THE LAST BALI HERITAGE DOG
Longtime Ubud resident Cat Wheeler takes stock of the dwindling, umm, stock of the surprisingly important Bali dog. Once the only canines around, the Bali …
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RICE – Preserving a Legacy
Rice: for most Indonesians it’s almost synonymous with food as a whole. Average Indonesians feel that even if they’ve had bread for breakfast, they haven’t eaten …
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 …
The Story of Chocolate is Not Always Sweet
by Cat Wheeler Next time you unwrap that bar of dark, rich, decadent chocolate, give a thought to where it came from. Some of world’s …
How to Stay Dry And Green This Rainy Season! The Eco Poncho
While it continues to bucket down in Ubud, a new green product has hit the shelves of the Eco Shop in Jalan Dewi Sita 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 …
In Celebration of the Bali Dog – by Ibu Kat
Many foreigners living in Bali are passionate about the environment here. We wax indignant about genetically modified food and compromised genomes. We respond emotionally to …
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 …
Olivier Pouillon: In Nature There Is No Such Thing As Waste"
Back in 1994, Rio Helmi and the other founding fathers of the now defunct original environmental foundation Yayasan Wisnu invited a young American to come …
Nigel Mason: Sampai Sekarang Tetap Saja “Gila”
Nigel Mason adalah seorang tokoh pengusaha ekspatriat yg kondang di Bali, bahkan di luar Bali pula. Telah hidup di Bali kurang lebih 34 tahun lamanya, …