The Kul Kul Farm was born with the purpose of sharing knowledge of how to design, build, grow, make, and create with nature in mind. Promoting values that respect and care for the Earth while strengthening community bonds, the farm has become a beacon of sustainability and connection with the natural environment. In 2015, Maria and Orin started this project with the intention to inspire and empower both local Balinese and tourists to live a life more connected to the natural world. Although they initially promoted their values through permaculture, they soon realized the world was ready and hungry for the knowledge, skill, and inspiration to design homes and spaces connected to nature, and a whole new movement had started to grow in their own backyard—the bamboo movement.
Bamboo is a fascinating material that grows naturally in the tropics and has physiological characteristics that make it a wonderful material for construction. If the way we cultivate our food is sustainable, and the way we inhabit spaces is also in harmony with nature, we can truly begin to weave a future where our ecological footprint is significantly reduced. With this in mind, Bamboo U now operates at the Kul Kul Farm with the purpose of empowering people to build a better world with bamboo.
"My expectations were very high. The experience by far superseded them. It was life-changing, healing, and expanding." - Paul
