EKOSENTRIK: Strategi Pemberdayaan Perempuan Berbasis Ecoprint di Desa Sumberejo

Abstract

The community service activity, titled EKOSENTRIK (Ecoprint Kreatif Sentuhan Ibu-Ibu Asik), was conducted in Sumberejo Village, Japah District, Blora Regency, to improve the skills of PKK members in processing local natural resources into environmentally friendly, economically valuable products. The methods applied included socialization, training, hands-on practice in making ecoprint tote bags, and evaluation, with a total of 15 participants actively involved throughout the entire process. The results indicated an increase in participants’ knowledge and technical skills in the ecoprint process, including mordanting, arranging leaves and flowers, pounding, and color fixation, resulting in tote bags with artistic motifs derived from teak leaves, cassava leaves, papaya leaves, hibiscus flowers, and four o’clock flowers. Furthermore, the activity enhanced participants’ confidence, sense of togetherness, and entrepreneurial spirit, while also demonstrating that with continued support in business management and marketing, ecoprint has the potential to become a leading village product that improves family income and supports sustainable, community-based creative economic development.