In island communities, waste is not just an environmental issue. It affects public health, local livelihoods, food systems, coastal waters and the reefs that communities rely on every day. In the Western Province, Solomon Islands, Positive Change for Marine Life’s Waste to Wealth (W2W) program is working to strengthen locally led circular waste systems that
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Positive Change for Marine Life’s Waste to Wealth program in Kerala is already seeing strong early results from support provided through The Intrepid Foundation’s Impact Grant. In Vizhinjam, our India team has been working with local families to strengthen community composting and reduce the amount of organic waste entering streets, drains, waterways, and coastal ecosystems.
In the heart of the Cape Byron Marine Park in northern NSW, coastal ecosystems including mangroves, saltmarshes and seagrass meadows continue to face increasing pressure from development, pollution, altered hydrology and climate impacts. These interconnected “blue forest” ecosystems play a critical role in stabilising coastlines, improving water quality, storing carbon and supporting biodiversity across estuaries
After years of building a grassroots waste management program with local communities in the Solomon Islands, our USAID funding has officially been cancelled. This has placed the future of our Waste to Wealth program, and the livelihoods of the local team behind it, at immediate risk. One of those team members is Jerold Bruno. The



