recycling – Keep Bali Beautiful

Meet Wayan – our Eco Club Manager

“Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much” – Hellen Keller Nothing would happen without people that show their every day engagement in saving Bali and share their recycling knowledge with those around them. Meet WAYAN – our Eco Club Manager

New Eco Club Joins Campaign to Keep Bali Beautiful

Thirty high school students from SMAN1 Banjarankan, Bali took a field trip on Monday to inspire them to become eco-educators at their school. As the SMAN1 Eco Club, it will be their job to operate the school’s recycling program and to educate their fellow students about the value of recycling. These very motivated and smartContinue reading “New Eco Club Joins Campaign to Keep Bali Beautiful”

Waste not, want not – making money from rubbish

By Emily Young BBC News Originally post http://www.bbc.com/news/business-31036601?fb_ref=Default But then waste is a subject dear to his heart. He is the founder and chief executive of social enterprise TerraCycle, a company whose aim is eliminating waste. “It’s a lofty ideal I know,” he says, but so far so good. In 13 years, US-based TerraCycle hasContinue reading “Waste not, want not – making money from rubbish”

Bye Bye Plastic Bag Movement Grows

Bye Bye Plastic Bag (BBPB) the kid-run organization with the big mission of banning plastic bags in Bali organized a coalition of more than 100 organizations (including Keep Bali Beautiful) and individuals to assist their effort at a meeting last week. The BBPB Coalition will be focused on educating schools, businesses and villages throughoutContinue reading “Bye Bye Plastic Bag Movement Grows”

Bali Eco Club’s Field Trip…Keeping Bali Beautiful

On a field trip last week to recycling centers and one of the island’s most eco-conscious businesses, 30 high-school kids from Dawan, their principal and teachers learned how their school’s recycling efforts fit into the larger picture of cleaning up plastic pollution to Keep Bali Beautiful. And we had a lot of fun. SMA1’sContinue reading “Bali Eco Club’s Field Trip…Keeping Bali Beautiful”

Keeping Bali Beautiful

Plastic pollution is a huge problem in Bali. It seems that every river, every beach, every village, every temple, and every household is becoming blighted by discarded bottles, bags and other plastic rubbish. Our first step was to clean up our own act. “You must be the change you want to see in the world.” Continue reading “Keeping Bali Beautiful”