This month sees exciting developments in our International Academic Partnership Program (IAPP), overseen by the Royal Academy of Engineering. Entries have been submitted and reviews are underway for the IAPP design competition offering radical solutions to delivering essential waste management infrastructure for Indonesia. The winning design will be announced in
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Kristie’s stay with CLEAR Community
Kristie tells us about her visit to the Bale Tau, and what it was like to be a part of CLEAR community for a few weeks!
Visiting Exeter Material Reclamation Facility
Whilst Yadi was over in the UK, Chani and some of the team made a trip to the Exeter Material Reclamation Facility to see what Exeter City Council do with the community’s waste. The facility takes household recycling (paper, tin, card, plastic), paper banks and local trade waste, separating materials using
Organic Gardening Day with the Kids from Cijulang
We had a great day of learning fun in the Bale Tau garden with the local kids from the area, getting our hands dirty and learning about organic permaculture gardening techniques. We started off by transferring seedlings from the nursery into the garden – chillies, sweet potatoes and some flowers
Hey Beach Heroes!
As we are based in one of the world’s most plastic-polluted countries, we arrange fortnightly beach clean-ups, which have proved to be a really effective way of influencing and engaging with the locals – we’ve even seen adorable two and three year old children picking straws and odd bits of
Yoga instructors welcome
Here at CLEAR, we are slowly but surely growing by the day and when we have yoga instructors, or even yoga experienced practitioners, we are glad to announce that we can offer yoga classes at Bale Tau. A healthy body, healthy mind and healthy planet is what it’s all about!
We are all creators!
Alongside our regular beach cleans and environmental activities, we also run regular arts and crafts workshops to allow whoever is interested to enjoy the freedom of experimenting and exploring their creativity. The act of creation can be empowering as well as a great way to relax and as such
Straws Beach Clean at Coco Beach
We had a lovely time picking up plastic on the beach the other day. There were eight of us altogether, including two of our English students and three of our helpers, all with exciting backgrounds and travel plans. Our aim was to make Coco Beach, or the Reef, look squeaky
Guardians of the Ocean
On Sunday, September 2, Yadi, Jenal, Didi and Charlotte went to Sindangsari, Kabupaten Pangandaran to meet Bu Siti and her students. We spent the morning teaching the school children how to be better Guardians of the Sea. It was a beautiful opportunity to witness an interaction between teacher and students,
Earth Day Messages from CLEAR Community Actions
A variety of different activities were happening with CLEAR Community to celebrate Earth Day this year, helping share the message to work together to put an end to plastic pollution worldwide. Here are messages from some of the activities… After a CLEAR EarthDay workshop in Ciamis, West Java on waste