HOW FORGETTING CHANGES A LANDSCAPE:
Bali's Ecological Futures

Bali is changing before our eyes.

Deforestation. A garbage crises across land, rivers, and ocean. Traditional farming knowledge disappearing alongside the native seeds it was built to tend. A generation of young Balinese leaving the fields.

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What is the link between Bali’s ecological unravelling and the forgetting of the knowledge that once held it?

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On June 5, we’re joined by Sayu Komang, a permaculture practitioner, community educator, and regenerative agriculture advocate who has spent more than 23 years working alongside farmers, foragers, and local communities as Bali’s landscape transformed around them. She is the spokesperson for Bibit Pusaka, a Slow Food Community of women farmers dedicated to cultivating and preserving Bali’s native seeds.

 

In her talk, Sayu will draw on her years on the ground to share:

• The most significant environmental shifts she has witnessed in Bali — and what they reveal about the deeper pattern

• What regeneration actually means for a practitioner, its relationship with Balinese Traditional Knowledge, and how it differs from sustainability

• Stories of communities restoring ecosystems while also strengthening culture and livelihoods and Bali future(s) and what you can do to be a part of the regeneration.
  
   

Following Sayu’s talk you’ll learn about the Emerging Earth residency:

• The full 4-day programme weaving together traditional Balinese knowledge and Futures thinking

• The facilitation team: Made Masak, Diya Pinto, and Dev Lewis

• How you can join and Q&A