Last updated: April 2023
The Project 'JIWA Community Garden' is a place to gather, garden, and learn and is located in Canggu, closer to Denpasar City in Bali (1,2,3). The project was founded in 2020 by three friends (citizens) and was developed on about 4500m2 of previously unused land (1,2,3). Jiwa Community Garden has set an example of how unused land can be turned into a fully functional composting facility, productive organic gardens, and a learning center for Permaculture gardening practices, all under one roof (1,2,3). It also welcomes all workawayer/volunteers and other local groups and expats to participate and contribute to activities for community engagement and learning (1,2,3). This project has created a positive impact, and still further plans to develop sub-projects like Permaculture gardening schools and a co-working space cafe open to the public (2,4).
Kids and young people engaged in gardening activities
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Overview
Nature-based solution
- Community gardens and allotments
- Community gardens
Key challenges
- Environmental quality
- Waste management
- Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
- Green space creation and/or management
- Health and well-being (SDG 3)
- Improving mental health
- Creation of opportunities for recreation
- Inclusive and effective governance (SDG 16)
- Inclusive governance
- Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10)
- Social cohesion
- Social interaction
- Environmental education
- Sustainable consumption and production (SDG 12)
- Sustainable production
Focus
Creation of new green areas, Transformation of previously derelict areas, Knowledge creation and awareness raising
Project objectives
- To develop a community garden embedding permaculture concept, which will be a place to gather, garden, grow and learn, as well as offer a space in nature for the community to unwind.
- To reduce organic waste going to landfill and turn it into compost that will be used for gardening
- To showcase profitable organic farming for local youth and training for Bali's future jobs
- To build bridges between local and expat communities for social interaction, knowledge and cultural exchange
- To preserve and teach local agriculture wisdom and inspire people to connect to their food and ecosystems
- To act as a catalyst for change and sustainable impact through awareness raising and educating, mainly kids and young people who are changemakers (for tackling Bali's environmental issues such as soil and water health, food security and waste management)
- To improve community health and well-being by engaging in gardening activities (1,2,3,4)
Implementation activities
The project team has implemented below activities such as:
- Turning organic waste into fertile compost
- Harvesting and producing organic vegetables and fruits, free-range eggs (organic gardens)
- Development of Permaculture Learning Center for gardening practices
- Alternate week gardening sessions (every first and third Saturday of the month at 3 pm)
- Jiwa community events and workshops (around topics such as permaculture, gardening, composting and growing your own food)
- Community Classroom “Balai Belajar” (meaning Learning Hall, made from Bamboo, also called Bamboo Shala, of 80m2) to help a wide range of people to learn and develop
- Monthly community market to showcase some of the most loved artisan local producers of many kinds
- Jiwa Vinyl Nights and Jam sessions for cultural exchange (1,2,3).
Future activities:
- To build a Permaculture gardening school and co-working space café, which will be open to the public and offer local prices to ensure both locals and expats feel welcomed (1,2,3).
Jiwa Garden also provides other consultations, such as:
- permaculture design, consulting and implementation activities for other stakeholders/clients
- garden maintenance techniques and management
- compost heroes that provide organic waste pick-up services to more prominent outlets (such as restaurants, cafes, beach clubs or hotels) and partnership with 'Urban Compost' for private households (to take care of food and kitchen scraps) (1).
Main beneficiaries
- Citizens or community groups
- Young people and children
Governance
Management set-up
- Led by non-government actors
Type of initiating organisation
- Citizens or community group
Participatory approaches/ community involvement
- Co-planning (e.g. stakeholder workshops, focus groups, participatory mapping)
- Joint implementation (e.g. tree planting)
- Co-management/Joint management
Details on the roles of the organisations involved in the project
The JIWA Community Garden Project was mainly led and implemented by 3 friends/citizens named Lenny, Djuca and Krishna (founders of the project) located in Bali (1,2,3).
And the project also received support and openness from all kinds of organizations in Bali and has networking partners:
- Eco-Bali Recycling (which operates its own sorting and material recovery facility (MRF)): contributes to Jiwa Garden through a sponsored garden plot, by taking care of all non-organic waste produced on-site and their incredibly rich wisdom and experience in recycling & taking care of our environment properly.
- Astungkara Way (Social Enterprise on Regenerative Tourism): collaboration on sessions regarding the transition to regenerative agriculture and tourism
- Sandan Natural Farm (a stunning regenerative farm owned by 2 citizens): Jiwa Garden and Sandan exchange seeds, seedlings, fertilizers and knowledge whenever possible.
- Breathwork Bali (Clinical Breathwork): BreathworkBali has established two private treatment rooms for breathwork sessions at the garden and additionally contributes to Jiwa Garden through two sponsored garden plots.
- Prasad Food Kitchen (collects, prepares and shares food, with people who are struggling to make ends meet)
- Su-re.co (environmental think-do-be tank): undertakes research and consulting projects related to energy, land use, biogas, and livelihoods; develops business at grand by selling climate-smart products and provides sustainable training (1).
Project implemented in response to ...
... an EU policy or strategy?
No
... a national policy or strategy?
No
... a local policy or strategy?
No
Financing
Total cost
Unknown
Source(s) of funding
- Private funding by citizens
Type of funding
- Donations
Non-financial contribution
Type of non-financial contribution
- Provision of land
- Provision of labour
- Provision of expertise
Who provided the non-financial contribution?
- Citizens (e.g. volunteering)
Impacts and Monitoring
Environmental impacts
- Environmental quality
- Improved waste management
- Green space and habitat
- Promotion of naturalistic styles of landscape design for urban development
- Increased green space area
- Increased conservation or restoration of ecosystems
Economic impacts
- Unknown
Socio-cultural impacts
- Social justice and cohesion
- Improved social cohesion
- Improved access to urban green space
- Increased opportunities for social interaction
- Increased involvement of locals in the management of green spaces
- Increased access to healthy/affordable food
- Education
- Increased support for education and scientific research
- Increased knowledge of locals about local nature
Type of reported impacts
Expected impacts, Achieved impacts
Presence of formal monitoring system
Unknown
Presence of indicators used in reporting
No evidence in public records
Presence of monitoring/ evaluation reports
No evidence in public records
Availability of a web-based monitoring tool
No evidence in public records
References
1. PT JIWA ALAM SEHAT. (2023). JIWA Community Garden. Source link, available at Source link (accessed 01-03-2023)
2. Pangestika, Nevy. Jiwa Community Garden. Act Global, available at Source link (accessed 01-03-2023)
3. Source link. (2023). Learn about growing food and permaculture in Canggu, Bali, Indonesia. Workaway, available at Source link (accessed 01-03-2023)
4. Project Video on YouTube. Jiwa Community Garden. Act Global, available at Source link (accessed 01-03-2023)
5. Social Media Instagram Page. jiwagarden, available at Source link (accessed 01-03-2023)
2. Pangestika, Nevy. Jiwa Community Garden. Act Global, available at Source link (accessed 01-03-2023)
3. Source link. (2023). Learn about growing food and permaculture in Canggu, Bali, Indonesia. Workaway, available at Source link (accessed 01-03-2023)
4. Project Video on YouTube. Jiwa Community Garden. Act Global, available at Source link (accessed 01-03-2023)
5. Social Media Instagram Page. jiwagarden, available at Source link (accessed 01-03-2023)
Gardening activity with interaction
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Aerial View
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Community Learning Centre
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Sustainable Production
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Community Market
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Project Site Image showing garden allotments and other activities
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Information about this nature-based solution was collected as part of the "NBS 2022" UNA Asian extension project funded by the Asia-Europe Foundation.