What happens when sustainability knowledge returns home? It multiplies. Discover how learning can become skills, opportunities and community action through Hara Makers’ Reimagine Plastic Project.
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What does it really take to make sustainability work on the ground? From community engagement and women-led circular economy initiatives to sustainable entrepreneurship, Hara Makers reflects on three recent platforms that reminded us that meaningful sustainability requires more than good intentions—it requires people, skills, trust, viable solutions, and action.
More Than a Bag: The Stories Behind an Upcycled Product
Discover the story behind a Hara Makers upcycled bag, where discarded plastic is transformed into something useful while creating skills and income opportunities for women from lower-income communities. A reminder that every thoughtful purchase can create impact for people and the planet.
Hara Makers 携手 Gasing Buku 起点文化与 Redang Pelangi Resort,参与《When the Corals Sing》新书发表会及塑料回收改造手作活动。参与者将废弃食物塑料包装重新改造成实用的小钥匙圈,在动手实践中认识塑料再利用的可能,也重新思考日常生活中减少塑料使用的重要性。
Hara Makers is proud to be recognised as the RISE Awards 2026 Green Impact Award Winner, celebrating our commitment to transforming plastic waste into opportunity through community empowerment, circular economy solutions, and environmental sustainability.
In this session, we welcomed APU Community Engagement (ACE) once again to our programme. Together with 14 students, we successfully removed over 138 kg of waste from the river. Many…
We’re grateful to the ZUS Coffee team for taking the time to get their hands dirty, ask difficult questions, and learn more about the realities facing our rivers.
At Hara Makers, we often say river clean-ups are not about cleaning rivers alone. They are about learning together with communities, students, and corporates, so that responsibility does not end at the drain, the bin, or the factory gate.
We collect discarded plastic, sort and clean it, and channel it into production through training programmes with women from lower-income communities.
After two weeks of cancellation due to heavy rainfall, we finally managed to run our River Exploration Programme again last Saturday. This session felt especially meaningful as we welcomed 18…