Regenerative Farming & Travels In Rural Bali with Astungkara Way
📅 Thursday, 5th June 2025
🕖 7:00 PM
📍 Usada Bali, Jl. Sugriwa No.4, Ubud, Bali
💰 Ticket: 50k
Bali is at a crossroads. The surge of mass tourism and rapid overdevelopment threaten its natural landscapes and cultural heritage, while industrialized food systems undermine traditional farming and local health.
Astungkara Way offers a different path, uniting regenerative travel and farming to create immersive experiences that reconnect people with Bali’s villages, ecosystems, and food systems. This unique approach bridges tourism and agriculture, building genuine connections between travellers and rural Balinese families restoring their environment and way of life.
In this talk, anthropologist and experience designer Desli Togatorop (Eci) shares her work as part of the team behind the Astungkara Trail, a 135 km walk across the island that invites travellers to slow down and experience Bali through the eyes of its people, land, and traditions.
One of the key stops along the trail is Astungkara Way’s headquarters, where I Gusti Ngurah Prabu Wira Sanjaya (Prabu) contributes to a regenerative farming initiative alongside local rice farmers. As a pest and disease specialist, he helps apply the Complex Rice System, which blends traditional knowledge with regenerative practices to restore soil health, increase biodiversity, and support food sovereignty.
Together, they’ll share stories from the field, offering a grounded look at how thoughtful travel and farming can help shape a more resilient future for Bali.
About the Talker:
1. I Gusti Ngurah Prabu Wira Sanjaya is a pest and disease specialist at Astungkara Way, based in Gianyar, Bali. With a master's degree in Integrative Bioethnology from Sungkyunkwan University, Prabu is passionate about exploring regenerative approaches to pest and disease management. He's especially interested in how the Complex Rice System can be applied to support more sustainable farming practices. Always curious and eager to learn, Prabu is dedicated to blending traditional wisdom with modern science to help build healthier agricultural ecosystems.
2. Desli Togatorop (Eci) is an Indonesian anthropologist and regenerative experience designer based in Bali. Since joining Astungkara Way in 2020, she has focused on designing transformative travel experiences that foster authentic connections with local food systems and communities. Her work integrates principles of mindfulness, stewardship, and reciprocity, framing travel as a meaningful practice of reconnecting with cultural roots and the natural world.
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