Mary Osborne heads for the inside bowl section on a semi deserted day.
Bali: Green Essence
Story and Photos by David Pu’ u
Balinese SUV. About 90 mpg and Bali air conditioning is a standard feature.
In the past few years, it seems that everyone has turned toward green. In fact, the color has become a necessary branding indicator for everything from chain stores to politicians, and sometimes one with little significance. It is certainly a pity that the green movement has come to this, but here is why. In the hard light of day, people are what matter. We are one of the few entities on this spinning ball with the power to mitigate our effect. But where does one begin?
Look in the mirror. It must begin with the individual. The Laws of Exponentiality and the tenet of Ephemeralization, which was expounded on by Buckminster Fuller in 1938, basically say that we ought to be able to do more with less. This really is the key to going green. Unfortunately, it is the polar opposite of capitalist commerce and most political systems of governance.
That is what made the trip to Bali by Donna Von Hoesslin, owner of Betty B’ s in Ventura and my girlfriend, and some of the women on her team a fascinating concept. Here you had a capitalist— a businesswoman— determined to create some positive change by being truly green. She resolved to invest in socially sustainable projects in a developing country that would supply her company with ethically made, yet price-competitive products.
We had met David Booth, a former British civil engineer with the World Bank, a few years back. Booth basically retired to Bali, where he founded and developed an
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