Lusia Arumingtyas started her journalism career in 2015 with Jawa Pos in Jakarta. She currently works as a freelance journalist for Mongabay Indonesia, covering the capital city of Jakarta and its greater areas. She has long been passionate about environmental issues, the climate crisis, Indigenous peoples, and deforestation. She has been involved in several collaborative investigative projects and received a number of reporting grants, including from Internews’ Earth Journalism Network in 2019 and Rainforest Journalism Fund - Pulitzer Center in 2021.

IVLP Impact Award Project: Into the Climate Stories: Fight for the Future

This project created a network of informed and empowered youth activists who can drive positive environmental change in their communities, A total of 282 people participated in a series of capacity building and awareness-raising activities to help them produce more effective environmental campaigns. Fifteen participants were then selected for an intensive writing class focusing on energy transition, food, biodiversity, agriculture, mining, and forests.

"In this class, I learned to be confident in writing. Whatever we want to write is possible as long as we are also confident in our writing." – Project Participant

IVLP Exchange Experience 

Lusia participated in the IVLP Project Environmental Advocacy in Industrial Areas, organized by the U.S. Department of State and CRDF Global in partnership with Global Ties Alabama, Global Santa Fe, and the Boulder Council for International Visitors.

Lusia's exchange experience led to the development of her IVLP Impact Award Project: "I hope this program can be the first step for youth activists to be able to voice environmental issues comprehensively."

U.S. Communities Visited

Boulder, CO; Washington, DC; Huntsville, AL; Santa Fe, NM

Country: Indonesia 

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