ECOTHEOLOGY IN THE CRISIS OF LAKE TONDANO

• Main Authors: , Angie Olivia Wuysang, , Dr. Elaine Kay Swartzentruber
• Format: Theses and Dissertations NonPeerReviewed
• Published: [Yogyakarta] : Universitas Gadjah Mada 2011
• Subjects: ETD
• Online Access: https://repository.ugm.ac.id/89297/; http://etd.ugm.ac.id/index.php?mod=penelitian_detail&sub=PenelitianDetail&act=view&typ=html&buku_id=50275
• Institution: Universitas Gadjah Mada

This thesis focuses on the responses and motivations of the community of Gereja Masehi Injili di Minahasa (GMIM) church in Telap, Minahasa, when this community had to deal with the ecological crisis of Lake Tondano. Telap village is situated in east shore of Lake Tondano where the villagers are exclusively relied on the lake�s resources for economic necessities. Since the last six decades the lake level has been decreasing up to 1 meter per year and in recent years its surface is covering by water hyacinths. In such a crisis, there is only GMIM church community in Telap among tens of church communities around the lake area that started to have direct action of conservation. The questions this thesis poses are