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Gili Islands Lombok Indonesia Land Eco Project
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Eco Project
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this is the list of our land eco projects
we are doing our best according to our knowledge and opportunities. please send us some ideas or solution that you think we should try to apply on Gili Islands.
Rubbish-waste
Many people coming to visit the Gili Islands would be chocked by the amount of rubbish thrown everywhere. The Gili Eco Trust started to attack this issue since october 2009. it is a long process of changing behavior, education, events, material...etc
Recycling Program:
Many things are getting recycled in Indonesia but many people are still burning their rubbish or dumping it anywhere they find a place.
The Gili Eco Trust is working closely with FMPL (Front Masyarakat Peduli Lingkungan), the rubbish collection and treatment company on Gili Trawangan.
Our first mission was to get FMPL in better condition with a good knowldge about rubbish selection, recycling and treatement.
we are recycling in Lombok: plastic glass, plastic bottles, cans, carton boxes and glass is used as building material.
Eco Bali recycled Tetra Pak (briks of drinks) so we are sending our briks pressed and well packed every week by Blue Water Express Speed Boat.
but there is still a big amount of rubbsih that we are compressing or burning.
so please think about what you buy, what can you re-use or re-fill?
Education with Eco Bali
Padi, Eco Trust Members and more gave donations for recycling rubbish bins. they are coming soon because of Maspion great offer: 1,000 bins for Trawangan, 100 for Air and 50 for Meno.
in May 2010, Eco Bali, SATGAS and Gili Eco Trust will organize a 4 days event to teach residents how to select their rubbish for a better future and a cleaner Gili Trawangan.
Education is the first and most important step in that kind of project.
People need to feel responsible of their actions towards the nature such as rubbish, fishing, building, driving...etc
 
Clean Up Day
First Friday of every month, the Gili Eco Trust rganize a Clean Up day with every diveshop of Gili trawangan and the local school: get gloves and bag to collect rubbish at the school or in a diveshop, clean the beach or the village from non-organic rubbish and get a free dive to collect more debris.
thank you for your support!
Bins for everyone
The Gili Eco Trust in association with PADI Asia Pacific, Maspion, FMPL, Eco Bali and all the gili eco trust members have ordered 1,150 recycled bins for the Gili Islands.
On Trawangan, we will distribute 3 bins to all the people who will join our educational event starting on the 10th of May 2010. Eco Bali is coming to do some presentation about recycling, responsability, re-using and reducing the garbage. the flyers will also be distributed at this time. A big step forward a clean and healthy Gili Trawangan, with loads of the rubbish sent to recycling program in Lombok or Bali.
Gili Air will receive at least 100 bins to go around the island to push people to collect rubbish and throw it in the right place. Thank you to Scallywags resort and Villa Hut Australia for their generous donation.
Gili Meno residents will receive at least 50 bins to start involving people in rubbish collection and treatment.
Recycling plastic with Bombasticplastix
if you don't know what to do with your plastic bag, find a place to keep it clean and bring it to Gili Eco Trust office. we are sending these cleaned and dried plastic bags to Sam from BombasticPlatix who is making amazing colorful bags, wallets, files, book with the rubbish!!!
School Garden and School Ecology Classes:
Delphine started to teach in Indonesian/english at the local school. A combination of ecology and english vocabulary as well as setting up a school garden. A big vetiver grass nursery was set up by the kids and they looked at this amazing grass growing so fast, therefore they ask for more. they also started to grow tomatoes, cucumber, egg plants, chilis... some grow fine some not but they are happy anyway!
  
Horse clinic
Since January 2010, with the support of Umalas Stables, Bali, the Gili Eco Trust set up a free horse care clinic every 1st and 15th of the month at Pak Nur's stables. So many complains have been received about Gili trawangan horse treatment that we had to do something.
Again, a long process of education is starting.
At the clinic Pak Ahyar,Pak Serun and Pak Usman treat wounds and give advice about horse care. they also give dewormer and antibiotic injection if necessary. They also trim and cut hoolves and teach anyone who want to learn.
The main problem for the horses is that there is no fresh water on the island so they are drinking only salty water mixed with their food and this is not enough. Local people still believe that it is ok for their horses, so we started to give flyers to the horse owner and driver. it is difficult for them to believe what we are saying also because the fresh water is expensive on the island. so Beach House, Big Bubble, Sama Sama and Manta Dive started to give free fresh water in a bucket on the street: "fresh water for horses only". it will take time to change things in their mind as everything. Jakarta Animal Aid Network, JAAN, came to visit us and made a very good report: education, new rules for horses and drivers, clinic, complains.... With their help, we will try to move forward to this system to see our horses healthy and happy to live on this island motor free!
Cat sterilization Programs
In 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, cat sterilization campaign have been organized. There are too many cats on Gili Islands. The Gili Eco Trust with the help of western vets in association with Doctor Gede from Lombok set a free clinic up for a week in the head of the island office where everyone can bring their cats to get them sterilized safely.
Turtle conservation program
Pak Zaenudin, Pak Kadus, the head of Gili Trawangan has been the only one who ever cared for our little turtles. now his operation is big as it received some fundings from Garuda air lines, but still need your help to keep the association running. The Gili Eco Trust on association with SPI, Solar Power Indonesia, have been put a new water circulation system to provide a good water circultaion for the turtles. We are not looking for more fundings to get a solar system for their water pump so the turtles do not have to suffer in steady dirty water during the power cuts.
Another turtle conservation program has been set up in KoKoMo: a cute little place for 10 of them who enjoyed the luxury of 24/7 electricity and the good food!
Vetiver Grass
it started in 2008 when Delphine brought some of this amazing grass back on Gili and start planting it on the beach in front of Big Bubble. She had listened to Tom Goreau who told her all the best about this grass to stop land or beach erosion. and it grew so fast so green that few people start being interested: Karma Kayak, Marta's, Gili Eco Villas, and Pak Kades the head of the 3 Gili Islands. So we brought some more and everyone start planting and expanding their line of beautiful green grass which has long deep roots to hold land or beach. The school garden Vetiver grass nursery is to provide grass to the hill as soon as it is ready to be moved.
check it out at www.vetiver.org
 
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