“Waste Whispers” tells the story of a big trash disaster in Yogyakarta. When the Piyungan Waste Disposal Site closed for two months due to overloaded garbage, the city faced a messy situation. As waste collection services paused, trash started pilling up everywhere. People didn’t know what to do, so they ended up throwing trash on the streets, rivers, forest, and even the ocean. In the midst of this turmoil, air pollution spiked due to the practice of burning waste.

Three years after the inauguration of the Jakarta International Stadium (JIS), residents of Kampung Bayam are still demanding housing certainty. They were promised housing in Kampung Susun Bayam (KSB) after the construction of JIS, but until now they have not been able to occupy it due to licensing constraints and unaffordable rental rates. While the PJ Governor of DKI Jakarta, Heru Budi Hartono, plans to build new flats in 2025, residents are still demanding their rights to the KSB as promised during the Anies Baswedan era.

After being elected class president by her peers, teenage student Carline uses her voice to abolish corporal punishment at her school in Mombasa, Kenya.