Our Sustainability & Regeneration Practices

Join us on our journey as we move focus from sustainability to regeneration.

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We happily pass on what we have learned over the years

Our sustainability  & regeneration practices are open source. 

 Innovative, Adaptive & Responsive

• Our Swimming Pool is all Natural without the use of chemicals

• Natural cleaning products are used only on our property & guest rooms

• Natural and locally produced soaps  in our guest rooms

• Natural laundry soaps to wash all linens

• Pure Mountain water only for drinking & showering 

• Ant moats around our building to stop ants entering the buildings and night lights over fish pond to attract seasonal flying insects

• Energy consumption through mains power is limited to a max of 12,000 wt at anytime for our entire property including our family area (this is less  than the consumption of a normal house hold in developed countries)

• We encourage guests to turn off their lights when not in use

• Energy saving LED light bulbs are used only throughout our property

• Front load washing machine (water saving)

• Natural sunlight for drying clothes and gas dryer when sunlight is limited for drying clothes & bedding

• Change of towels only when guests request or every 3rd day

• Sky lights & glass tiles for natural light  

• Natural gas for cooking & heating water

• Rechargeable torches in our rooms

• No red meat on our menu (beef production has a huge carbon and water footprint)

• low flow shower roses in guest showers

• No baths to conserve water

• Vetiver grass hedges and extensive rafus palm platings to stop erosion on sloping areas

• Swales to stop soil and water loss on property

• We mulch the garden to protect the soil from erosion, to control weeds and minimize watering

• Extensive drainage systems to reduce soil erosion & Pintos peanut planting to fix Nitrogen in the soil

• Vegetables, spices, fruits & herbs are sourced from our Organic gardens

• Organic fertilizers: seaweed concentrate and local cow manure

• Over 150 edible and medicinal plants in the garden

Robust Circulatory Flow

• No plastic straws are used in our restaurant

• Recycled kitchen oil is used for candles at dinner time

• Edible kitchen food is feed to our rescued monkeys daily

• Sewage  & wastewater is treated through vegetated leachfields

• Glass, plastic bottles & cardboard are recycled at the refuse depot

• We compost all organic wastes & paper (non glossy) onsite for our gardens

• No burning rubbish policy (this is a local way to dispose of  rubbish)

• Sponsored monthly rubbish truck - Picks up rubbish in our village &  takes it to the refuse centre (a joint project instigated by the lodge & now shared with a neighbouring hotel)

• Flower arrangements for rooms & our restaurant are harvested  from our Permaculture gardens only

• Housing was designed following the natural lay of land

• Local timbers  & materials harvested from our property or the surrounds (where possible) for furniture and buildings - bamboo, coffee, coconut & jackfruit timber.

• Locally made terracotta natural floor tiles

• Bamboo is grown on site for construction purposes

• Local coconut oil for cooking & salad dressing

• Organic coffee is grown in our sons garden nearby to supply our guests & staff

• Herbs & spices come from our organic gardens to make fresh meals, teas & sauces

• Locally grown palm sugar, cacao, vanilla & coconuts

• Limited imported products  - we  limit our imported products ( from outside Indonesia) 

• Seedlings grown on site in our seed area

• We support local plantings often not seen in the local markets now

• We plant local flowers and trees annually on our property