Ubud Food Festival Spotlight #2: Eelke Plasmeijer
Locavore, on Ubud’s Jalan Dewi Sita, shot to number one on Trip Advisor shortly after opening its doors in 2013, and it’s barely budged from …
Bamboo, And Why It Matters to Bali: An Interview with Arief Rabik
Arief Rabik is an Ubud-based environmental scientist specializing in bamboo. His company, Indobamboo, makes some of the strongest beams and bamboo products in the world. This …
Bitcoin, Banks & Bali: The Basics (& Why You Should Care)
An unusual event is being held tomorrow, Saturday 13th December, at the Paradiso Cinema in Ubud: the International Bitcoin Film Festival. Catriona Mitchell spoke to …
Ethics in a Coffee Cup – by Ibu Kat
The kopi luwak story began back in 1991 when former coffee trader Tony Wild brought a single kilogram of it into the UK and introduced it …
Lightness of Body, Lightness of Being – Exploring Raw Food, Mexican Style
Text and photos by Catriona Mitchell On the weekend, Hubud’s Living Food Lab was offering up a raw food class with the title ‘Mexican Flavour …
Reflections on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival – Michael Vatikiotis
by Michael Vatikiotis Now in its eleventh year, the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival is possibly the most successful event of its kind in Asia. …
Performance Poets Wow the Crowd with ‘An Economy of Words’
by Meelee Soorkia Feature photo: Carlos Andres Gomez It was a sight I’d never seen before – six poets being mobbed by an elated crowd, …
A Feast of Thought – TEDxUbud
By Cat Wheeler Those of us of a certain age who have been here awhile agree that much as we enjoy our quiet lives in …
Good People of Ubud, Where Does Your Garbage Go? A Blog in Photos
Photos by Catriona Mitchell, taken at two dumping grounds that cater to Ubud’s waste.
Being Human – The Missing Piece of the New Age Puzzle
by Leslie Caplan I walk downtown where sunlit smiles soar down like birds and land on the faces of people walking by. I go over …