Is Marine Conservation Taking Hold in Indonesia?
There are encouraging signs that it really is. The evidence comes from the independent assessment of Indonesia’s 20 year US$...
Outreach
John Hardy
Meet John Hardy, Jewellery Designer and Co-Founder of the “Greenest School on Earth”, the Green School in Bali. From bamboo...
suhu protest Legal Protection of Indonesia’s Forests
Environmental protection in the Indonesian archipelago, while rather bleak historically, has been improving, especially in the last few years. Concerns...
An Insight into Plastic Pollution
Plastic pollution is reaching very high levels in Bali. Almost 30 million plastic bottles are used every day and disposed...
Cheap Frying Oil or Orangutans?
There are two schools of thought regarding palm oil. First, that it’s unhealthy and oil palm plantations are pushing orangutans...
Edi: The Street Sweeper
On a sunny Wednesday morning in Kebayoran, Edi Sukandi is going through the motions. His dark wiry arms work without...
Bent in Paradise
If you’re a certified Scuba diver, you know this scene too well; floating around beside a beautiful underwater wall abundant...
And Now for Something Completely Unfunny
In the early days of the Jakarta Comedy Club we were lucky enough to catch some of today’s comedy superstars...
Scams in the City
Being scammed by a confidence trickster is one of the most embarrassing things a person can admit to – apart...
Choice ‘Striving towards prosperity or striding towards excess’
What if having more meant enjoying less? Welcome to the age of ‘Affluenza’ or gluttony, this disease is marked by...
Taufan: The Strongest Kid You’ll Ever Meet
Taufan might be the strongest kid you’ll ever meet. He’s seven-years-old now, but he’s been fighting leukemia since he was...
Food for Thought
In this 21st century, Bali is rarely referred to as a paradise. Aldous Huxley in the mid-20th century wrote a...
Natural Wildlife Repositories: The Animal Parks of Bali
Visiting an Indonesia-based animal park is the best way to get acquainted with the country’s unparalleled biodiversity spanning 4,800 kilometers...
Beep Beep
Last night I had the experience of a lifetime as far as taxi drivers go. I stepped into a...
Travelling with a Purpose
Ever wondered what it is like to come to Indonesia for a volunteer abroad programme or contribute your time to...
The Tragedy of the Travelling Dolphins
“We just want to protect dolphins but we have to wear bullet proof vests? That’s ridiculous!” said Femke of the...
Traffic Sense: The Right-Turn Phobia
Have you been frustrated lately sitting in your car and not moving? I’m sure you have as these endless traffic...
Kang Edi: The Caricaturist
In the shadow of Pasar Baru in Central Jakarta sits the coup de grace of every departing expat—Jalan Gedung Kesenian—and...
Chinese-Indonesians: The Identity In Between
As the “ancestral homeland” of over 300 ethnic groups, Indonesia is one of the most multicultural countries in the...
Recent Legal Developments
One of the most important things for Indonesian expatriates to remember is that the country’s laws and regulations are often...
Gotong Royong
“The success of Homo Sapiens rests primarily with our capacity for empathy and our urge to understand and appreciate others”...