Synthesis+on+Dr.+Widodo's+Seminar

A lot of ideas were discussed by the group under the ideas presented by Dr. Widodo last week. Some included the overpopulation and scarce water resources being a huge issue. Another included the basics such as environmental degradation as one of the reasons that can contribute to this issue. Trying to imply the given Green Open Space proposal as done or planned in Code River - Indonesia here in the Philippines, some opinions arose in the group. This comparison was primarily made due to the fact that Indonesia and the Philippines seemed to have the same situation in terms of location-wise problem and implementation. Opinions include: the Philippine economy's state in general and its capability, the time and resource constraints, growing population, and others stated as well.

Being students with nothing but mere opinions written on paper, we come to realize the impact of ideas and how bullet proof they end up to be. As Dr. Widodo presented his proposal, the group realized how a simple proposal, backed will affluent research of course, can make such a huge impact on the world. As mentioned by a couple of our groupmates, we were surprised that it wasn't an Information Systems proposal, not an Information Technology-based solution. Apparently our inventory, sales, human resources, distribution, etc systems have nothing on Dr. Widodo's plans.

Some ideas from the group included IT related solutions such as: geographical information system and geospacial information. Such ideas are valid of course, for as aforementioned, we are Information Systems students--but we come to realize that, "How far can our ideas go?"

We can't always afford to think big--sometimes we have to think practical. It's also one of the primary reasons why the group agreed how much of an eye-opener the talk was. In creating our own systems, though there is the advantage of technology, it's the impact and relationships that we have to consider as the peak of importance as Dr. Widodo's development's peak is trying to make the environment a better place for the people.

Opinions: (click one to view their opinion regarding Dr. Widodo's Seminar) Ana Domagas on Water Resources Management Camz Bernardez on Green Space Development Charles Vicencio on Green Space Deecee Diego on Water Resources Management Kenneth Chan on Green Space Development Lawrence Tan on Green Space Development Megg Panopio on Green Space Development Miguel Barba on Green Space Sean Agustin on Green Space Management