). The students discussed with Andika Mahardika, the initiator of Agradaya, the initial conditions for the founding of Agradaya. According to Andika, Agradaya emerged from a social reality in the price drop of ‘empon-empon’ (ginger, pee, curcuma, etc) faced by farmers during the harvesting time. It made farmers get no money as the profit to improve their welfare. Seeing the condition Andika Mahardika and Asri Saraswati were encouraged to found Agradaya in 2016.

Agradaya cooperated with the Women Farmers Group (KWT) in the Menoreh hill area, Kulonprogo regency which grows empon-empons with abundant harvest. The women farmers are equipped with instructions on how to cultivate ‘empon-empons’ properly, to harvest them and to wstart the production process by drying the wet empon-empons. The resource person took the students on a tour to observe the solar house and the production area in Agradaya while explaining the processes and activities there.

While walking around, a student questioned how to package ordinary products into something that has high economic value. Andika explained that the marketing of Agradaya also thinks about the design by designing attractive product packaging with Agradaya labels. Production with innovations can produce more than one hundred product packages per day. Product promotion utilizes social media and networks, including narratives that strengthen the product so that sales increase. Then the next question relates to Agradaya products. Agradaya produces various products starting from the drying process in the solar house, the dried empon-empons then the process into products with various flavors, such as Red Ginger Powder, Choco Ginger (Chocolate Ginger), Turmeric Latte (Turmeric Latte), and several other flavors, including dry raw.

A visit to Agradaya opened students' eyes that Indonesia has abundant natural wealth but lacks attention, so it tends to be ignored. It could be that the plants around us are considered priceless but in other places, it has high economic value. It can be known if one has broadened knowledge and networking.

Students, start looking around and find social problems. It is a starting point to initiate steps to empower the community by taking advantage of the strengths around them. Never be afraid to try because failure is part of the learning process to bring changes for a better insight. ***

Social problem is phenomena that always exist in society in any part of the world. As long as society continues to change, social problems continue to emerge. People who work in Social Entrepreneurship must understand social problems because by understanding the breadth and depth of the problem, they will be easier to find opportunities to take preventive, resolving, or constructive actions, even the potential to bring up creative ideas to answer problems that are considered difficult to solve.

Social Entrepreneurship: What Can Young People Do? became the topic of the Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta training to enrich students' understanding and initiate social entrepreneurial pilot ideas. One of the training series was in the form of group study visits with eight students choosing a destination, namely Akar Napas Community in a mangrove conservation forest area in Baros, Bantul regency, Special Region of Yogyakarta (12/11/2022).

The Akar Napas Community is an example of a non-profit Social Entrepreneurship engaged in mangrove conservation, empowering and assisting local communities. The participants discussed with Shanty Ardha Candra and Momox, a couple who started the community on November 4, 2021. With the background of its members as students of nature lovers and environmental activists, the community departed from the problem of the loss of some mangrove forests on Baros beach due to inaccurate planting zone and difficulty in cultivating Sonneratia Caseolaria, one type of mangrove vegetation as the main stronghold in land zoning. The mangrove area is an important area for capturing CO2 and emitting O2 for the respiration of creatures on earth. Currently, Akar Napas Community is also developing other potencies of mangroves managed by the community without destroying the ecosystem, such as eco-printed batik and natural dye inks for written batik which are processed from leftover mangrove seed that has already grown.

Complementing the learning in the Baros mangrove area, the students observed the land related to the mangrove vegetation nursery guided by Momox. They learned several types of mangroves cultivated there, including Sonneratia, Avicenniaceae, and Rhizophora. In planting zoning, the mangrove area is divided into three zones, namely: 1) zone one, or the leading zone with the sea, with Sonneratia or commonly called the Apple Mangrove; 2) zone two, or middle zone planted with Avicenniaceae species; and 3) zone three, at the very back planted with Rhizophora or what can be called Bakau.

Conservation activities have a positive social impact on the environment around the mangrove forest which can now be used as agricultural land and provide direct awareness to the community, especially young people in Baros village about the importance of mangrove forests. The study visit also witnessed the real threat of waste which is dumped through rivers that flows through Yogyakarta city to end up here.

Through study visits, students captured a new understanding of the types of social entrepreneurship and opportunities for its development so that each participant has aspiration and motivation to develop the community potency to answer social problems, especially related to the environment. ***

Garbage becomes part of our daily life, especially household waste. In general, many people do not care about the waste generated by their consumption habits. Garbage becomes a social problem that arises in society and affects the environment and health. Social problems can be overcome with proper handling through creative ideas in the form of entrepreneurship and skills to process waste into products that have added value for sale. Activities to overcome such a problem can be classified as social entrepreneurship, namely initiating entrepreneurial opportunities to answer social problems.

One of the activities to understand Social Entrepreneurship was held by Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta by giving a training to help students to map and to find ideas from social problems in their area. The students also learned directly by participating in an exposure to Lintas Winongo Garbage Bank, Bumijo RW 11 village, Yogyakarta (Saturday 12/11/2022). At the exposure site, they dialogued with Joko Sularno and Siti Rojanah, pioneers of the Lintas Winongo Garbage Bank and learned the steps from waste collection, sorting process, until ready-to-sell products.

The resource person told about the concern about the waste problem due to the bulk of garbage in residents' homes, both from local dan settlers and there has been no effort to sort it out. They started by raising awareness and inviting residents to create a beautiful and waste-free environment through the Garbage Bank. Garbage which became a social problem turned into an opportunity with the founding of Lintas Winongo Garbage Bank. Since 2009, there have been 224 customers with a turnover of 1,5 – 2 million per month, while the Garbage Bank's customer savings have reached 18 million. It inspires other regions to solve problems and even create opportunities for waste problems.

Students gained knowledge and experience from sorting plastic waste, paper, used drink bottles, and used fruit peels, then processing waste into handicrafts and eco-enzymes. With the term Garbage Bank, the term 'customer' is used by residents who collect waste at their homes and sell it at the Garbage Bank. There is a profit-sharing system of 10% of sales proceeds between the customer and the waste bank. Most customers are elderly otherwise and fewer young people or students.

The topic of eco-enzymes provoked Chandra, a student from Kalimantan, who asked about the ingredients for making eco-enzymes. The resource person answered that the eco-enzyme comes from fruit peel waste fermentation. It is made in mineral bottles and requires water and sugar as a source of carbon and fruit skin waste. The fermentation process takes about three months.

From the exposure, students learn about waste and start caring of social problems which can enlighten the public about waste-free environmental management. It is a challenge for young people to care about social problems, find solutions and generate profits to improve the economy and people's welfare. ***

“For some people, social problems are human tragedies. For a social entrepreneur, it is an opportunity to make a change” (Rhenald Kasali).

What comes to mind when we hear the word 'problem'? What is the difference between a problem and a social problem? Not everyone understands social problems. When social problems occur, what young people can do? Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta facilitated students through Social Entrepreneurship training (11-13/11/2022 at Wisma Pojok Indah) to understand social problems around them and how to be a social entrepreneur as the answer.

In the opening, Ariani Narwastujati, S.Pd., S.S., M.Pd, Executive Director of Stube HEMAT introduced what social problems are. Social problems are problems that occur continuously and affect many people. It turns out that various social problems hit the community, such as poverty, unemployment, hunger, and others. Then, what can students as young people do? How can a young person become an agent of change of existing social problems by doing Social Entrepreneurship? There are four things in Social Entrepreneurship which include; 1) There is an element of community empowerment, 2) The efforts undertaken are aimed at generating profits that are used to respond to social problems, 3) Long-term and continuous targets for social change, and 4) Conducted with a business approach and a social approach to address the problems.

In exploring the problem solving, Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta work team guided participants to get to know several social entrepreneur figures, namely Sugeng Handoko, who developed young people in Nglanggeran (Gunungkidul), Goris Mustaqim who raised the enthusiasm of young people in Garut, Gamal Albinsaid, initiated community health services for the poor through waste banks in Malang and Alan Efendhi who empowers village communities in arid areas in Gunungkidul through aloe vera cultivation and business. Not to forget, the progress of three Stube HEMAT activists who returned to their regions and answered existing social problems, such as: 1) Elisabeth Uru Ndaya, S.Pd, in East Sumba saw that women needed to have the power to be independent and productive, so she initiated woman group to learn weaving, 2) Frans Fredi in Lambanapu, East Sumba, who are facing unemployment challenges while young people think agriculture is not prospective and full of price games, so he voiced the movement of young farmers, and 3) In Alor, Petrus Maure initiated the utilization of Alor's local potencies from coconut and candlenut to respond to youth unemployment and local garden produce that has not been optimally processed.

Field exposure becomes a way of comprehensive learning complementing the cognitive understanding gained. Group one visited the Lintas Winongo Garbage Bank in Jetis, Yogyakarta, which encouraged residents to sort waste and sell it at the waste bank to earn additional money. Group two headed to Baros, Bantul to have a dialogue with the Akar Napas Community who saw that the mangrove area was threatened by garbage, the area was getting smaller, so it was necessary to strengthen young people who care about the environment including benefits for the people around the mangrove area. Group three studied at Agradaya (Agararia Berdaya) in Minggir, Sleman which is engaged in helping farmers who cultivate ‘empon-empon’, such as Ginger, Turmeric, and Curcuma to gain prosperity by processing their crops into ready-to-process materials and finished products to be marketed wider. Group four visited the Cindelaras Tumangkar Credit Union in Condongcatur, Sleman as a tool for the struggle of Credit Union members and the support of the poor to be independent and achieve prosperity through financial education and good financial management. Then each group presented their experiences of the study visits and found inspiration for what they could do to address social problems in their respective area.

At the last session, Rev. Sundoyo, S.Si., MBA guided participants in mapping social problems and social entrepreneurship using the Business Model Canvas (KMB) introduced by Osterwalder and Oigneur (2012). In mapping the problems, participants tried to target their respective regions and find problems, solutions, and actions with the concept of social entrepreneurship. The results serve as a guide for participants in following up the training in real action.

When students get opportunities and assistance, they will be the potential next generation of regions bringing changes for a better one, because if not the youth who do it, no one else, and if not now to do it, then there is no other good time. Being social entrepreneur, students can! ***