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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An absolute treat to start the morning this morning as we were lucky enough to help 56 baby hawksbill turtles to a life of freedom in the ocean!
They were rescued last night walking across the road towards some restaurant lighting and scooped into buckets until we could release them this morning.
Due to a locked-down island, these turtles have a better chance than usual!
We cleared the marine debris from the beach quickly as they headed to the ocean, with no boat traffic causing a threat.

These little guys will spend their first few years at sea alone, the best kind of social distancing you can do! Learning how to freedive, feeding and resting under floating flotsam like an old palm leaf or more commonly, plastic debris.

By reducing your consumption of plastic and actively living a life with less, you are directly helping to safeguard the future of these baby turtles, thank you!

#turtle #turtlelife #turtleconservation #freedom #positivevibes #socialdistancing #lonelyisland #gilitrawangan #islandlife #gilit #giliislands #turtle #hawksbillturtle #savetheturtles #liveplasticfree #lowwasteliving #sustainableliving #wildlife #nature #environment #turtlesofinstagram #babyturtles

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A few weeks back, cleaning the middle of the island, we came across this tree filled boot!

People have been littering in unimaginable places, in attempt to be rid of waste that they no longer want or need. But away... is never really away. Against all odds, nature has a way of shining through almost any rubbish, pollution and disturbances we throw at it.

This is a crucial time to keep on sorting and seperating your trash, trying to reduce the amount you use or even try to upcycle some of it with all the spare time we now have.

Some recycling facilities aren't as readily available right now to properly manage waste, but on the other side, we will need to start looking after our earth more than ever before!

#reducereuserecycle #keepitclean #beachcleanup #cleanuptheworld #plantinaboot #walle #savetheearth #reduceyouruse #slowdown #gilit #plantatree #treeplanting #giligoesgreen #mondaymotivation #mothernature #loveyomama #nature #green #positive #socialdistancing #debrisfreefriday #plasticfreeparadise #cleanupcrew

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Artistic Environmentalist Julia, along with our dedicated team of beach loving eco-warriors collected and cleaned beach debris for a number of weeks in the lead up to this year's #earthhour.
Today everyone is invited to turn their lights off for just one hour, this evening at 8:30pm to give our earth a rest from light pollution.

Our populations of turtles also need a rest from the pollution - plastic pollution! Studies have found that 100% of turtles studied across 3 oceans had microplastics in their gut. It is still unknown of the consequences that come with ingesting microplastics.... we can assume that there will never be a good outcome of it.

As well as lights off this Earth Hour, be mindful about the plastic in your life, most of the recovered plastic in this installation wasn't littered on the beach, it came from inland, cities, towns where rivers and bad waste management send it towards the ocean.

#iniaksiku #connect2earth #raiseyourvoicefornature #earthhour2020 #socialdistancing #plasticpollution #liveplasticfree #lowwasteliving #islandlife #isolation #motivation #plastickills #microplastics #turtle #turtleart #turtleconservation #saveaturtleskipthestraw #byebyeplastic #plasticdiet #turtle #plasticturtle #trashart #splashtrash #trashtotreasure #ecofriendly #gilitrawangan #indonesia #giliislands #plasticfree

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Happy Debris Free Friday!! We apologise that for the foreseeable future, we won't be hosting any Debris Free Friday beach cleans, but the cleaning doesn't stop here!
Please join in (on Gili T and beyond!!!) our Find It, Fill It, Tag It campaign and honour your sensible social distancing, whilst making a positive change for the beaches, oceans, or around your park on your jog or dog walk.

If you are on Gili T, want to help, but don't know where... DM us! We have compiled a trash map of Gili T of all the hotspots that you can work on during your time out, and let us know where you have cleaned with pictures and we can upload the app or check out todays stories to find some helpful location hints 😉

This is one of the solutions that we can work together as a community, whilst remaining in isolation.

We have a free Handbook for the @globalalertapp if you would like to sign up to be one of our trash loggers for others to clean, then get in touch and we can send you a copy now!

#digitalactivism #debrisfreefriday #plasticfreeparadise #giligoesgreen #socialdistancing #isolation #motivation #positivevibes #cleanthebeaches #cleanup #beachclean #cleantheoceans #liveplasticfree #savetheocean #ecowarrior #planethero #debrisfreefriday #debrisfreeforthesea #friyay #weekendvibes #cleantheseas #oceanlover #beachcleanup #gilitrawangan #gilit #giliecotrust

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A throw back to Gili T's last TREEvolution! 🌳

With the help of @suparmanstreevolution and more than 50 volunteers back in February we planted more than 300 baby trees all over the island. This sense of community is never failing and we are working harder together and better than ever!

Things aren't stopping there, as we continue to work on plans for future tree planting events, future seed planting events to help safeguard the green future of Gili Trawangan. We hope to launch plans for adopt-a-tree projects which will help to fund small bamboo cages to protect these saplings as they grow.

However as well as planting new, we have to protect the old!
In the upcoming weeks, we are starting a campaign aiming to identify all the tree species (native and non-native) we have on the island, note their locations and ultimately start to protect them from felling and deforestation. We hope this will increase the education and awareness of importance of a diversity of tree species on Gilis, as well as teaching compassion to reduce the amount that are being cut down for development.

Have you ever joined a tree planting event?! 🌱🌱
Thanks @djash_e for the treetastic snaps! 📸📸 #treevolution #suparmanstreevolution #bethechange #jointhetreevolution #gilit #gilitrawangan #giliair #ecowarrior #girlswhoscuba #womeninconservation #debrisfreefriday #debris #superman #giliisland #plasticnofantastic #plasticfreeparadise #plantoxygen #ecowarrior #makeachange #plantatree #gilistrong #community #tbt #throwbackthursday #giliislands #environment

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Our little eco shop will be closed for a while... we can't offer advice on eco tourism, without any tourism!
Still, we are preparing to use this time wisely, advising everyone to be more socially distant, clean and vigilant doesn't mean we can't still work together independently to help make our island cleaner, and then keep it clean!

We are offering free beach clean bags and a lonely beach clean guide to any islanders that have some free time and want to make some positive actions whilst staying safe.

Find it, fill it, if you sort it you can drop it at our recycling centre, and at the very least drop it in a trash bag and return the bag back to our shop. Or make a 15minute beach clean into your morning solitary routine!

Tag @giliecotrust or #plasticfreeparadise in any of your clean ups so we can carry out community action on a singular scale!
#beachclean #beachcleanup #giliislands #gilitrawangan #gilibebassampah #islandlife #ecoshop #closed #isolation #isolationmotivation #cleanuptheworld #dailymotivation #socialdistancing #stranded #lostinparadise #positivevibes #lowwasteliving #gilit

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If you are social distancing to leaf everyone alone then why not get into composting with us! 🍃🍃🍃 (Sorry not sorry)

With more than 60% of the waste we send to the dump each day being organic mixed in with the dry rubbish, we hope that now everything is a little quieter, we can spend more time focusing on separating waste so we can maximize the potential of it!

Some rubbish doesn't have to be wasted! All of this beautiful food waste from @gili_teak has been put in a separate bin and sent straight to our composting facility. At our facilities, we mix the food waste with horse manure from the @fmplgilitrawangan ponies and leave to decompose into rich and fertile compost.
This is ready for all the green gardens and tree planting yet to come on Gili Trawangan!🌱🌳🌴 If your business is separating organic waste to save waste entering the dump, get in touch with us so you can join our separate collection for creating organic compost.

#compost #composting #compostislife #reducewaste #wastefree #foodwaste #zerowaste #reduce #composting #slowdown #reducefoodwaste #waronwaste #debrisfree #gilitrawangan #gilit #sustainability #sustainableliving #lowwaste #lowwasteliving #zerowaste #lowwasteliving #zerowastekitchen #wastefree #ecotourism #bgreener #lowimpactliving #compost #composting #garden #gardening #motherearth #noplanetb

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When there is a beach to be cleaned, we shall be cleaning it!
Today is Debris Free Friday, and although we don't have an official sponsor, we will still be meeting any eco warriors on the other side of the island for a mini clean up at 5pm at @Villasunsetbeach. We are not expecting a usual crowd of 50+ volunteers, but there is no better time to start cleaning up our island for when everything is running well again!

We will as always, have hand soap to wash before and after the beach clean, and as there is no sponsor, you can either bring-your-own-beer for sunset, or just join in for the love of a plastic free paradise!

For those not comfortable in joining Debris Free Friday, then WE NEED YOU TOO! A quick 5 minute beach clean ANYWHERE around where you are, your office, the street behind your dive shop, or the beach in front of your shop, then clean it, tag us on insta and we will be sure to include your results too.

We can all clean up the island wherever we are!
#plasticfreeparadise #gilitrawagan #cleanup #beachclean #socialdistancing #jointhemovement #finditfillit #pickup1million #gilit #livesustainabley #lowwasteliving #ecotravel #idratherbebythesea #girlsthatscuba #saveouroceans #debrisfreefriday #acicis

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Gili Eco Trust
Jalan Ikan Hiu
Gili Trawangan
Lombok NTB
Indonesia

+62 (0)813 39 600 553

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Monday - Saturday: 11 am - 4 pm
Closed on Sunday and when we are on an ecomission!

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