Earth system governance can be understood as a political economic project that engages more and more actors who seek to strenghen the current architecture of institutions and networks at local and global levelss. While involving participation in the system has emerged in the last two decades,the policy-making in any area in not merely a questions of rationally choosing the right decisions in a technocratic,value-free manner,but is more fundamentally shaped by contest between competing interests. This essay assess some of the major premises of neo-institutionalsm explanations os earth system governane and participation practices with regard to the recent and angoing Indonesia experience with many natural disasters,such as earth quake, mud volcano,and Tsunami