Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (WALHI)

The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (WALHI) is the largest environmental movement organization in Indonesia, with 487 members from non-government organizations and nature-loving organizations, as well as 203 individual members spread across 28 provinces in Indonesia.

WALHI has actively encouraged efforts to save and restore the environment in Indonesia. WALHI works towards social transformation, people’s sovereignty, sustainability of life and livelihoods, and the defense of Indonesia’s natural world and local communities from injustice.

 

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Hutan Itu Indonesia

Hutan Itu works towards creating a movement to develop the national identity of the people of Indonesia around forests. By encouraging awareness and collaborating with people across Indonesia, they want to take tangible actions to safeguard and protect forests.

They are known for organizing various events, music festivals, exhibitions, and camps/hikes in forests. They also often collaborate with hotel, petition, and youth-group partners to further spread their messages nationally and globally.

 

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Diet Kantong Plastik

The Indonesian Movement for Plastic Bags Diet is a national society whose mission is to encourage people to be more wise in using plastic bags. Started in 2010, Diet Kantong mission is the get rid of the excessive use of plastic bags

In their first year, they managed to reduce plastic bag usage by 8,233,930 units and collect funds from consumers to clean 4 major cities in Indonesia. To attain their vision of a plastic free Indonesia, they are working along with organizations like change.org, Earth Hour Indonesia, The Body Shop and more.

 

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Winsu Foundation

The Wisnu Foundation is a nonprofit organization which strives to eliminate the issue of waste produced by tourism industries. Since 1999, the Wisnu Foundation has focused on managing the environment and empowering surrounding communities to do their part in keeping Bali clean.

 

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Pandu Laut Nusantara

Pandu Laut Nusantara is an Indonesian nonprofit organization that strives to bring awareness to the necessity to keep our oceans healthy. The NPO highlights the disregard of our communities in maintaining the ocean’s health and aims to reeducate individuals of their duty to the environment around them. Pandu Laut Nusantara also advocates for the ocean’s wellbeing by organizing volunteer events which range from litter clean ups to public campaigns.

 

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Begawan Foundation

The Begawan Foundation is an organization which strives to nurture their surroundings, whether it is their communities, their children, or the environment and its wildlife. The Begawan foundation educates in hopes of fostering a new generation of children who are passionate about the conservation of their surroundings.

 

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