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Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The three-day Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival 2008, in cooperation with three environmental organizations invited its spectators to learn how to manage garbage in a movement dubbed with "Java Jazz Go Green Don`t Just Watch, Do Something!".

Director of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Indonesia Mubariq Ahmad in a press conference on Saturday said history show that some world musical stages could become an important forum to voice the message of changes in the fight against social problems.

"A small step taken by each spectator will bring us to better environment," he said.

The Java Jazz Go Green program is established by the Java Jazz Production in cooperation with the Conservation International Indonesia, WWF Indonesia, The Nature Conservancy and several mass media.

Young Actress Dian Sastro, representing the Conservation International institution said three kinds of garbage trunks were provided during the organization of the Java Jazz, with green-label for organic garbage, gray-label for paper garbage and red-label for non-organic one.

"I have also called on the spectators to come and visit the Java Jazz Go Green stand to learn more about how to handle garbage," she added.

Up to 1500 artists would perform in the jazz festival held from March 7 to 9, 2008.(*)

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