Each year, Bali and its predominantly Hindu culture celebrate Nyepi festival, the day of silence. This symbolises the Balinese/Hindu calendar and brings the new year in with reflection, fasting, meditation and of course, a whole...
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Can a year without tourism on Gili Trawangan save the environment?
2020 didn’t shape up to be what anyone in the world thought it would be, but with Gili Eco Trust’s mission to never give up hope, we wanted to inform you of some of the highlights and campaigns we have managed to keep on running whilst tourism is at the lowest on...
Gili T collects 10,000 plastic bags at World Cleanup Day
We are always happy when September rolls around and we get to partake in another World Clean Up Day! Usually, September falls in the dry season. There isn’t as much rubbish floating through the ocean, with little rain. The...
Locked Down In Paradise, greening and cleaning Gili Trawangan
Gili Trawangan, ground to a halt very suddenly in mid-March when all fast boats were cancelled in hope to prevent the spread of the global virus pandemic. In the first few weeks whilst Gili Trawangan, and many regions of Indonesia, weren’t on an official lock down,...
Re-Greening Gili T with Suparman’s TREEvolution
Suparman’s TREEvolution proposal was simple, there is so many areas of the island being destroyed and taken over by development, rubble and concrete and he rightfully believes that tourism will be encouraged more by green spaces, tree cover, a cooler island and a more...
Xmas Market
As tradition would have it, Gili Teak once again hosted the 3rd annual Christmas Eco Market last weekend getting islanders festive and ready for another high season, to grab a last minute Secret Santa gift, and to indulge in xmas mulled wine and pastries! For the...
The Race for a Plastic Free Paradise
This year’s Gili Strong Triathlon was a huge success with more than 100 athletes competing in Gili Trawangan’s latest huge fundraising event. It was the 6th sporting event taking place on the island, raising money and awareness for the solutions in waste management...
Just how much rubbish can one island make?
Gili Eco Trust had the opportunity of hosting a group of engineer school students from France that came to conduct a 6 week analysis on how much waste Gili Trawangan, a tiny island only 7km in diameter is creating each day. Why do we throw our hands into the waste?...
Eco Warriors Unite at ROLE Plastics Conference 2019
Last month, members of the Gili Eco Trust travelled to Bali to join the ROLE Foundation’s 3rd annual conference and debate regarding the Zero waste to ocean debate. We have long known that Indonesia is the 2nd largest contributor to plastic waste entering our oceans...
World Oceans Day & One Month On
World Oceans Day on Gili Trawangan each year is an incredible event bringing together tourists, divers, ocean enthusiasts and the local community, to learn through hands on workshops, activities and most importantly action for our oceans. In one single day,...
First Quarter Newsletter 2018
A short update on some of the progress and success of our projects in the first quarter of 2018! We have been very busy! And there is plenty that can't fit on two pages! So follow our Facebook for up to date projects and campaigns and where you can help volunteer,...
Green Day At The Local School
Environmental Education Exhibition with Gili Trawangan’s Youth
2018 Newsletter
A brief overview of some of our campaigns in 2017 and where our hard work has paid off, along with some news on upcoming projects in this new year. We wish everyone a very successful, happy and plastic free new year and...
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