Batik Day Celebration in INACRAFT
Every year, INACRAFT is the most awaited event by the batik shops in Pekalongan. With thousands of visitors from Indonesia and abroad, this is the…
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Final Presentation Stage: It’s Showtime!
After several weeks of learning and co-designing, the participants were finally able to show their best designs in the final presentation stage on the 8th…
Co-Design Phase: Let’s Mine-crafting!
After almost 4-week of learning and sharing, it’s time to build in Minecraft! The co-design phase that had been waited for by the participants finally…
Zahir Widadi: Pekalongan’s Sustainable Batik Champion
Is it possible to produce batik sustainably? The answer is YES! Showing the way for sustainable batik production is Zahir Widadi, renowned batik artist, Dean…
Beauty and the Beast: The Environmental Disaster Behind Batik
Walking the streets of Pekalongan, one immediately sees the two faces of Batik: the beautiful, colored fabrics on the one hand, and the heavily polluted…
Learning Session III – Understanding Climate Change and Greening as One of the Solutions
The last learning session began in the third week of the program, started with a Raincraft education module discussing the topic of urban greening. Like…
The Emergence of Green Batik as Future Demand
Batik Pekalongan must meet this demand by offering green batik products that hold higher value while also promoting environmental conservation
Batik Pekalongan: Significance Role in Economic
The Batik Pekalongan alone accounts for approximately 70% of Indonesia's domestic batik supply despite the batik industry in Pekalongan faces several …
Learning Session II – The Close Relation between Drainage and Waste Management
One of the issues found during The Water Agency’s preliminary site visit to Lapangan Puputan Renon was poor waste management that clogged up the area’s…
Presentation Slides for Workshop II – Urban Waste Management
A workshop with the topic of “Urban Waste Management” was conducted online on the 2nd of September, 2023 as an addition to the second Raincraft…