David Ontaneda

David Ontaneda

David Ontaneda is a Circular Economy systems strategist with extensive experience developing monitoring and evaluation assessments for community development projects in Indonesia. Previous areas of work include: water and sanitation projects in urban communities in Eastarn Java, community led microfinance and sustainable agriculture in Western Java, non-timber forest product development as palm oil alternatives in West Kalimantan, Borneo and sustainable education trainings in Bali. His experiences in Canada include consulting for waste to product design and developing a large global strategic partnership network for programme development.

Projects

INDO X MELT

The transdiciplinary and transnational INDOxMELT collective wants to accelerate solutions to plastic pollution.

Blog Posts

Java’s waste banks

Waste banks are a novel concept for addressing Indonesian waste problems. Instead of burning their waste or throwing it into rivers, communities establish a place for villagers to deposit their…

WHAT ARE MICROPLASTICS?

Microplastics are a common form of plastic, often overlooked literally and figuratively, that are less than 1mm in size. A popular type of micro plastics are microbeads. Common in facial scrubs,…

PETE CLARKSON + THE WASHED UP WORKSHOP

AFTER A MORNING SURF AND A QUICK TAILGATE LUNCH OF QUESADILLAS IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE TOFINO BOTANICAL GARDENS, WE HEADED OVER TO PETE CLARKSON’S HOME-STUDIO TO SEE HIS…

AUDIT 001

Garbage is gross. No surprise there. It’s also, for our purposes, incredibly useful. So at the end of August, three of us spent a couple hours sorting through 5 big…