Community Empowerment Model Based on Local Communities in Minangkabau, West Sumatra-Indonesia

Muhamad Jamil — 2025-12-31

Community empowerment starts from efforts to define the community as its object. This is important because actually empowerment is not for the wider community, but the real object is the community in the form of a community, including the local community in Minangkabau. The people as local communities in Minangkabau can still fulfill all their social needs in the midst of shifting values caused by modernization. This article aims to answer the question of how to model community-based community empowerment as a local community in Minangkabau? Efforts to generalize from the cases in Nagari Tabek Patah have made five (5) Kaum as the locus of study. This qualitative data is then analyzed together with the theory. There are four stages of community-based community empowerment as the findings of this study, namely; the stage is tahu di nan ampek, sauak aie mandikan diri, karajo nan ba pokok, and ingek jo jago. This stage becomes a system of community empowerment models.

Integration of Circular Economy Approaches and Community Participation in Waste Management Based on Campus-Village Partnerships

Arie Sujito — 2025-12-31

Urbanization and rapid population growth in Yogyakarta have significantly increased waste production, ultimately exacerbating the environmental crisis due to the failure of conventional disposal-based management systems. This study explores a circular economy approach in waste management based on a campus-village partnership by highlighting the collaboration between Gadjah Mada University and Sinduadi Village. Using a qualitative approach, this research analyzes the dynamics of waste management, the challenges of policy implementation, and the role of the community in realizing a more sustainable system. The research findings indicate that the implementation of a circular economy in waste management faces challenges such as limited infrastructure, minimal community participation, and lack of coordination among stakeholders. However, with the integration of the ReSOLVE concept and the Quadruple Helix approach, collaboration between academics, government, industry, and society can drive innovation in waste management, resource optimization, and environmental awareness. Campus-village partnerships play a strategic role in building circular-based business models that not only address waste issues but also create local economic opportunities. This research emphasizes the importance of synergy between regulatory policies, monetary incentives, and technological innovations in strengthening the circular economy ecosystem. The implications of this study highlight that the success of transforming the waste management system depends on the sustainability of cross-sector collaboration and active community participation in holistically applying circular economy principles.

Keywords. Circular Economy, Waste Management, Campus-Village Partnership, Environmental Governance, Community Participation

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Community Empowerment Model Based on Local Communities in Minangkabau, West Sumatra-Indonesia

Integration of Circular Economy Approaches and Community Participation in Waste Management Based on Campus-Village Partnerships