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  • Rainforest4 Save the Orangutans

    Rainforest4 Save the Orangutans

    This was a rare and exciting opportunity to learn from the rainforest defenders of the Orangutan Information Centre. Panut Hadisiswoyo, Founding Director and award-winning environmentalist, and Nayla Azmi, Communications Officer, shared their incredible work in a special interactive event on Sunday the 18th of August at Byron Community College.   The Orangutan Information Center, an…

  • Byron Harmony Festival 2019

    Byron Harmony Festival 2019

    Building on the last 13 years previous experience and with the support of hundreds of community members Byron Harmony Day 2019 was an even bigger success than previously with the entire event being presented in Mullumbimby Civic Hall again this year – for the second year in a row. The Byron Harmony Festival program took…

  • Why Does Harmony Day Matter?

    How do you feel when you are a seven- year-old Asian girl- the only Asian kid in the class ….and this situation goes on for 13 years? You wake up every morning facing the day – knowing you are different from the other kids and knowing you have to face this feeling of otherness today…

  • Byron Harmony Day 2018

    Byron Harmony Day 2018

    This year’s Harmony Day is on Saturday April 28th at the Civic Hall in Mullumbimby.

  • Eco Warriors 2017

    Eco Warriors 2017

    The launch of the 13 part TV Series: The Eco Warriors September 2017 Sydney.

  • Australia Indonesia Forum Byron Shire 2017

    Australia Indonesia Forum Byron Shire 2017

    Indonesian diplomatic and cultural delegations welcomed to major international forums in Byron Shire.

  • Byron Harmony Day 2017

    Byron Harmony Day 2017

  • Eco Warriors Indonesian Tour 2016

    Eco Warriors Indonesian Tour 2016

    During June-July 2016, as part of the Australian Ambassadors Project, Mark White, Producer of “The Rise of the Eco Warriors,” supported by Judy Shelley, National Coordinator of AIAA, was invited to tour Indonesia by Ade Zuchri National President of the Indonesian Green Union.Mark toured from Jakarta to West Java, Sumatra and Kalimantan, presenting film screenings…

  • 2016 Australian Cultural Ambassador Project

    2016 Australian Cultural Ambassador Project

    AIAA initiated this project with the support of the Australian Consulate in Bali and with the assistance of Gamelan Master Dewa Made Nurjana achieved an invitation to present a major collaborative project of Australian and Indonesian artists performing the Shakuntala Dance Drama with full Balinese gamelan orchestra at Bali Arts Center, Bentara Budaya and other…

  • Byron Harmony Day 2016

    Byron Harmony Day 2016

    Byon Harmony Day was held on Sat 1 April and marked a very special event due to the very generous support and attendance of the Indonesian Consul General Bpk Yana Mulyana from Sydney who volunteered to provide a fantastic delegation of 26 performers and Consular visitors including Suara Indonesia Dancers from Sydney, angklung orchestra Adelindo…

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