Gili Eco Trust – Volunteer – Protect – Donate

Biorock

The Biorock technology is a novel technique to create artificial coral reefs, this way Gili Eco Trust restores the coral reefs around the Gili Islands.

Ecotourism

We offer a whole range of ecotourism information and tours! When you drop by, you can help the island even if you’re here for only a short visit.

Waste Management

Gili Eco Trust manages the waste collection and recycling on Gili Trawangan. With different strategies and initiatives, we’re tackling trash on the island!

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It's one week until World Ocean Day!
Usually Gili Trawagan's Ocean Day is brimming with activities, action and inspiration! This year, on a locked down island, we don't want it to be any different, but activities will just be a little more spaced out throughout the day and the island.
This week we will have posts brimming with ocean inspiration and actions you can take, even if you aren't able to spend Ocean's day by the sea, there are SO many ways you can do your part to help out and fight for cleaner, safer and more diverse oceans for the future, who wants in?! #worldoceansday #LetTheOceanBreatheAgain #Sea #Ocean #WorldOceanDay #Seabunnies #savetheocean #worldoceanday #protectsealife #artivism #oceanlove #nobluenogreen #seastheday #mondaymotivation #event #cleanuptheworld #beachclean #seacreature #seaturtle #gilit #gilitrawangan #isolatedinparadise
#turtles

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Next week we are holding another coral propagation course! We want as many Gili Islanders, dive instructors and coral fanatics to be able to help care for our underwater nurseries as possible.
Now the sea temperature is starting to drop, our newest coral propagators will be searching the shallow reefs to rescue any broken fragments of coral they happen to find to be able to transplant in our nurseries.
In the last few workshops we have built a new nursery further up to the north, we need YOUR help filling it! DM us for more details of the next coral propagation course at @trawangandive.

The corals in the picture are grown from some of the first fragments we planted in 2018. They are doing well so far, don't you agree?! #coralpropagation #corals #oceanlove #coralbleaching #climatechange #takeaction #scubadiver #underwater #girlsthatscuba #islandlife #gilitrawangan #giliislands #coralgardening #coralgardeners #savetheplanet #savetheturtles #saveouroceans #marinedebris #marinebiology #marineconservation

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The last thing we expect is for it to be snowing in Gili!
The swell around the Gili Islands in the last few days has been phenomenal. The surfers have been enjoying huge barreling waves, and corals have been enjoying cloudy upwelled waters cooling down to 27'c which we desperately hope will slow down the rate of bleaching we have at the moment.

But now we are not just seeing the destruction of all the damaged bean bags and Styrofoam beans in the north, but huge chunks of it scattered on the beaches in the south, where huge mooring blocks and an old floating jetty have been ripped off their ties and have no protective cover from the harsh elements they face at sea.
We urge boat owners and businesses to think of different solutions to mooring boats - not with these huge lumps of polystyrene, they slowly get eaten away by the sea, and left to poison all marine life that goes near it.
We recovered 3 washed up on the shore this morning on turtle patrols, if anyone is in the area, then there is plenty more 'marine snow' to be picked up outside Villa Ombak!

#styrofoam #sampahstyrofoam #sampahindonesia #sampah #marinedebris #marinepollution #environmentalcrisis #cleanthebeach #sunrise #mtrinjani #gilit #gilitrawangan #lombok #lockeddowninparadise #5minutebeachclean #islandlife #plastickills #surfersagainstsewage #take3forthesea #plasticpollution #marinedebris #lovewhereyoulive

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Even though it is quiet, the unsung heroes of Gili Trawangan, and their pony partners are still working around the clock to pick up trash and send it to the sorting and recycling centre.
With no tourists, the waste and rubbish has gone down considerably, but where there are people, there is waste, there is still a huge task for the staff and their ponies at @fmplgilitrawangan. With limited funds coming in from tourism and closed down businesses, the staff still have to work, and the ponies still have to eat.
We have always worked closely with @STUDridingadventures, as they are the only sunset horse riding that truly look after their horses, and have their interests as a priority. Their GoFundMe is still running! Almost at the halfway point, this fundraiser is shared between the ponies at Stud and FMPL, anyone who has already donated, we wish you a HUGE thank you for your support!
Along with a wonderful donation from @animalsaustralia to help feed and care for the animals on the island during the crisis - THANK YOU!
You can still help out! The link of the GoFundMe is in our Bio, or PM us for details of our PayPal account to donate to save the Gili Island animals.
#veterinarynurse #veterinaryclinic #vetclinic #donation #welfare #animalwelfare #socialwelfare #equinemedicine #horselover #travellingvetcommunity #veterinary #gypsyvet #medicine #volunteer #travel #volunteerabroad @animalsaustralia #animallover #horselover #gilit #giliislands #gilitrawangan #lockdown #isolatedinparadise

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It's World Turtle Day!

And here on Gili, are some of the turtley awesome highlights: 🐢 Our washed up green turtle started feeding today! Still weak, but flapped it's little flippers showing a bit of strength.
🐢 Dedicated islanders cleaned up a staggering 1.1 tonnes of rubbish IN 2 DAYS!! Fantastic efforts, storms gone and the beaches are relatively clean again.
🐢 Due to a clean beach, last night we had FOUR turtle landings! Two of which laid eggs, and sadly one nest had already been raided for the eggs (more news on this later)
🐢 The population of Gili turtles has never been better! Enjoying quiet waters with no boat traffic and snokelors harassing them, its a good time to be a turtle. 😊😊😊 Even if your nowhere near the sea, or a turtle, YOU can be a part of the change to make sure no more turtles suffocate because of plastic! Reduce your plastic consumption and always ALWAYS put your litter in the bin.

#worldturtleday
#turtleconservation #turtles #turtleyawesome #2minutesofpositivity #noexcuseforsingleuse #plastickills #plasticfreeparadise #gilitrawangan #giliislands #lockdown #paradise #islandlife #reduceyouruse #plasticfree #lowwasteliving #oceans #racingextinction #oceanlove #turtlepower #turtlerescue

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We managed to get the stranded turtle to Lombok!
Now in the capable hands of @bksdantb who will monitor it until its healthy and strong enough to be released!

By the time we smuggled it from Gili T to Lombok with the amazing help of @sukaza09 and picked up by @afifah.u.nuha and her team, the turtle is still in an incredibly weak condition but now has had multivitamins and another drip to rehydrate it followed by another equally tantalising smoothie of blended sea grass, palm sugar and fish paste YUM. We are hoping in the next few days with constant care it's strength is returned.

In the mean time all we can do is CLEAN! Reduce the use of single use plastic, keep the beaches and oceans clean... Yesterday with the help of the whole island (and another tropical monsoon) we collected 600kg of plastic trash, bringing our 2 day total to 1.1tonnes of plastic removed from the beaches!!!! You guys seriously rock! Check out our stories for the constant stream of eco warriors fighting to keep our island plastic free.

Words can't express the thanks we have for all those that directly AND indirectly helped this turtle and all the other endangered green and hawksbill turtles we have around the Gilis, the more we clean, the better chance of their survival.

#racingextinction #greenturtle #isolatedinparadise #lockdown #turtleconservation #gilit #giliislands #underwater #marineconservation #savetheoceans #turtles #saveaturtleskipthestraw #noexcuseforsingleuse #plastickills #indonesia #lombok #scubadiver #turtlerescue #ecowarrior #saveturtles

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Never a more emotive image of cause and effect...
Dedicated Gili Islanders spent more than 6 hours yesterday cleaning the beaches all over, it just kept washing in! From the harbour, up to the north half a tonne of plastic cups, fishing nets, bottles and plastics were collected (508kg to be exact!!) Thanks Kayu cafe workers for alerting us to what we thought was a bit of washed up palm frond, underneath that... a juvenile green turtle.
An endangered species so tired, that it couldn't fight it's way and swim through the plastic tide that swept it to shore, probably entangled in ghost net fishing ropes and lines and not able to get to the surface to breath.
After being in close contact with some marine vets and the KSDA (Ministry of conservation and ecosystems in Indonesia), knowing we are doing all we can to help it find the strength to be released as we cannot transport it to marine vets in Lombok with such strict restrictions in travel, and the turtles state being so weak.

Today we will continue to clean the shores so this plastic doesn't end up back in the sea poisoning and suffocating the other sea turtles we have around Gilis. Please join us at 3:30pm in one of the 4 locations with critical plastic waste!
#gilitrawangan #plasticfreeparadise #turtleconservation #turtle #plastickills #indonesia #lockdown #isolatedinparadise #stopplastic #greenturtle #marinewildlife #seaanimals #oceancreatures #oneocean #blueworld #saveourocean #loveocean #conservation #racingextinction #turtlelife #seastheday ##paditv #seaturtles #seacreatures #underwaterworld #ocean #projectaware #beachclean #noexcuseforsingleuse

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The last few days of rain have been truly miraculous for our oceans, to cool down the water finally and hopefully to lessen the damage of the coral bleaching event that we have been witnessing for almost a month now.
Unfortunately with the rain comes thousands and thousands of plastic drinking cups. It is true that Indonesia is the second largest contributor to marine debris and we couldn't see it any clearer than we do today.

Maybe it is that it hasn't rained for a few weeks, the rubbish in Lombok and larger mainland islands has been mounting up on the sides of roads, river beds and outlets; Or maybe this comes from the monthly holy celebration of breaking fast in Ramadan, where the majority of Indonesia's population will be sitting down to big feasts in the evening. More water is consumed in the evenings and in more in plastic.

In any case, the beaches are littered with thousands of plastic water cups. These tides have brought them high up the beach and we hope that anyone stranded on Gili can help us to clean it!

Every bottle or cup picked up, is one less piece of plastic in our ocean. We are but tiny individuals, but together we can make a huge difference.

#beachplastic #savetheocean #plasticpollution #gilitrawangan #plastifreeparadise #giliislands #lockdown #isolatedinparadise #coralbleaching
#beachcleanup #fortheoceans #savemarinelife #cleanouroceans #beachclean #cleansea #saveouroceans #oceancleanup #oceanconservation#take3forthesea #beachcleanup #fortheoceans #savemarinelife #cleanouroceans #beachclean #cleansea #saveouroceans #oceancleanup #oceanconservation

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