The NbC Save The World Between Parties In Indonesia

Chapter 1: Background Information

In November 2015, we toured Indonesia with photographer Rhys Devenyns collecting plastic and marine debris from natural ecosystems such as beaches, rivers, forests and wilderness areas.

While there we co-ordinated over 15 of these beach clean up projects and collected over an estimated 25 cubic meters of debris from the areas where we worked.

Five education seminars were provided to local muslim school groups outlining the impacts that marine and coastal debris is having on global marine and coastal systems and the species which live within those environments. This form of education is otherwise not available within the Indonesian curriculum so it is vital that we supply this sort of education if there is going to be a culture shift in the way Indonesia treats its plastic and rubbish problem.

Chapter 2: Western Australia

This year we have taken the concept and adapted it to our tour of Western Australia which took us from Margaret River in the south west to Exmouth in the north west.

Most people's idea of a music tour is all based around how many beers disappear, sold out shows and the good times you have had. Our idea of a successful tour includes all of these things as well as spearfishing with bull sharks, surfing and collecting rubbish from beaches along the way.

After playing some epic shows at The Ningaloo Whale shark festival, a few sold out shows at local bars, caravan parks and restaurants and hanging out with bands such as Kallidad, Jay Hoad, Michael Triscari, Dave Mann and Caravana Sun we headed for the beaches to begin our clean up projects.

We targeted 12 beaches between Perth and Exmouth Collecting a total of 19.73kg of rubbish, 663 bits of plastic, 41.9M of rope, 712 cigarette butts and 2,215 individual items we are pretty stoked with our efforts and now heading to Indonesia.

Chapter 3: Indonesian Archipelago

Just arrived in Indonesia and the swells are pumping so we are catching up on some surfing and decided it would be a great idea to jump off a 12 meter cliff, as you do for entertainment when you're allergic to TV and life's other distractions. We have begun our clean up of Balangan beach in Bali. So far so good, we have assisted the local people clean up a small bay where we found over 16.1kg of plastic bottles, foam pieces and glass bottles. This is a fantastic sign as last year when we cleaned the same area we found triple the amount of debris in the same region.

We are having a meeting with the local people of Balangan about the issue as they have been taking a leaf out of our book and begun doing local clean ups of the region since our visit last year. To hear this news was absolutely awesome for myself, Rob, Rhys and Eve as it means that the ball has begun rolling.

Our plan for this region will be to set up a giant plastic collection bin on the top of the cliff and begin cleaning the temple and cliff top area next week. The local people are very excited about the prospects of us creating these new recycling bins which can be collected and exchanged for money to go back into the local community.

Musically we have just recorded a new single which shall be released next month, recorded predominantly as a live taking now we are waiting for the mastering. We have already been approached by a few international radio station’s requesting the track so we are amped. We have had a few jams on the beach in Indonesia staring at the sunset, which has been fantastic as theres nothing better in life then sitting on a beach and sharing the global language of music with people from all over the world.

To assist with costs of setting up these bins please visit our GoFundMe page.