(Published in HighEND Teen April 2012) Established on Sumpah Pemuda 82nd commemoration in 2010 Simponi (Sindikat Musik Penghuni Bumi) consists of different bands, beat box groups, singers and theater groups that try to raise environmental awareness in their own unique ways.
Back in 2010, trough Rock n' Green Tour, Simponi visited 82 school and colleges in Jabodetabek for 82 days in a row to raise awareness about global warming and intoduce Keranjang Kompos Takakura. the tour combined environmental education with music concerts. In August 2011, Simponi was invited to join The Asia Pacific Environmental Youth Forum, sending delegates go to South Korea to join participants from seven countries in Asia Pacific region in discussion about environmental problem and the best way to solve it.
Seeing the Rock n Green Tour success, ICW and KPK invited SIMPONI to join theiur fighting corruption campaign in December 2011. They went to some school in Bandung, Solo, Salatiga and the other cities. Their next project is Jalira, Simponi's theater division, which will show a Frech comedy name Tartuffe at Trisakti University. Interested to know more about this community, you can log on simponi.10.blogspot.com or follow their twitter @simponi10.
