Great news for the planet! Ani and I just got back from five days in Jogja. Jogja is principal Indonesia city that has been the birth place of movements and political and cultural reforms that have swept the country. And now, the Ecobrick movement is sure and steady moving outwards for Jogja! The top city and provincial environmental department politicians requested to meet with us. Each is overwhelmed by the popular support of Ecobricks in their region– and by the requests they get from other politicians and bureaucrats to replicate the Ecobrick dissemination system that we got going in Jogja. One such side movement in Magelang (a neighboring province) heard that we were in town and convened an Ecobrick conference in only two days!
We rode out on motorbike to beautiful Magelang and were received by more top officials and the mayor’s wife– who is particularly passionate to transform the plastic problem in Magelang into a solution. Result: we’re sure to be doing some more Indonesian Trainer of Trainer workshops very soon to keep up with the viral local dispersion.
I have great feeling about Magelang. We’re going to put into effect a fantastic municipal and provincial supported Ecobrick dispersion that will smoothly transition to a long term citizen powered plastic solution, the making of tons of Ecobricks, and the jump start of a new Ecobrick garden building industry.
