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CLEAR Community: A Global Vision from Local Needs

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CLEAR Community helps to support, motivate and provide technical information to empower communities to develop effective waste management practices and sustainable living. CLEAR started in the small coastal community of Batukaras, Indonesia and is now a global network expanding aid to neighbouring villages and supporting local initiatives. From small beginnings “With my background in civil …

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Earth Day Messages from CLEAR Community Actions

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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 awareness, these high school students …

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POPESISIR – CREATIVE COLLABORATION EVENT

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14th October 2017 by Batukaras CLEAR Popesisir was a one-day event initiated by @kolektifwarlok in collaboration with @reefbreakbatukaras and @batukarasclear.  It was hosted at #baletau in #batukaras. This event mixed social and environmental action through workshops and music. The name Popesisir was chosen with Pop culture being an approach and Pesisir (coastline in English) was where the event took place. The day …

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Operasi Semut: Clearing Our Local Area of Non-Organic Waste

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On the 17th of May CLEAR Community united together to carry out what we liked to call ‘Operasi Semut’ (Operation Ant). Armed with rubbish bags and observant eyes the anti-littering warriors patrolled through Bale Tau’s luscious, green jungle-garden, through the neighbouring land and out along the street as slow as ants in order to meticulously …

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“Belajar Bersama” – Our Weekly “Learn Together” Club

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We have started a weekly ‘learn-together’ session every Tuesday as part of the Green School initiative at our learning space, Bale ϕ Tau Batukaras. The kids learn a mixture of English Language, Environmental Studies and Creative Arts and Crafts. The sessions are in collaboration with Villa Monyet Batukaras who kindly give the class leader’s time for …

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Kids Recycling Arts and Crafts – ‘Ngabuburrit’ and ‘Buka Bersama’

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The month of Ramadan is not the best time to organise beach cleaning because people are fasting and would get too thirsty and hungry, so instead we made an afternoon ‘Ngabuburrit’ art and craft event at Bale ϕ Tau, our new community space for Belajar Bersama (‘learning-together’). Around 80 kids of all ages came along …

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