Episode 1 - Organic regenerative farming in Bali, the soil health revolution & why garbage is killing tourism

The difference between permaculture and regenerative agriculture, on Bali’s UNESCO world heritage delicate network of SUBAKs, on pollution- the shocking truth of Bali, and on ‘The Astungkara Way’ pilgrimage.

SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE

• Hope - That is the Astungkara Way

• What are the Differences Between Permaculture, Organic Farming and Regenerative Agriculture?

• WHY REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE?

• Regenerative Agriculture: Definition

• What Is Regenerative Agriculture? A Review of Scholar and Practitioner Definitions Based on Processes and Outcomes

• From the Ground Up: Regenerating Bali’s Agriculture the Astungkara Way

• DEVI SRI- The Rice Goddesses

• ASTUNGKARA WAY: ON A MISSION TO REGENERATE BALI’S SOILS AND ECOSYSTEMS

• Regenerative farming in Bali 

• Cultural Landscape of Bali Province: the Subak System as a Manifestation of the Tri Hita Karana Philosophy

• Explaining Bali’s Subak System (and Why Rice Fields are Cultural Landscapes)

• Resiliency and the Balinese Subak

• The Impacts of Tourism on Subak, Sawah, and the Environment

• Is the so called ‘Green Revolution’ turning brown?

• Environmental Impacts of Agricultural Modifications

• Bali Green Economic Initiative – Tim Fijal & Maria Agustin – INKURI 

• Connecting through Rice

• Subak, an Agriculture Essential

• Exploring Black Soldier Fly Frass as Novel Fertilizer for Improved Growth, Yield, and Nitrogen Use Efficiency of Maize Under Field Conditions

• POTENTIAL OF LOSS OF ORGANIC FERTILIZER IN LOWLAND RICE FARMING IN KLUNGKUNG DISTRICT, BALI

• A study on rice field farmer implementation of rice straw composting

• Tourists gone, Bali’s young entrepreneurs eye sustainable future

• The year Bali tourism stopped 

• 'Bali is not only about tourism': Covid-19 prompts rethink for island's residents

• Zach Bush on why all health issues come back to how we treat the soil 

• Farming - Zach Bush MD

• Environmental Impacts of Agricultural Modifications

• Recognizing farmers’ practices and constraints for intensifying rice production at Riparian Wetlands in Indonesia

• Plastic Pollution: Bali’s Iconic Beaches Are Buried In Plastic With 60 Tonnes Garbage Collected Each Day

• Buried in rubbish: Bali’s beaches blighted by sea-borne waste

• In Bali young people lead the fight as plastic plage threatens paradise

• Solving Bali’s Rivers of Trash

• Tinggly Trash Traps 

• Research into Bali’s plastic polluted rivers and designs of suitable collection structures for rivers to mitigate the plastic discharge into the ocean

• Bali - Hidden Truth - The Bridge 

• 100 Trash Barriers To Be Installed in Bali Rivers To Reduce Plastic Pollution

• WASTE CRISIS! AN OVERVIEW INTO BALI’S NIGHTMARE

• Bali’s youth take action to stem the tide of plastic pollution

• Bali fights for its beautiful beaches by rethinking waste

• Traditional Views and Attitude Toward Waste and Rivers in Indonesia: Challenges of 

• Cleaning Up the Indonesia Polluted Environment