Eco Friendly Luxury Resort in Bali - Building to Save the Forest
Unfortunately, there's a lack of measurable standards in many industries and though many firms talk the talk, there's minimal action to back it up.
On the other hand, a luxury resort in Bali is striving to walk the walk by developing the world's first entirely ecological five-star villa estate, the Green Village at Ayung River. Developer and real estate broker Nils Wetterlind was inspired by the Green School in Bali and partnered with PT Bambu (builders of the Green School) to develop a resort that combines ecologically conscious style tactics with organic, contemporary architecture.
For Wetterlind, this is really a personal goal reached after a little soul-searching and significant frustration with the hypocrisy of some builders.
"There are numerous hotels which have something ecological but only a tiny part and then call themselves ecological. That is the same as talking about a clean energy coal power plant - that merely does not exist. You pollute or you do not; if it's only an element - then you are not green," explains Wetterlind. "And when I say the world's very first 5 star eco resort I actually mean it, 'cause there actually is no such resort which is completely neutral on this planet yet."
Bamboo is the go-to material for this five star resort. The amazingly versatile plant will provide everything from beams for the constructing to planks for the flooring to fibers for woven mats.
Although some may be nervous sleeping in a villa made of bamboo, there is no need to worry. Bamboo is as strong as steel but is a great deal more pliable, making it ideal for creating design. And bamboo adds to green credibility on the resort by offering other environmental advantages: it actively works to convert carbon dioxide to oxygen at a higher rate than traditional hardwoods and it serves as an amazing erosion controller in moisture-rich Bali.
On a grander scale, Wetterlind sees the untapped potential of bamboo as a replacement material for traditional hardwoods and being a way to end the devastating plague of deforestation. Each year the Earth loses swaths of forests as big as Panama for agriculture and logging needs and this loss devastates habitats for thousands of species and drives climate change. And with the current rate of deforestation, some experts estimate that the world's rain forests could disappear inside of 100 years. Wetterlind himself estimates that inside of ten years, there will be no forests left on Indonesia unless a viable alternative is discovered for making and material use.
Bamboo with its outstanding growing speed and many uses can be a viable solution for the problem of deforestation. Bamboo shoots in tropical countries grow up to 30 meters within six months, which directly shows the potential of bamboo to substitute slower growing wood species in terms of annual yield, reports Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.
And although there's a measurable outcome of beautiful villas and local farmers cultivating bamboo, there exists also the less tangible but equally significant benefit of true eco-friendly marketing and leading by example.
Douglas Michaels Jr. writes educational articles for Green Earth News, the authority on everything Bamboo. For more information on Bamboo Resort. Check out Green Earth Bamboo for bamboo sheets, bamboo clothes, duvet covers, towels and baby products, all made from the world's most sustainable and renewable resource on the planet.
On the other hand, a luxury resort in Bali is striving to walk the walk by developing the world's first entirely ecological five-star villa estate, the Green Village at Ayung River. Developer and real estate broker Nils Wetterlind was inspired by the Green School in Bali and partnered with PT Bambu (builders of the Green School) to develop a resort that combines ecologically conscious style tactics with organic, contemporary architecture.
For Wetterlind, this is really a personal goal reached after a little soul-searching and significant frustration with the hypocrisy of some builders.
"There are numerous hotels which have something ecological but only a tiny part and then call themselves ecological. That is the same as talking about a clean energy coal power plant - that merely does not exist. You pollute or you do not; if it's only an element - then you are not green," explains Wetterlind. "And when I say the world's very first 5 star eco resort I actually mean it, 'cause there actually is no such resort which is completely neutral on this planet yet."
Bamboo is the go-to material for this five star resort. The amazingly versatile plant will provide everything from beams for the constructing to planks for the flooring to fibers for woven mats.
Although some may be nervous sleeping in a villa made of bamboo, there is no need to worry. Bamboo is as strong as steel but is a great deal more pliable, making it ideal for creating design. And bamboo adds to green credibility on the resort by offering other environmental advantages: it actively works to convert carbon dioxide to oxygen at a higher rate than traditional hardwoods and it serves as an amazing erosion controller in moisture-rich Bali.
On a grander scale, Wetterlind sees the untapped potential of bamboo as a replacement material for traditional hardwoods and being a way to end the devastating plague of deforestation. Each year the Earth loses swaths of forests as big as Panama for agriculture and logging needs and this loss devastates habitats for thousands of species and drives climate change. And with the current rate of deforestation, some experts estimate that the world's rain forests could disappear inside of 100 years. Wetterlind himself estimates that inside of ten years, there will be no forests left on Indonesia unless a viable alternative is discovered for making and material use.
Bamboo with its outstanding growing speed and many uses can be a viable solution for the problem of deforestation. Bamboo shoots in tropical countries grow up to 30 meters within six months, which directly shows the potential of bamboo to substitute slower growing wood species in terms of annual yield, reports Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.
And although there's a measurable outcome of beautiful villas and local farmers cultivating bamboo, there exists also the less tangible but equally significant benefit of true eco-friendly marketing and leading by example.
Douglas Michaels Jr. writes educational articles for Green Earth News, the authority on everything Bamboo. For more information on Bamboo Resort. Check out Green Earth Bamboo for bamboo sheets, bamboo clothes, duvet covers, towels and baby products, all made from the world's most sustainable and renewable resource on the planet.
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