PROFILE

Mother Earth Foundation

Mother Earth Foundation (MEF) is a non-stock, non-profit organization from Phillipines who actively engaged in addressing waste and toxic pollution, climate change, and other health and environmental justice issues. The establishment of Juana Zero Express stores, a.k.a. Zero Waste sari-sari stores, for each of the city partners is one of the programs of Mother Earth Foundation. In contrast to other Zero Waste Stores in Metro Manila, “Juana Zero Express stores” cater to low- to medium-income and marginalized groups. It sells goods like cooking oil, vinegar, soy sauce, fish sauce, and basic condiments in reusable packaging. In addition, soap, rice, dishwashing liquid, and detergent powder are sold there. Most of the products are sourced from the community to help the local economy of the Local Government Unit (LGU). Reuse models practised in the JZE stores are refill (consumer-owned) and bring your own container (BYOC).

Website: http://www.motherearthphil.org/

Tiza Mafira

Executive DirEctor

Tiza has led Diet Plastik Indonesia, and co-founded it, since 2013. She feels grateful that the environmental law knowledge she learned in college can be used to make changes. In her spare time, Tiza enjoys making doll houses out of cardboard for her children and doing water sports. Tiza is an alumna of the Faculty of Law, University of Indonesia (2002) and Harvard Law School (2010).

Tiza Mafira

Executive DirEctor

Tiza memimpin Dietplastik Indonesa, dan turut mendirikannya, sejak 2013. Ia merasa bersyukur ilmu hukum lingkungan yang dipelajarinya ketika kuliah dapat digunakan untuk membuat perubahan. Pada waktu senggang, Tiza senang membuat rumah boneka dari kardus untuk anak-anaknya dan melakukan olahraga air. Tiza adalah alumna Fakultas Hukum Universitas Indonesia (2002) dan Harvard Law School (2010).