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Bali’s Progress on Plastic

Six years ago when Melati and Isabel Wijsen, visionary founders of the international environmental youth movement, Bye Bye Plastic Bags, were just twelve and ten years old, they had a lesson in school about some of the world’s greatest change makers.

The Spice of Life

Nutmeg trees and coral reefs abound in the Banda Islands. On the trail of colonial invaders — and wild dolphins — Adam …

Panchoran Retreat

Outside Magazine – Winter 2006 Nyuh Kuning, Bali If you can’t feel that good nature love here, then you may be hopeless. Because …

Javanese Lulur

Spa Magazine Worldwide Guide – Winter/Spring 2007 When we first stepped into the Bodyworks courtyard in Ubud, Bali, I felt I was in for …

Insider’s Ubud

Spa Magazine – May-June 2005 The mere mention of Bali inspires bliss flashbacks from those who have sampled its sweetness, but there is one …

A Harmonious Legacy

Spa Magazine – Nov/Dec 2004 It’s still very early when Ibu Sriyani, 54, rises from her cot in a Jakarta slum. Early enough that …