
Episode 1- Organic regenerative farming in Bali, the soil health revolution & why garbage is killing tourism
With Tim Fijal
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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.
About Tim Fijal
Original founder of ‘The Kul Kul Connection’ community bridging initiative at The Green School in Bali, Tim Fijal is a regenerative farmer and environmentalist. Working alongside local Balinese farmers to revitalize soils and encourage the ‘Regenerative Agricultural’ green movement, Tim formed the social enterprise, The Astungkara Way; A Regenerative Action initiative that empowers individuals and communities to reconnect with nature and the source of the food they eat, offering connectedness to nature with pilgrimage trails across Bali.
Tim supports and advocates for:
Scholars of Sustenance
The Astungkara Way
Scholars of Sustenance
The Astungkara Way
‘I think the great challenge is to remove judgment from the equation when we have conversations around plastic pollution with local Balinese, so that we empower through education instead of judgment. All companies that are producing this (plastic) waste are going to have to start to take responsibility about the pollution at scale’ – Tim Fijal
SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE
- Hope – That is the Astunhkara 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 PhilosophyExplaining 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 paradiseSolving 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