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How tech is fueling grassroots organizing in Indonesia, visit: FORDFOUNDATION

Steve Rhee, Senior Program Officer
18 SEPTEMBER 2018

AVANI

Avani is social enterprise based in Bali, Indonesia, the epicenter of the battle against plastic waste. Assumed by most as a tropical island paradise with pristine white sand beaches, the truth is that Bali's beaches are now often saturated with garbage and debris, and the majority of this trash is plastic. We aim to help rehabilitate the island by offering sustainable, eco-friendly alternatives to hazardous products that locals and tourists use every day.

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By researching and producing composite building materials from vegetable waste using low technology that bind with mushroom mycielia, we address a range of economic, environmental and socio-cultural issues, bring together material and bio-engineers and architects, and propagate an integrated system of crop cultivation and crop waste management. We promote a multi-disciplinary approach to problem solving that ensures a transfer of knowledge across various disciplines in an investigative framework.

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Der Regenwald in Indonesien schrumpft dramatisch, weil Bauern und Konzerne die Flächen als Ackerland nutzen wollen. Vier Aktivisten kämpfen dagegen, mit ganz unterschiedlichen Methoden: von den bloßen Händen bis zum Smartphone.

Eine Multimedia-Story von der Insel Borneo von Jacopo Ottaviani (Text) und Isacco Chiaf (Fotos/Videos)

Domestic waste, at 80 percent, remains the top contributor to water pollution in Indonesia.

Wie viele Menschen genau in der indonesischen Hauptstadt Jakarta leben, lässt sich nur grob schätzen - auf jeden Fall wohl mehr als zehn Millionen. In der angrenzenden Metropolregion Jabodetabek sind es sogar 30 Millionen. Und wo viele Menschen sind, da ist auch viel Müll. Dieser Arbeiter kämpft sich mit seinem Floß durch den auf einem Fluss im Norden Jakartas schwimmenden Abfall.

Thousands of the fires raging through the forests of Indonesia were deliberately started to clear land for industrial use. The results have been deadly

Fires in a palm oil concession in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Thousands of fires have been lit to clear land because it is 75% cheaper than other methods.

Photograph: Victor Barro/Walhi/Friends of the Earth Indonesia
Irhash Ahmady and Sam Cossar-Gilbert
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