Last Updated: July 8th, 2008

Is Paradise Worth Saving?
Arcing away from the northwestern shore of Lombok, Indonesia lie three idyllic atolls in sparkling aquamarine waters over powdery white sand. A distant Balinese volcano looms above orange-glowing sunsets. No cars or motorcycles allowed - just birds and butterflies.

Horse back around the island in an hour as surfers ride a left-break offshore, Below, scuba divers and giant sea turtles tease monster clams regrown on BioRock coral reefs.

Dynamited Coral & Eroded Beachfronts.
Gili AIr has been chewn away at its edges. This year alone, seven meters of shore disappeared while all three Gili Archipelago atolls slowly sink from the middle out.

The Good News
With simple erosion control, strong leadership and some healthy eco-tourism, Gili Air can bounce back by reclaiming the beach with desalinated, drip-watered native plantings. Sand can be poured over enormous rolls of criss-crossing hemp nets.

The coral reefs can be regrown with a new power substation on each atoll. The tropical fish must be fed with bananas for twenty years until the marine eco-system returns.

And all three atolls must be raised 2 meters with twenty years of daily barge deliveries of sand - lots of wheelbarrow and spade work.

Why an Eco-Lodge?
Building an eco-lodge demonstrating sound environmental and business principles takes time and money. Both in very short supply on this atoll of 1,000 inhabitants.

Why Now?
Astute eco-business (green/environmental) implementation can generate a self-sustaining island economy of local jobs, an expanded medical clinic and an environmentally friendly and safer future.

Please take the time to protect Gili Air atoll. A prime plot of land is now for sale, as of June 24th, 2008. We're determined to make a difference.