Reduce, reuse and recycle — to live a waste-free life is the goal of many
people around the world. But where to start? HER introduces women with creative
and innovative ideas on how to consume less and recycle more.
people around the world. But where to start? HER introduces women with creative
and innovative ideas on how to consume less and recycle more.
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00What we're going to do to the world, to the environment,
00:07it's not what we're going to do.
00:09The biggest problem now is water.
00:15You have to start looking at it as a resource.
00:21Sustainable fashion is like a breath.
00:24What is the second, third, fourth use of the same material?
00:27When you help, you don't have to stop.
00:32What we're going to do to the world, to the environment,
00:37it's what they're giving.
00:39And what we're going to do to the environment,
00:46what they're giving.
00:48Specifically, food, I recall not the best,
00:49that the chance to eat would be in the world,
00:51not the best, is it?
00:54What we brought back to the world and the environment,
00:59it was what it was given to us.
01:01And specifically for food,
01:03I can imagine that there should be no food for food.
01:09Because there are many families here in the Philippines.
01:17Anna Patricia Non, or Patreng, 29 years old,
01:21came from Quezon Sips.
01:24My inspiration when I started the community pantry during the pandemic
01:33was out of necessity, anger, frustration, and out of love.
01:42I also saw 4.14 million Filipinos unemployed.
01:47And when you tell me, how many families are affected.
01:54The community pantry PH is an initiative for mutual aid.
02:03The goal is to be available and accessible to our communities.
02:08What we're doing is to connect farmers to consumers.
02:20The community pantry PH.
02:21The community pantry PH.
02:22The community pantry PH.
02:23The community pantry PH.
02:27It was a rescue by people who are not buying.
02:31Or people who are not buying.
02:33Or people who are buying at high prices.
02:36So, our goal is to keep farmers the supply of farmers.
02:43We help them to sell their products.
02:47They will pay for the right.
02:49As a child.
02:50The point of time...
02:51The community pantry is a better community.
02:52Is it what we are getting into account for?
02:53The community pantry is a betterrá.
02:54The community pantry in the world.
02:56It is all about traditional products.
02:57The community pantry is a better place for the transportation.
02:58And when you do the,
02:59The community pantry is a better livelihood.
03:00The community pantry is a better place.
03:01So, when I was a kid, I really liked my hair.
03:11But other than that, I also helped my garment with my hands make a smoke smoke.
03:21Kio
03:23Terus juga waktu zaman aku kecil, aku memang sering mendapat lungsuran pakaian
03:28yang dimana itu adalah pakaian-pakaian dari saudaraku, dari ibuku, dan dari bopaku
03:32Jadi kayak, oh ternyata sustainable fashion itu dari kecil memang sudah mendarah daging ya di diri aku
03:38Saya Intan Anggita Pratiwi dari Indonesia
03:45Saya adalah seni mendor ulang dan sustainable fashion researcher
03:51People can donate clothes that are not used for a long-term age.
03:57They can be ready to wear or become a product that has aesthetic value.
04:10Why are I very interested in sustainable fashion?
04:13Because actually the problem of the problem is not only the problem of our own, but we need collective awareness.
04:29In 2018, I had Stally with Andin Aisha.
04:34I wanted to make Stally become a tool to introduce sustainable fashion so that it is more inclusive.
04:42It is not only exclusive, but it can also be smooth and all the people are surrounded by sustainable fashion.
05:02Until now, humanity has thought about creating just single-use material.
05:07We have to think about what is the second, third, fourth use of the same material.
05:12And whether we can look at it differently and create something which was not looked upon as a possibility before.
05:19I am Sonali Phadke from Studio Alternatives and we work in the field of upcycling as well as various projects that we do with scrap.
05:29We want this to become a hub for designers, for young students to come and explore material.
05:45Let's say you buy something online or even from a shop.
05:48It comes with a set of instruction manuals and it comes with safety and how to use it and everything else.
05:54But there are no instructions on how to throw it or how to take it apart.
05:58We should go a step ahead when we make our products, whether we can also tell people how to disassemble it when you are done with it.
06:13So you take charge of what should happen to it and not just dump it somewhere.
06:27With upcycling, it's a lot of experimentation.
06:29We have conducted workshops.
06:31We do projects mostly for individuals or also corporates where the scrap form corporates we receive here.
06:37And we've done something with tires, we've done something with old furniture, we've refurbished things and put it back in spaces.
06:46Can scrap of one entity become an input to another entity?
06:51And can we work on such different models?
06:56For example, we needed like one meter pipes, metal pipes for a project.
07:00And the thing was that I had to buy bigger section of pipes in the market.
07:04We get 20 feet or 18 feet pipes.
07:07And I was talking to somebody we know, a nearby fabricator.
07:11And for him, that one meter pipe was waste because in his project, he could not have any joints.
07:16So suddenly, see, there is a lot of value that is there even economically.
07:22It makes sense for both parties.
07:25So with scrap also, can we have a platform where people are connected?
07:28And before it is even called as waste, it becomes a material that can be reutilized at that scale itself.
07:35So when I started in 2022, I did research on the journey from Jakarta, Sumba, Jakarta.
07:52And I found out that in Indonesia, the route of sustainable fashion is quite varied.
07:58That what is big Pixar kind?
08:00What is the request for?
08:01There are many palabas,
08:16and those that are various companies where people are engaged and focused on that.
08:20We work with the Dinas Tenaga Kerja Jakarta and also the Pernahit Permak in Jakarta Selatan.
08:34Then we have to provide them a good job,
08:39working with local brands,
08:43and even manufacturing fast fashion that has pre-waist,
08:50which is still post-consume,
08:52can be modified with us.
08:59We are not against fast fashion,
09:01but we provide solutions for fast fashion,
09:04and also we provide the experience of what needs,
09:09and what needs,
09:12and how they manage the farm,
09:15we can help everyone.
09:32Sahara and I both believe that since we are located in this village,
09:35in this community,
09:36let us say can we make a difference to the 5 km radius that we are already in.
09:51So we are coming up with a scrap library for schools especially.
09:54So from an very early age,
09:56we give a material library of say 25 material to start with.
10:00We will give tool sets that go with the scrap,
10:09and we have instructions on how to use the scrap to create something.
10:13It could be art and craft,
10:14it could be a part of your regular models that you do in schools,
10:18maybe a part of geography or other subjects that you are learning.
10:21So we feel as early as possible,
10:31we have to cut this notion that this is garbage.
10:34You have to start looking at it as a resource.
10:36Let's say for a book cover,
10:42why do you need to buy brown paper from the shop?
10:44Can you just maybe stitch the wrappers that you have from your chocolates or chips packets?
10:49Can you stitch it?
10:50Can you make a waterproof cover out of it?
10:53So we are saying we are salvaging material,
10:55and we are trying to work on it to increase the life of material.
10:58How do you do it?
10:59How do you work?
11:01It's a word you are talking about.
11:02I know that it's hard to acquire the grass,
11:03and you're getting right out there.
11:04Right.
11:05So it's not a type of material.
11:06It's one thing that I never kill in the swamp.
11:07But I know that there is a type of material.
11:08It's a type of material.
11:14I have an idea from the longest time here in the Philippines.
11:17that I know that it's hard to acquire the grass,
11:22you will blow up immediately,
11:24but it's not true.
11:25It's always easy to carry the grass here
11:27consumers ng kulay.
11:37Tapos, basta tungkol
11:40sa pagkain at paano magiging
11:42available, yun yung goal
11:43namin. Pwede rin disaster
11:45response, pwede rin
11:48community kitchens,
11:50iba at iba
11:51pang initiatives.
11:52Hindi siya solution talaga
11:58for hunger. Van aid
12:00solution siya, pero kailangan
12:01ilabas.
12:08Honestly,
12:10parang siyang miracle
12:11nung panahon na yun na
12:13nagsimula siya sa maliit na cart,
12:15tapos lumawak siya.
12:16So, yun, from one
12:22pantry, naging
12:246,700 community
12:25pantries nationwide.
12:30So, yung
12:31pantry, nag-work siya
12:33sa iba't ibang paraan.
12:35Pinaka-simple ay
12:37yung mga families,
12:39individuals,
12:41naghahatid sila ng pagkain sa pantry.
12:47Sa pantry, yun yung
12:48ginagawa namin.
12:49Sinisikap namin
12:50gumamit ng mga
12:52papers,
12:53boxes.
12:55Pero, sa totoo lang,
12:57pagka may nag-donate
12:58sa amin ng mga
12:59iba't ibang
12:59plastic,
13:00iba't ibang ano,
13:01hindi namin
13:02tinatanggihan.
13:04So, sa pantry,
13:05minimake sure na lang namin
13:06na
13:07ididispose natin
13:08ng maayos.
13:11Pero,
13:12bilang
13:12Pilipino,
13:14nakikita ko na
13:14love language
13:15natin ay pagkain.
13:19May pagka may pakailam
13:20ka sa pagkain
13:21ng bawat pamilyang
13:22Pilipino.
13:23May pakailam ka sa buhay.
13:39We have a concept
13:40that because it is waste
13:41or scrap,
13:41it has to be free.
13:42Upcycling,
13:45essentially,
13:46it has to come up
13:47as a business.
13:48It has to have products
13:49which hold
13:49their space
13:50in the market.
13:54You can't ask people
13:56to buy something
13:57because it makes
13:58more sense
13:58as being a sustainable
13:59product
14:00or a green product
14:01but somebody
14:02should buy it
14:03because they like it.
14:04So,
14:04it has to be
14:04aesthetic,
14:05it has to be
14:06good looking,
14:06well made
14:07and functionally
14:08perfect
14:09at par
14:09with other products.
14:10The perception
14:15that upcycling
14:16has to be cheap,
14:17that has to be
14:18challenged
14:18and that has
14:18to be explained
14:19because you are
14:21saving on material
14:22but you are going
14:22to end up
14:23paying more on
14:24labor and transport
14:25and design costs.
14:28Again,
14:29the life of what
14:30you've created
14:30should be long enough
14:31that the energy
14:32and the processes
14:33that are going
14:34behind it
14:34are justified.
14:35For me,
14:52the personal
14:53and I think
14:54about how
14:55the new
14:57community pantry
14:58PH,
14:59community pantry
15:00movement
15:01in the Philippines
15:02is
15:02to express
15:04stories
15:05of kindness
15:05in each other.
15:13There are so many
15:14inspiring stories
15:15like teens
15:17who are in the
15:17drug list
15:18in the community
15:19pantry
15:19LGBT communities
15:22in the community
15:23pantry
15:24doctors
15:27frontliners
15:29in the community
15:29pantry
15:30in the community
15:31pharmacy
15:31and
15:32free online
15:35community
15:35consultations
15:37and
15:37mental health.
15:43And eventually,
15:44when I'm a family
15:45I want to instill
15:46that I want to
15:47know that
15:48the world
15:49needs to be
15:50good.
15:50for more
16:05to improve
16:06the mission
16:07of convenience
16:07to see
16:08the mission
16:08of education
16:08in the community
16:09into three
16:10part of education
16:11first is education
16:13So we went to campus-campus, I became a senior student at the Faculty of Fashion.
16:25And the second thing is the exhibition.
16:28I also exhibition in public spaces, in the mall, in the park, in the city, in the middle of the city.
16:39I also went to gallery.
16:43And the last thing is the Fabric Labs, in which we create new materials from upcycling residues for the production of daur ulang.
16:57Ataupun bisa swipe juga sama teman-teman kamu, terus juga kamu bisa mulai belajar untuk memperpanjang usia pakaian, bikin workshop-workshop upcycling,
17:14teman-teman, atau ikut setali juga bisa.
17:16Dan yang terakhir, juga kamu harus berani memulai.
17:20Karena kalau direncanakan tidak memulai, itu mau kapan lagi?
17:23Terima kasih.
17:25Terima kasih.
17:26Terima kasih.
17:27Terima kasih.
17:57Terima kasih.
17:59Terima kasih.
18:00Terima kasih.
18:01Terima kasih.
18:02Terima kasih.
18:03Terima kasih.
18:04Terima kasih.
18:05Terima kasih.
18:06Terima kasih.
18:07Terima kasih.
18:08Terima kasih.
18:09Terima kasih.
18:10Terima kasih.
18:11Terima kasih.
18:12Terima kasih.
18:13Terima kasih.
18:14Terima kasih.
18:15Terima kasih.
18:16Terima kasih.
18:17Terima kasih.
18:18Terima kasih.
18:19Terima kasih.
18:20Terima kasih.
18:21Terima kasih.
18:22Terima kasih.
18:23Terima kasih.
18:24Terima kasih.