First Project : Waste Management in Pupuan Tabanan
Once the plastic pyramid was complete, the founders of Wisnu decided to continue their support for the Foundation. What the Ostentrik Project had offered them was a peek at the enormity of the waste problem in Bali, and the acute need for an independent organisation to develop ideas about how to deal with it. One of the first things the Foundation did on completion of the plastic pyramid was to conduct a survey aof waste management on the island, which revealed that 80% of Bali’s waste is organic matter.

On the basis of this, it became clear that recycling and composting was key to dealing with Bali’s waste problem. Eager to place greater emphasis on community involvement in tackling the waste problem than had been the case to date, The Foundation devised a small scale, integrated waste management project that was designed to accord with local needs and capacity in Pupuan Tabanan.

The project involved the collection and separation of household waste and the production of compost from organic waste.

What is Yayasan Wisnu Doing

Year 1998

• Recipient: Environmental Company Award 1998
  from Travel News Asia Magazine, World Travel Market - London.
• Watershed Management in Tabanan, focusing on Yeh Ha Watershed (on going program).
  Partners: Biodiversity Foundation -Jakarta, Subak Agung Tabanan community, farmers, Environmental Research Center - Udayana University.
• Develop Concept and Criteria of PROPER Hotel, an Eco-hotel Rating (on going program).
  A participatory collaborative works between the hotelier, WISNU and BAPEDAL. Partners: Bali Inter-Continental Resort, Bali Hyatt, Nusa Dua Beach Hotel, The Jayakarta Hotels and Apartment, Nikko Bali Hotel, LTI-Patra Jasa Hotel, Kartika Plaza Hotel, Bali Tourism Department and Environmental Impact Control Agency (Bapedal Wilayah II).
• Solid Waste Management Improvement for Ubud and Surrounding (on going program).
  Partners: Ubud’s local community organisation, Environmental Research Center – Udayana University, local community.
• Second Stage of Batik Dyeing Project (On Going Program):
  Introducing A Low-Cost and an Appropriate Waste Water Treatment Plant For Small-Medium Scale Batik/Beach Sarong Manufacturers in Southern Denpasar. Partners: small-medium scale batik manufacturers, buyers and interested parties.
• Organic Farming
  – organic rice field, a pilot project in Kerobokan.
• Workshop on Ecotourism for Eastern Indonesia NGOs and actors.
  Partners: Yayasan KEHATI-Jakarta, NGOs and eco-tourism actors from Eastern Indonesia (35 participants)
• Ruwatan Bumi Bali, a 3-week Earth Day celebration:
  environmental and arts exhibition, drawing, gazette exhibitions for SD-SMU in Bali, involving approximately 1000 participants. Partners: local artists, other NGOs, students, individuals and businesses.
• Limited Audit for Bali Hilton International, Focusing on Solid Waste Issue.
  A consultation service. Partner: Bali Hilton International.
• Hotel Environmental Action & Management:
  Introducing an Integrated Solid Waste Management For Hotels. NGO–Business Environmental Partnership Scheme, US–AEP & The Asia Foundation. Partners: 3 -5 star hotels, local waste haulers, recycling actors.
• Composting and Solid Waste Management at Presidential Palace in Tampaksiring, Bali.
  Partners: Bapedal Wilayah II – Istana Kepresidenan Tampaksiring.
• Composting at Buwit, Tabanan.
  Partner: Sanitation and Landscape Department of Tabanan Region, Bali.
• Composting at Sanur village in cooperation with The Sanur Project.
  Partners: The Sanur Project Committee, Environmental Education Center (PPLH), Banjar Sanur community.
• Sea water quality monitoring at Legian Beach.
  Partners: Legian community, and beach stakeholders.
• Office Paper Recycling Program
  100 participants. Reguler free pick-up, twice a week. Partners: businesses, individuals, hotels, schools.
• Recycling Drop-Off:
  Taman Suar - Kerobokan and LIBI Plaza supermarket.
• Environmental Awareness Program for Elementary School surrounding Jimbaran area.
  Partners: Bali Inter-Continental Resort, Four Seasons Resort Bali, local artists (performance).
• Environmental Awareness Program for Elementary School surrounding Sanur area.
  Partners: Bali Hyatt Resort, Radisson Bali Hotel, Raddin Hotel, Sanur Aerowisata Hotel, The Grand Bali Beach, The Sanur Project and local artists (performance).
• Environmental Awareness Program for Junior High-School surrounding Jimbaran area.
  Partners: Bali Hai Cruise, SKAL Club, Environmental Education Center (PPLH) Sanur, WWF Bali Office, Environmental Bamboo Foundation.
• Supervisor for Hotel Solid Waste Hauling Services.
  Partners: CV. Jimbaran Lestari & 10 star-hotels in Jimbaran, Nusa Dua, Sanur and Kuta/Tuban areas.
• Environmental Journalism Training for Journalists and NGO Media of Eastern Indonesia.
  Partners: Yayasan KEHATI - Jakarta, NGO and journalists from Eastern Indonesia (from 8 provinces).
• Tourism Development Pressures on Bali's Environment, a collaborative workshop.
  Partners: Bali Human Ecology Study Group, Udayana University (Prof. DR. Adnyana Manuaba), Yayasan KEHATI, Jakarta, BAPEDAL Wilayah II and participants (experts and interested individual).

Year 1997

• Batik Dyeing Mapping at Denpasar and vicinity.
  Partners: UNDP, batik manufacturers, batik buyers.
• Composting Project at Buwit, Tabanan Regency.
  Partners: Dinas Kebersihan dan Pertamanan Kabupaten DT II Tabanan.
• Hotel Environmental Action & Management: introducing an integrated solid waste management for hotels. NGO–Business Environmental Partnership scheme, US–AEP & The Asia Foundation.
  Partners: 3 -5 star hotels, local waste haulers, recycling actors.
• Supervisor for Hotel Solid Waste Management Services.
  Partners: CV. Jimbaran Lestari & 5 star-hotels in Jimbaran and Nusa Dua area.
• Wisnu Environmental Action Center: library and documentation.
  Partners: UNDP, individual, corporate support.
• Office Paper Recycling Program
  50 participants. Regular free pick-up, once a week. Partners: businesses, individuals, hotels, schools.
• Recycling Drop-Off at Kerobokan.
  Partner: recycling actors, businesses, individual, public.
• Sea water quality monitoring at Legian Beach.
  Partners: Legian community, and beach stakeholders.
• Environmental awareness program for SD.
  Partners: public and private schools.

Year 1996

• Bali Environmental Forum.
  Partners: Provincial Governmetn of Bali, businesses, NGOs, individual, hotels.
• Composting Project at Buwit, Tabanan Regency.
  Partners: Sanitation & Landscape Department of Tabanan Regency. .
• Supervisor for Hotel Solid Waste Management Services.
  Partners: CV. Jimbaran Lestari & 5 star-hotels in Jimbaran and Nusa Dua area.

Year 1995

• Composting Project at Buwit, Tabanan Regency.
  Partners: Dinas Kebersihan dan Pertamanan Kabupaten DT II Tabanan, International Development Research Corporation (IDRC, Canada).
• Composting Project at Banjar Muding Kaja, Denpasar.
  Partners: World Bank, banjar community.
• Bali NGO Forum.
  Partners: all local and international NGOs in Bali.
• Composting Project at Pupuan, Tabanan Regency - a pilot project.
  Partners: organic farming, farmers, village community.

Yayasan Wisnu ( Wisnu Foundation )
Jln. Muding Indah I No. 1 Kerobokan, Denpasar 80117 Bali, Indonesia
Phone/ Fax : 62-361-424758 e-mail: greenbali@denpasar.wasantara.net.id

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