Adventure Time!

Adventure Time!

I am super excited this morning headed to the airport with Ani.  We’re off to Jombang, East Java, for a long planned, three day, Training of Trainer Workshop in a part of Indonesia where ecobricks have been really taken off.  Our friends Shanti and Setio (who...
Team Ecobricks is Rocking Semarang, Indonesia

Team Ecobricks is Rocking Semarang, Indonesia

I am really proud of our GEA trainers in Semarang Indonesia.  It was only in December that we held our Training of Trainers there.  Already, they are furiously leading trainings throughout the city and region.  At least once a week!  Here’s some snap shots of...
Semarang: People and Plastic, Ying and Yang

Semarang: People and Plastic, Ying and Yang

It’s been an incredible last few days visiting the city of Semarang, Indonesia, where Ani and I led an Ecobrick training of trainer workshop. The two day indepth event was sponsored by Marimas, one of Indonesia’s largest food manufacturers (and thus...
A Cigarette Pollution Solution

A Cigarette Pollution Solution

I’ve got good news and bad news on cigarette butts. There is a simple solution to a big problem. Trashed cigarette butts are one of the most rampant of all human wastes. Over 4.5 trillion cigarette butts are discarded every year.(1) In beach clean ups around the...
The Movement Spreads

The Movement Spreads

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...