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…
Country: Indonesia
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…
Unraveling Income Inequality: A Closer Look at Women and Young Workers
The involvement of women and young workers are limited due to skills mismatch, limited business capital, insufficient batik arts, and low potential ea…
Gender Disparities: Capabilities Gap Between Women and Men in The Batik Industry
Studies show that only 25% of all batik production is carried out by a woman due to limited skill set, capabilities, and societal status as support wo…
Unveiling The Challenges: Batik Design Plagiarism and Imitation Products
The challenges of batik design plagiarism are common due to the inadequate registration of design copyrights including for Batik Pekalongan.