Episode 1 - Tim Fijal on Organic Regenerative Farming in Bali & The Soil Health Revolution
06/22/22 • 65 min
Original founder of ‘The Kul Kul Connection’ community bridging initiative at The Green School in Bali, Tim Fijal is a regenerative farmer, 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 took the time to chat with Mike with me live from Bali to check in, share his journey, experiences, challenges and hopes for the future.
Tim supports and advocates for:
- Scholars of Sustenance
- The Astungkara Way
SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE
- Hope - That is the Astungkara 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 Philosophy
- Explaining 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
Original founder of ‘The Kul Kul Connection’ community bridging initiative at The Green School in Bali, Tim Fijal is a regenerative farmer, 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 took the time to chat with Mike with me live from Bali to check in, share his journey, experiences, challenges and hopes for the future.
Tim supports and advocates for:
- Scholars of Sustenance
- The Astungkara Way
SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE
- Hope - That is the Astungkara 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 Philosophy
- Explaining 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
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Episode 2 - Steve Box on Ocean Resilience & Biodiversity Coping with Adversity
Steve Box is a marine biologist studying the effects of fishing practices that endanger more than half of our ocean’s biodiversity.
His work assesses the impact of fishing on coastal ecosystems and connections between key marine species. Steve focused on collaborative solutions to improve fishing practices with Smithsonian’s Marine Conservation Program. The Marine Conservation Program is based at the Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce, Florida.
Steve was the first scientist to study the extent and scale of different fishing activities in Honduras in the Western Caribbean and their importance to the economy and food security of rural areas. This effort evolved from his doctoral research in Honduras, where he studied the coral reefs around the Bay Islands. Later he began working with indigenous Miskito fishers to build sustainable commercial fisheries that provided local livelihoods while preserving biodiversity.
Working with local communities and governments, Steve uses his research to help create networks of marine protected areas with measurable biodiversity conservation impact. To inform the design and placement of marine protected areas Steve uses molecular and genetic approaches, spatial dynamics and modeling, and fisheries economics and remote sensing. Steve’s research and investment in local communities is building fisheries that protect the environment and the livelihoods for fishers in the Western Caribbean and around the world.
SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE
- Predicting vulnerability to management changes in data-limited, small-scale fisheries. Marine Policy
- Evaluating tools for the spatial management of fisheries
- Fine-scale population structure of Lobatus gigas in Jamaica’s exclusive economic zone considering hydrodynamic influences
- A case for redefining the boundaries of the Mesoamerican Reef Ecoregion
- Isolation by oceanic distance and spatial genetic structure in an overharvested international fishery
- A genuine win‐win: resolving the “conserve or catch” conflict in marine reserve network design
- Biophysical connectivity explains population genetic structure in a highly dispersive marine species
- Contrasting genetic effects of red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle L.) range expansion along West and East Florida
OTHER RELATED LINKS
- Ocean Resilience: Biodiversity’s Role in Coping with Adversity
- On ocean dumping and ocean pollution
- On Marine Debris and the impact of human
- On the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
- A message from Dr. Steve Box as Senior Vice President, Fish Forever
- OPINION: To help the ocean globally, we need a local approach
- Long and short term economic drivers of overexploitation in Honduran coral reef fisheries due to their dependence on export markets.
- Follow the Data Podcast: Why are small-scale fisheries such a big deal?
- Catalyzing sustainable fisheries management through behavior change interventions
- Human Behaviour: The Key Source of Uncertainty in Fisheries Management
- Social marketing is shown to help small fishing communities adopt sustainable fishing pr...
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Episode 3 - Simon Temple on The Great Outdoors: A Playground to Steward & Respect
Simon Temple: The Great Outdoors - a playground to steward and respect
Sailor, surfer, free diver, spear-fisherman lover of the Great Outdoors, avalanche survivor among many other adventures, Simon Temple embodies adventure in the wild at its best. With more than 17 years under his belt as a freelance cameraman/ cinematographer, Simon started his career in Outdoor Recreation, later training under IFMGA to become a heli-ski guide working in Canada, Alaska, New Zealand and Austria. While working out of Queenstown New Zealand, he found work on Vertical limits, and Lord of the Rings, launching his career in the film industry.
SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE
Feature films
• Monkey Man (Bron). Cameraman 2020/21, Indonesia
• Avatar 2 & 3 ( in production). Cameraman 2nd unit 2019, NZ
• Adrift (STX Entertainment) BTS/Cameraman 2017 Fiji/NZ
• Point break 2, (Alcon/Warner brothers), Cameraman 2nd unit 2014. Tahiti, Australia, USA.
• Mee-Shee: The Water Giant (MBP Germany), 2003. NZ (transport/location)
• Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (New Line Cinema), 2002. NZ (location assistant)
• Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (New Line Cinema), 2001. NZ (location assistant, main unit)
• Vertical Limits, 1999. NZ (location assistant)
Reality TV
• RedBull ‘The Ultimate Waterman’. 2017. New Zealand. (RedBull TV US). Cinematographer/ Cameraman
• RedBull ‘The Ultimate Waterman’. 2016. New Zealand. (RedBull TV US). Cameraman
• Get Out Alive ‘Bear Grylls’ 2013 New Zealand, (Electus/NBC). Cinematographer/Cameraman
• Survivor Show 2008, Season 16 & 17 USA, (CBS). 2007, Season 14 & 15 (CBS). Cameraman
• Eco Challenge 2001 (Borneo), 2002 (New Zealand), 2003 (Fiji) (USA Network). Cameraman
Broadcast (as an OB cameraman)
• Le Grand Raid, Reunion Islands, 2010
• RedBull Rampage 2007, 2008, 2009. RedBull media house, Utah, USA
• Red Bull X Games, RBMH, ESPN, USA 2009
• Womans FIVB Beach Volleyball championships, Universal Sports, USA, 2007
• FIS Ski Jumping world Champs, 2008 (ORF Austria)
• World Match Racing Series, Sail TV, 2007/08. UK
• Wilderness ARC, Adventure Racing world champs, Scotland 2007.
• Americas Cup 2007, 2010 (AC committee, sail TV)
• Red Bull Hike and Ride 2007 (ORF Austria)
• Nova Rock, Frequency 2007 (MTV Germany)
• Raid the North Extreme, Adventure Racing world champs, NL Canada 2004.
• Eco Challenge 2001 (Borneo), 2002 (New Zealand), 2003 (Fiji) (USA Network) Assistant camera
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