THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR CORAL REEFS
Your order has helped our island in restoring and protecting its coral reefs.
Thank you so much for helping to support my small business, our island community and our oceans.
Find our how to care for your new piece here
Gili Trawangan in Indonesia has been my home for the last 3 years. I make all my jewellery pieces here in my studio in the centre of the island, about a five minute bike ride in any direction to the coral reef that surrounds us.
The first time I visited the Gili Islands was in 2015. I fell totally in love with the sandy roads, the baby goats and the incredible, vibrant coral reefs. It was actually this trip that inspired me to pursue a career in marine conservation.
The coral reefs here, and everywhere in the world, are under so much pressure from overfishing, pollution and the climate crisis. I came back to Gili Trawangan in 2017, to work with the incredible Gili Eco Trust, an organisation which has been helping to protect and restore the coral reefs. Since then, I have completed a Masters in Marine Biology, and I have worked on various coral reef restoration projects in Indonesia and Australia.
It’s something I never stop dreaming about. I am determined to give everything I can back to this ecosystem and this planet that has inspired me in every way.
Thanks to your support, we can continue this mission together.
HOW YOUR ORDER HELPS
So here is what I mean when I say your order has planted a coral! I don’t have a registered not-for-profit (yet!), and this isn’t an easy carbon capture scheme where I just send $5 to some company to plant a coral on our behalf! I literally go out with our amazing reef restoration team and plant a coral for every order that comes through.
CORAL GARDENING 101
We have six baby coral nursery sites on the eastern side of the island.
Corals are kinda like succulents or frangipanis - you can break off a branch and grow a whole new coral from a small fragment.
Generally, we go diving and search for fragments that have been broken already by boat anchors, parrot fish or storm surges. They will certainly die if they roll around in the sand, so we take the fragments to the nursery site, sometimes break them into even more pieces, and re-plant them securely on the nursery.
Once the fragments have started growing well, then they can be transplanted back onto the reef or other restoration sites! We have a few different methods of reef restoration here, including Biorock artificial reefs and underwater sculptures.
COME VISIT US!
Interested to find out more or to see your babies in person? Literally message me and come visit! Gili Trawangan is an amazing island and I would love to show you around.
The Gili Islands on the horizon - view from the Autore South Sea Pearl Farm in Teluk Nare.
Little Paraclavarina fragments being planted onto a piece of limestone substrate for the nursery
This is one of the Biorock artificial reefs — read more about them here
