About a week ago, Green Team Indonesia did a Forest Clean-up at Mount. Melingkuh, Baturiti village, Bedugul, Bali, Indonesia. Green Team Indonesia is a community made for all ages and for people all around the world. We have members that has started joining even when they were three years old. We do lots of activities, this time it?s Forest Clean-up. This trip is supported by Tunza Eco-generation by letting us use their banner so that other people would join us.

Each year, Green Team Indonesia goes camping. This year, it was held on the 10th till the 11th of October. 40 people joined this year?s camping, making it the biggest camping we?ve ever held. The reason why we go camping is because at times, we all need a break from all the pollution in the city, so our escape is the mountains. We have fun up there and still take care of our Mother Nature. I as the founder, with the help of our co-leader along with Green Team Indonesia?s president and vice-president, we make sure that all of the rubbish that came from food wrappings, cups, etc. are all thrown away in the rubbish bin and not thrown to the ground. 

On the 10th, we do lots of activities such as singing by the bonfire, roasting marshmallows, and just having fun with our friends. One of my favourite thing about camping is that it makes everyone closer to one another. It makes our friendship stronger and like what Green Team Indonesia?s motto says, ?Hand-in-hand, we can balance the world?. 

We sit out in the middle of the campsite and just laid down next to each other while watching the stars. The pollution level up here is low so the stars aren?t covered up with the smoke.  We traced up the constellations with our fingers and talked till late night. There was no signal out here so we didn?t touch our phones at all (which is very good). 

On the 11th, we go on our adventurous hike up Mount Melingkuh and started our Forest Clean-up. We are all separated into 5 different groups, each group given a sack to put the trash in and everyone is given gloves. On our hike up to the forest, we picked up trash that we saw on the trail and also in the forest. The amount of trash there was horrifying. All 5 sacks were full of trash and it broke my heart just looking at it. 

Why do we do Forest Clean-up?

It?s because this forest is a protected forest and is used as bike trails and hiking trails, sometimes even for events. People who come by doesn?t have a place to put their trash and they?re too lazy to keep it with them for a while more so they just drop it to the ground. What they don't realise is that this pollutes the surroundings and makes the forest look dirty. If it?s dirty, no one would want to go there anymore, then the forest will become unused so someone out there will find an idea into tearing that forest down and putting up a business there instead. 

So let?s keep our forests clean and conserve our forests. Don?t let our forests disappear just because we couldn?t throw rubbish in the right place.