I aim to use this blog to chronicle some work I’m involved in regarding the development of bamboo products.

I’ve also just had a baby. Well my wife did the baby having part, but it makes me a daddy and has given me a re-newed sense of responsibility toward the environment.

It’s easy to feel overwhelmed when it comes to Indonesia and the environment. Indo Greenie ? Are you kidding me ? This place is an environmental disaster ! A glimpse into the end of the world even ! ‘Kiamat’ as they like to say over here. The standard of air quality here went way off the radar past ‘Hazardous’ years ago. You can still see a meter that was set up to measure air quality under the overpass down by Gambir train station. It was turned off a couple of years ago – probably because it only ever showed the worst possible rating. About the same time the government launched a ‘Blue skys’ committee. Their motto “In search of….”

It’s easy to get frustrated and upset with just how useless the whole situation seems here. And it’s easy to criticize. But where does it get us ? Ask Keely. Solutions and positive ideas are what Indonesia needs most at the moment. International assistance and bucket loads of funding probably wouldn’t hurt either.

For Jessica’s sake, I’m going to try and do less whining and try to initiate some positive threads in this blog here. The first step is awareness. So here it is people. The Indo-Green scene. As I’ve seen it first hand for the last 20 years and counting. Be aware. Beware even !