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My last couple days in Bali came to a close last week after a flurry of incredible adventures and extraordinary experiences.  Only three days before my flight to my next exotic location, the island of Crete in southern Greece, I had the great pleasure of meeting Emerald Starr, the “chocolate man of Bali”.  I was…

When traveling to Thailand, and most of Asia for that matter, one thing becomes quite apparent remarkably quickly.  The power and importance of the plastic bag. Not only is it a tool that you see people using every day and all day, but it’s an item that you see everywhere, even when it seems out…

Permaculture, classically centered around the idea of constructing an agricultural system that integrates human activity with the local natural surroundings so as to create a highly efficient, self-sustaining ecosystem.  But why restrict permaculture theory and methods to just agriculture? Why can’t we also use our natural surroundings as they are and use them to construct…

While roaming the British countryside I decided to make a stop in Birmingham, the second largest city in the U.K.  Not knowing much about the city prior to my arrival I was quite surprised to find a bustling global metropolis that reminded me a lot of my home town and San Francisco.  Birmingham is located…

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