Efforts to Improve Community Economy Through Making Hand Crafts Based on Purun Plants

Poverty is a problem that must be the government's attention. The problem of poverty is closely related to the people's economy. Sustainable community economic development by prioritizing the principle of welfare should be done to overcome social problems. One of the patterns of developing community economic activities is by utilizing natural resources as part of economic activities. This article aims to describe sustainable community empowerment through making handicrafts made from purun plants in Palam Village, Cempaka District, Banjarbaru City. A qualitative approach is used in this study. The data analysis technique is done by interview, observation and documentation. Data analysis was performed by data reduction, data presentation and drawing conclusions. In order to maintain the validity of the data, checking was carried out with triangulation of sources, time and techniques as well as extension of observations. The results of the study describe that purun plants can be developed into various products that have sale value through a series of community economic activities. The craftsmen's creativity and government support play an important role for the sustainable development of the purun craftsmen's economic activities.