TEDx Lights up Ubud Again
by Catriona Mitchell When I heard that the Indonesian chief of police had planned an impromptu visit to the Setia Darma House of Masks …
Posts tagged environment
Why don’t they fix the traffic? (Ubud Backstage #3)
This is the third in Anthropologist Graeme MacRae’s series about Ubud. This time he looks at the special kind of Ubud jam that you can’t …
To the Land of Milk and Honey
To the many impoverished inhabitants of other islands of Indonesia, particularly the landless of East Java across the narrow strait in both rural and urban …
It’s Going to Get a Lot Drier Before It Gets a Lot Drier
This year’s El Niño is expected to be the worst in history, and the resultant drought in Indonesia is taking it’s toll. So how is …
Black Sand: Ubud Backstage
Our guest blogger, anthropologist Graeme MacRae, tracks down the source of the “new black gold” that is piling up on the roads of the Ubud. …
OUR SEEDS, OUR FUTURE!
Strengthening Indonesia’s Food Sovereignty is a non-profit collaborative activity, initiated by Mantasa, with the support & involvement of many local organizations and individuals who have …
Where Has All the Rubbish Gone? The Backstage of Ubud
by Graeme MacRae, an anthropologist from Massey University, New Zealand, who first visited in Ubud in 1977. He lived here with his family for 18 …
Earth Day 2014 Is Coming Up! Building Awareness & Caring For Bali’s Environment
“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.” Under new organization since 2013, Bali’s annual Earth Day will …
Wawancara Olivier Pouillon: "Di Alam, Tidak Ada Istilah ‘Sampah’ "
Pada tahun 1994, Rio Helmi dan pendiri lain dari Yayasan Wisnu yang orisinil yang saat ini sudah tidak beroperasi lagi, mengundang seorang anak muda …