Where to buy the Weaving Future’s Scarves?
Weaving Future’s scarves can be found in the following shops all around Bali:
Canggu
The Jungle Trader
Jl. Pantai Berawa No. 46X
Kuta, Bali 80361
It Was All A Dream
Jl. Pantai Berawa No. 14B
Tibubeneng, Bali 80361
Bomba
Jl. Batu Mejan No. 33A
Badung, Bali 80351
Les Basics
Jalan Munduk Catu, No. 1
Badung, Bali 80351
Jane Doe Store
Jalan Subak Canggu,
Badung, Bali 80351
Jimbaran
Sereh Gourmet
Gedung Samasta Lt. GF Unit. A1
Jl. Wanagiri No. 1
Jimbaran, Bali 80361
Kerobokan
Tulle & Batiste
Jl. Petitenget No. 19
Kerobokan, Bali 80361
Carga
Jl. Petitenget No. 886
Kerobokan, Bali 80361
Laluna
Jl. Umalas I no. 37,
Kerobokan, Bali 80361
Zero Waste Bali
Jl. Raya Anyar no. 30
Kerobokan, Bali 80361
Kuta
World Brand Factory
Jl. Bypass Ngurah Rai No. 11G
Kuta, Bali 80361
Holiday Inn Resort Baruna Bali
Jl. Wana Segara No.33
Kuta, 80361
House of IOCO
IOCO Store Kompleks
Pertokoan Kuta Square
D1A #1-3 Jl. Pantai Kuta
Kuta, 80361
Nusa Dua
The St. Regis Bali Resort
Kawasan Pariwisata Lot S6
Nusa Dua, Bali, 80363
Grand Mirage Resort Thalasso Bali
Jl. Pratama 74, Tanjung Benoa
Nusa Dua, Bali 80363\
Swiss-Belhotel Segara
Jalan Pura Segara, Benoa, Kuta Sel
Kabupaten Badung, Bali 80363
R.O.L.E. Foundation
Jl. Siligita No. 22
(Next to Cocomart)
Nusa Dua, Bali 80361
The Bale
Jl. Raya Nusa Dua Selatan
Nusa Dua, Bali 80363
The Apurva Kempinski
Jl. Raya Nusa Dua Selatan
Nusa Dua, Bali
Sanur
A-Krea Sanur
Jl. Danau Tamblingan No. 51
Sanur, Bali 80228
Fairmont Sanur Beach Bali
Jl. Kusuma Sari No. 8
Sanur, Bali 80227
Segara Village Hotel
Jl. Segara Ayu
Sanur, Bali 80030
Buleleng
Villa Selina
Bondalem, Tejakula
Bondalem, Buleleng
Seminyak
TS Store Seminyak
Jl. Nakula No. 18
Seminyak, Bali 80361
Lucy’s Batik
Jl. Basangkasa No. 88
Seminyak, Bali 80361
The Oberoi
Seminyak Beach,
Jl. Kayu Aya, Seminyak, Bali 80361
Impiana Private Villas Bali
Seminyak Beach,
Jl. Kunti I No.118x, Seminyak, Kuta,
Kabupaten Badung, Bali 80361
Canaan
Jl. Petitenget No. 51B
Seminyak, Kuta Utara, Badung, Bali
Ubud
A-Krea Ubud
Jl. Monkey Forest
Ubud, Bali 80571
Nusa Surfwear Ubud
Jl. Goutama Selatan No. 25
Ubud, Bali 80571
Komaneka Ubud
Jl. Monkey Forest,
Ubud, Bali 80571
Pecatu
Radisson Blu
Jl. Pemutih, Pecatu
Kuta, Selatan
Uluwatu
Alila Villas Uluwatu
Jl. Belimbing Sari
Uluwatu, Bali 80364
Bulgari Resort Bali
Jl. Goa Lempeh,
Uluwatu, Bali 80361
Ungasan
Nusa Surfwear
Jl. Raya Uluwatu Km 22
Ungasan, Bali 80361
BGS Bali
Jl Raya Uluwatu No. 77
Ungasan, Bali 80361
https://www.bgsbali.com
The Ungasan Clifftop Resort
Jalan Pantai Selatan Gau, Banjar Wijaya Kusuma,
Ungasan, Kabupaten Badung, Bali 80361
Karangasem
Alila Manggis
Desa Buitan, Manggis,
Karangasem Regency, Bali 80871
Singapore
Sonder Social
29 Mandai Estate, #04-04,
Tower 3, Innovation Place,
Singapore 729932
With the downward spiral of the environment, industries such as fishing and farming, and the jobs they provide are dying. Can these jobs be replaced and with what? Wouldn’t it be smart, if they were replaced with sustainable businesses, meaning sustainable jobs?
The Bukit Women’s Weavers Association in Bali is an excellent example of a local business that is both green and sustainable. But what does it really mean to be sustainable? The sustainable business philosophy is to meet the needs of the present world without compromising the ability of future generations by not using-up precious natural resources. It is to provide services and products that use materials that can be renewed naturally and/or organically and do not use harmful chemicals nor produce pollutants. The aim is to have businesses/jobs that give an income to improve human wellbeing and social equity while reducing environmental impacts.
Accompanying the boom in tourism industry in Bali, many of the local industries, such as seaweed farming and cattle farming, have been ruled out, leaving locals, mostly older women, who are not suited to work in hospitality, unemployed. However, many of them possess skills, one of which is traditional weaving techniques, that are also being threatened in existence as cheaper, mass-produced, imported products flood their way into the country.
This is where programs like “Weaving Futures” come into picture in supporting local communities through empowerment of women to run local businesses, at the same time preserving inherited cultural knowledge and techniques that have failed to grab the interest of many of the younger generations. Our weavers use organic cotton and produce our own natural dyes from local plants, such as noni roots (orange and yellow), sappan wood (red), kibatalia arborea wood (chocolate brown), mango leaves (lime green) and indigo leaves (indigo blue). Natural plant-based dyes produce an extraordinary diversity of rich and complex colours without using any toxic and polluting chemicals, while the organic matter leftover from dye plants can be composted. Not only “Weaving Futures” is reviving traditions, these women are now able to create their own sustainable income without harming the environment.