http://www.indogreenies.com "You know we're chopping down the air we breathe" - John Popper Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:03:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en At the time of this particular post, we are in the thick of the wet season. Maybe it's because we have moved out to Bogor, but I don't recall ever having seen so much rain in my 20 years in Indo. Not the full weeks' non-stop rain and drizzle, like you ... http://www.indogreenies.com/nothing-but-blue-skies "How come the 'bule' men like to go out with black girls ?" A question I often hear from female friends who are interested in foreign men. (you can find legions of them on Tagged or Facebook - looking for Mr. Right - 'preferably rich, preferably white'). Well for me, ... http://www.indogreenies.com/it-doesnt-matter-if-youre-black-or-white [caption id="attachment_48" align="alignnone" width="213" caption="Amrozi goes to hell"][/caption] Domestic politics or rather crafty fishing by police intelligence ? The execution of the three Bali bombers has been perpetually postponed in a fashion rather similar to the trial of Soeharto. It’s a sensitive issue. The many millions of Indonesians who live in remote ... http://www.indogreenies.com/amrozi-bites-the-dust Well the Bali beach sports games is under way with 30 odd countries participating. No doubt the government will have had a big campaign and drive to clean the beaches to ward off international criticism. At least the beaches will be clean for a while. The main problem for nearly all ... http://www.indogreenies.com/danone-aqua The Ramadan fasting month has come to an end. My wife, and hence her family are Muslim. I’m what is known in Indonesia as a ‘KTP Muslim’ – it says so on my identity card and that’s about as religious as I get. I did try the fast and lasted ... http://www.indogreenies.com/insight-into-islam-in-indonesia Last week I went to accompany David to do some filming and documentation of the life cycles of Bamboo Andong in Malang. Dr.Subagiono is super keen to get involved in our project and had offered to show us around some of the bamboo forests and community nurseries in Malang. It ... http://www.indogreenies.com/lapindo-mud-catastrophe Thought I'd add some poetry to this blog and keep it varied. John Popper is one amazing dude. I consider his lyrics poetry rather than 'blues lyrics'. I've got a couple of live DVD's of this band. Great music - mind-blowing harp from the big man. 'Whoops' is a pretty heavy song probably ... http://www.indogreenies.com/whoops-lyrics-by-john-popper Review-Asia is one of the many ‘Glossies’ to be found in the newsagent magazine rack these days. Their 15th issue is their Green Issue. A pretty good read. Thought I might write a letter to the editor. Here’s the first draft ; While the cover of Review Asia’s ‘Green Issue’ rings ... http://www.indogreenies.com/review-asia-the-green-issue Yayang’s mum and dad and sister Ani and her kid Vivi and cousin Rina were over for the week-end. It really is a god send for me that Indonesian’s have such a close knit family structure. At 10 months, Jessy can be a real handful, so it’s great to have family ... http://www.indogreenies.com/kemang-festival-goes-green At the risk of sounding like a hypocrite, I'd like to  sound off a bit about today's generation of socially-internet-linked 'activists'. I grew up in the late sixties / early seventies. The hippie revolution was just coming to a close. The war was over. John Lennon was spreading power to the ... http://www.indogreenies.com/virtual-greenies