Have you ever heard of or found ‘Alor Creative 100%’ in the media? There are two possible answers, ‘yes’ or ‘no’. Alor Creative 100% is an initiative of several Alor youths to increase the value of life through local products produced from natural resources from Alor island. These local products are processed into ready-to-use goods with high selling value from coconut, candlenut, cashews, moringa, and bamboo.

Slowly but sure, starting from local and actively participating in one festival to other festival, and collaborating with other communities, as well as promoting on social media, they are getting be more known and their networked is not only in Alor but also outside the NTT province. Petrus Maure, S.Kom, the initiator of Alor Creative 100% who is also the Multiplicator of Stube HEMAT in Alor continues to learn and opens other opportunities to promote Alor Creative 100% while empowering young people and students in Alor through the Multiplication program of Stube HEMAT in Alor. The activities of the program cover training, discussions, study visits, and other assistance.

From these various creative activities, Petrus was ‘wanted’ as a resource person to talk and share the spirit that is closely related to sustainable living, even though he started and built something small around him. Petrus continues to try to develop local potencies through the use of natural products, including by developing creativity by building Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) businesses. It is the spirit that must be owned and started since kids of young generation as the love expression for Indonesia.

It can be shown in the online discussion ‘Building Local Spirit for Nature Conservation and Sustainable Living’ initiated by the Krealogi Community with Petrus Maure, S.Kom, the initiator of Alor Creative 100% (15/1/2021) through Instagram Krealogi and "Alor Creative 100%. The discussion hosted by Yolanda Icha from the Krealogi Community revealed the skills and creativity that is pioneered by Alor Creative 100%. Petrus shared his early experiences while studying in Yogyakarta and being active at Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta, a student service to increase knowledge and to develop skills. He continues to care for, to fight for and to make his dreams come true. Even though the pandemic outbreak has made MSMEs face a tough period but it does not hinder the emergence of creative ideas. According to Alor Creative 100% that continues to generate new ideas, designs, and values, all is still raising local potencies. Alor Creative 100% also helps improve the economy of students or the community by selling their products. Petrus hopes that young people, especially students, continue to develop themselves through their ideas by utilizing local materials so that they will be competitive with other products.

The Krealogi Community itself is a community that gathers MSMEs and young Indonesians to develop their abilities and skills, from soft skills to operational capabilities to improve the MSMEs business. While Krealogi is a program from Ministry of Credit Union and  MSMEs together with Ministry of Information and Communication to empower MSMEs by offering business and business solutions by discussing with other MSMEs by involving resource persons from various MSMEs and communities.

Young people, please look around you, develop local potency to produce something for the sake of the life quality improvement while still pro with nature preservation and sustainable living. (ISNA)