A Paradise Under Threat
The Indonesian island of Bali is a top destination on any travelers' list, especially if living in Australia, its closest neighbor. But plastic trash is a terrible issue there. What
if we could use Art of all forms and Entrepreneurship as a way to positively influence on habits?
We all love Bali and its unique culture, spiritual energy and amazing landscapes. Sadly, it has suffered from uncontrollable growth and the lack of education of its own population has resulted on practices that harm both the health and the environment of
its inhabitants. New forms of packages have replaced banana leaves, but how to handle it has not been that fast. As a result, It is extremely sad to see this plastic trash everywhere, including in burning pile.
This is the side of the rice field on my way to work every morning. The office is on the left side of this field….
Creativity As A Change Agent
Do you believe that Art, Music and Social Entrepreneurship has an amazing power? We do! All those creative minds have a lot to offer to make a change.
This is a recording we did with Okky
"You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete" (R.B. Fuller). Like Fuler, we believe in actions “From the bottom to the top”, or in other words, from the “citizen
to the officials who govern”, is the most efficient way to change things. Then the authorities will tag along.
What will exactly be TrashStock doing:
Education about waste management is one way to tackle the issue. But there is another powerful way to change mentalities : Art & Music. The TrashStock team strongly believe that We believe that a movement of artists, NGO’s and businesses can partner to create
an energy that will change the Indonesian mentality about what plastic is and how damageable it is for their environment.
We also aim to poser a sense of entrepreneurship by demonstrating that YES, there are ways to make money out of plastic trash. Either with crating recycled product or by selling art.
TrashStock - The Rundown
- Create a two day festival in Denpasar: 2 day exhibition and 1 night concert, with 1000 guests goal
- To provide a forum for young artists and musicians from multicultural communities to experiment and perform their talents to a wide public, and thus creating positive awareness of diversity of arts and culture
- To raise awareness about environment concerns that are impacting the Balinese population and how it affect both health and the economy through:
*** Environmental speeches
*** Visual educational boards
*** On-site recycling program
*** Visual exhibitions (Photography & Filmography)
*** Music performances
*** Art and craft stalls
We did a pre-event with small stall and two of trashstock lineup bands, It rocked!
All the pictures are here.
Be part of the bigger picture, be a founder !
TrashStock will carry on after the big day! Indeed, our media sponsor,
BaliRadio.net will interview all artists and film the concert. We aim to tour Bali and surrounding islands with the footage and some art to spread the message to a larger crowd. This will also help us to raise funds more easily for TrashStock 2016 !
YES, we want to do it every year. Grow so this event becomes a must go to with an impact increasing every year! Be a founder!
Let's get some music and art going !
Bali is beautiful, but its people event more. They are so kind and welcoming that this is a shame their island is filling up with plastic
Please share this campaign to your friends! We often underestimate the power of our network and kindness of people.
Since this is an International campaign, we cannot afford to offer physical rewards. We hope you understand that gratefulness is the most important thing we can thank you with.
Our Facebook page is our main contact point. A lot of content is in Bahasa as we aim to reach as many Indonesians as possible. Find us
here.
We are on Twitter too!
@Trashstockbali
About the Team
This is a mixed team of international volunteers from Act Global (http://www.act-global.org/), a NGO dedicated to non-formal education, and local volunteers. Joined effort for a wonderful place that Mother Earth created for us all.
*** Julien, volunteer of NGO Act Global, the co-creator of this festival has a background in logistics and Environmental Management Systems and nowadays focusing on helping meaningful causes. He lived for 3 years in Australia where he organized
a Zombie fundraising festival for Halloween bringing a good crowd around two ideas :fun AND purpose. Like many others, he fell in love with the island and its kind population.
*** Hendra is the Balinese brain of TrashStock. He is a man of many skills and activities, ranging from helping his father's cargo company to managing a gelato cafe. His commitment to helping his island to get rid of plastic trash and his
passion to promote his culture has rare equivalents. One of his project is to open a recycling center in the North of Bali.
*** The TrashStock Warrior Crew: Students of Social and Politic, Sudents of Bali Charrity Community, Faraht, Nick, Krisna, Fanny, Made, Anggie, AIni, Lele, and more ! A great indonesian team powered by the heart and a strong
desire to help their beloved islands by sharing their skillslet!
